2D VS 3D

2D games have been around since the beginning of games and wasn't until the mid 90s until 3d games become good enough to be made but is newer better?

2D vs. 3D games have been a topic of argument for a long time now and there's no way one of them can be victorious because they both provide a different gaming experience.

2D games and 3D games are two complete different ways to play. 2D games have one simple goal and it is basically to just keep moving forward such as classical super Mario or sonic. Games like Castlevania have more than one direction you can go in but the end of the day, the aim is to keep going forward so searching for things or exploring isn't mandatory because you are on a speed run to complete the level and move on to the next.  3D games on the other hand are much more complex. you are required to search through a vast world with many different areas and different things you can do. Games such as Skyrim or Dragon Age can last you hours just looking for different treasures or quests and that's not even doing the main mission of the game.

Most 2D games have more basic controls compared to 3D games, like Witcher III or Mass Effect. In 2D games all you need is a d-pad and some buttons to jump and attack and you're ready to play the game whilst 3D games have buttons for literally everything  you do. It's much easier to play and get used to a simple 2D game rather a 3D one but it's also a complete different gaming experience too.

Finally, most people would argue that 3D games offer  a more beautiful world but that doesn't mean 2D games don't. Look at Rayman Origins, the game IS 2D but it provides a great unrealistic world and in good quality. Look at the two pictures below, what is more visually appealing? The bright
colours of Rayman origins or the plain and texture stretched Skyrim.



At the end it all matters on the type of gamer you are and the type of games you prefer. there is no real winner of 2D and 3D because as i said before THEY ARE A DIFFERENT GAMING EXPERIENCE.

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RockStar North – GTA V

GTA V (Grand Theft Auto) is the most recent release of Rock-star North’s renowned franchise. It was released on the 17th of September, 2013 for Ps3 and Xbox 360 and was later put on the Ps4, Xbox 1 and of course PC. You play as 3 different characters working together committing various heists as well as the open world which lets the players roam around and do as they please. GTA V broke the industry sale records and became the fastest selling entertainment product in history, earning 800 million US dollars in the first day of its release and an amazing 1 billion in the three days of its release. Since its release it’s sold over 52 million copies making it the 4^th best-selling video game of all time.

Mojang - Minecraft

Minecraft, created by The Swedish programmer Markus Notch Persson is a sandbox game which required players to build constructions, gather food, farm and hunt to survive each day as well as a ‘Creative mode’ where players could fly and build large scale constructions with an unlimited resource and an ‘Adventure mode’ where players could play on custom made maps created by other players. . The alpha of the game was released on PC on May 17, 2009 and after a fair few updates the game was fully released on November 18, 2011. The game obtained a fair few awards including best downloadable game award and golden joystick award. As of October 2014, the games sold over 60 million copies, including 12 million on the Xbox and 19 million on PC, making it the third bestselling game of all time.

Naughty Dogs – The Last of Us

The last of us is an action survival horror game developed by naughty dog is a PlayStation exclusive. The game was released on the Ps3 on June 14, 2013 and later on the remastered version came out for PS4 on July 29^th, 2014. Players play as a man named Joel, who lost his daughter in the early parts of the game and tasked on escorting Ellie, a young girl he meets later on in the game throughout a post-apocalyptic united states. The last of us became one of the best-selling play station games, selling over 1.3 million units in its first week and over 8 million in the following months. The game is considered by many critics as one of the greatest games of all time. It won yearlong awards including over 240 game of the year awards giving it the title of most awarded game in history.

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1981 Nintendo Donkey Kong

In 1981 Nintendo released Donkey Kong. It was released as one of the early Platform games, as it mainly focused on jumping and avoiding obstacles. You play the game as 'jumpman' aka Mario, and the objective is to save the damsel in distress from the giant gorilla named Donkey Kong.
The success of the game lead to many spin off's and variations such as Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land for the Gameboy. The franchise has gone on to sell over 40 million units.

1980 Pac Man 

Created by Toru Iwatani and developed by Namco in 1980 as an arcade game.
 Pac-Man ended the Pong-like game phenomena such as Space invaders and Asteroids and created a new genre appealing to both male and female. It is widely referred to as one of the most famous arcade games of all time and highest grossing video games of all time having generated more than 2.5 billion quarters by the 90s
Pacman went on to appear in over 30 officially licensed games and has the highest brand awareness of any video game character.

1978 Space Invaders

Space invaders is an arcade game created by Tomohiro Nishikado which was released in 1978, It was manufactured and distributed by Taito in Japan. Space invaders was one of the earliest shooter games which focused on defeating aliens trying to invade. Space invaders was one of the forerunners of modern video games and vastly helped improve and define the video game industry today. Space invaders was released on numerous platforms and had many sequels.