One interesting thing I’ve noticed is that 2D MMORPGs
seem to age much better than 3D MMORPGs. This
is likely because 2D games don’t rely too heavily on realistic ‘good’
graphics. This is definitely a good thing, because as graphics get
better and better, games like Runes of Magic and Dungeons and
Dragons Online which once had ‘top notch’ graphics, now only have
‘decent’ graphics. In a couple of years, these games will have ‘bad’
graphics. Games like MapleStory and Wonderking
on the other hand had ‘decent’ graphics when they were first released,
and still have ‘decent’ graphics today and will have ‘decent’ graphics
in the future. If I were an MMORPG
developer, I’d opt to do something 2D, as it’s guaranteed to survive
longer, provided that my game is actually decent.
I don’t mean to bash on 3D games, as I love games like Allods
Online and Aika, but in five years time, so many people won’t even
try these games because they’ll have such lousy graphics. It’s awesome
that technology is advancing so fast, but it’s also a bad thing for
these games. Big budget pay to play MMORPGs like World
of Warcraft can afford to update their graphics engine every couple
of years, but for free to play games, it’s a rarity. I actually prefer cute
MMORPGs or Anime MMORPGs,
as I just find games with brightly themed graphics to be easier on the
eyes.
There are so many older 3D MMORPGs that looked great when they first
came out, but look terrible today. I know it’s hard to imagine people
saying “Dungeons and Dragons Online has bad graphics”, but in the
future, when graphics improve, it’s going to happen.
Well, what does everyone else thing? Do you folks prefer 2D or 3D
games? any why?
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