>>11879482
in terms of being generally well-crated and playable, yeah 2D might win out overall, but like you said it depends on the execution
certain genres are essentially tied to being 3D, like first or third-person shooters, third-person action and all the others the Anon above me listed
the biggest hurdle with 3D is the camera, most evident in 3D platformers which have seemingly never found an ideal solution to the problem. another is that it's much easier to run past enemies
at the same time the added bonus of having an entire extra dimension adds so much to level design, encounter design and combat
games like Portal, SotC, RE4 or Blood just couldn't work in 2D and still be as good as they are. I can't think of a 2D game with an equivalent of the water hall for example, in terms of a stellar encounter
idk this post is kind of a mess