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[Tracker]

This week the one and only TheChosen asks...

Which is the best cinematic platformer in your opinion?

Pick your choice!

[Panthro]

Has to be Flashback, surely? It was certainly cinematic, and had a good mix of platforming, puzzles and shooting.

Blackthorne was pretty good too!

[Japo]

Surely Flashback, although I feel bad voting against Prince of Persia, which created the genre in the first place, and is just genius.

[Capo]

Another World without any doubt.

[Tracker]

I voted for Weird Dreams, could have voted for Prince of Persia or Oddworld, but that was the most original, there wasn't any similar game on PC ever since, except a Japanese PS1 simulator.

[MyVitalRemains]

I chose Prince of Persia because it is the only one I've played.

[RRS]

Originally Posted by MyVitalRemains

I chose Prince of Persia because it is the only one I've played.

^^ see? That's another problem with title-specific polls. People vote on the sole thing they know, which might've turned out not their favorite otherwise, had they known other.

I've played (at least briefly) 5 of those titles, I recall seeing screenshots from at least 1 more.

[Japo]

Originally Posted by RRS

^^ see? That's another problem with title-specific polls. People vote on the sole thing they know, which might've turned out not their favorite otherwise, had they known other.

That's no problem at all

For title-specific polls we only need a previous nomination poll, like we did in the past in AB and AR.

Another World is cool but I remember too many adventure-like hard to solve puzzles that stop the action (for a long time if you don't resort to a walkthrough).

[Pex]

Flashback!

[bukimi]

Originally Posted by RRS

That's another problem with title-specific polls. People vote on the sole thing they know, which might've turned out not their favorite otherwise, had they known other.

I think it's not that big disadvantage.
Because of such polls, people may be more willing to try (or at least look for) other mentioned games.
Of course, result of a poll will be influenced, but that way poll also has "educational" function