Any recomendations for cel-shaded games?

[Terramax]

Jet Set Radio, and JSR Future are still two highly playable games even to this day. There's nothing else in the marked quite like them.

 

[Strelok]

Robotech: Battle Cry a great game for the PS2. Not bad split screen multi-player as well. Giant transforming mechs? Can't go wrong with that.

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Almost forgot Ultimate Spiderman, and that one is also for PC.

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[Weaver]

Everyone is recommending XIII and I have to also throw in my vote for it. It's a good game!
Play it on PC if you can.

 

[UltraPic]

XIII is pretty great. As well as the graphics being in a cartoony style, there are other elements from the comics that inspired it, such as inset 'panels' on the screen for things like alerting an enemy and various cutscenes.

It is a comic, it's based on itself.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

XIII is pretty great. As well as the graphics being in a cartoony style, there are other elements from the comics that inspired it, such as inset 'panels' on the screen for things like alerting an enemy and various cutscenes.

It is a comic, it's based on itself.

Yes, that's what I meant.

 

[Lukeje]

What about Telltale's The Walking Dead? The art is designed to look like the original comic. And the games pretty damn good to boot...

Edit: That'll teach me not to skim read the OP...

 

[Shock and Awe]

Okami!

Okay, it's not really the same type of cel-shading, and they go for far more of a watercolor aesthetic, but it's still wonderfully unique and more people need to buy it so Platinum can make another one for Capcom. PS2, Wii, or the HD edition on the PS3!

Or The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the Gamecube. It's the only Zelda game I've actually completed.

Those are the two obvious ones, at least.

Bastion is very cartoony in much the same way, it's an isometric ARPG. It doesn't have the same hard black outlines from what I recall, but the art direction is definitely one of the high points of the game. The ranged weapons are easier with a controller, though, because mouse aiming is a bit off and using a controller gives you auto-aim.

Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2 is a JRPG with cel-shaded graphics. The franchise works much the same way as Final Fantasy or the Tales games in that you can pretty much jump in anywhere because they're not tied together from a narrative standpoint.

Speaking of the Tales franchise, Tales of Symphonia for the Gamecube. Another JRPG, which I think says it all. Really good, though.

If you've got a PS Vita, Gravity Rush is an action-adventure game with a pretty awesome aesthetic in my opinion. Looks beautiful.

Jet Set Radio recently had an HD version release on Steam, it was one of the 'pioneers' of cel-shading. It's a sports game in a similar vein to the old Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games.

Killer7 on the Gamecube or PS2 is... well, a very interesting title. It's basically a rail shooter, and probably one of the weirdest games you'd ever find. Not really to my taste, but it's got a considerable cult following.

No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2 for the Wii are by the same guy behind Killer7, but the 'weird' factor is a lot more reigned in. They're action games that spoof and parody anime and nerd culture, with another quite ridiculous narrative. Grind-tastic, though.

Ultimate Spider-Man, which was pretty much the last Spider-Man game that understood web-swinging. I don't know how well the PC version runs on modern systems, but it's also for the Gamecube, PS2, Xbox, etc.

The Viewtiful Joe games for the Gamecube. The first two are on the PS2 as well. Side-scrolling brawler-platformers, the PS2 versions were made by the same people who did Okami.

Hopefully that lengthy post will give you at least something you're interested in.

I hate you, only because you totally just said all of the ones I was going to...and more.

I'll say it anyway. If you have a Gamecube you gotta get Legend of Zelda: Windwaker and Viewtiful Joe.

 

[Alma Mare]

XIII is looking absolutely on the money! I'll be looking into that one, thanks!

 

[gamexpert1990]

Okay, since everyone else said most of the games I can think of, I will state the only one I know of that hasn't been listed yet: Dark Cloud 2 (Playstation 2).

(edit) It is called Dark Cloud 2 in North America, in other regions it is called Dark Chronicle.

 

[Aidan(Roland)]

It is a comic, it's based on itself.

Though most people will play it and assume it's based on Bourne Identity. (it isn't)

 

[Signa]

Didn't the Naruto games have pretty good cel-shading? I'm not really a fan, but the games looked great.

 

[gamernerdtg2]

Tales of Vesperia for sure. For PS2 I'd say Rouge Galaxy.

 

[omglazorspewpew]

Most people have said my votes already like Rouge Galaxy and SMT: Digital Devil Saga, but there are a couple that I think people missed

Zack & Wiki (Wii): Puzzle platformer that I think got quickly overlooked. Yes it does have some wii waggle in its controls but it doesn't over do it like most early Wii games.

Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (PS2) : Another underrated game that I think got passed over because of its non traditional RPG mechanics. The game was designed to be restarted and replayed multiple times, sort of like a rougelike...kinda. The first time I played it I know I didn't give it a fair shake but I went back a few years ago and I enjoyed it quite a bit knowing that I am supposed to replay the game.

Eternal Sonata (PS3 & 360): Very traditional JRPG. The battle system is serviceable and the story was not terrible since it is tied to the Pianist Chopin but I will just leave it at that. Used classical music and had some cool ideas but ultimately it was slightly generic...and one of the characters was wayyyy too saccharine for my taste

A Boy and his Blob (Wii): Sequel to the NES game. It is a puzzle platformer, much like the original, where you play as a boy....and you have a blob that follows you and has special powers that you can use to traverse the environment. Technically this game ISN'T cel-shaded, but it has incredible sprite work and smooth animations that make it look like a cartoon.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Cel Damage is a fun vehicle combat game set in a Looney Tunes-esque cartoon environment. The game is lots of fun in short doses, and the characters are hilarious. My personal favorite is Fowl Mouth, a gangster duck from the 1930's. He's my avatar on this forum, in fact.

The Wind Waker is fantastic and my personal favorite Zelda game. Definitely worth tracking down a copy (or wait for the HD release on the Wii U if so inclined).

I'd also recommend Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2. They're stylish, humorous, and the gameplay mechanics are sublime. They also have kickass soundtracks. It's just a shame the series was never finished, what with Clover Studios being shut down.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

OKAMI MUTHA-FUCKA!... and Sly 2 and 3.

Seriously bought the HD version of Okami and it still looks good, bought the HD version of the Tomb Raider trilogy and it looks fuckin' terrible. Probably wasn't helped by me playing Tomb Raider (2013) recently.

 

[UltraPic]

XIII is pretty great. As well as the graphics being in a cartoony style, there are other elements from the comics that inspired it, such as inset 'panels' on the screen for things like alerting an enemy and various cutscenes.

It is a comic, it's based on itself.

Yes, that's what I meant.

D'oh i misread what you said.

 

[Squilookle]

Glad SOMEONE brought Cel Damage up. I was about to have to do it myself, even if I never got the chance to play it myself.

Was the Futurama game Cel Shaded? I heard that one was really good...