LAG - "Project AMR2 is a remake of the second Metroid game, Metroid 2: Return of Samus, and it is designed by DoctorM64. Project AMR2 is still an ongoing project, but DoctorM64 has made a couple trailers and a demo for this game."
Hey Poor Player's Kevin Chapman asks the question many of us have been wondering for years now: is it Time for the Return of 2D?
2D has returned like 8 years ago. Basically ever since indie games became a big thing with Braid. Or maybe even before that, with Cave Story
Now we have Binding of Isaac, Shovel Knight, Fez, Spelunky, FTL, Hyper Light Drifter, Undertale, Broforce, Axiom Verge, Towerfall, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Super Meat Boy, Ori and the Blind Forest, Castle Crashers, Terraria, Don't Starve, Lone Survivor, Factorio, Darkest Dungeon, etc.... all great games
already played like 2 great 2D games this summer in Shadow of the Beast and Assault Suit Leynos, Inside upcoming, Cuphead looks amazing.
and check out Owlboy
Almost all fighting games in 2016 are 2d gameplay based, the same goes for the most platformers anyway.
I agree, but author isn't debating the success or number indie games or smaller studio developed 2D releases though, but rather asking if the Big 3 should put a focus on 2D, sprite-based games. I do think he should have maybe phrased his headline a bit differently.
2d platformers haven't gone anywhere. It's just that only a handful are really well done. Like ori, and shadow complex. With today's tech we should be seeing some incredible 2d games. I'd love a new metroid or castlevania.
since when is Shadow Complex 2D? Just because the movement is restricted to a plane doesn't make it a 2D game
I don't think "2.5D" is a term that should exist. It's either 2D or 3D. The gameplay doesn't affect this.
What about Starcraft 2? Is that 2.5D too just because you can't jump? Is SF5 not 3D? Makes no sense
@GrimDragon
Well it's 3D, obviously
Look; 3D models: https://cdn2.unrealengine.c...
Lol you funny.
Shadow Complex is presented in 2.5D format; the game world is fully three-dimensional, but the player can only move in two dimensions, simulating the environment of a classic side-scrolling video game. Enemies can, however, move in any direction, and auto-aim is utilized to allow the player to fire at nearby enemies or objects both inside and outside of the 2D plane.
And it is a platformer. The whole 2.5 gimmick does not create for this game a genre all its own. It is basically a 2D platformer with a few tricks.
3D models = 3D game
2D sprites = 2D game
Gameplay has absolutely nothing to do with "2D" or "3D". Shadow Complex isn't 2D nor is it 2.5D. It's just straight up 3D
Is SF5 a 2D game? No.
Is Dota 2 a 2D game? No.
is Shadow Complex a 2D game? No.
Just because movement is restricted to a plane doesn't make a game 2D
Have you ever imagined what it would be like if your favorite video game characters grew up and went to school together? PWN or DIE has, and the way they picture it is much like their own experiences growing up. There would be pep rallies and proms, jocks and nerds, and of course yearbooks.
The women in videogames are magnificent specimens. They are the object of fantasies for videogame playing guys everywhere. Sitting in front of our videogame consoles we give the no-hand salute to the spectacled and overweight videogame character animators every time we bounce Lara Croft from cliff face to cliff face or direct Gordon Freeman's first-person point of view directly at Alyx Vance's hoodie-covered Christmas baubles. But what would it be like if you actually settled down with one of these polygon vixens? How would they go as domesticated housewives or girlfriends? From Ms Pacman to Chun Li, That Aussie Game Site takes a look at why you can't domesticate a videogame femme fatale.
Haha, pretty good read, but I don't think having a super rich woman support you makes you less of a man. In fact, I think you must be MORE of a man to pull that off.
