Are we making any games anymore? Arent they more like "reality simulations" or "interactive stories" instead of games? To me a video game is fast paced, fun addictive and, yes, 2D. If it takes more than one paragraph to explain the gameplay of a game, the question is if it is a game at all? Is The Sims a game? Does it have any gameplay? I think probably FPS games are the only games that sdshould really be in 3D. Where is the good ole platform gameplay? I mean, download a emulator and a couple of roms and you will realize thart most games past 1998 are five hundred times better than the ones we are playing now. Because of th egameplay. Because of the soul. Who said 2d graphics need to be ugly? With todays techonlogy, there are really no boundaries within 2dgames. You could have hundreds of sprites on screen. You could have huge levels, and a lot of frames in every sprite animation. You could have particle effects and lightning. Lets go back to a time when games had a soul!!! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!! *drinks some cold water to calm down* *thinks about getting a extra 120 mm fan so I do not get so easily roused*

*coughflamebaitcough*
*takes some cough medicine*
Ahh, much better... flamebait!

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I like pie also.

quote: Original post by Beer Hunter
I like pie also.

GET OUT! We''re like soulmates d00d.

I only want to be pie''s friend, nothing more. Besides, a relationship should not be based on selfishness and jealousy.

How is this flamebait? What is he flaming, the concept of 3D? LockePick, you = dork.

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If your stuck trying to make quake 7 and deal with all the 3d concepts perhaps you should post your code issues in another forum...

I agree, but you have it wrong though, both 3D and 2D suck. All games should be text based with no graphics at all. Even better, we should all be making 1D games, yeah, that''s the future of gaming 1D. VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!

This is why it''s flamebait, at least in the eyes of people like myself that hate the 2D vs. 3D arguements and especially dislike people that constantly bitch about how much fun old games are compared to new games. This annoys me just because it''s a dumb generalization, there are a lot of very, very bad old games and there are a lot of very good, fun new games. There are also new games being released in "old" genres (2D fighters, side scrollers, anything on the GBA, indie stuff, etc.) that people who complain about no one making oldschool style games seem to refuse to play or even acknowledge, which leads me to believe that it is not the gameplay, but the nostalgia for old games, that drives them to the conclusion that old games are better than new ones.

quote: Original post by vtwin
How is this flamebait? What is he flaming, the concept of 3D? LockePick, you = dork.

Flamebait is that which is intended to induce flames, not that which flames things. Re-read the original post. It claims that old games are 500 times better than new games because old games have a soul. Seems likely to draw flames, don''t you think?

Not really. I can''t imagine anyone getting that upset because some kid likes 2D games better than 3D games.

Oh wait..how could I forget, this is GameDev! Yeah, you are pretty sensitive.

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