/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2225428
The first games were fun because they were something new, like the SNES games with FX chip, Star Fox and Stunt Race FX.

While Star Fox (star wing in europe) still had the left/right controls of 2d shooters, Stunt Race changed the concept of racing for me completely. The fact that the car would turn in actual 3D instead of just going left and right on a road constantly rushing towards you, that took me with such surprise!

I first thought there was something wrong with the game. The boring part was that later games went back to the old ways, the games operate like 2D but they look 3D, Wipe out and V-rally for Ps1 are examples.

The way a lot of games became streamlined in this way now made games over all less creative in my view. A lot has to be put into 3D graphics but there's little creativity in actual game play.

I prefer 3D to be real 3D, if the games functionality is that of a 2D game it's just an artistic choice if you pick 3D instead of drawings, and it may not even look better.

My favourite example of a "good" 3D game from the 90s would be Twisted Metal 2.