Haven’t played it (or its sequel) myself, but I’ve heard this mentioned as one of the original games in this genre, potentially among those that paved the way for Ratchet & Clank (along with Blasto and maybe Jumping Flash, though Blasto is interesting in particular since the character looks a lot like Qwark from Ratchet). So I’d say yes, definitely - although from screenshots and gameplay footage, it seems like kind of a prototype of this idea, to be developed in later games.

Thanks for the recommendation! Onirism is indeed a hidden gem, totally underrated. I believe the name Onirism means “dreaming/experiencing hallucinations while awake”, related to the word “oneiric” (dreamlike) or the Greek “oneiros” (dream), and has been applied to psychiatry and Romanian literature. Makes sense since the game is so dreamy and surreal. :)

I will add them in! Tbh Tomb Raider feels about as much like a platformer as Uncharted, Infamous, Sunset Overdrive, Mirror’s Edge, or Assassin’s Creed to me. Even Ocarina of Time actually. These are kind of semi platformer-y but more on-rails and without as much freedom of movement or what I consider genuine platforming. More climbing and exploring (or a lot of jumping around like Returnal, which honestly feels like Ratchet Rift Apart sometimes). Heavy Metal games look interesting. Thanks for your recommendations :)

Bounty Hunter has been on my radar actually! The remaster looks terrific. Thanks, I also forgot about the platforming in those Harry Potter games 😊

Thanks, this is extremely useful. I wasnt sure if it was just displaying with them without line breaks on my end since I’m using Sync app for Lemmy

Thanks, but I am looking for 3D platformers only. Not 2D platformers. Often they’re lumped together which is sad. This resource would be useful in theory, but after putting in “third person”, “platform” and “shooter” (there’s no separate option for 3D platformer vs 2D platformer), I’m getting many results of games that don’t seem to match what I’m looking for, including 2D games like Cartoon Wars: Gunner. However I did forget to mention Uncharted as having somewhat similar gameplay elements, although I wouldn’t consider it a 3D platformer. I guess Zapper very very loosely meets some of the criteria, but it’s more like a top-down Frogger-like game with some… zapping. It’s weird that there doesn’t seem to be a way of differentiating games with 3D graphics from 2D graphics in general on this site. I guess I can check all of these hit-and-miss results one by one, but word of mouth recommendations probably work better here, especially for obscure games. Notably, many of the games I listed (such as Akimbot, one of the prime examples) aren’t showing up under these filters even though they meet the parameters. I also forgot the upcoming game Pragmata is giving vibes but it’s not showing up on that site under those filters anyway.

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