AnimeSennin wrote:How long do you think retro-style games will continue to produced, other than the downloadable stuff?
I think the 3DS will help kill sprite-based games. The DS seemed to have more sprite-based games than the PSP, but now that the effort is on 3D, and I'm sure Nintendo's policy will be that any game made for the 3DS
must have 3D graphics, I can't see how a sprite-based game can be made for that system. I haven't been following the console closely at all, but as far as I know, there are zero sprite-based games for it. Even if there were, they'd look like paper doll cutouts floating around on top of each other or something.
The 3DS has amazing technology, making it so that glasses are not necessary. But it still looks weird, and I am so tired of 3D. As a result, I don't think I will ever buy a 3DS. With each new generation of consoles being released, I become less and less interested in modern console gaming.
I am so sick of 3D and how it's being shoved down our throats,particularly with movies. Isn't Promethius going to be released only in 3D? I hate this crap. It makes my eyes feel weird, it looks dark, and the detail is lost. I cannot see 3D movies as clearly as I can a 3D movie. Moreover, I already see in 3D. I don't need my movies or my video games to be in 3D. What I want is to appreciate art.
Whether or not Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is a terrible movie, any movie redone in 3D is such a stupid idea. If a movie wasn't originally filmed in 3D, making it look 3D is stupid, like a bunch of freaking paperdolls moving around. I heard they're going to make the LOTR movies 3D too. Why don't they remake Da Vinci's artwork in 3D? Or Van Gogh? "Hmm.. The Mona Lisa is so boring because it's 2D. But if it was 3D and dark and blurry, then I'd appreciate it more!" Why not? Because it's insulting. I want to see movies that have good photography and frame the scenes right with the rule of thirds, stuff like
Citizen Kane, The Matrix, or
The Ring (USA ver). Movies should be 2D artwork and filmed as such. Hollywood must think that forcing 3D on us is going to help put an end to piracy or something, and it makes me want to puke.
Anyhow, back to video games. :/