Side-scroller/platform RPGs

[Infinitron]

I remember playing Zeliard at a friend's house way back in the early 90's. (review)

Were there any other worthwhile games of this type (especially for the PC)?

 

[Hobo Elf]

There are a bunch of the NES. Faxanadu is p. good. And of course don't forget the infamous Castlevania 2 and Zelda 2. Then there are all the Metroidvanias. Most of these games you can emulate on a PC.

 

[Berekän]

Unepic's a recent one that's p. good, the demo's fairly long, too, and you can keep playing it from the end of it after you purchase it.

 

[Vagiel]

You might want to check La mulana. It is a homage to msx side scroling rpgs, its hard with many puzzles and adequate length.

It is out for free for pcs so give it a try I enjoyed it a lot.

 

[Micmu]

action/adventure game

 

[Bruma Hobo]

So, you want to play a side-scroller (linear)/platform (action) role-playing game? Why don't you just get a console?

 

[Clockwork Knight]

Ys III, Wonder Boy series and Exile come to mind. And Sorcerian. Popful Mail is okay if you don't mind the cute.

There's also Wizards & Warriors and Ironsword (aka W&W 2), but these are more towards pure action, iirc.

 

[Infinitron]

So, you want to play a side-scroller (linear)/platform (action) role-playing game? Why don't you just get a console?

I don't want to play anything, just feeling nostalgic.

 

[ForeverdarkWoods]

Does it matter if it's terribad?

If not:

 

[SuicideBunny]

Sorcerian

sorcerian is pretty awesome for a game of this kind.

 

[aris]

A console game: But there is one game within the castlevania series, which is said to be extremely good within the genre you are looking for, I just can't remember the name of it: Is it symphony of the night? If I remember correctly, it was also quite open ended, even though it was a side scroller.

I think this game was rereleased for DS, which in that case means that you can play it on the PC with a DS-emulator. Playing games on DS-emulators works extremely well, as the touch screen interface of the DS goes well with mouse and keyboard.

 

[Teepo]

There was no remake of Symphony of the Night.

Castlevania: dawn of sorrow for Gameboy DS. http://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/922145-castlevania-dawn-of-sorrow/reviews

Castlevania: aria of sorrow for Gameboy Advance. http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/589456-castlevania-aria-of-sorrow/reviews

You gain abilities from monster souls. You get defense\attack from the respective armor\weapon you put on.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

dem castlevanias

I played through ALL of them things and burned out on early Order of Ecclesia

I will say just play Aria of Sorrow and then Dawn of Sorrow if you really liked that
or you could just play Symphony of the Night again because that one is seriously still the best in terms of well everything except for maybe crafting and definitely the final boss

 

[Phelot]

There's also Wizards & Warriors and Ironsword (aka W&W 2), but these are more towards pure action, iirc.

Wow, blast from the past. As soon as I saw all those weirdo faces in the walls, I remembered this game exactly. Also the map.



Yes, SotN is still pretty damn cool.

 

[Luzur]

uhm....Trojan?

 

[Dustin542]

Ys III

 

[SuicideBunny]

There was no remake of Symphony of the Night.

there's an unlockable remaster/remake of sotn in dracula x chronicles for the psp with some different and additional stuff.

 

[Rpgsaurus Rex]

Just make sure you don't spoil yourself or anything when you play SotN for the first time, there are few "hidden" items that can break the game. Or spell "combos" that are imbalanced. Just struggle through blindly and you'll have the most fun.

I think the remake he was referring to was the Xbox Arcade port.

 

[Radisshu]

Faxanadu is really cool.

 

[abnaxus]

Odin Sphere

 

[LeStryfe79]

Y's The oath of felghana is damn good if you can stand anime characters. It's on steam and it's also hard as fuck. Very good combat and platforming with some light rpg and puzzle elements. Fucking awesome music too.

 

[sea]

The Paper Mario series on N64/GameCube/Wii is really good, and the Mario & Luigi games on the GBA and DS are also quite nice. Same goes for Super Mario RPG on the SNES although I don't like it as much as the later "sequels." Some people might dismiss them for being for kids etc. but they really are quite funny and entertaining, and the combat is pretty decent as well. Lots of secrets and whatnot to find compared to modern RPGs, too.

 

[LeStryfe79]

The Paper Mario series on N64/GameCube/Wii is really good, and the Mario & Luigi games on the GBA and DS are also quite nice. Same goes for Super Mario RPG on the SNES although I don't like it as much as the later "sequels." Some people might dismiss them for being for kids etc. but they really are quite funny and entertaining, and the combat is pretty decent as well. Lots of secrets and whatnot to find compared to modern RPGs, too.

Good games, wrong thread. Technically, of course, you are correct but these games clearly have have a lacking of action and platform elements. The wii game fits, but who the hell wants to play a game with a tv remote, especially one that abandoned its fan base. Paper Mario is a fun series because it's easy and novel, but it's the kind of game series that critics and children love since they don't have to put any effort into playing it.

 

[Helly]

Fortune Summoners - Secret of the Elemental Stone

 

[sea]

Good games, wrong thread. Technically, of course, you are correct but these games clearly have have a lacking of action and platform elements. The wii game fits, but who the hell wants to play a game with a tv remote, especially one that abandoned its fan base. Paper Mario is a fun series because it's easy and novel, but it's the kind of game series that critics and children love since they don't have to put any effort into playing it.

Yeah you're right, although I will say the DS games definitely have a solid amount of platforming. They're definitely on the easy side but honestly, I'll take consistently fun and easy over soul-crushingly difficult most of the time (if only because most uber-hard games are usually hard in the worst ways).