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aLkaLiNE on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:

Yoshi, Kirby, Splatoon (Nintendo confirmed it will be a platformer in the singleplayer campaign)

R & C isn't even a platformer. Insomniac Games also makes games for other platforms anyway, so they aren't part of Sony.

DK64 is the worst 3D platformer "Nintendo" ever made. And if you're counting Crash and Spyro you should also count Banjo-Kazooie and Conker.


I've never cared to play a Kirby or Yoshi game so my bad.

Ratchet and clank is 100% a platformer though. I've played like 7 games from the franchise (which has been wholly owned by Sony since day one, not just bought at a later time ala gears) and there are tons of platofrming elements. What made it stand out was the witty sarcastic humor and the wide array of inventive weaponry.

 

But now that I think about it, it could also be called a third person shooter as well. So I'm gonna take back gears from Microsoft and add TPS to Sony's list of genres they dominate at. Thank you (:



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Goatseye on 02 March 2015

RPG

Sony: ???

MS: Fable

Nintendo: Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Golden Sun

Party games

Sony: ???

MS: Kinect party games and not Viva Pinata (even though it has party in one of the titles)

Nintendo: Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Party

Racing

Sony: Gran Turismo, Driveclub, Modnation Racers, LittleBigPlanet Karting

MS: Forza Motorsport, PGR, Forza Horizon

Nintendo: Mario Kart, F-Zero

Platformer

Sony: Tearaway, Sly, Jak & Daxter (dead?), LBP

MS: Banjo-Kazooie (does this even count anymore?), Max, Splosion series, etc...

Nintendo: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby

Action adventure

Sony: Uncharted, TLOU, Infamous, Shadow of the Colossus

MS: ???

Nintendo: Zelda, Metroid

FPS

Sony: Resistance, Killzone

MS: Halo

Nintendo: ???

TPS

Sony: TLOU and Uncharted are action adventure.

MS: Gears of War

Nintendo: Splatoon

On-rails shooter

Sony: ???

MS: Crimson Dragon

Nintendo: Sin & Punishment, Star Fox

Fighting

Sony: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

MS: Killer Instinct

Nintendo: Super Smash Bros., Pokken Tournament

RTS

Sony: ???

MS: Halo Wars

Nintendo: Pikmin

Boxing

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Punch-Out!!

Sports

Sony: MLB

MS: Kinect Sports

Nintendo: Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, 1080° Avalanche

Hack & Slash

Sony: God of War

MS: ???

Nintendo: Bayonetta

Life Simulator

Sony: ???

MS: Viva Pinata series

Nintendo: Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life



Samus Aran on 02 March 2015
aLkaLiNE said:
Samus Aran said:

Yoshi, Kirby, Splatoon (Nintendo confirmed it will be a platformer in the singleplayer campaign)

R & C isn't even a platformer. Insomniac Games also makes games for other platforms anyway, so they aren't part of Sony.

DK64 is the worst 3D platformer "Nintendo" ever made. And if you're counting Crash and Spyro you should also count Banjo-Kazooie and Conker.


I've never cared to play a Kirby or Yoshi game so my bad.

Ratchet and clank is 100% a platformer though. I've played like 7 games from the franchise (which has been wholly owned by Sony since day one, not just bought at a later time ala gears) and there are tons of platofrming elements. What made it stand out was the witty sarcastic humor and the wide array of inventive weaponry.

 

But now that I think about it, it could also be called a third person shooter as well. So I'm gonna take back gears from Microsoft and add TPS to Sony's list of genres they dominate at. Thank you (:

No, you spend by far the most time beating up enemies.

I guess Metroid is a platformer as well.



PenguinZ on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:
PenguinZ said:
Samus Aran said:

Yoshi, Kirby

R & C isn't even a platformer. Insomniac Games also makes games for other platforms anyway, so they aren't part of Sony.

DK64 is the worst 3D platformer "Nintendo" ever made. And if you're counting Crash and Spyro you should also count Banjo-Kazooie and Conker.

 

Except that Ratchet & Clank actually is a platformer. Though it does have some other elements integrated into it.

It's a comic third person shooter/beat 'em up with some minor platforming elements. I played the very first R & C last month, I barely did any platforming. You're in for a rude awakening if you play some real platformers like DKC: TF.


Real platformers? I hope you realize that platform games can come in many different shapes and forms. It's hard to compare a game like DKC: TF to any R & C title. Heck it's even hard to compare the gameplay experience of a 3D Mario to a 2D Mario for that matter. They're different experiences.



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GTAexpert on 02 March 2015
Goatseye said:
RPG

Sony: ???

MS: Fable

Nintendo: Xenoblade, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Golden Sun

Party games

Sony: ???

MS: Kinect party games and not Viva Pinata (even though it has party in one of the titles)

Nintendo: Mario Party, Warioware, Wii Party

Racing

Sony: Gran Turismo, Driveclub, Modnation Racers, LittleBigPlanet Karting

MS: Forza Motorsport, PGR, Forza Horizon

Nintendo: Mario Kart, F-Zero

Platformer

Sony: Tearaway, Sly, Jak & Daxter (dead?), LBP

MS: Banjo-Kazooie (does this even count anymore?), Max, Splosion series, etc...

Nintendo: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Kirby

Action adventure

Sony: Uncharted, TLOU, Infamous, Shadow of the Colossus

MS: ???

Nintendo: Zelda, Metroid

FPS

Sony: Resistance, Killzone

MS: Halo

Nintendo: ???

TPS

Sony: TLOU and Uncharted are action adventure.

MS: Gears of War

Nintendo: Splatoon

On-rails shooter

Sony: ???

MS: Crimson Dragon

Nintendo: Sin & Punishment, Star Fox

Fighting

Sony: Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

MS: Killer Instinct

Nintendo: Super Smash Bros., Pokken Tournament

RTS

Sony: ???

MS: Halo Wars

Nintendo: Pikmin

Boxing

Sony: ???

MS: ???

Nintendo: Punch-Out!!

Sports

Sony: MLB

MS: Kinect Sports

Nintendo: Mario Strikers, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, 1080° Avalanche

Hack & Slash

Sony: God of War

MS: ???

Nintendo: Bayonetta

Life Simulator

Sony: ???

MS: Viva Pinata series

Nintendo: Animal Crossing, Tomodachi Life

You're missing too many franchises. Did you just copy Samus? If so, look at my reply to him.

And anyways, these lists have little to do with the thread.



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Samus Aran on 02 March 2015
PenguinZ said:
Samus Aran said:

It's a comic third person shooter/beat 'em up with some minor platforming elements. I played the very first R & C last month, I barely did any platforming. You're in for a rude awakening if you play some real platformers like DKC: TF.


Real platformers? I hope you realize that platform games can come in many different shapes and forms. It's hard to compare a game like DKC: TF to any R & C title. Heck it's even hard to compare the gameplay experience of a 3D Mario to a 2D Mario for that matter. They're different experiences.

Bolded games all have jumping from platform to platform as the main focus. Thus they're platformers.
According to your logic just about any game is a platformer, including Metroid.



Goatseye on 02 March 2015
GTAexpert said:

You're missing too many franchises. Did you just copy Samus? If so, look at my reply to him.

And anyways, these lists have little to do with the thread.

True but your reply has many IPs misplaced and missing some MS IPs as well.

I just reordered them.



aLkaLiNE on 02 March 2015
Samus Aran said:
aLkaLiNE said:


I've never cared to play a Kirby or Yoshi game so my bad.

Ratchet and clank is 100% a platformer though. I've played like 7 games from the franchise (which has been wholly owned by Sony since day one, not just bought at a later time ala gears) and there are tons of platofrming elements. What made it stand out was the witty sarcastic humor and the wide array of inventive weaponry.

 

But now that I think about it, it could also be called a third person shooter as well. So I'm gonna take back gears from Microsoft and add TPS to Sony's list of genres they dominate at. Thank you (:

No, you spend by far the most time beating up enemies.

I guess Metroid is a platformer as well.

 

I don't think you're qualified to talk about a franchise you've had one experience with from the first entry in a game. The way you travel through levels is extremely reliant on platforming. The way you defeat bosses involves platforming. Pretty much all of the gadgets you unlock, aid in platforming. There's just badass guns thrown in so that you can shoot stuff while you platform. Its actually a really fun series, check it out sometime



Samus Aran on 02 March 2015
aLkaLiNE said:
Samus Aran said:
aLkaLiNE said:


I've never cared to play a Kirby or Yoshi game so my bad.

Ratchet and clank is 100% a platformer though. I've played like 7 games from the franchise (which has been wholly owned by Sony since day one, not just bought at a later time ala gears) and there are tons of platofrming elements. What made it stand out was the witty sarcastic humor and the wide array of inventive weaponry.

 

But now that I think about it, it could also be called a third person shooter as well. So I'm gonna take back gears from Microsoft and add TPS to Sony's list of genres they dominate at. Thank you (:

No, you spend by far the most time beating up enemies.

I guess Metroid is a platformer as well.

 

I don't think you're qualified to talk about a franchise you've had one experience with from the first entry in a game. The way you travel through levels is extremely reliant on platforming. The way you defeat bosses involves platforming. Pretty much all of the gadgets you unlock, aid in platforming. There's just badass guns thrown in so that you can shoot stuff while you platform. Its actually a really fun series, check it out sometime

I've played all the PS2 games and one PS3 title. I just recently replayed the first one.

I think it's a fun series, I just don't see it as much of a platformer. A fun tps/ beat em up with some platforming elements like I said.



GTAexpert on 02 March 2015
Goatseye said:
GTAexpert said:
 

You're missing too many franchises. Did you just copy Samus? If so, look at my reply to him.

And anyways, these lists have little to do with the thread.

True but your reply has many IPs misplaced and missing some MS IPs as well.

I just reordered them.

Nope you completely ignored many Sony IP's on my list and left them out like MotorStorm, Wipeout, Socom U.S. Navy SEALs, Pursuit Force and Hot Shots Golf. Also since your list consists many idividual IP's you can add Gravity Rush, Heavy Rain, The Order: 1886, Beyond: Two Souls, Soul Sacrifice and Freedom Wars to the Sony list.