The Fall and Rise of 2D Gaming - Scott The Woz
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2021
- Scott's on his dimension kick again.
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Music Used:
"Main Menu" from WarioWare: Get It Together!
"Lineland Road" from Super Paper Mario
"Inside a House" from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
"War of the Woolies" from Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
"Cool, Cool Mountain" from Super Mario 64
"Evil Pig Boss" from Tomba!
"Granny's World" from Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
"Ricco Harbor" from Super Mario Sunshine
"Corkboard" from Kirby Super Star
"Minor Battle" from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
"Tornado Man" from Mega Man 9
"Tarrey Town" from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
"Overworld (Versus)" from New Super Mario Bros.
"Athletic Theme" from New Super Mario Bros.
"Main Menu" from Wario Land: Shake It!!
"Title Theme" from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
"Title Screen" from Donkey Kong Country Returns
"Mabe Village" from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
"Breakout" from 3D Dot Game Heroes - เกม
![MOBYE - มีใจทำไมไม่จีบ (ASAP) [Official MV]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dCOdz92FU18/mqdefault.jpg)
If Scott were to be a best man at a wedding, he’d start with a speech, but by the time his bit is over, it’s been a 40 minute rant about the e-reader.
I do not see the downside
That would be more entertaining than the service
scott would be more than a “best” man
I see no problem here
you can never stop the gamer
Fun fact: every _Five Nights at Freddy’s_ game before the VR one is technically 2D. Similar to the special stages of Sonic 2 and 3, it just uses pre-rendered sprites and backgrounds.
I don't think you know what you're talking about... What about 4 and SL?
@@scarpusgaming made with clickteam fusion, a 2d engine. Everything was prerendered.
@@scarpusgaming Even 4, Not sister location though i dont think
@@Boxman487 yes, even sister location. all the games before the VR one is 2d and just use more advanced forms of prerendered graphics. that's why in sister location whenever you move you can either move forward with light or left and right with no light
@@Boxman487 sister location was pre rendered. every game besides vr
The 2D-3D transition of around 1996 was the defining gaming era of my childhood and I’m pretty offended Scott couldn’t even bother being alive during it.
It wasn't all good. Croc, Bubsy 3D, Earthworm Jim 64...
Blame her mother for not being pregnant enough
@@dashhhh8228 or earlier
The nerve of this guy!
Fetus status is close
"JOIN THE OCCULT DAD"
Best Scott The Woz line
I was wondering if this was a reference to dad the TH-cam channel/arg seeing as dad was in one of scotts previous videos
@@cryptothermia he was wearing the konami laser scope and listening to music through it in a park and dad is just there in the background dancing. I forget which episode though
@@aidanshook6510 considering that this is a video of what Scott would tell his family in a family reunion, I highly doubt that.
@@cryptothermia 13:24
Nah "You do math like a bitch" is the best line
I like to think that Scott is just constantly pissed at shit no one cares about and 5 minutes before each episode someone makes an offhand comment that starts a rant
That’s a pretty good theory. I like it.
I think this video was an answer to all the comments on the new Metroid Dread. Seeing that direct live, the comments were horrendous. Even now the comments are still meh
@@nikkoa.3639
Making a 2D Metroid game instead of something like Metroid Prime is horrendous
@@steelbear2063 What are you talking about? Do you think Nintendo is made up of only 20 people? Both games are being made *at the same time.* The devs for Metroid Prime 4 is Retro Studios, the devs for Metroid Dread is Mercury Steam, they're being made in parallel.
@@nikkoa.3639
Metroid Prime 4 is in development hell tho. Retro Studios is simply the current developer, not the first
14:50
Scott: "And great animation-"
*Shows Wario's shaking butt*
I suppose Scott has his priorities right
I don’t think Scott gives a damn
To be fair, that's a *great* example
Scott is a Man of Culture.
Nice pfp
lol word
Scott in 2D would be wearing that hoodie
Hey I love your channel
I see you in every Scott the Woz video lol
yes
what
Castlevania like.
RPG Footage... in a Scott The Woz video... What Sorcery is this?!?
@@certified9104 umm… no. I think you have us confused with someone else.
@@RenegadesReact oh sorry I do
Dark Sorcery
Witchcraft!
Not just any RPG, but Legend of Dragoon.
Scott really just saw all the people complaining about metroid dread being a 2D game for $60 and made an entire video about it.
✋ guilty!
That's our Scott.
Yes
I'm thinking of buying Switch some day in the future, and I have 6 games I'm interested in. I hoped that the new Metroid game would be similar to Metroid Prime, then it could be the 7th game, but alas. I'll have to wait and see about that Metroid Prime 4 game, if it ever comes out
@@steelbear2063 if you want Metroid Prime wait for Prime 4... Metroid has mostly been in 2D, yes even... Other M
I can actually imagine Scott walking into his family reunion, sitting at the table with the adults, and starting a conversation on why the Wii u is the misunderstood black sheep of the Nintendo console family. For 40 minutes.
Then looks at 3d world for a 4th time
Memes aside, I like how Scott can stay positive about games/gaming. It gets really cynical everywhere else imo.
He's still young. Give it time.
@@cattysplat I mean, you can stay jaded on /v/ all you want. Don't drag me back into it
I've been trying to cut gaming toxicity out of my life and just, you know, enjoy games more. So I really appreciate Scott's optimism
@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr Me too. I know the internet has the tendency to veer toward negativity in general, so I've been spending a lot less time in gaming communities online and more time just PLAYING games again. It feels like it used to when I was a kid and gaming was actually enjoyable and stress free.
@The Stonefish Negativity can be found everywhere, and I think it's fine if people want to stay away from it if they just want to enjoy what they like. It doesn't mean I won't complain or talk about a game corporation pulling off another scummy anti-customer move, but that also doesn't mean I'll stop playing games for fun completely just to spend time constantly arguing about them online.
There's a place and time for everything. Me? I just want to play Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on my mobile phone for the 500th time this month.
A part of me feels like this entire video was made as a response to the people saying Dread isn't worth $60.
And it was a damn good one.
It isn't
@@magentawool2556dread is definitely worth full price, especially with how replayable it is.
Worth every penny, kept me entertained for weeks non-stop
@@magentawool2556 wym its an incredible game
@@magentawool2556i haven’t played and therefore can not agree or disagree. regardless, it is a shame the game wasn’t worth the price to you
Scott clearly has not played 5D Chess with multiverse travel on steam yet. 5D is the future of all games.
technically 5d chess with multiverse time travel is 5d in the same way nornal chess is 3d: knight jump:))
Scott would rather die than be seen playing a game on PC lmao
@@zacknattack nah, the pieces are on top of the board. That's the 3rd (or 5th) dimension in chess. A Knight's move used the same amount of dimensions as a Bishop's move, just in different ratios
@@loreleihillard5078 the knight is always described as jumping over inbetween pieces though
edit: and if the knight didn't jump over, it'd have to phase through a solid wall of pieces; bishop movement does not phase through pieces as shown by pawns capturing diagonally. additionally the bishop is 1/sqrt(2) tiles away from a piece at the closest during movement past adjacent pieces; it's more reasonable for the bishop to fit through without jumping than for the knight to, which is a distance of 1/2 at the closest.
time* travel
i'ma be real it scares me and i want it but broke
The fact that Scott put together an entire game of mousetrap just for 2 seconds of content is absolutely hilarious to me
Explain
@@animatebirds553 no
@@jordanhingoo7017 ok
I just realized you meant a LITERAL game of mousetrap like the board game
I thought you used it figuratively like “cat and mouse”
The thing i love about scott the woz is that he has hundreds of facial expresions each frame
I actually think the comparison of 2D and 3D games to Black & White and Color film is really interesting, because similarly to 2D games, you have B&W films released in the color era like Schindler’s List, The Man Who Wasn’t There, and Eraserhead, all of which fundamentally would not work in full color
There’s another Lynch classic you left out of this list that was also B&W: The Elephant Man
Any “beauty” in that film I feel would’ve been ruined had it been filmed in color
@@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243 Yeah completely agreed. I didn't include it because I hadn't actually seen it yet when I wrote the comment (I have since, though).
I know the Wizard of Oz uses both
Honestly the best part about this video is that Scott never talked about Sonic's transition to 3D and rocks
It would've fit in the "you think this is worth 60" part. The 3d sonic critics fucking praise broken ass games like skyrim and the newer fallouts and consume ea garbage plus excuse cyberpunk.
I think sa2 is better than sunshine and all 3d sonic pre-shadow were great. The big first 3d platformers are all flawed as fuck yet sonic is the only bad one apparently despite 64 forcing padding on you and having a terrible camera and ocarina of time having shit ass interruptions and the mother fucking water temple.
He talked about it in his 2d to 3d video
He did put some of Sonic Heroes in the background as he was criticising games making the jump to 3D for 3D's sake, though. Maybe that counts
His transition into 3D didn't rock
@@thatitalianlameguy2235Tails/Eggman and Knuckles/Rouge are better than Mario Sunshine? The two thirds of the game (literally) that everyone complains about? Those are better than Sunshine?
Think you might need to reevaluate your personal biases
"There was a time where 2D Mario was basically extinct."
*Laughs in Metroid*
Well, the gap between Mario World and NSMB was 14-16 years, depending on which launch date you take. It might have taken Metroid 19 years from Fusion to Dread, but if we consider the remakes (which were basically new games as well, being so different from the original), the gap between Zero Mission and Samus Returns is "only" 12 years. :D
The question is, how will 2D Mario continue next? It's been already 9 years since NSMBU and I can't imagine them doing another one of those. There is Mario Maker of course, but that's not the same as a complete new game made by Nintendo themselves. I hope they re-invent 2D Mario, because the NSMB games were just wayyy too similar.
@@Ray_2112 I think Mario Maker alone is worthy of continuing 2D Mario personally. Even just the story mode for Mario Maker 2 was interesting. That said, NSMB, Mario Maker and 3D Land/3D World could all be considered ‘continuations’ of 2D Mario depending on who you ask, so it’s really hard to say what Nintendo’s long term plans are.
Because it’s been so long since an original NSMB game however, having one now might be received better. I think NSMB DS and Wii at least were different enough from each other, but 2 and U were certainly mismanaged.
@@Ray_2112 - it's already been 9 years since nsmbu
_rapidly begins to age_
laughs in dread
@@Ray_2112 unfair, you only counted remakes for Metroid and ignored Mario land two
While 2D has been the preferred realm of indie devs for a long time it's clear that this is changing now, 3D development tools have become much better and more accessible so in the late 2010s and 2020s we've started to see a ton of 3D indie games.
I can't believe how long it's taken me to realize how good 2d games still are. I dropped out of them around middle school but now have rediscovered my love for them
This summer, Geometry Dash 2.2 is finally coming out and its platformer mode will make GD into a direct competitor for Super Mario Maker 2, where SMM2 is on Switch, while GD is on PCs and mobiles. This def will be awesome
UPD. Man, now I really watched the video and I can say I didn't realise how many good games there are that I was missing. Ofc gameplay-wise, since Scott as a Nintendo fan prefers diverse gameplay to story, or even graphics sometimes.
He should’ve made a joke about the love of dimensions being called “Dementia”. I don’t think he’s done that before, I’d remember if he did.
take my like and leave.
@@urmomgayŁœł
Good content my dude
He did, in 2D to 3D
@@animatedgaymer619 wooosh
The mystery man holding a gun to Scott's head has appeared so many times now I'm starting to think Scott has actually been taken hostage and this is a cry for help
This is just normal person when you choose Nintendo instead more popular Xbox or Playstation.
I was so excited for middle school but when I said “you guys wanna play Nintendo switch?” I got stabbed to death
@@animatebirds553
The /j is entirely unnecessary, you obviously haven't been stabbed to death.
@@theonlybilge your right, not sure why I felt the need to clarify
@@animatebirds553 i got stabbed to death this morning /srs
My volume: 24%
Scott: "and another and ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHERAND ANOTHERRNDMDNSNSNSS"
My neighbor: *files noise complaint*
Took a shot everytime he said handhelds made the 2d games feel less important and was drunk in less than 8 minutes.
Handhelds are still consoles
As someone who runs 2D-exclusive gaming websites, I've had this conversation a lot over the years, and you nailed it in this video. 2D gaming went from ubiquity to handhelds, to indie games, to its modern renaissance. The 2D gaming resurgence over the past decade has been wonderful!
I think that's where the scorn of fully priced 2d games comes from. We've all gotten used to it making its home on handheld or indies, which are always cheaper than console games made by big studios.
@@anothergamer112 Fortunately, indie developers have stopped their "race to the bottom" in terms of pricing, and have realized that people will pay more for quality games. This has been supported by more high-profile quality games and the rise of physical releases for some of the best indie titles out there.
@@8BitHorse true. A college course I took taught me that people psychologically associate a higher price with better quality. Honestly, if Hollow Knight Silksong is 10 or so more than the original, I'd be more inclined to buy it since it would tell me it's a better and more polished product.
@@anothergamer112 Absolutely! And I love this example because I got a copy of Hollow Knight from the developer to review it when it came out, and I loved the game so much that I bought the $100 Fangamer physical edition. I would happily pay a premium for Silksong, the next Supergiant game, or anything of that pedigree. When they're making something that good, they deserve to be paid well.
Wish I had a true portable to play new 2d releases.
I love that it seems Scotts friend was visiting, and he just wanted to use him the most he can
I think it might be a gf 😳 or a new person we haven’t seen before
@@packet4382 ...why?
@@cheekybananaboy3361 the fact their face is never shown, voice is never heard and that they don’t play into any pre existing character. I say gf because someone living with Scott would be able to appear with this casual frequency
i just love that person pulling Scott away
Timestamp?
Some slowly pointing a gun at Scott’s head from off-screen is my new favorite Scott gag.
"the 2D games just feel like Spin-offs"
Kingdom Hearts: Yeah not here
heavily underrated comment
@MR.CLAW97 this loser doesn’t have the all in one collection lol
@@buckybell7055 This loser bought a huge collection to understand the plot of one game.
@@luisisthenamelitn6978 Watching the games...I think the only complicated one is maybe Kingdom Hearts 3 because of the many side-games that already being made after 2 and felt 2 can have some questions but seemingly fine enough.
There's nothing wrong with finding your own stopping point with Kingdom Hearts. Some people feel like 1 was the end. 2 was the end. Personally, for me, 3 is the end. I have played and thoroughly enjoyed every game from the start until now and I know where the series is headed. Whatever comes next cant keep me invested.
17:34 I think another important reason why so much 2D stopped cutting it was that the casual audience doesn't give you much longevity. There is really no brand loyalty or investment in the medium. Grandma is usually content with buying a single 2D Mario game and calling it a day.
Scott just uploads randomly now and I love it.
I am random
How are you here so fast what
@@morningbowl3156 we are just better
@@morningbowl3156 literally opened my phone and went “yup, virginity is back.”
Definitely.
Quake 1 came out a day earlier than Mario 64 and yet Mario 64 steals the limelight for the grandfather of 3D gaming. Descent 2 also had a head start. I wonder if it was due to the 3rd person perspective of Mario 64? More open world? Quake had a hub similar to the Princess' castle. Anyway, I just find it interesting.
It might have something to do with Mario 64 selling over twice as many copies. A lot more people probably had their first true 3D experience with Mario 64, so it got the credit. Not exactly fair, but hey, that's life.
@@scottsymonds5649 that and large amounts of people seem to ignore the existence of pc games generally when talking about stuff like this
Super Mario 64 had soooo many refinements with gameplay that benefited all 3rd person 3D games, while Quake was more of a technology showcase on top of (mostly) existing FPS gameplay. And I agree that Descent was very underrated, but the 6DOF shooter genre just didn't take off.
When people talk about games, it's usually less about under-the-hood technology like Doom's BSP rendering engine, Quake's precalculated lights, and its ability to run on a 486. Instead, it's more talk about things that are immediately fun / noticeable, like the analog stick, Mario's movement, etc.
IMO it's more appropriate to give more praise to Doom for being the grandfather of FPS gaming than Quake. In fact, I personally think Doom is a much better game than Quake, a sentiment that I often see online. Not to say that Quake didn't have any gameplay refinements, but going from Doom -> Quake was a much smaller gap gameplay-wise than going from any 3rd person 3D game -> Mario 64.
I think it's a matter of influence. Quake was monumental to the PC world as SM64 was to consoles, but if you look at most 3D games today I feel like you'd have an easier time tracing Mario's DNA to them than Quake's. Most big FPS games these days are military shooters or like, battle royales were people are jumping and building and platforming, and I dunno if I feel that strong a kinship with them and Quake. CoD kinda stole the crown? But Assassin's Creed, platformers, 3D action games who were inspired by SM64's camera... sometimes you're first in, but that doesn't make you the baby's daddy, you know?
Also Descent? Really? Even the most annoying of PCMR-sheep barely remember Descent. Point me to a Descent-like produced in like the latest ten years that's NOT some obscure indie game made by a superdedicated fan and who's sold like less than 10K copies, that game lent it's DNA to NOBODY.
I mean its about impact not strictly chronology. Even if other games did 3D earlier and at times arguably better for their genre, it's undeniable how much of a benchmark M64 is and was, it and Ocarina are absolutely the games who became the standard not just qualitatively but by sheer reach.
On "true" 4D gaming: there's _Miegakure,_ an as-yet-unreleased game with four spatial dimensions. It's a bit of a mind-bender to work with (try imagining how a 2D creature would see us!)
Ok I just watched the trailer and that game looks so cool. I love mind-bending puzzle games.
Nothing sums this up better than Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime 4 both coming to Switch.
I personally can’t wait
@@kumabear5229
New God of War and Horizon games come to PS4, and you're worried about Switch dying after less than 5 years
Right
@@steelbear2063 To be fair, even the PS4 is stronger than the Switch... on the other hand, Prime 4 is Nintendo only, so as long as Nintendo doesn't want it to start off the Switch 2 or what ever the next Big N console is, Prime should be on Switch.
If it comes.
@@kumabear5229 eh the switch is still hugely popular and as far as we know will have stuff that people are extremely hyped for like botw 2 and the two new Pokémon games (remakes of one of if not the most popular Pokémon generations and the Pokémon legends game)
I genuinely did not see the outro joke coming and that is absolutely fantastic!
Side note, always great to see Viewtiful Joe get some love, even if only for a couple seconds.
i dont get it
I’m just happy to see Oddworld getting some love, truly a man of impeccable taste that Scott
damn no Undertale
and castle crashers! i love that game to death, all of behemoth's games deserve a lot more attention than they get
@@BigLarge in the beginning of the video he talked about a family reunion and ask him about life, which began his rant about the 2D games.
God Cuphead is a masterpiece. Still waiting on that Cuphead DLC though.. Might just do another playthrough with my buddy while we're waiting!
AMEN to you.
If Bayonetta 3 can finally get released, I'm sure the Cuphead DLC will arrive someday xD
@@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr They confirmed it's coming on June 30th, 2022.
Alternate title: "Scott whines that games aren't expensive enough"
I know this is a joke but since it gets brought up constantly, games are genuinely cheaper now than they've ever been in history. There have always been some exceptions, but the typical new game price today is a lot less compared to 10 or especially 20 years ago.
@@ninja_tony amd theres more people buying them. Which when theres no cost to each copy is purely advantageous for everyone (well besides the casualization of gaming making companys just target the lowest common denominator and worry more about marketing then making the actual game good)
@@ninja_tony precisely because 2D gaming got cheaper...
By his logic my McDonalds cheese burger should cost the same as a steak because they are both "Food".
@@CrysasDan holy shit, didn't think about this LOL
Some genres just work way better with 2D gameplay, most fighting popular fighting games are all 2D, Smash, Fighterz etc. Then there's bangers like Celeste and Hollow Night. 2D games just as great
@@Gigadweeb I'm sorry but DBZ BT3 is severely over-rated. People love to talk about how massive the character roster is but it loses a lot of meaning when you realize just how much animations are recycled and how everyone has at least 1 super move that the majority of the roster has.
On top of that; The story was a big letdown coming off of the previous entry, they cut out WAY too much, it may as well have pulled a DB RB2 and not had one at all.
Meanwhile; DBFZ has a roster of 40+ and pretty much everyone has their own moveset. Even the multiple Goku's have plenty of tools to call their own. And sure maybe the story wasn't that good but at least it was new and not recycled the manga for the 50 millionth time. Honestly, DBFZ is probably 1 of the most faithful video games to the franchise.
Some of my favourite games are 2d indie games made by only a couple of people. They tend to have more passion, creativity and value than any big EA or ubisoft game
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Depends how you look at it, 2D fighters are doing very well recently, but they fell really far out of favour with the mainstream at around the late 90s until Street Fighter IV in 2009. I’m not kidding when I say some people didn’t even know there was a Street Fighter III beforehand.
Hollow Knighzzzzzzzzzzz
Why do I get the feeling that he started writing this episode because people were saying that Dread isn't worth $60?
Sounds like something he would do. Dread seems quite promising. Not sure if it will be as good as Prime 2 or Other M, though.
Mayhaps
I mean, if it's like Samus Returns, it probably isn't; Samus Returns was good but it was clearly worse than the other post-GB 2D Metroids, with the melee slowing basic combat to a crawl, and it wasn't exactly very long. I certainly would not pay 60 bucks for a game that primarily seems to be a sequel to it; I kind of regret paying 40 for it and wish I had waited a bit. Note that I have no similar regrets about, say, Fusion, a game I've played through like a dozen times and even managed to get the best ending in, as opposed to about one full playthroughs of Samus Returns and one "this game is more boring than I remember" playthrough that lasted an hour at most.
Besides, Dread only costs that much because it's a Switch game and that's the default price point for first party Switch games, not because it deserves it more; Pokemon got much worse overall from 3DS to Switch and it went from 40 to 60 , the Link's Awakening remake was a polished up GB game and it got to be 60, and going from Samus Returns to Dread seems to be the exact same thing to me, the console is the reason for it, not the genre.
@@hoodedman6579 Good news for you, they apparently took the criticisms about the melee counter slowing down combat to heart and made it much more fast-paced. You can now hit an enemy while running and don't have to wait for them to flash in order to counter. They specifically emphasized this in the marketing, so apparently they knew it was a problem.
@@kumabear5229 Did you play it?
honestly the sheer volume of Scott's video examples is impressive, some of the 3d gameplay clips are only 1 second long but he still went through the work of putting that video in, damn man.
16:22 THIS DEADASS WOKE ME UP WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
Just saying, Scott: This may be one of your best non-special videos yet.
Every video of his is
@Thi_Usi
Kinda. Special is still special, you can be special in different ways. It's like "if everyone is super - no one is" from The Incredibles. Someone can fly, someone controls ice. See what I mean?
Agreed, this one had so many banger jokes together as well as being an interesting topic well looked into as well as having a good point.
Scott episodes are always enjoyable but thing ones up there with Dick Vitale and others, legit one of my favourite review/analysis/lookat videos I've seen in a long time and even more impressive considering it's a small/normal scale episode without any gimmicks, just an on point traditional episode.
Dear Scott,
Recently I’ve been really stressed about starting a new school year at a new school. To calm myself down I’ve been watching your videos. You’re able to provide an escape out of what I’m in right now. I don’t even have a Nintendo switch, but every time he talks about it it’s still interesting. Or the wii. Or Ride to Hell. I don’t even know what any of these things are, but you’re able to make it so entertaining. You’ve been so helpful to me these past couple of weeks.
Thank you, Scott
You’ll be fine man, I’ve moved before and I like to think I benefited from a fresh start.
Stay strong, wish you the best
I’ve been to 8 different schools and I’m only in my first year of high school rn!!! I’m sure that no matter what life throws at you, I hope that you can grab you pepto sword, put a copy of madden 08 in yours pants, and keep max Paine 3 in your backlog even longer and persevere
@@LycheeCore thank you :)
All fhe best for your new school. You'll be fine :)
9:07 foreshadowing
I remember my first genuine reaction to Super Mario 64, being one of not really ready for the transition to 3D, as I wanted more 2D Mario, lol.
Then for a while, it really felt like 3D dominated, and I was surprised and pretty happy to see 2D return from the indie scene, and then from everyone else.
At first I felt the 2D revival was fuelled by mainly nostalgia, but there were a lot of titles that felt new and fresh, and it's good to see it's here to stay.
Generally speaking, 2d games have less noticeable bugs and glitches and are therefore, (again, generally speaking) more polished experiences.
I agree. My brother asked me just earlier today which I liked better between Hollow Knight and Bloodborne. I had to say Hollow Knight, because of the how much more polished it was (I absolutely love both games, tho)
well thats what happens when theres a whole another dimension of potential mistakes
"It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes"
Well yeah, they're easier to polish because there's less to polish.
That extra axis opens up a lot more possiblity for player unpredictability to go wrong for sure.
In order for a 2d game to have as much opportunity for kinks in the system as most 3D ones it either needs to be very complex (like say Isaac) or simply not be handled with much care.
10 seconds in and we already have a really good joke in the jokebook, 21 minutes in and we have a ton. Always love videos from Scot Woz, awesome video :D
the video has been out for 3 minutes....
Hey there checkmark
make a trailer
STOP!!!!!!!
Wow what about the last 24 seconds
I find it funny that Nintendo constantly changes their controller layout and makes 40 different peripherals for their consoles and yet they nearly piss themselves if they step out of 2D platformers for too long.
13:16: "F**k you, I already have a mortgage to deal with" that made me chuckle hard XD
There's a certain charm to 2D gaming that you just don't get in 3D. Glad Scott's bringing more attention towards it.
Agreed!
Sorry if I come off as rude, but what exactly does that even mean?
@@lookatmynose9788 2d has a easier time conveying information to the player, stuff like character emotions and combat patterns and colors are usually more vibrant since you don't have to deal with lighting, in other words, fast paced games and beautiful sprite/pixel-art.
@@user-pq4by2rq9y what? How does 2-D better convey emotions? Both 3D and 2D both can nail emotions or bomb, neither is necessarily better than the other
@@lookatmynose9788 it means that limitations often breed creativity.
Now this was definitely a “Hey All” episode.
Last week was a “Hey Ya’ll” but today was a return to the classic.
Return to 2d
David
@@zacsisolak youre not david
y'all not ya'll
H Eyal L
I think the revival of 2D might have also been helped by the boom of 2D flash games on the web. Developers like nitrome made some great stuff around that time
my two favorite games of all time are Undertale and Celeste, 2D games. Sonic Mania was an incredible experience and Hollow Knight is sure to be one once i get back to playing. modern 2D gaming is so good, man
Undertale is amazing and I kept debating on whether or not to get Celeste I don't know if I want to yet
@@Fan-imator its a really hard game but if youre dedicated to learning the mechanics the story is totally worth it
@@Hutch2Much yeah I’m gonna consider it I was a huge fan of Hollow Knight
This summer, Celeste mods and SMM2 are going to meet a new competitor: Geometry Dash 2.2 Platformer Mode
My Friend Pedro is such a criminally underrated game that I feel no one talks about.
Dude fr. That game is honestly really good
It’s such a fun game to get good at, honestly
I mean playing it now I have noticed some flaws like the level design degenerating as u progress through the game but who doesn't want to play a brand new Max Payne in 2018 with stylized bullet time anyway I am hoping for a sequel coming soon since the first one ended with a weird cliff hanger like ending or even an origin game surrounding the protagonist's origins
That flash game is my childhood
Sure, it looks super slick, but I feel like gameplay like that can get stale after about fifty minutes.
13:24
It's stuff like this that makes me love Scott videos. You never know what he'll do for a skit.
"Join the ecult, dad"
This is a good video to eat cereal to.
2D gaming will never die. There will always be people who get motion sickness from 3D.
2d gaming will never die. There will always be people who will go to hospital because the game they were playing had a third dimension
@@Loki1095 3D gaming will never die. There will always be people whose molecules implode at the thought of a 4th dimension.
@@Iffyish 4D gaming will never die. There will always be people who will lose a arm because the Game they were playing had a fifth dimension
Scott: "What is this - moonshine or porn?"
XXX Jug: "Yes."
It does have a hole. Just saying.
@@andrewt6338 Aw yeah, HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE...
@@andrewt6338 “Anything with a hole can be sexy.”
@@quicklyform5162 I… can’t remember. Could’ve been me, could’ve been my friend, could’ve been Scott. I have no recollection of who said that.
@@Atellas they need to be arrested immediately
You know what i really love about this video and Scott's comedy in general? The beautiful simplicity of the family reunion joke. You have the setup in the beginning, the reinforcement in the middle (Dad, pay attention), and the payoff at the end. Just S tier writing right there
S tier? that's a bit of a low score. Scott deserves higher
Coming back to this video just after Mario Wonder started getting acclaim across the boards with many 9s and 10s...while at the same time so many are arguing against buying the game because it's not worth 60 bucks.
It is worth the 60 bucks
As someone who's shooting a movie for my rock band in black and white (except for a few short animated color sequences), this is definitely relatable. While most major studios stopped shooting films in black and white by 1966 (unless done for artistic reasons), the absence of color has it's advantages and since the late 90's, it seems like a lot of indie filmmakers are shooting films as such for similar reasons as me.
No lie, Wario Land: Shake It has, without exaggeration, the single best ending of any video game I have ever played. Amazing game, amazing animation, absolutely genius ending.
I love this game, too! It contends with the best Wario Lands the handhelds could muster. I think it's even better.
Mega man 9 superhero mode
I love that game too. Too bad I dont have it anymore, so I havent played it in like, 8 years or so. I would buy it again on the switch if they ported it so that I could play it again
@@caioleite5579 emulator
What happens
Scott would be a witness in court and start off by saying “Hey all, Scott here.”
"2d games were finally making a comeback"
*shows sonic 4*
It was a very different time in 2010-
That was back then now we lived in a post mania world and yeah sonic 4 aged like milk
@@brickimposter2211 Even then it was shit tbh
It was a big deal at the time, even if the game wasn't good. Sonic didn't really do retro throwbacks back then, unlike now, where they add nostalgia bait to everything.
Sonic 4 was almost a smartphone exclusive, but someone at Sega decided to bring it to every major home console
Why is it that anytime I watch Scott it comes with a Kevin Hart and Steph Curry Ad packed in
Im a big fan of this new "ominous hand that seems to live with scott" character
@@nickfishing And he also has a gun.
For murder.
@@exatamentegameplays9619 yeah, for fun, not for murder
“Oh, Hans!”
This was a very elaborate way of telling us to buy Metroid Dread 😋
And I have no problems with this whatsoever.
I see no problems with this
@@kumabear5229 I'm so jealous that you get to play BotW for the first time..... you better have fun, or else.
Narrorator scott: and thats the fourth dimension!
Scott: *GHIHUGUGUHFVDHCXWGFZAZG*
I remember reading a 2003 Nintendo Power issue where they covered Viewtiful Joe for GameCube. The preview hyped up how it was a 2D game on the console. I feel that was the primordial return to roots before we started getting New Super Mario Bros. and 2D gaming on consoles.
10:13 the fact Scott has played castle Crashers makes me very happy
Ahh yes, 2D gaming truly hit its peak at Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash.
3:22 can confirm, my name is lincoln and i am both a 2d fan and dead
Were you murdered?
I think the best part about this video, is that Scott gave more attention to the EA NHL series then EA themselves have given that franchise is the last 8 years
I love how one of Scott’s points in this video is that he WANTS to be charged more for 2D games
I don't; games don't need to cost more.
Yeah kinda short-sighted
I mean I get his point, Mania is 20 dollars and a love letter to the series that gets platforming right while Forces is double the price and is infinitley worse in every way below mediocrity.
For christ sakes Hollow Knight is 15 while Fifa is 60/70, I'd say Mania and HK are more than worthy to be at least 30 and should be slightly more Liberal/confident with their pricing while we should make it so new 3D games aren't automatically expensive.
We need pricing to be more accurate to value to some form of extent, I'm not going to complain games like Terraria are 10 bucks but it's certainly an overly generous price.
He wants 2D and 3D games to be priced equal. They technically could also lower the prices of 3D games to the level of 2D games.
...
Not that any publisher would ever do that, so yeah, leaving only the other possibility.
@@hoodedman6579 console problems eh?
man, i love scott and his humor. I have been binge watching his videos for days
As a massive computer games fan it’s so amazing to see the huge variety of games here. Thank you Scott
16:22 Audio representation of Scott describing the amount of problems that he has with Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash
Christopher moment
Moon moment
🍐
"The Graphics look too old! I want NEW NEW NEW!"
God I hate people like that. People held that opinion that 2d sprites shouldn't exist back then, and still today. WHY? Why do people hate sprites so much?
The irony is that people lament the death of 2D animated films, but for video games it's somehow different. Admittedly, 2D animated films have perspective and varying camera angles, whereas 2D games don't, or at least are limited in that regard. But just because it's more technically impressive doesn't mean it looks better.
The best looking Metroid titles are Fusion and Zero Mission. Shake It might be the best looking 2d game Nintendo has put out yet, although I think indies have definitely overtaken it - Hollow Knight in particular although I know some would pick Cuphead instead. I just fundamentally seem to prefer the aesthetics of high bit sprites to polygons all things being equal - And I say this as someone who likes the art style of Link's Awakening... I'd still prefer if it were 2d graphics.
...At least it looks like they're doing something a bit cinematic with Dread from the trailers in how they're transitioning between cutscenes and gameplay, but... Gods imagine Fusion in HD rather than 240x160 with modern 2d graphics rather than 32 bit ones and how gorgeous Nightmare's melting face would look like that...
It's elitism and snobbery, really. Same reason people say combustion engines are archaic and blah blah. In the latter case, the environment is just a convenient excuse to act like they're smarter and more forward-thinking than you.
It's something they really try to hammer into you in college; acting "smart."
@@kumabear5229 I came to that gen relatively late meaning I played the PS1 FF games out of order. I can't say for the actual release, but Final Fantasy 7's graphics - especially the character models used outside of battles - had not aged well by the release of Final Fantasy 9.
Generally, though, 3d stuff that's more heavily stylized - Paper Mario, The Windwaker, Jet Set Radio/Future, Gregory Horror Show - aged better graphically than stuff that was less heavily stylized.
@@andytheawesome7592 perfect take on the matter, bro. i think we should be more open towards stylized visuals are creative values in the industry.
Genuinely the most thoughtful gaming channel out there. Scott you rock!
Humanity peaked at Frogger 3D, we're declining now.
We seriously need frogger hd now
So we can peak again
I love how 2D has been revitalized to such an extent. There’s this creativeness to making a 2D game in recent years, how they have been polished tirelessly and now, in the right hands, it just clicks into place and you get instantly hooked in this feel-good ride that you know is gonna be special from start to finish.
Last time I had this was with Kirby Planet Robobot and I cherish that experience greatly.
Have you played Koumajou Densetsu 2?
13:25 Super Mario 64? Now that’s something I can worship!
the chair part had me spit out my water
recently found ur channel. Pretty fun, keep up the good work ol' wozzy
The fact that 2D and 3D Metroid is happening on Switch is unreal! Great vid Scott
Metroid Dread looks awesome and I think Metroid Prime 4 will be awesome too! All we need now is a 2d Castlevania reboot and the switch will be the best console of all time!
Funny thing is, we still need to wait a little longer to get the 3D Metroid, and only a few more weeks/month to get 2D Metroid.
@@GreyWolfLeaderTW But they didn't start making both at the same time...actually maybe they did, but Prime 4 had to start development from scratch two years ago.
@@will_stevens "2D Castlevania reboot"
It's called Bloodstained.
@@northwindkey I know, but an official 2D Castlevania would be awesome. Not to discredit Bloodstained
Take a shot every time Scott says “2D is for the handheld”
If you count only this specific phrase, it's only like 4
If you count all the variations... time for a overdose
Take a shot every time Scott says “and another”
Or take a shot every time he calls not 2d games, 2d, you'll die
I love the gun that comes into frame every few skits
Super Mario Bros Wonder
Onward and Upward
Love when Scott throws volume balance out the window.
Every single Scott video never fails to make me laugh within the first 5 seconds
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The only video I didn’t laugh at until halfway through was the mysteries of gaming. “He’s dead” always gets me.
Free likes for mr checkmark
Can you shut up
0:42 hd rumble
Came back to this the day after Metroid: Dread came out. And you're right. 2D is just action, and it's beautiful
Definitely one of my favourite episodes in a while, I especially like that Moonshine joke but there's plenty of other great moments all the way through.
One of your best IMO.
5:00 love the master system throwback
Genuinely thank you. I have several 2D games for my switch that I played a few times they're great game but I did put them away and now I feel the need to actually play them and give them the time they deserve
Scott never misses. Laugh out loud at every one of this mans videos. Comedic genius.
Metroid Dread $60. It will definitely deliver what it's worth. Something we waited for, finally can dive into the next chapter in the series.
2D lives on
"It will definitely deliver what it's worth"
Blind faith in a product is bad thing; there is every possibility that it's bad. I don't think it will be bad, but there's no "definitely" about it.
Yeah. I'm sure it will be good, but where's Blockbuster when you need it
@@hoodedman6579 yeah, it's still a toss up if it'll be good or not. I wish it's good but that's not a guarantee
@@hoodedman6579 as a long time fan, it will deliver something amazing. MercurySteam = Samus Returns, they will take Dread to another level.
Blind faith. Really. Believe what you want. I feel that Dread will be awesome.
@@kadosho02 Not only just them being behind SR, but Mercury also being a developer that gets consistently better and better and has a knack for taking criticism very well. I had a lot of issues with SR, and the Dread trailers have already shown them all being remedied.
13:55
"Revitalizing-"
*gets an ad*
Ad: "South Korea"
Loved these games
These episodes are your bread and butter and the absolute reason why I watch your channel. Thank you.
Always love to watch a Scott the Woz before going to sleep
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Ha ha its morning in my country *SIKE*
Im literally watching this at 11pm lol
Lol actually did the same B)