Group Description
Cinematic platformers are a sub-genre of
platform games that attempt to combine traditional challenges of the genre with realistic structure and presentation. These games often feature puzzle-solving elements and setpieces, and play considerably slower than more "jump and run"-oriented titles. They avoid the abundance of power-ups and score-increasing items and instead emphasize the vulnerability of the protagonist, forcing the player to carefully plot every move (sometimes in a trial-and-error pattern) to overcome obstacles and avoid falling damage. Protagonists in cinematic platformers are normally realistically proportioned, with special attention paid to animation and precise acrobatic moves (climbing, hanging on ledges, rolling, etc.).
The genre was defined and popularized by
Prince of Persia (1989). Other notable examples include French-developed platformers such as
Another World (1991). Many of the genre's gameplay elements were carried over as it shifted to 3D. This group, however, only includes
two-dimensional cinematic platformers, particularly because the line between various platform genres tended to blur with the advent of 3D.
Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | User Score |
Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition | 2007 | Windows | Elektrogames Limited Company | 3.87 |
Prince of Persia Classic | 2007 | Android, iPad, iPhone, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | 3.78 |
Cyberpunk: The Arasaka's Plot | 2007 | J2ME | Mayhem Studio | ... |
Between Heaven and Hell | 2006 | Windows | MadGames | ... |
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | 3.75 |
Prince of Persia: Harem Adventures | 2002 | BREW, DoJa, J2ME | Gameloft S.A. | ... |
Planet of the Apes | 2001 | Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color | Ubi Soft Entertainment Ltd. | ... |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - Curse of the Sword | 2001 | Game Boy Color | Activision Publishing, Inc. | 3.47 |
Tomb Raider Starring Lara Croft | 2000 | Game Boy Color | Eidos Interactive Limited | 3.68 |
Heart of Darkness (édition spéciale Coca-Cola) | 1999 | Windows | Coca-Cola Company, The | ... |
Heart of Darkness | 1998 | PlayStation, Windows | Interplay Productions, Inc. | 3.93 |
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus | 1998 | PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, Windows | GT Interactive Software Corp. | 4.10 |
onEscapee | 1997 | Amiga, Dreamcast, iPhone, Windows | Invictus Games, Ltd. | 3.35 |
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee | 1997 | Android, DOS, OnLive, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PSP, PS Vita, Windows | GT Interactive Software Corp. | 4.17 |
B.I.G. | 1997 | DOS | Hurtownia Oprogramowania USER | ... |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997 | Game Boy | THQ Inc. | 2.93 |
Bermuda Syndrome | 1996 | Windows, Windows 3.x | BMG Interactive Entertainment | 3.93 |
Zorro | 1995 | DOS | Capstone Software | 2.88 |
Nosferatu | 1994 | SNES | SETA U.S.A., Inc. | 4.09 |
Heart of the Alien: Out of this World Parts I and II | 1994 | SEGA CD | Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. | 3.66 |
Death by Dark Shadows | 1994 | DOS | | ... |
Blackthorne | 1994 | DOS, Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES, Windows | Interplay Productions, Inc. | 3.67 |
Fiend Hunter | 1993 | TurboGrafx CD | Right Stuff Corp. | ... |
Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame | 1993 | DOS, FM Towns, Macintosh, PC-98, SNES | Brøderbund Software, Inc. | 3.95 |
SOS | 1993 | SNES | Vic Tokai, Inc. | 2.73 |
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