This Is Why They Don't Make 2D Fighters Anymore

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Some of the classic fighting games present us with more than just a set of cool characters and fun mechanics, quite a few of them were also home for some of the greatest animation you could see in a 2D game back then. But that’s all gone now. Why? We’ll answer in this video.

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[DashFight]

Are there any modern fighting games that you’d love to see done in 2D?

[KevTheGalaxybender]

Should have named this the death of sprites in fighting games

[meganinten]

"3D is the future!"

Me: Then I will just play retro 2D games.
2D games will never die while there are people who still play them.

[armorbearer]

It is sad that many people do not appreciate good 2-D sprite work. I am glad you explained how hard and expensive it is to make modern sprites.

[AlphaProto]

As a sprite animator, it's kind of a lost skill. I've been making them for over 20 years. Everything moved to HD sprites, and polygons. Now pixel sprite making is just a novelty.The animation part goes fairly fast, but cleaning up the sprites to be presentable takes a lot of time. Most of the time your just zoomed in looking at dots.

[Riz]

I'm glad I grew up during the golden years of 2d fighters, great era in gaming

[mcbill]

This video reminded me how much of a work of art kof 13 is

[turtlehub]

Just because 3d graphics are more popular doesn't mean 2d is "dead". We still have 2d games releasing. Million Arthur, BBTag, Melty Blood Type Lumina, and Undernight Inbirth 2 being some notable ones over the past 6 years. Are there more games with 3d graphics? Yeah, but that goes for the video game industry in general and not just fighting games.

[chrisSandersASX]

2d more expensive, time consuming, and don't scale.

[DevilRaptorB]

2D is replaced with 2.5D

it does give the illusion that your playing a pure 2D fighter which is the right direction to go If you ask me, as it's less time consuming and cost a bit less

[sheldoncooper]

King of Fighters 13 is the most beautiful 2 D Game EVER SNK just Remastered it for PS 4. For Like 42 Dollars New. Buy it Now.

[Mafon]

0:46 - "fake 3D", shows one of the 1st true 3D games...

[hazen]

We can use custom shaders in the Unity game engine to make a 3D model look like a 2D sprite or an anime character. It takes a bit of time but doable.🤫😏

[flamespear]

Can only pray SF7 will have 2D graphics.

[QuattroSG]

I have zero interest in modern 3d fighting games honestly, Im 100% content with playing games from the 90s and 00s for fighting games. They run on just about anything and are simpler games in a good way. No shortcuts or special powers, just who has the better strategy and inputs wins.

[spectrumbots]

I couldn't care less about the aesthetic or art direction, I care if the game is FUN! Just because a game looks pretty doesn't automatically mean it's good. Gameplay and controls matter!

[Cvsnbtheabstract]

XD its funny because there is a discord of fgc dev that still making 2d fighter and i am also including as a pixel artist who creating a 2d fighter with good experience in the game.

[sakibfahmid]

Well 3d models may look good for their time but after a while they become eyesore. But 2d has a timeless look. I mean look at original virtua fighter, when it was released everyone was amazed but now it looks very bad. I mean the body parts look like boxes. But if u look at Street Fighter Alpha or Kino of Fighters 94 they still look really nice & never feels outdated.

[kamarrawlings]

When talking about video games there’s no such thing as outdated video games are timeless.

[kronoel]

Also can imagine making giant hd sprites with incredible frames per second of animation has to be hard af. difficulty level insanity : P