29th November 2004, 2:16 PM
RPG, by the very words that comprise, could be just about every game that's ever been made since in each of them you play a certain "role".
But if I was telling you about a platformer the two terms would make a difference in how you thought of the game. Example: If I said "2D sidescroller" you'd think of a sprite-based platformer, but if I said "2.5D sidescroller" you'd probably say "Oh, so it has polygons?". Of course, I could tell you that along with saying that it's a 2D sidescroller, but by using descriptions I could get you to tell the difference between a car and a truck only using the term "motor vehicle".
Quote:while "2.5d" platformers are not different in play from 2d ones...
But if I was telling you about a platformer the two terms would make a difference in how you thought of the game. Example: If I said "2D sidescroller" you'd think of a sprite-based platformer, but if I said "2.5D sidescroller" you'd probably say "Oh, so it has polygons?". Of course, I could tell you that along with saying that it's a 2D sidescroller, but by using descriptions I could get you to tell the difference between a car and a truck only using the term "motor vehicle".
Sometimes you get the scorpion.