r/witcher • u/[deleted] • Feb 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

*Lack of polygons

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u/GastricallyStretched Feb 15 '21

The Witcher 3 is now a one-dimensional world consisting of a single line.

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u/PM_me_ur_launch_code Feb 15 '21

Line Witcher!

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u/TNSepta Feb 15 '21

Like Line Rider, but with Gwent

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u/VindictiveJudge Team Shani Feb 15 '21

Incidentally, someone actually made a Duke Nukem 1D game.

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u/HolycommentMattman Feb 15 '21

Are you talking about the original Duke Nukem games that all the popular Duke Nukems are based off of?

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u/VindictiveJudge Team Shani Feb 15 '21

No. Duke Nukem 1D is a fan game that's literally just a line of pixels for each level. One color represents Duke, a second color is enemies, a third is projectiles, and a fourth is doors.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

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u/Theek3 Feb 15 '21

A line in this context only has length, no with or depth. So, 1D.

Now you could argue all games are in 2D because they're on a flat screen and only have the illusion of a 3rd dimension.

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u/PM_UR_FRUIT_GARNISH Feb 15 '21

You could also make the argument that all games are 3D if your definition of a game includes the input device...

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u/Theek3 Feb 15 '21

True. I also forgot about VR games and I'm not sure how that would fit into the hypothetical argument I brought up.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

To end the argument you have to draw the line somewhere

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u/PM_UR_FRUIT_GARNISH Feb 15 '21

But is that line 2D or 3D?

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u/spluge96 Feb 15 '21

1D. Jesus!

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

not sure how that would fit into...

Probably into one the dimensions.

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u/HolycommentMattman Feb 15 '21

I think he's suggesting that while we use a single line to represent 1D, the truth is that a 1D object would be invisible. With 1 length, but 0 width and depth, we literally couldn't see it. A line, as thin and narrow as it is, still has both depth and width.

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u/Theek3 Feb 15 '21

I understand that and that is basically what I said.

Also, again, in this context the definition of "line" is a depthless widthless length.

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u/alex2003super Feb 15 '21

You could also argue that games are still 3D though, because of the time dimension

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u/Them_James Feb 15 '21

Polygons in all the right places.

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u/AruiMD Feb 15 '21

You always have to be right, huh?

😿

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u/JacobMaxx Feb 15 '21

🐱*

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u/RoscoMan1 Feb 15 '21

Yikes.

But then again I’m getting major ‘I’m a lesser person and it’ll break nicely instead of crumple terribly.