Get Back Challenge: Post-a-thon

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These games have many redundant abilities. And that these abilities can be chained together.

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For example, Bubsy in Bubsy 4D has a Jump, Double Jump, Glide (also a jump), and a Dash (also a jump).

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This means that Bubsy can be very 'expressive' with his movement.

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The downside of Expressive Platforming mechanics is that the game is too easy for being a collectathon.

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bubs games

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Because you effectively have 3 different double-jumps, you never miss an important jump.

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For casual, but competent, players, the game has almost no difficulty.

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wall jump

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The upside? Expressive Platformers reward highly competitive players.

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They can speedrun the game by chaining together insane combinations of abilities.

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panda express

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The game is optimized for this. For speedrunning, for time trials.

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qtb

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Levels are linear to a fault. Exploration occurs sometimes, but not often enough.

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