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

["Matthew Kodatsky" <computek@itcanada.com>]

Hi There,

        I would just like to say that I completely Agree with what your
saying.  3D games arent as great as they are hyped up to be.  Dont get me
wrong, there are some good 3D games out there, but in most cases, it ruins
the game play.  I think most 2D games were the best.  RPG/Adventure games
are only good in 2D as are most other games.  3D is really not that
practical unless its an easy to play world. Until Virtual Reality games
become existent, 3D will be lacking in many areas I think.  Virtual reality
would be the only way to give the player the actual feeling of being in the
game world like thr 2D ones did.

            Matt

>     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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