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Isn't that the one with the lesbians?

Out of This World sort of gave me a headjob as a kid - while it's eventually a pretty inspiring story of friendship, the fact that you can and will die on every single screen gives it a sort of horrible fatalism, especially nearer the beginning when you have no idea what's going on.
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That is super dumb for real, we are bros on this point Dracko. Nothing kills a mood like exposition.

And yet I love Metal Gear Solid 3. I am a man of many contradictions.

This might be an idiosyncratic choice, but Diablo sort of freaked me out as a kid. Not because of all the demonic imagery and blood and guts per se (although the Butcher's room was pretty gross), but because the game was so dark and nihilistic in general. If you paid attention to the "plot," that is. There's no redemption, only an endless cycle of evil. Gave me the gibberies.

Of course Diablo 2 has an actual way to kill the helldemons and an actual ending (even if it is a "cliffhanger"), which makes the game a lot brighter and more optimistic in general. Interestingly, perhaps intelligently (if accidentally?), the gameplay itself seems to be more wide-open and bright as well, which sort of makes the entire experience more buoyant. It's probably why I ultimately prefer the first game, despite the latter's increased depth and polish.
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Out of This World, Flashback, Blackthorne, Heart of Darkness, the Abe's games (?).

That's all I can think of.

That Weird Dreams game is pretty much like one, I suppose.

What's the limiting criteria for a "cinematic platformer" anyway? Beautiful animations that are deliberately slow because they need time to play out, so you have to be very careful how you manipulate them?
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