2D sidescrollers
I've been playing video games a lot more lately, thanks in no small part to the Wii's Virtual Console. I stopped being a hardcore gamer around the time I started high school, but lately I've been dedicating a lot of time to them.
Recently, I've found that my favorite gaming genre is most likely the 2D sidescroller genre. I've been spending much of my gaming time with those, and I lament the fact that 2D sidescrollers kinda died off with the advent of 3D gaming in the 32-bit/64-bit generation.
However, I've noticed that while I love 2D platformers, I am very picky when it comes to them. A sidescroller needs to be very good to hold my interest, and a lot of the most popular ones just don't seem to do it for me.
Platformers that I enjoy:
Donkey Kong County (except for the third one, that game is awful)
Sonic (of course)
Vectorman (way too underappreciated)
And that's really about it, come to think about it. Mega Man and Mario just don't hold my interest, unfortunately. I'll probably give Ristar a try once I finish both Vectorman games; I've heard good things about it.
Recently, I've found that my favorite gaming genre is most likely the 2D sidescroller genre. I've been spending much of my gaming time with those, and I lament the fact that 2D sidescrollers kinda died off with the advent of 3D gaming in the 32-bit/64-bit generation.
However, I've noticed that while I love 2D platformers, I am very picky when it comes to them. A sidescroller needs to be very good to hold my interest, and a lot of the most popular ones just don't seem to do it for me.
Platformers that I enjoy:
Donkey Kong County (except for the third one, that game is awful)
Sonic (of course)
Vectorman (way too underappreciated)
And that's really about it, come to think about it. Mega Man and Mario just don't hold my interest, unfortunately. I'll probably give Ristar a try once I finish both Vectorman games; I've heard good things about it.