Samus Aran said:
Democratic Republic of Congo. Show me the platforming in the very first R & C game please.
There's a misconception in the gaming industry that every cartoony game is automatically a platformer. I judge games by what I've played.
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Oh you like your Democratic Republic of Congo thing. The problem with your example is, wikipedia is actually a democratic encyclopedia. However,
I think you'll find you're in a very small minority of people who don't consider Ratchet and Clank a platformer. Magazines call them platformers, websites call them platformers, gamers call them platformers. If you don't view them as platformers, you're out of touch with pretty much everyone else.
IGN - Insomniac's current-generation debut hits the platformer mark.
GameSpot - The platform genre is well-worn territory. The 2D platformer was driven completely into the ground back in the 16-bit era, and we're starting to see an awful lot of repetition in the 3D platformer arena, as well. Most 3D platformers are full of backtracking, poor camera work, and countless little doodads to collect. However, Ratchet & Clank skillfully avoids most of the traps that hold back the majority of modern platform games.
Eurogamer - This compilation captures Ratchet & Clank at their innovative, genre-bending best. Great games at a great price make for a compelling if disappointingly businesslike package. If you have any fondness for the platforming genre, you owe it to yourself to sample this greatest hits compilation from arguably the last worthy faces to grace the genre.
Seems to me everyone views these are platform games first and foremost.
