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Platform: Xbox One/Series, PS4/PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Action Game With Tron's Plotline The best kinds of stories do not have to be original written works. Otherwise, nothing will get done. Narita Boy's "stranger in a strange-yet-familiar land" isekai tale is a familiar story if you've seen films like Tron, even right up to the digit...
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Action Platformer From The 80s, With 2021 Sensibilities When you boot up Cyber Shadow, its presentation is sleek yet on a vintage level. This is a throwback when games were short but really punishing. A 2D action platformer that separated the chaff from the wheat. A first...
After showing off a bit of gameplay during a Steam sale event last year, developer Battery Staple Games is going all out with its 2D platforming roguelike 30XX this year. 30XX, which is basically the developer's love letter to the Mega Man and Mega Man X series, is coming to early access on Steam (PC) this 17th February. This version of the game...
For the rest of the best in 2020, head here. #3: Spiritfarer We're not sure who asked for a Metroidvania-slash-house-ferry-simulation combo that deals with dying and death, but in a whimsical, relaxing, and uplifting way. But I'm glad Spiritfarer exists. It's really hard to list a game these days that conveys its key message about saying g...
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: 2D Platformer Puzzle Do not let Drawn To Life: Two Realms' cutesy art style and saccharine music fool you. It is an insidious and devilish affair meant to lull you into a false sense of security. You're better off playing CD Projekt's upcoming RPG if you want a more mainstream and friendlier title, despite ...
The devs from Edelweiss & publisher Marvelous are doing a bang-up job with their 2D platformer-slash-farming-simulation fantasy title Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin. The PC, PS4, and Nintendo Switch title has garnered a total worldwide sales figure of 500,000 units, both digital and physical. The fact that it cracked the top 10 on Steam this Novem...
505 Games and indie studio have teamed up to bring back the Drawn To Life series after 11 years of hiatus and Scribblenauts nonsense that spawned from it. And so far, the latest sequel that's a long time coming, subtitled Two Realms, is basically retaining its charm while maintaining its build-a-hero concept. The gist is this: you play a chosen ...
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Genre: 2D Action Game With Metroidvania & Diablo Hooks Remember 2018's Metroidvania Dark Souls wombo combo Dead Cells? Yes, that was an incredibly challenging but fun 2D action title that's sure to influence many indie game designers to come. One can assume that Big Blue Bubble's latest effort Forego...
Earthworm Jim, a classic 90s 2D action platformer, is finally getting a sequel in a form of a 2020/2021-made action game called Earthworm Jim 4. The problem? It's made exclusive to the Intellivision Amico, an upcoming new console that hasn't proven itself to be much of anything just yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBiJOfhPCy4 What's the Int...
Platform: PC, Nintendo Switch Genre: Ageing-slash-de-ageing 2D pixel platforming The premise of Malaysian-developed indie platformer Ageless sounds promising: you play an aimless girl named Kiara who gets a cool ageing and de-ageing power that uses bow and arrows so that she can change the world she lives in. She also has the ability to stop time ...
Studio Zenovia will release their tribute to early 90s 16-bit platforming and Bionic Commando-esque action in the form of Steel Assault. The PC Steam retro-tailored title will be out in 2020. It features the following: Fast-paced 2D platforming where your main character Taro Takahashi punches, whips, and ziplines his way through a ton of linear ...
This guide is still under development... Ori and the Will of the Wisp (or Ori 2) is a marvel to look at in action. And it's a joy to control and play according to our resident 2D Metroidvania guy Mr Toffee. However, the kid's gloves come off after the two-hour mark once you get your Bash skill. Fortunately, we have some tips and tricks to sort yo...
Platform: Xbox One, PC Genre: Whimsical 2D Platformer That Will Make A Man Out Of You And so, we've come to the end of a console generation, and with it a slew of tryhards aiming to be the capstone before the new toys come in. Even at the end of the Xbox One's rather lukewarm cycle, the console still manages to churn out a few gems here and the...
US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has been making the rounds on Twitter and on the news as of late. Now he can add "Mario impersonator" on his resume. In the obvious 2D platformer homage Super Bernie World, the pint-sized elderly has to travel across 11 states and save the US of A from the Republicans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E38fW...
In the world of video games development, it's very hard to find original ideas. That's not entirely a bad thing. Taking inspiration from other successful games can potentially make your own game a lot more enjoyable. However, some developers take more than just inspiration. https://twitter.com/PlayEnchanted/status/1181660881593221121?s=20 The dev...
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam, macOS Genre:Â 2D twitch-action platformer, with a time-bending samurai and tons of death and attempts (sounds familiar...) Katana Zero is what happens when you give Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice some acid and some speed, and tons of neon. It's Super Meat Boy but with the supernatural ability to slow down tim...
I remember how inventive and trippy Super Mario Bros World 2: Yoshi's Island was back in 1995. The awesome art style, the inventive gameplay where Yoshi can morph into different things, the fact that only lose if you get Baby Mario kidnapped, leading to Yoshi himself being invincible except to pitfalls and spikes. Fun times. How was that "blast to...
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