List of games like Prince of Persia
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A list of games like the first Prince of Persia game. Prince of Persia is a 2D platformer that was renowned for having realistic character animation (far more realistic than most 2D platformers of the time). Prince of Persia’s realistic character animation was achieved by rotoscoping (where the animator traces over frames of live-action footage).
In Prince of Persia, rather than performing an action as soon as a button is pressed, the action is performed upon the completion of an animation. When the character jumps, he jumps in a way that is similar to how a real human would jump. For many platformers the playable character would instantly move vertically, appearing effortless, at a constant speed, to a height greater than themselves, can steer their jump while rising or falling, and fall at a constant speed. In Prince of Persia, a vertical jump would involved the character crouching slightly, then jumping up to a realistic height, and then falling in the same way an object falls due to gravity.
Falling from a height would hurt or kill the character. To avoid being harmed by falling, the character could gradually lower himself down from a ledge. To reach a higher platform, he would usually jump up, grab on to the ledge and then pull himself up (rather than reaching the higher platform in a single bound).
The games in this list should all be 2D platformers, with character animation, movement and controls similar to Prince of Persia. |
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Prince of Persia
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Prince of Persia would be one of the most well known games of the cinematic 2D platformer subgenre.
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Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
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The sequel to Prince of Persia.
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Flashback
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Flashback is set in the future (on various planets), and is about an investigator who uncovers a conspiracy by shape-shifting aliens to infiltrate and eventually destroy Earth. The playable character moves in a very similar way to the playable character in Prince of Persia. Flashback's game-play is more advanced than in Prince of Persia, with many items to pick up, more objects and characters to interact with, greater variation in enemies (and how they behave), and a deeper story. Flashback broke the record of being the French made video game with the most sales worldwide. Flashback has a sequel (called Fade to Black), but it isn't included in this list due to being 3D (rather than a 2D platformer).
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Flashback (2013)
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A remake of Flashback (1992).
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Another World
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Another World (also known as Out of this World) is about a scientist who accidentally gets teleported to another planet. On that planet, he his captured by some aliens and sent to a subterranean prison. He escapes along with an alien captive (of the same species as their captors), and the two become allies.
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Heart of the Alien
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Heart of the Alien, is the sequel to Another World. Rather than control the human scientist from the first game, the player controls his alien friend.
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Bermuda Syndrome
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Bermuda Syndrome is about an American WWII pilot whose plane gets shot down, but somehow crashes through a portal to a prehistoric world with dinosaurs.
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Blackthorne
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Blackthorne is about a man's quest to free his people from a race of orc like creatures. The game uses a rare 'take cover' game-play mechanism, where the playable character lean back against a wall to avoid enemy fire.
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onEscapee |
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The story of onEscapee revolves around humanity's first contact with aliens. |
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Deadlight |
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A zombie survival horror game in the form of a 2D (or 2.5D) platformer. It was released in 2012 and is available on Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) and Microsoft Windows (Steam). |
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