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3D platformers is another genre that disappeared from the face of earth for some time, but now is slowly having a revival, although not as solid as the other genres.
Unfortunately it is still a genre that has all sorts of shortcomings, even 3 decades later, a lot of titles fails to grasp the most basic concepts and focus mostly on cheap nostalgia factor and marketable mascots.
In one side the genre is recently getting major hits, like the 2021 and 2024 GOTYs: It Takes Two and Astro Bot
In the other side, we also saw massive disappointments, like Yooka Laylee and Crash 4:
There was also major indie hits, that now are probably remembered for different reasons, like The Hat in Time and Pseudoregalia:
But now for more down to earth examples, there were a lot recent attempts on trying to crack the 3D Sonic formula, that were met with some levels of success:
Spark the Electric Jester 3:
Lunistice:
Penny's Big Breakway:
There is also other takes on the genre, like Nikoderiko trying to ape Crash:
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, trying to ape Jet Set Radio:
Corn Kidz 64, focusing more on the "open-ended" aspect of the N64 platformers:
And the recently announced Duskfade, trying to ape Ratchet and Clank with sprinkles of Kingdom Hearts:
Meanwhile a popular IP like Spongebob, went back to the basics and tried to do a sequel of sorts to Battle of Bikini Bottom with Cosmic Shake:
Also on the First Person side of things, reminding us of the more rare fast-paced 7th gen era platformers, we had Neon White:
Finally to cap off the examples on the OP, a classic for all ages:
Unfortunately it is still a genre that has all sorts of shortcomings, even 3 decades later, a lot of titles fails to grasp the most basic concepts and focus mostly on cheap nostalgia factor and marketable mascots.
In one side the genre is recently getting major hits, like the 2021 and 2024 GOTYs: It Takes Two and Astro Bot
In the other side, we also saw massive disappointments, like Yooka Laylee and Crash 4:
There was also major indie hits, that now are probably remembered for different reasons, like The Hat in Time and Pseudoregalia:
But now for more down to earth examples, there were a lot recent attempts on trying to crack the 3D Sonic formula, that were met with some levels of success:
Spark the Electric Jester 3:
There is also other takes on the genre, like Nikoderiko trying to ape Crash:
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, trying to ape Jet Set Radio:
Corn Kidz 64, focusing more on the "open-ended" aspect of the N64 platformers:
And the recently announced Duskfade, trying to ape Ratchet and Clank with sprinkles of Kingdom Hearts:
Meanwhile a popular IP like Spongebob, went back to the basics and tried to do a sequel of sorts to Battle of Bikini Bottom with Cosmic Shake:
Also on the First Person side of things, reminding us of the more rare fast-paced 7th gen era platformers, we had Neon White:
Finally to cap off the examples on the OP, a classic for all ages:
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