Poll: What is your view on 2.5D games?

[Rii Mitsukai]

how r u forgetting the fallout series, before BoS and 3 the fallout series was 2.5D.

 

[Jirlond]

how r u forgetting the fallout series, before BoS and 3 the fallout series was 2.5D.

lol I cant mention every 2.5D game that would take ages!

But did you enjoy them. or do you enjoy the style or the simplicity.

Diablo2 is another 2.5D great.

 

[Hazardlife]

I would like them a lot more if BlazBlue was released in Europe.

 

[Souplex]

Side scrollers are generally more fun. Nicer graphics are nicer to look at.

 

[Fat Hippo]

DOOM is 2.5D, so how can I not like them?

 

[Woem]

Street Fighter IV of course, as far as I see it's the epitome of 2.5D.

 

[Reep]

2.5D like Crash Bandicoot? The later ones were sorta 3D.
If i guessed right, i love em

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Yeah, they're alright. Some are fun, some are far too addictive to be healthy and some are just bog-standard.

Viewtiful Joe and Castle Crashers come to mind as fun and addictive ones.

 

[Jirlond]

any comments on a 2D control system - i find them more relaxing IMO

 

[revolverwolf]

I very much like 2.5D. It takes advantage of the simplicity of 2D while having the looks of 3D. Where are the downsides!?

 

[Grayl]

I like them if they're done right. I don't play on my Xbox 360, but the last "2.5D" game I played was Trine for the PC, and with friends it's a real blast.

 

[joystickjunki3]

I particularly like the ones w/ hand-drawn sprites. It would totally sweet to me if I could play a sidescroller game that looked like Blazblue.

But yeah, I love 2D gameplay, so 2.5D is great.

For those who do not know a 2.5D game is a game with 3D environments and characters but you can only control that character up/down or left/right.

And just for the record, even though I'm kinda nitpicking, I'm fairly sure that the actual definition of "2.5D" is 2D range of movement combined w/ any sort of 3D. Not just 2D movement w/ all 3D characters and backgrounds. It could be a 3D character combined w/ 2D backgrounds and enemies (think Sonic Rush).

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I like them, but I prefer full 3D environments.

 

[ScruffyTheJanitor]

erm.. SSB?

 

[TaborMallory]

All the fun of a 2D game (see Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee/Exoddus, Super Smash Bros series, Metroid), and they look just as nice as all the other games.

 

[ShadeOfRed]

2.5D is just the best. I love it so much.

 

[Jirlond]

I particularly like the ones w/ hand-drawn sprites. It would totally sweet to me if I could play a sidescroller game that looked like Blazblue.

But yeah, I love 2D gameplay, so 2.5D is great.

For those who do not know a 2.5D game is a game with 3D environments and characters but you can only control that character up/down or left/right.

And just for the record, even though I'm kinda nitpicking, I'm fairly sure that the actual definition of "2.5D" is 2D range of movement combined w/ any sort of 3D. Not just 2D movement w/ all 3D characters and backgrounds. It could be a 3D character combined w/ 2D backgrounds and enemies (think Sonic Rush).

very true - it is nitpicking but you are correct, I just had splosion man and rocket riot gunning through my head!

erm.. SSB?

Classic!

 

[joystickjunki3]

very true - it is nitpicking but you are correct, I just had splosion man and rocket riot gunning through my head!

Sorry, I just figured that we shouldn't confuse the 2.5D-uninitiated gamers. Because, what if by some terrible catastrophe they didn't like 'Splosion Man, but loved New Super Mario Bros., but didn't know that New SMB was a 2.5D game. They might be inclined to vote that they don't really care for 2.5D and would rather just have 2D or 3D.

That's the only reason I nitpicked.

 

[quack35]

Ratchet and Clank: Up You Arsenal had a neat sidescrolling 2.5D minigame.