/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2176826
Platformers, like single-screen games etc., have mostly disappeared, because platforming is an outdated and currently unnecessary abstraction. It's a genre that has developed due to games being 2-dimensional. When games became increasingly 3D, platforming became unnecessary.

Another example of a genre becoming obsolete is the point-and-click. Today adventure games can have lush graphics and interactivity AND direct controls, so they don't have to rely on text input or point-and-click mechanics.

Just like the abstraction of a seperate battle screen in RPGs is disappearing, and most general so-called "RPG mechanics" are disappearing: modern computers, even dedicated gaming consoles, are capable of much more, so these abstractions, that were so important in the past, are no longer necessary.