Side Scrollers and 3D..... Stay in your territories, please.

[Cobra176@aol.com]

    I must open my gaping mouth again on another topic: Why are side 
scrollers a thing of the past? Does 3D really replace it, or just make more 
pretty pictures for pubescent kids to gawk at on their playstation? I think 
side scrollers are getting a bad rap. As a matter of fact, with the exception 
of some sims (like Shooters, FlightSims, Racing), I think the side scrollers 
are more fun. I think 3D has killed off a lot of play content  with adventure 
games like mario. RPG, ok. If the pretty pictures don't screw up the 
gameplay, fine.  
    Mario 64 just doesn't stand up to Mario 3 when it comes to fun and 
exploration. 3D killed mario, and a lot of hope for explore/adventure games. 
I haven't seen one yet that really puts up a fight. (Some decent ones, I 
admit.).    I'm sick of seeing lara croft mysteriously disappear behind a 
wall and the camera doing nothing but flopping around until it finds a crazy, 
useless camera position somewhere by her right shoulder. Playing 3D games on 
a 2D screen is a pain in the rear anyway. (Unless you have 3D glasses, then 
knock yourself out!)

Side scrollers are a genere, not a thing of the past. I wish we'd treat it 
that way.

Thank you, and don't laugh at my belief TOO much. (;
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