Game Central writes: "I can't remember the last time PC gamers saw a mainstream platformer. Actually I can. But still, how many platformers are released nowadays? You could argue casual Flash games and whatnot count, but I'm talking of the standard side-scrolling platformer; the ones we old PC gamers can attest to buying and playing, such as Commander Keen, Earthworm Jim, and Duke Nukem. With the advancement of computers, it seems wholly appropriate that these style of games are "outdated" for today's gamers. The only way for developers to get this genre back to fruition is to reinvent the platform game wheel."
Poor reception hasn't killed this series. A document released this week by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), confirming projects it plans to help fund in 2018, has revealed that a number of indie studios are working on new games.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Pulkkinen is a relatively new face in the video game industry. Thus far he has worked exclusively on games developed by Finnish game studios, but I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the near future his music begins to attract attention from elsewhere as well. Given that he is only 34 years old he likely has many more years ahead of him in the video game industry."
"One of the oldest and most integral genres in video gaming is platforming. In the simplest idea, these games involve progressing an avatar through a series of obstacles by jumping from one platform to another. Originating back in the 1980s, platformers are not a pure genre; there is a tendency for other game types to mix in with platforming. For example, Contra gave rise to “run and gun” games; these are a cross of platforming and shooters."-- PlayStation Enthusiast
