What would you use if you were making a shooting game like Duke Nukem 3D or Quake...?

Erm...I really wouldn''t bother with 2D anymore for 1st person, it just cannot carry the atmosphere...

Full 3D is now at a stage where people can alot of polys per scene, 3D has alot of feature advantages, primarily lighting, animation detail etc.

The problem with using sprites is that while you can have vast numbers, you have to have animation frames set, they will generally look terrible close up and with a full 3D engine you would not be able to look down on a sprite without it looking plain ridiculous, so you''d be best limiting the amount the player can look around.

Go 3D, unless you have a concrete reason not to.

hope this helps.

Zonbie

www.stephen-hawes.co.uk

u serious?

yep, he is right!.



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for that application, 3d is the better choice. its also easier to work with. i mean, you can try to make a sprite based game like that. might be neat if you can draw well. but better to just use 3d. heh. its actully at the point now where it doesnt taket too much to make a professional looking game. with a decent 3d engine, its super easy.


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