| Well I have not played Jagged Alliance no, but I have played many other 2D games, some with “climbing up ladders” and “flying”, and can safely say I’d rather have that in 3D then in 2D.
Besides - 3D brings more to games, then what have been mentioned.
There is more "possible space" in 3D because you have all sides to every object that you can utilize, contrary to 2D. This means that you could sneak into a building using the backdoor instead of only going into the front door.
Also the characters and monsters were all very static and didn't have many animations. The background was also static and didn't respond to the movement of characters/monsters. Interaction with the game world was rather limited, even if it looked nice.
Such interaction and dynamics are possible in 3D much more so then in 2D drawn games, because in 3D even the "background" can be made as objects you can interact with. Cut down vegetation to move through underbrush for instance.
The graphics background of BG2 did look nice yes, but the characters did not. They were very similar with very little difference between them, except for colorschemes; Minsc is blue/yellow and my character is red/black ... otherwise they look almost exactly the same.
In 3D you can change appearance based on what you wear. Throw on a cloak, and you can display the cloak. Throw on a robe and you can see the robe. The same with everything else, from armour, clothes, weapons and so on.
Also – rotateable camera does not “blow” – it is very useful and a feature I like a lot.
etc etc.
Such reasons are also why I would like to see BG3 in 3D.
3D is a step up technology-wise from 2D for a reason, and there are so many advantages.
What I personally think is scaring "everybody" is that because game developers and publishers think so much more on the bottom line these days that game quality seems to have dropped. And because most new games are 3D then a connection between bad games and 3D is easy to take.
But hey - there have been countless of bad 2D games as well.
Also - the fact that 3D for a long time have been associated with FPS games, and other action genres - then it could be feared that 3D equals "action/hack n' slash instead".
If a company focus on the game story and quality - then I'd all things even much rather have the game in 3D then 2D. |