whether it’s dangerous or delightful
there’s something appealing about
running across the rooftops welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
rooftop levels in video games focus here
is on levels that best encapsulate that
tense pulse raising feeling associated
with rooftop action we’re excluding
levels that spray heavily from a rooftop
setting as well as selectable stages and
user-created content with apologies to
the community levels from
LittleBigPlanet okay yes number ten
Agrabah rooftops
Aladdin one jump ahead of the hench
excuse me in this classic game based on
the 1993 hit fill our likeable street
rat Aladdin hops his way to safety while
dodging pitfalls and lingering folks and
nowhere are the dangers of his existence
more apparent than in the sweets bag
robot where Aladdin has to ascend to the
roofs in order to progress suddenly the
game’s natural tension increases you’re
just one jump away from disaster tread
carefully look before you leap
[Music]
number nine vertigo points tower Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles three the Manhattan
Project for sewer-dwelling turtles they
sure do enjoy the high life Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles three pits the
heroes in a half-shell against their
age-old foe the shredder and of course
the relentless ninjas of the Foot Clan
[Music]
in the game’s seventh level the turtles
ascend via elevator above New York
skyline with the Foot Clan in pursuit
the game throws wave after wave of
enemies at you even as you start
marching across building tops but it’s
never dull and the high altitude setting
is a nice change of pace number eight at
the heliport double dragon to the
revenge the shadow warriors couldn’t
leave well enough alone could they early
in their quest to avenge their friend
Marion’s death at the Warriors hands
brothers billy and jimmy lee traverse a
series of buildings to reach a heliport
the resulting desperate leaps between
ledges and from flat-leaf violence
against thugs is pretty gnarly helped
greatly by the light chiptune music and
a healthy dose of purple art design this
level is pure 80s goodness and it’s
pretty damn fun number seven two to
tango Sly Cooper and the Thievius
Raccoonus
well well well look who just walked into
my crosshairs Sly Cooper bout time you
showed up miss Fox was getting worried
about you care to dance
atop a neon lit series of buildings you
skulk around as the legendary raccoon
thief Sly Cooper searching for a
treasure key which brings you before
detective Carmelita Fox the police
officer with her sights on a resting
slide I’m going to hunt you down Cooper
you can’t run forever
it’s frenzy bobbing and weaving from
there keeping sly one step ahead of
Fox’s powerful gun and one jump away
from a bad fall still the cartoon style
and light tone if the dialog makes it an
easy sell now see a girl who’s best
friends of firearms got issues a little
dinner a little dancing I think I can
help you out
six numbers call duty black ops up to
the room
run Hudson run midway through the
campaign of black ops as CIA operatives
Hudson and Weaver are interrogating one
dr. Clark for sensitive information some
enemy soldiers drop in to spoil the fun
fortunately we’re controlling a
particularly capable CIA operative who
can survive the level progressing from
indoor shootouts to an extended string
of firefights in the pouring rain add to
that the tension of running across
unstable roofing and a pounding rock
soundtrack you have quite the intense
sequence
good number five desperate times
uncharted 2 among thieves
son of bitch right time to go desperate
times call for desperate measures
after ziplining to some quite
dilapidated buildings in Nepal treasure
hunter Nathan Drake sought to shimmy
across a gap but sadly his plan is
interrupted by an attacking helicopter
Drake eventually scrambles for a nearby
building and the goal turns to survival
it’s a relentless push through enemies
and turn fire across stunningly
beautiful rooftops before you finally
get to return the favor to that
dastardly chopper
number four front door Super Mario World
a surprising inclusion but it still
counts the final level of Super Mario
World sends our heroic plumber into the
fiery depths of Bowser’s Castle complete
with a puzzling series of interconnected
doors once Mario finds the correct door
he comes face-to-face with the King
Koopa himself atop the castles roof no
less
what’s interesting about the subsequent
heated battle is how downplayed the
rooftop aspect is compared to the site
of Bowser attacking from his flying
clown car does Mario know you can
plummet to his doom
[Music]
number three rooftop finale left4dead
resolution through escalation that seems
to work out well closing out the first
campaign in left4dead is this jaunt
through the upper levels of Mercy
Hospital a place which are four-person
party believed would lead to salvation
sadly there are instead forced to trek
up to the helipad and told to wait for
evacuation the desperation sets in once
you realize the situation you and three
friends against the unending zombie
horde with only a faint hope of escape
and then the tank shows up number 2
rooftop run Sonic Generations whether
new or old this level manages to impress
Sonic the Hedgehog’s 2011 outing offered
a unique premise classic Sonic uniting
with modern Sonic for one grand
adventure this translated to a number of
iconic stages being revitalized
including rooftop run from Sonic
Unleashed it splits into two parts here
first turns Sonic’s rooftop running into
a side-scrolling sequence while the
second blends two-dimensional running
sections with three-dimensional dodging
rooftop run was already a magnificent
feat of design but here it really shines
as a balance between nostalgia and
innovation
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
[Music]
number one the edge mirror’s edge this
may be the how-to guide for making
rooftop levels you are faith an illegal
courier or runner whose latest job goes
awry when the authoritarian police show
up out of the blue faith must then run
slide jump and climb in a mad dash for
safety
every desperate leap makes our heart
stop and we breathe just a bit easier
when faith successfully gets a handhold
to top it off the level shows off the
game’s beautiful art style starkly white
with hints of color that stand out as a
result you gotta get off that rope they
don’t care how you doing
[Music]
do you agree with our list yeah yeah
feel the burn the real impress me what’s
your favorite rooftop level from a video
game oh I think you’re liking this a bit
too much we’re more thrilling top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
[Music]
[Music]
there’s something appealing about
running across the rooftops welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
rooftop levels in video games focus here
is on levels that best encapsulate that
tense pulse raising feeling associated
with rooftop action we’re excluding
levels that spray heavily from a rooftop
setting as well as selectable stages and
user-created content with apologies to
the community levels from
LittleBigPlanet okay yes number ten
Agrabah rooftops
Aladdin one jump ahead of the hench
excuse me in this classic game based on
the 1993 hit fill our likeable street
rat Aladdin hops his way to safety while
dodging pitfalls and lingering folks and
nowhere are the dangers of his existence
more apparent than in the sweets bag
robot where Aladdin has to ascend to the
roofs in order to progress suddenly the
game’s natural tension increases you’re
just one jump away from disaster tread
carefully look before you leap
[Music]
number nine vertigo points tower Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles three the Manhattan
Project for sewer-dwelling turtles they
sure do enjoy the high life Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles three pits the
heroes in a half-shell against their
age-old foe the shredder and of course
the relentless ninjas of the Foot Clan
[Music]
in the game’s seventh level the turtles
ascend via elevator above New York
skyline with the Foot Clan in pursuit
the game throws wave after wave of
enemies at you even as you start
marching across building tops but it’s
never dull and the high altitude setting
is a nice change of pace number eight at
the heliport double dragon to the
revenge the shadow warriors couldn’t
leave well enough alone could they early
in their quest to avenge their friend
Marion’s death at the Warriors hands
brothers billy and jimmy lee traverse a
series of buildings to reach a heliport
the resulting desperate leaps between
ledges and from flat-leaf violence
against thugs is pretty gnarly helped
greatly by the light chiptune music and
a healthy dose of purple art design this
level is pure 80s goodness and it’s
pretty damn fun number seven two to
tango Sly Cooper and the Thievius
Raccoonus
well well well look who just walked into
my crosshairs Sly Cooper bout time you
showed up miss Fox was getting worried
about you care to dance
atop a neon lit series of buildings you
skulk around as the legendary raccoon
thief Sly Cooper searching for a
treasure key which brings you before
detective Carmelita Fox the police
officer with her sights on a resting
slide I’m going to hunt you down Cooper
you can’t run forever
it’s frenzy bobbing and weaving from
there keeping sly one step ahead of
Fox’s powerful gun and one jump away
from a bad fall still the cartoon style
and light tone if the dialog makes it an
easy sell now see a girl who’s best
friends of firearms got issues a little
dinner a little dancing I think I can
help you out
six numbers call duty black ops up to
the room
run Hudson run midway through the
campaign of black ops as CIA operatives
Hudson and Weaver are interrogating one
dr. Clark for sensitive information some
enemy soldiers drop in to spoil the fun
fortunately we’re controlling a
particularly capable CIA operative who
can survive the level progressing from
indoor shootouts to an extended string
of firefights in the pouring rain add to
that the tension of running across
unstable roofing and a pounding rock
soundtrack you have quite the intense
sequence
good number five desperate times
uncharted 2 among thieves
son of bitch right time to go desperate
times call for desperate measures
after ziplining to some quite
dilapidated buildings in Nepal treasure
hunter Nathan Drake sought to shimmy
across a gap but sadly his plan is
interrupted by an attacking helicopter
Drake eventually scrambles for a nearby
building and the goal turns to survival
it’s a relentless push through enemies
and turn fire across stunningly
beautiful rooftops before you finally
get to return the favor to that
dastardly chopper
number four front door Super Mario World
a surprising inclusion but it still
counts the final level of Super Mario
World sends our heroic plumber into the
fiery depths of Bowser’s Castle complete
with a puzzling series of interconnected
doors once Mario finds the correct door
he comes face-to-face with the King
Koopa himself atop the castles roof no
less
what’s interesting about the subsequent
heated battle is how downplayed the
rooftop aspect is compared to the site
of Bowser attacking from his flying
clown car does Mario know you can
plummet to his doom
[Music]
number three rooftop finale left4dead
resolution through escalation that seems
to work out well closing out the first
campaign in left4dead is this jaunt
through the upper levels of Mercy
Hospital a place which are four-person
party believed would lead to salvation
sadly there are instead forced to trek
up to the helipad and told to wait for
evacuation the desperation sets in once
you realize the situation you and three
friends against the unending zombie
horde with only a faint hope of escape
and then the tank shows up number 2
rooftop run Sonic Generations whether
new or old this level manages to impress
Sonic the Hedgehog’s 2011 outing offered
a unique premise classic Sonic uniting
with modern Sonic for one grand
adventure this translated to a number of
iconic stages being revitalized
including rooftop run from Sonic
Unleashed it splits into two parts here
first turns Sonic’s rooftop running into
a side-scrolling sequence while the
second blends two-dimensional running
sections with three-dimensional dodging
rooftop run was already a magnificent
feat of design but here it really shines
as a balance between nostalgia and
innovation
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
[Music]
number one the edge mirror’s edge this
may be the how-to guide for making
rooftop levels you are faith an illegal
courier or runner whose latest job goes
awry when the authoritarian police show
up out of the blue faith must then run
slide jump and climb in a mad dash for
safety
every desperate leap makes our heart
stop and we breathe just a bit easier
when faith successfully gets a handhold
to top it off the level shows off the
game’s beautiful art style starkly white
with hints of color that stand out as a
result you gotta get off that rope they
don’t care how you doing
[Music]
do you agree with our list yeah yeah
feel the burn the real impress me what’s
your favorite rooftop level from a video
game oh I think you’re liking this a bit
too much we’re more thrilling top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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