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But at least "RPG" designates a group of games that are noticably different in play from other kinds of games, while "2.5d" platformers are not different in play from 2d ones... they are only different in art style.

Art style?


... *slowly backs away from ABF*

And yes, of course it seems to me that all games are 2d when displayed... I'm not sure why DJ says that they're all 1d. Explain?

I believe I already did.

No, "2.5" makes me think of some aspect of depth -- given that 3d means a world that expands in 3 dimensions, then 2.5d should be something in between... like one with some 2d and some 3d aspects, or limited 3d (isometric?) that you could pass off as "2.5d", etc... it doesn't really make me think of something that happens soley on a 2d plane... "2.5d sidescroller" does, but then again I'd say that that is an at least somewhat contradictory defintion.

"2.5D" is a hellovalot more easy to say that "3D game that uses typical 2D platformer gameplay", okay? This is the same situation as RPG, where the name doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Everyone calls 3D games with 2D gameplay 2.5D games, so live with it.