Please prove me wrong and suggest me some modern ones that stand up to the older ones.

Also, why are there no 3rd person shooter/3D platformer hybrids aside from Ratchet & Clank / Jak series? This seems like an untapped genre hybridisation that works well together. Like literally why is no one making games like this. I would love some examples of 3rd person shooter platformers to prove me wrong again.

Edit: It’s not a nostalgia thing. The quality of the PS2 platformers was actually better. Even ones I discovered recently that exist on PS2 or that I hadn’t played before. If I compare them side by side with modern 3D platformers, they look like s*** compared to the PS2 ones. And case in point, there are literally no open world 3rd person shooter-3D platformers with detailed worlds/graphics outside of PS2 (that I know of) and those are the kinds of 3D platformers I enjoy most… give me an example to prove me wrong. Ok technically I know of a few examples which meet some but not all of this criteria (only because I’ve looked far and wide for them) but they’re very basic and nowhere near as intricate as these games.

  • verysoft
    2•6 months ago

    noooo its just nostalgia!! games weren’t better, they are better nowww!!!

    Games in general have gotten worse, the quality only exists in the indie space nowadays. But there’s 1000s of them, so it’s not easy to find the gems. As for 3PP platformers… I guess the genre isn’t all that appealing to developers. Maybe there will be a new one when someone has an idea for a new fresh take on it. Great games are made from great ideas and passion, rather than them being made to fill a gap in the market.

    • AnonTwo
      12•6 months ago

      I mean, I won’t say everything is better, but it’s not exactly as bad as you’re saying either.

      Sure, 1000s of games are bad. 1000s of games were bad in the 90s and 2000s too. Bugsby 3D was allowed to exist.

      OP isn’t even able to say games back in the day were good as he has already bashed N64 and Gamecube (lame move btw, Goemon’s Great Adventure I still play every year). He’s very much just thinking of PS2.

      How many people have missed out on Hat In time exactly?