Reviews have gotten technical

[Rath]

LordTheNightKnight said:

Rath said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Rath said:

MontanaHatchet said:
Graphics don't matter as long as they're held up to a certain standard.

Unless some of you would be fine with us playing in 2D.

I'm fine with 2D>3D for some games.

For example I prefer tile based rougelikes to 3D hack'n'slash in general.

For example I like Castle of the Winds more than Diablo.

 

For some games 3D is plainly better though, for example shooters.

Diablo isn't 3D. It's 2D in an ismetric perspective. Diablo 2 is also isometric 2D. Some Diablo clones are 3D, though.

I thought Diablo was 2.5D at least?

In that it creates the impression of three dimensions? Ahh well, Dungeon Siege then.

2.5D is 2D gameplay with 3D graphics, like Contra on the PS2.

 Just looked up D2 on wikipedia, found this quote.

"Battle is conducted in real-time, using an isometric oblique top-down viewpoint (basically, this just means that the game has a set, hovering camera angle, a viewpoint often called "2.5D" because it is between 2D and 3D)"

Of course Wikipedia is a pile of donkey feces so...