Why the f#$% did they stop making 2D games?! Is LBP set to revitalize the 2D genre!?

[TheLastGenius]

What with games like Braid, and ESPECIALLY Little Big Planet on the cusp of revitalizing the genre, we should all ask while at the same time momentarily laying down our smackdown arms...wtf happened to the 2D genre of action/adventure platformers? I mean everything was going super great, games were only getting better when suddenly..."Oh we can make polygons now, no one will ever want to play a 2D game again! Once you go 3D you can never go back!!"

Does anyone remember Castlevania Symphony of the night, prelude to the grandeur of what next gen 2D games could have been? Does anyone remember the remarkable fun and interesting 2D games on the SNES? Well what the heck happened to the genre? It was ONLY becoming greater with time and then suddenly abandoned! Now, we have LBP coming out, games like Bionic commando rearmed and BRAID, showing just how great 2D games still are!! Wouldn't it be grand to have a next gen Metroid game be fully in 2D with "remarkable" "beautiful" graphics and art design? How about a new Castlevania game that redefines the artistry of what a 2D game can be? With current technology each character/unit could have thousands of frames of animation and be incredibly detailed and sharply rendered. Super next gen sprites could be fit to be some of the most impressive graphics ever seen, at this point a game could even transcend the animation quality of say, a classic Disney cartoon.

WHY ISN'T THIS HAPPENING ALREADY?

Will LBP and games like Braid transform the industry and revitalize the 2D genre? We can only hope. Thoughts?

[TheGreenDude]

LBP looks plenty 3D to me, just sidescrolling instead of open platforming.

[hdinred]

“New Super Mario Bros.” did well on DS, I'm hoping we’ll get a true side-scrolling Mario sequel on Wii.

[SweetBrownsugar]

Geez another thread on this overrated game?

[daybreaker]

I, for one, am pro-side-scroller...but I have no problem with 3D platformers, either. I don't think it destroyed the genre like 3D fighting games did. Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat have no business in the 3D realm.

[bowl-o-rama]

I think 2D only works.. when it's done right. And I think LBP would have been even more impressive in full 3D.

[TheLastGenius]

Originally Posted by TheGreenDude

LBP looks plenty 3D to me, just sidescrolling instead of open platforming.

It's more like 2.5d, point is its a huge commercial title that is in essence a 2D platformer.

[TheGreenDude]

Originally Posted by TheLastGenius

It's more like 2.5d, point is its a huge commercial title that is in essence a 2D platformer.

Nope, it's definitely being rendered in perspective, making it a 3D game. Just happens to be a sidescrolling 3D game. It's irritating to see this "2.5D" keep popping up.

[TheLastGenius]

Originally Posted by bowl-o-rama

I think 2D only works.. when it's done right. And I think LBP would have been even more impressive in full 3D.

Never played a 3D platformer that has the same micro-precise feel that 2D games had. Alot of stuff in 3D games are so automated, 2D still feels more visceral to me.

[Liqwid]

Castle Crashers will be the next great 2D game.

[TheLastGenius]

Originally Posted by TheGreenDude

Nope, it's definitely being rendered in perspective, making it a 3D game. Just happens to be a sidescrolling 3D game. It's irritating to see this "2.5D" keep popping up.

It's not 3D, 3D involves a larger environment to roam. LBP only has three Z axis planes that are very close together. Its extremely 2.5D, with really sharp well textured 3D backgrounds. It plays like a 2D side scroller, not a 3D adventure.

[TheLastGenius]

Originally Posted by hdinred

“New Super Mario Bros.” did well on DS, I'm hoping we’ll get a true side-scrolling Mario sequel on Wii.

That was a very good game. A full 2D Mario sequel on the Wii would be killer...something sprite based...with youknow up to hundreds of sprites on screen at once, it could be great!!

[michealo]

Originally Posted by SweetBrownsugar

Geez another thread on this overrated game?

how can it be "overrated" when it hasn't been rated yet?

[TheGreenDude]

Originally Posted by TheLastGenius

It's not 3D, 3D involves a larger environment to roam. LBP only has three Z axis planes that are very close together. Its extremely 2.5D, with really sharp well textured 3D backgrounds. It plays like a 2D side scroller, not a 3D adventure.

Movement in 3 directions AND rendering everything in 3D... Sounds like a 3D sidescroller to me. "2.5D" has no meaning.

[TheLastGenius]

Originally Posted by TheGreenDude

Movement in 3 directions AND rendering everything in 3D... Sounds like a 3D sidescroller to me. "2.5D" has no meaning.

Being able to move left, right and back is 2.5D. The game uses very sharp 3D images but the gameplay is strictly 2D-2.5D. How old are you? If you grew up with older consoles you would recognize this game for what it really is. Why are you trying to claim that it is 3D? Insanity.