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You mentioned really enjoying platformers! Could I please ask to know which are some of your favorites and which you think deserve more appreciation? Thank you for your time and have a wonderful week!!!

thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about scrimblo bimblos! ^_^ i really want to draw all the thoughts marinating in my head about many of them, once im not so weirdly parasocially invested in gaster undertale for some reason. for now, i will talk about the more well known stuff but who knows what sort of deep dive into the greatest obscurity i will pull off one day. heres your exhaustive list under the cut, not in particular order!

psychonauts - these are THE most video games ever made to me. just the most ideal formula for a cartoonish platformer; creative concept, beautiful art that really revived my art skills, intriguing characters chock full of lore to each one of them and storytelling that balances between hilarious and deep. im genuinely baffled that this series still isnt at least as popular as all those lore-heavy 2010s cartoons you tumblrinas love so much, as its so character-driven. note that psychonauts 1 is somewhat outdated in some aspects (still hilarious though, perfect stuff for someone who was an invader zim teenager like me), 2 addresses topics regarding mental health with much more care. and im just soooo grateful they GOT to finish the sequel!! PLEASEEE play or watch this IMMEDIATELY!!

klonoa - this was actually a very recent discovery for me. truly shocking, i know. somehow despite my brother always getting his hands on what i swear was every single ps1/2 game ever made, SOMEHOW we missed out on this. aesthetically its the MOST mecore!! i sure as hell wasnt expecting that blue orb to be a #problematic character in the ending of the first game lmao. klonoas fate is so tragic, hes so much stronger than me jfc i would just die probably. but truly, i find the worlds and character designs of these games really fascinating. now i understand why its fans are so insane about getting new crumbs every 2000 years..

sonic - i mean yeah???? its fucking. sonic??? all my 100000 opinions on sonic games are going to require their own post though.

spyro - so this was my first hyperfixation when i was literally only like 4 years old. i had literally never seen a character as cute as spyro was and that changed my brain chemistry forever. at this age i was ALREADY creating some kind of AUs and OCs taking place in the spyro universe. drawings of spyro going shopping for groceries at my local siwa. i kept on talking about my epic spyro OCs in kindergarten. only now i realize not a single kid probably understood a damn thing i said oops lol..

anyway yes, spyro games were really gorgeous to look at back then and still are. a lesson in how graphics arent everything: its the way you stylize them. as i got older, legend of spyro and many deviantart fancomics happened. of course i had a crush on cynder. i dont remember if these games were particularly amazing, but i did and still do appreciate the oooo dramatic cinematic-ness of them if nothing else, even if somewhat corny. spyro just had the personality of unseasoned chicken in them if i remember correctly, which was disapponting.

rayman - youd be surprised if you knew how much lore this french fuck actually holds in him. however, there is a problem: rayman is an ubisoft creation. and ubisoft has not been able to make up their minds about the worldbuilding of rayman games at all, which becomes really frustrating once you find yourself getting way too into that LMAO. especially because rayman has a lot of cool character designs in it and beautiful surreal fantasy worlds. plus all of current ubisofts general evilness… woo hoo…

raymans limblessness is something that really makes him unique and absolutely cool as fuck. the opportunities taken with that are endless. if i were to make a rayman 4, i would totally take on the opportunity to take elements from all the past games and combine all this to one hell of a 3d platforming package. though all of that is gonna definitely require its own post hahaha. do give the 3d platformers in the series a try because rayman is awesome to play as! although i have to warn that some elements are painfully 2000s in rayman 3. like why is this character out of nowhere making a bad dick joke? right in front of this beautifully rendered fantasy world with beautiful music? why are french people like this

ratchet and clank - another big fixation of little me. i would play through these games like an absolute unhinged beast, even though i didnt understand english at that time enough to understand ratchet and clanks constant insane bitching at each other and that the first games story is basically baby's first anti-capitalism. not to be an annoying zillennial but kids these days dont understand how absolutely mindblowing it was to explore the worlds in these games. id be like whoooaaahhh how is all THIS inside my crt television!! im currently thinking of playing through the first three ones again, so i will get back to you on whether or not i think the story and characters are fun. still a ton of fun to play though!

crash bandicoot - sonics ass game. not much to say about crash that hasnt been already said, i am glad that crash 4 still very much keeps the saturday morning cartoon spirit of this trashy deranged furry alive. crash is ALWAYS funny as hell to me. his horrifying deaths being so funny that they were made a collectable thing in that one racing game. nina cortex is the most based female character design i have seen in a while.

jet set radio / bomb rush cyberfunk - everyone and their mom brings up jsr now but its huge art inspo for a reason!! i really thought this was what the future would look like and how people would dress like, just cool as hell. except the entire fucking army coming for you over a graffiti is a pretty good representation of the 2020s.

say gex - gex is… a fascinating guy to say the least. i think im just gonna skip the first game, but i am quite curious about the 3d ones. the thing about gex is that hes so insufferable and outdated in his terminally TV-brained loserishness that he loops back to being actually pretty funny. i want to throw him against a wall but then again i like his cunty purple eyeshadow. honestly, im not afraid to admit i enjoy the channel hopping concept and aesthetics of these games a lot.

maybe an unpopular opinion, but i WANT a gex 4, a modern take on gex. specifically because of this pitch bible that is so fucking funny to me i think about it every day. fuck it, i would also give gex a terminally online fujoshi daughter. imagine THAT. fuck it, gex in yaoi tumblr sexyman world. gexs homoerotic rivalries with other failed platformer mascots. gex rescuing his kids from elsagate AI slop. or maybe its gex who needs to be rescued. with proper art direction and writing by all the beautiful and hilarious trans women i follow it would be amazing.

jumping flash - its been a while since i last time tried this out and have to update my memory on it, so i dont remember how well it holds up. but i looove how the second game especially looks.. and the music is so good!! i sometimes wonder what a modern version of these games would look, but i dunno if it would ever reach the same level of charm.

games i am planning to play but havent gotten to: sly cooper, jak and daxter and tomba. these too were games i watched my brother play, but dont remember much. apparently even the finnish dub for sly cooper is still really good. damn. truly a miracle.

donkey kong bananza looks really mecore but i dont have that kind of money to vomit out of me for nintendo. so this is probably just going to be me watching a walkthrough.

#reply #psychonauts #klonoa #sonic #spyro #rayman #jet set radio #ratchet and clank #crash bandicoot #gex #jumping flash #and like 243594 other games

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