Good platform games for pc?

Vinda-Lou · Post by **Vinda-Lou** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:49 am

I've been in the mood for a good platform-type game lately. I remember playing one of the 3d Rayman games years ago, the one with a water-skiing-type level. It was pretty fun.

Are there any good, current platform games out now for the pc?

Zekester · Post by **Zekester** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:21 pm

Megaman X5
Alice
Duke Nukem Manhatten something or other

Creepy_Smell · Post by **Creepy_Smell** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:48 pm

http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?gish.htm

I never played it, but I remember hearing good things about Gish.

Veloxi · Post by **Veloxi** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 2:05 pm

Creepy_Smell wrote:http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?gish.htm

I never played it, but I remember hearing good things about Gish.

Gish is a fantastic game. One of the best "platform" style games I ever played on the PC was Rayman 3 many years ago, though I hear the latest Prince of Persia games are very good.

Amalzain · Post by **Amalzain** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:34 pm

i'll second the vote for Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project. It's a 2-D platformer in a 3-D environment. Lots of fun to blast through things and find all the bonuses. It'll probably take about 10-15 hours to run through it (but you can get it for $10 or less), but there's a bit of replay value if you're a 'gotta get-em all' type.

Zekester · Post by **Zekester** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:11 pm

...and still has that certain 'Duke' attitude to it.

Vinda-Lou · Post by **Vinda-Lou** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:22 pm

Thanks for the tips. You know I saw Duke at EB a while back for 10 bucks, and now I'm hoping it's still there.

Noman · Post by **Noman** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:02 pm

Rayman 2, Beyond Good and Evil and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time are all absolutely brilliant platform games on PC.

The new Prince of Persia game (Warrior Within) seems to play fine as well (same amount of quality puzzles but better combat) except that it has very disappointing art direction, music, voice acting and dialogues. I'll eventually pick it up once it hits bargain bin.

Vinda-Lou · Post by **Vinda-Lou** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 10:05 pm

How was The Hobbit? I know it's probably just loosely based on the book, but how is it as a game?

Tim Frederick · Post by **Tim Frederick** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:11 pm

The Prince of Persia games are basciall platform games. Go with those.

Huw the Poo · Post by **Huw the Poo** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:26 am

This may not be quite what you're after, but consider Wik and the Fable of Souls - it's a brilliant shareware platform/puzzler. Addictive as hell.

EddieA · Post by **EddieA** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:31 am

"How was The Hobbit? I know it's probably just loosely based on the book, but how is it as a game?"
I'm playing it now on the XBox and really enjoying it. It's a standard platformer with lots of collecting, but the graphics are very nice and colorful, and it has a few RPG-style elements, such as collecting "experience" to get more health, and numerous "quests" to accomplish. It also looks like it's going to be pretty long for a platformer.

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Good platform games for pc?

Good platform games for pc?

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project