Though it was the 5th generation of consoles that brought the 3D platformer to life– with ga𒅌mes like Super Mario 64, Spyro the Dragon, and Banjo Kazooie– the genre flourished on the 6th generation of consoles. While the mascot platfo𒉰rmer wasn’t as prevalent as in previous generations, there were still many great games from the genre that stood as some of the best games on their respective systems.
The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation 2 was home to maꦡny great 3D platformers, spawning legendary franchises like Naughty ღDog’s Jak & Daxter, Sucker Punch’s Sly Cooper, & Insomniac’s Ratchet and Clank. To shine a light on 3D platformers on the PlayStation 2, here are some of the best the console had to offer– 1 game per fꦫranchise to ensure the previously mentioned series’ don’t dominate the entire list.
10 Tak: The Great Juju Challenge (74)
Tak: The Great Juju Challenge is the third game in the series and follows Tak, a jungle boy with the ability to communicate with animals which can help him progress through the game. Iꦜn Tak: The Great Juju Challenge, you go through a series of timed obstacle courses. Tak is accompanied by Lok to try and reach the e🍒nd of the course & get the highest score. Scores are not only based on time but also items collected and enemies defeated along the way. You can either play single-player, switching between Tak and Lock, or play t൲wo-player mode when each player takes control of either character.
9 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (75)
For some reas✤on, SpongeBob SquarePants was a very big deal in the early 2000s. Its oddball humor and expressive characters were frequently integrated into video games, with the game in question, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, being based on the 2004 movie of the same name.
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was ported to every system♛ available at the time, the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PC, and Game Boy Advance. The game was so well received, it was later ported over to the PlayStation 3 in 2012, 8 years after its initial release.
8 Ape Escape 2 (82)
The Ape Escape series⛎ made its start on PlayStation 1 and was the first game to use the then-new dual analog sticks which have become🅰 an industry standard. Like its predecessor, in Ape Escape 2 you control Hikaru as he goes through various leve𒁃ls trying to catch monkeys༺.
Throughout the game, you unlock many different gadgets, some returning from the original and others that are new to the series. The return gadgets are the monkey net, dash hoop, and the stun club. New gadgets introduced in the game 💮are the bananarang, water cannon, and electromagnet.
7 Maximo: Ghosts To Glory (84)
The Maximo series of games is a continuation of the Ghost n’ Goblins series that was incredibly popular in the ‘80s and ‘90s.༺ In Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, you play as🍷 the titular character who is on a quest to save his lady, Queen Sophia from King🐻 Achille.
Similar to the games the series originated from, Maximo: Ghosts to Glory is very hard. You hav✅e a sword and shield but can also🎶 pick up armor and other power-ups that will help you progress through the game. Also like the series it originates from, when Maximo takes too much damage, he is stripped down to his underwear.
6 Psychonauts (86)
Psychonauts was designed by Tim Schafer who also designed Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and Brütal Legend. The game stars Raz, a young boy with psychic powers who is going to Rock Psychic Summer Camp, a camp for yꦑoung psychics looking to hone their abilities.
In Psychonauts, you make your way through summer camp by going into the mind of different꧙ characters and relieving them of their emo🎶tional baggage which is represented as suitcases within the mind. You gain different psychic abilities to help improve your skills and give you more tools when platforming or in combat.
5 Sly 2: Band Of Thieves (88)
The Sly series takes the 3D platforming most are already familiar with and adds stealth elements. The game has a ♓cel-shaded look which gives it a unique aesthetic from others in the 🐎genre. In Sly 2: Band of Thieves, not only can you play as Sly, but you can also play as Bently who's more attack oriented or M⛦urray the turtle who relies more on gadgets. The game was well-received, getting the great hits treatment and later being ported to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
4 Rayman 2: Revolution (90)
Rayman 2: Revolution is a remake of Rayman 2 which was originally released on the PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo 64, Sega Drꦺeamcast, and more. Unliඣke the original game which had a more linear approach, Rayman 2: Revolution was restructured to have more of an open-world f📖eel. In addition, new cutscenes, dialogue, characters, powers, items, and abilities were added, giving players a reason to pick up the enhanced version. Rayman 2: Revolution’s plot revolves around the invasion of the Glade of Dreams by a band Robo-Pirates led by Admiral Razorbeard. Rayman must stop Razorbea🍨rd and also collect Lums in order to save his home.
3 Jak And Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (90)
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy star Jaks the mute and the once human ottsel– a combination of an otter and a weasel– Daxter. Daxter was turned into an ottsel at the start of the game after falling into🍌 dark 🐠eco, and both he & Jak set out to try and find a way to revert him back into his human form.
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is the start of a series that brought some of the best games on the PlayStation 2. The first game is a typical 3D platformer while the next 2 g🌠ames in𒅌 the series follow a structure similar to the Grand Theft Auto series.
2 Ratchet And Clank: Up Your Arsenal (91)
The Ratchet and Clank series takes a traditional 3D platformer and adds a variety of crazy, over-the-top guns to play with. Each weap𒊎on you have is leveled up the more youᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ use it, similar to the Elder Scrolls series. By the end of Ratchet And Clank: Up Your Arsenal, you have a large ‘arsenal’ of guns at your🌳 disposal, from a gun that makes enemies dance to a flame whip thaꦕt destroys anything in its path.
At the time of writing this, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has been announced for the upcoming PlayStation 5, the first original game in the series♕ since PlayStation 3’s Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus in 2013.
1 Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (91)
While not technically a 3D platformer, Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil is a 2.5D platformer that doesn’t get enough love these days, even though it is the highest-rated PlayStation 2 pl🔴atformer on Metacritic. The Klonoa games play almost like a puzzle game as you must use enemies to double jump as a way to progress th🐲rough stages.
The Klonoa series had its start on the PlayStation 1, where it was also mostly overlooked. The games were developed by Namco and Klonoa wears that fact with pride as he has Pac-man, who is essent🍌ially Namcඣo’s mascot at this point, on his hat.