2D platformer recommendations
im going to start this post by mentioning some of my favourite games ive ever played:
Hollow knight - this is definitely my favourite game of all time, i just had an absolute blast playing through all 112% of it
Ori 1 and 2 - these are some of my favourite and definitely top 10, the story and art was captivating for me and the combat in the second game was great
cuphead - one of my favourites of all time, the art style was great and i loved the combat
celeste - this is top 5 of my favourite games ever, the parkour was fantastic and i enjoyed all of it (literally all of it, i did chapter 9 and b and c sides)
shovel knight - i played all four of these games and loved it, the art was great as well as the parkour and the story as well as the combat which i enjoyed too
These arent all my favourites but are definitely the most significant ones. but there are some games ive played that i havent enjoyed quite as much such as roguelikes which ive played many but i dont enjoy as much due to the mechanic of restarting when you die - such as dead cells, enter the gungeon, binding of isaac and hades which i did finish though but its harder for me to play for hours on end then for instance the other games listed.
Im probably forgetting some of the games ive played but this is probably enough, and i hope that this helps and would appreciate all recommendations that i get :)