90s kids what was it like transitioning from 2-d to 3-d games?

[cole phelps]

when the 16 bit era was over what was your reaction seeing the new graphics on the N64 PS1 etc....???

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

My first experience of it was when I saw final fantasy 7 being advertised in toy stores. I was like

 

[kevm3]

A lot of 3d was ugly. It finally took the ps3 generation to where I felt 3d could wow me like some of the 2d games did. I'm talking full 3d here, not games with 3d models on top of prerendered backgrounds.

 

[Strike-Wun]

I went from sonic 3 to Mario 64 like

I remember telling my older brother in amazement that I can go "anywhere" lol

 

[Fatboi1]

It's like going from Xbox One to PS4.

 

[NZA]

the ugliness of 3d did not hit me back then. the novelty of 3d was stronger than the ugliness. i had begun to view 2d as a stifling limitation to games and was basically giving any 3d game extra points for simply allowing sideways movement or camera rotation. i slightly overhyped it and then 3d came back down to earth when i got to the gamecube and began to truly go back to respecting 2d gameplay and graphics.

 

[MenacingMonk]

Amazing. Doubt the next gens will get to feel that amazing feeling.

 

[be back in a bit]

kinda took it for granted. I was 8 years old so I was just like cool! lol

 

[Ruck]

My first taste of 3d was nights into dreams on the Sega saturn where I was really impressed. Mario 64 came and it was over.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

i remember being at a sleep over in 5th grade when mario 64 came out.


we were just like the whole time


i belive systems like sega 3d and panasonic 3do came out first but the graphics were way too bad, you could barely call it 3d.

 

[GPBear]

I grew up poor, only had an NES. So the first time I walked into an internet cafe (RIP) it was like

"I can shoot these Nazi pricks with a machine gun "
"wtf, these COD mufuggas flying helicopters oughta be in the Air Force "

now we got drones and shyt,...so I wasn't that far off

Edit: i know this is supposed to be about PS1 and N64, but tbh half of that stuff was just laughing at how ugly they made Stone Cold Steve Austin or some shyt

 

[Kingshango]

Going from Super Mario World to Super Mario 64 was so im still trying to piece together how that happened and NOT SUCK.


The only other leap that had me feeling that way was the jump between MGS1 to MGS2.

 

[scarlxrd]

I transitioned off Virtua Fighter and old Sega Saturn games like Daytona USA. Didn't have a PSone growing up but Mario 64 was pretty insane due to that controller. Never felt that type of freedom of movement before.

Wasn't mind-blowing though. The only game that ever did that for me was Fight Night round 3

 

[teacher]

3d gaming coincided when I started smoking weed the combination of being high and running around doing flips and sh!t in mario 64 was

 

[Ricky Church]

It was dope, I was at my homie's house and he couldn't stop talking about how real everything looked on his HDTV and I'll admit, I was doubtful.
But he put on one of the WWE SD vs. RAW games and the water droplets on Triple H's face when he pours the water from his water bottle at the entrance looked real as fukk.

I legit had a mixture of all at the same time.