History Main / CinematicPlatformGame

* ''VideoGame/{{rain}}''

* ''The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard'', a 3D parkour game from the same time as the first ''Franchise/TombRaider''. Its authors call the original ''VideoGame/{{Prince of Persia|1}}'' their guiding line. The models look ugly by today's standards, though.

Other typical characterstics of the genre include:

* Human characters will have realistic proportions, unlike the SuperDeformed characters in (for example) SuperMarioBros.

* Characters have a maximum [[JumpPhysics jump]] height that is about the same as that of real people, unlike in (again) SuperMarioBros where characters can jump higher than they are tall. This means that the way to get to higher places might involve walking up steps, climbing up ropes, or clambering up ledges, since simply jumping up there is not an option.

* TropeMaker: the original ''PrinceOfPersia''.

* ''Cyberpunk: Arasaka's Plot'' is a Java ME game for old mobiles by Mayhem Studio. Heavily inspired by {{Flashback}} and {{AnotherWorld}}. It also got some RPGElements. Really hard to play nowdays (need emulators), but worth it.

** The same developer's earlier game ''{{Karateka}}'' featured rotoscoping and similar combat mechanics, but lacked the platforming elements, thus making it more of a BeatEmUp or an early FightingGame.

* ''VideoGame/MarcEckosGettingUpContentsUnderPressure'', which combines 3D platforming with hand-to-hand combat and graffiti minigames.

* ''VideoGame/MarcEckosGettingUpContentsUnderPressure''.

* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}} in Tibet'' was {{Infogrames}}' attempt at this. It didn't go as well as their more classic platformers like ''The Smurfs''.

* ''Cyberpunk: Arasaka's Plot'' is a Java ME game for old mobiles by Mayhem Studio. Heavily inspired by {{Flashback}} and {{AnotherWorld}}. It also got some [[RPG Elements]]. Really hard to play nowdays (need emulators), but worth it.

* ''[[VideoGame/MirrorsEdge Mirror's Edge]]'', one of the biggest games to try this in a first-person viewpoint.

* ''VideoGame/MarkEckosGettingUpContentsUnderPressure''

* ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}''. Maybe the most "cinematic" game series ever made.

* Characters have a maximum [[JumpPhysics jump]] height that is about the same as that of real people, unlike in (again) SuperMarioBros where characters can jump higher than they are tall. This means that the way to get to higher places might involve walking up steps, climbing up ropes, or mantling ledges, since simply jumping up there is not an option.

* ''{{Tintin}} in Tibet'' was {{Infogrames}}' attempt at this. It didn't go as well as their more classic platformers like ''The Smurfs''.

** ''PrinceOfPersia 2: The Shadow and the Flame''
** ''PrinceOfPersia 3D'' tried to adapt the run/climb/fight mechanics into a 3D third-person environment. It hit the PolygonCeiling ''hard''.
*** ''The Sands of Time'', on the other hand, waited for it to go up before climbing up. It used [[LeParkour parkour]] to do so, codifying another part of the genre.

* Characters have a maximum [[JumpPhysics jump]] height that is about the same as that of real people, unlike in (again) SuperMarioBros where characters can jump higher than they are tall.

* [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou A sufficiently long fall]] will kill a character.

** ''ShadowOfTheColossus''

* ''onEscapee'', which also includes point-and-click puzzles similar to those in first-person graphical [[AdventureGame adventure games]].
* The first two ''{{Oddworld}}'' games. Your main character can't even directly harm anything.

* ''{{Wet}}'' combines cinematic platforming with ThirdPersonShooter action.
* ''{{Uncharted}}''. Maybe the most "cinematic" game series ever made.
* ''EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest''