Unit 78 – Digital Graphics for Computer Games - 2D and 3D Game comparison

 A 2D game is a game designed with 2 dimensional graphics. The avatars are flat, and can only move left, right, up and down. They tend to be side scrollers or maze/puzzle games where you in all direction movements. A 3D game uses depth into the graphics, making the game 3D. Depth adds a totally new view to the game, making the screen look like you or the character is actually looking down the corridor, climbing the ladder, kicking the ball etc. 3D games use 3D isometric avatars and more game physics i.e Forces and Correct movement of characters. 3D also allows improvement details to cover all over the game for example, Trees.

Artistic style  Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control a small, dark red, cube-shaped character named Meat Boy, who must save his cube-shaped, heavily bandaged girlfriend Bandage Girl from the evil scientist Dr. Fetus. The level design is flat and and colourful but uses darker shades of colours to allow the character to stand out more, it's reminds me of the classic games like Super Mario Bros. for example.	Artistic style The Cartoon style of LEGO Marvel Superheroes has was the right choice, it's the best and only way to represent to represent the LEGO toys. 3D modelling allows true representations of each toy in the game and makes you feel like you that the toys have come to life and really captures your imagination. The whole worldis created to look like it's created out of LEGO and it's unqiue, when things break or explode, it isn't flames and smoke, it's LEGO pieces, it's a nice touch and looks very good.
Computer game graphics The cover for Super Meat Boy is very simple, just shows the characters face with a big smile with a missing tooth and bruised eye, showing that He has taken some punishment. The Logo is very flashy and stands out and really has a retro look and feel to eat which the designers where going for.	Computer game graphics   The cover for LEGO Marvel Superheroes is chaotic, colourful and eye catching and that truly represents the game and the Marvel Universe. It shows the LEGO and Marvel logo big and bold and the top and anyone who played with LEGO toys would recognise the logo instantly and may want to purchase it, shows off a small amount of the characters who are in the game and maybe seeing there favourites might catch the customers eye. The cover features the following Marvel characters: Iron Man, The Thing, The Hulk, Thor, Mr.Fantastic, Spiderman, The Sliver Surfer, Wolverine, Captain America, The Human Torch and Black Widow. The lightning storm and city also adds the cover.
Pixel  Super Meat Boy is a small flat square with rectangles for arms and legs, very simple design and would be made up out of a small amount of pixels which means the creation time would of been shorter.	Pixel  In the game there are many unlockable characters and one of them is Marvel character Deadpool, this model would have been huge because of the different colours being used and 3D body parts plus the added weapons on Deadpool's back.