Platform & Adventure Games

A platform game is a game in which you have to lead your character through a world of platforms. You have jump from place to place and most likely collect some sort of special thing. Platform games are some of the oldest in the word of video games. The most well known example of a platform game is Mario. Platform games have come a long way since then. The best platform game of all time is most definitely Crash bandicoot. Specifically the second one, cortex strikes back. This is the game I grew up on and I still live it. There are no large interactive worlds from you to prance around in. The way the game works is that your character, Crash Bandicoot, is placed in a warp room which has several levels. Each level has one rout which you follow. At the end you collect a crystal. When you collect all the crystals you face a boss and then move to the warp room on the next floor. This type of game is sort of basic but it is very fun for those who enjoy a little nostalgia and simplicity. The other Genre that beets all the rest is action and adventure games. What makes a game good for me is a good story line. The jack and Daxter games are the best adventure games out there. Its more than going around and shooting your friends, it’s both a platform game in the sense that you have to get from here to there by jumping and punching your way through the level. What makes this game so good is that the story line, especially in the third game, is very well written. Also you get to enjoy a huge world stock full of vehicles and missions. The only disadvantage to platform games is that once you beat the game and collect all the extra stuff you can’t really come back and play it again and again. The solution is to get a new game and beat it. Then wait a couple weeks or months and when you remember that you had this game play it again. It will be just as fun as before if not better.