Side-scroller/platform RPGs

[LeStryfe79]

Yeah the DS games looked really good, but my fear of carpal tunnel kept me from playing them. I tend to go back and forth between easy and extreme difficulty when I game for some reason as well. I'm really hoping Obsidian nails the South Park RPG since it seems to be of a similar vein.

 

[SCO]

You may try the Valkyrie Profile games.

The story is a bit moronic though, and the mechanics somewhat... uh, strange.

If you want to ditch the rpg part here is something strange:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/talosv/talosv.htm

 

[sgc_meltdown]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/talosv/talosv.htm

That cover is the best cover I've seen in ages. That's the kind of awesome shit you get when you don't have to go past a marketing team.

 

[SCO]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/talosv/talosv.htm

That cover is the best cover I've seen in ages. That's the kind of awesome shit you get when you don't have to go past a marketing team.

hardcoregaming is on a roll lately, go into the main page and see their articles.
look at one of the latest:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/paranoiascape/paranoiascape.htm​

 

[SCO]

Also i've been meaning to ask, and since i mentioned hcg
this:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/kolibri/kolibri.htm


looks suspiciously like agony

which is probably a apydia clone. Clone of a clone?

 

[Phelot]

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/talosv/talosv.htm

That cover is the best cover I've seen in ages. That's the kind of awesome shit you get when you don't have to go past a marketing team.

hardcoregaming is on a roll lately, go into the main page and see their articles.​

look at one of the latest:​

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/paranoiascape/paranoiascape.htm​

Holy hell these games look great!

These screenshots are of a journey through Prosper's urinary tract.

 

[OSK]

Zelda 2?

 

[sser]

Upcoming. 2013, I think.

 

[Rpgsaurus Rex]

 

[ghostdog]

Another vote for faxanadu. That game had exceptional atmosphere, the world looked wonderfully bleak and the music was fantastic.

 

[Haba]

Dat ass v.s. dem boobs.

I'd buy it. But no PC version, so fuck them.

 

[mck]

Does anyone know where I could find Sorcerian Forever?

 

[amar0k]

Aztaka
www.citeremis.com
A bit buggy and unbalanced, but i really enjoyed it. The aztec fantasy setting was extremely refreshing. It was the very first game of an indie developer. Essentially Castlevania/Metroid-like but with an emphasis on quests, improving stats, gaining abilities and equipement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brvrDhPLoWg&feature=player_embedded

 

[Jack Dandy]

Anybody recommending Ys III.. GOD, do yourselves a favor and play it's remake, Oath in Felghana on steam. May not be pure 2D, but it's leagues better and has just as much platforming involved.

Also, delicious gibs.

 

[Destroid]

RPG and action are opposed and degrade one another.

 

[Mastermind]

RPG and action are opposed and degrade one another.

My fist and your face are opposed and degrade one another.

 

[Coriolanus]

well, there's this

http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Metroidvania

For the platforming genre, "RPG elements" mean pretty much stat/ability/item persistence from one stage to another.

A few you may not know about:

Bunny Must Die (PC) - cute and fun, a bit on the hard side and some back-tracking


Maze of Galious (MSX, NES) - legendary music, exploration and no hand-holding - Unepic's granddaddy (a better game, too); not kidding, these tunes will get stuck in your head


Magical Pop'n (SNES) - cute, solid game with skills and magic and girly girl protagonist


Wonder Boy IV (SMD) - a polished Zelda 2/Castlevania 2 formula at work


Wonder Project J (SNES) - it's like Black & White in 2D (you control your hero indirectly - and teach him by punishment/reward) - lots of stats here; it's more fun than it looks.

 

[Damned Registrations]

Maze of Galious

That intro... WTF did I just read? Kidnapped an unborn baby from heaven?

 

[Coriolanus]

Maze of Galious

That intro... WTF did I just read? Kidnapped an unborn baby from heaven?

Japan

Oh lol, I just watched the video I linked and that LPer is ass. I'll get another one.

 

[Alchemist]

Wazhack is a pretty good side-scrolling turn-based roguelike (so not action). Not a full-fledged RPG but like many roguelikes it has decent RPG mechanics.