Week 3 - 2D Gaming vs 3D Gaming

How 2D games are still relevant in a 3D gaming industry

The gaming industry in our current time, is mostly built off people assuming that 3D games are the go to for making a game as many people can associate 3D to contributing to greater graphics therefore they are superior so 2D gaming, but this is not always the case. There are other contributing factors that make up 2D games as well, with the variety in game play, story and visuals.

2D games have recently seen a resurgence within the gaming community with the capability of mobile devices increasing in power and allowing the potential of games to be played on that software. This has allowed 2D games to come back into the gaming cycle with their unique design styles and ability to be able to run increasingly better on some devices rather than a 3D game, which requires more power and resources to be able to be played. This allows 2D games to be made rather quickly compared to most 3D games, but can still deliver high quality game play.

An example of this high-quality game play is a game released on the 25th of February 2017, called "Hollow Knight". This a 2D indie, metroidvania, plat-former with stunning visuals and challenging game play that can show that 2D games a still alive and well. With a steam review of 9 out of 10 and currently 91% of reviews (as of 06/03/17) on steam are positive about the game, this shows that 2D games are not dying out, this is just the life of 2D gaming living on and still strong.

In a 3D gaming world, 2D gaming is still relevant with great games coming out just as often as there are great 3D games and with a large variety of genres and art styles to complement the game. This can be seen as the rise in 2D gaming on mobile devices that spurred on more recent 2D classics and let’s hope that there are still plenty of well-made 2D games to come.

References

Hollow Knight, 2017, Video Game, Team Cherry.
Steam, 2017, Hollow Knight, viewed 6 March 2017, <http://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/>.