Is there any good reason to focus on 2D graphics?

[CJOLL4]

On my most recent playthrough I stuck with 2D graphics and researched 2D graphics v5. Made plenty of well-received games, got to year 25ish, no problem. Then I realized I was stuck at v5, whereas I know 3D graphics can go to at least v7. Also, my custom game console couldn't compete with the other consoles, and I wonder if it's because of the graphical limitations. My game reviews even started suffering because I couldn't improve upon the graphics.

I figured, "ok, the solution to this is to start working on 3D graphics." Unfortunately, starting with 3D graphics v1 this late in the game caused my game scores to plummet. Working my way up to the really good 3D graphics at this point wasn't feasible.

Now, it seems to me that I should have focused on 3D graphics all along. I'm just wondering if there's any point in researching 2D graphics at all, let alone upgrading it to v5, when you're just going to hit a wall by going down that research path. Any thoughts?

[Fang [DK]]

well some games in todays era, like street fighting games are 2D or some RPG games
so they can be good to focus on aswell as 3D

[CJOLL4]

Originally posted by R. Michael (DK):

well some games in todays era, like street fighting games are 2D or some RPG games
so they can be good to focus on aswell as 3D

I understand that, but I want to know, specifically in Game Dev Tycoon, whether or not there's any benefit to spending research points on 2D graphics. It seems like it hurts in the long run.

[Tech Enthusiast]

Originally posted by CJOLL4:

Originally posted by R. Michael (DK):

well some games in todays era, like street fighting games are 2D or some RPG games
so they can be good to focus on aswell as 3D

I understand that, but I want to know, specifically in Game Dev Tycoon, whether or not there's any benefit to spending research points on 2D graphics. It seems like it hurts in the long run.

I have never really tried it, as it always felt like i was bottlenecked by 2d engines.
once i went up to v4 and i could barly manage to stay afloat. When i switched to 3d v1 it kinda sucked for a few games, but once i reached 3d v2 i started to make 8.5+ games all over the place again.

Considering i could have just gotten to 3d v3 by the same time if i just ignored 2d,.. well.

[Banecroft]

There really isn't a point once you are able to use 3D graphics, you'll want to spend your time making games with 3D graphics so you unlock more advanced 3D graphics down the road.

[entropy]

Not all game genres require good graphics. Always going for 3D graphics v6+ on a casual game which doesnt really require graphics, isnt going to give you a good score.
That's where lower 3D graphics versions and high 2D graphics versions come.
Hope I helped you out

[CJOLL4]

Originally posted by Entropy:

Not all game genres require good graphics. Always going for 3D graphics v6+ on a casual game which doesnt really require graphics, isnt going to give you a good score.
That's where lower 3D graphics versions and high 2D graphics versions come.
Hope I helped you out

Thanks for your response! I'm a little confused, though; casual games require you to devote more time to graphics than any other Phase 3 development attribute. And even if the game you're making requires less attention to graphics, it seems like it would be better to just use an earlier version of 3D graphics, so that you don't have to devote a lot of research points to keeping up with 2D graphics.