I was looking for some images of online pool games last night and found it interesting to see the large variety of online pool game designs which are available in the market.

A quick search on Google Images for "online pool" (see here ) showed this amazing variety of game designs on the right.

You can see that the choice for online pool players is vast. There are 3D pool games which have realistic surrounds including carpet and other pool hall style imagery. There are also all the way down to the flat 2D pool game where players look directly down on the table with very little interesting graphics.

Some of the difference here comes from wether or not the game is a download or browser based game as a download game can inclue much larger graphic files and the whole table and area can be made to look very realistic.

The actual pool play itself is always going to be easier when looking directly down on the table as you are able to see the balls and all of the angles which line up around the table. From a 3D pool game where you are viewing the table on an angle, while it may look graphically a little better, the actual play is

Generally play for cash online pool game designs will be in a 2D format so that there are no issues of disadvantage to players who may be viewing the game in another way.

In the end, it's over to you to play the pool game design which you prefer the most and there are always places which are coming up with new game designs.

For me it's the 2D format that provides the easiest game play however they are not all as good as each other and a bit of good graphical game design from the company providing the pool game can make a 2D format look really great.

Hopefully you like our own 2D format in the free play pool game Pocket 'Em All.