Top-down view
One of the types of camera in video games is top-down view. It is very similar to isometric view but differs slightly. In top-down view, developers do not strive to make the world three-dimensional and deep. Everything is depicted either in two-dimensional space or they create a pseudo "volume" from several rows of two-dimensional spaces. For example, a character can go behind a "flat" house. Sometimes the camera is completely vertical, and the player looks at the flat world from above, as in the first game of the GTA series. Scaling in such games is used very rarely. This method can be used in quests, role-playing games, hack and slash, beat 'em up, strategy games, and many others.
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 2PlayStationXboxPSPGame Boy AdvanceGameCubeWonderSwan ColorGame Boy ColorDOSPalm OSWindows MobileAcorn 32-bitAtari 2600
Statuses
Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2001
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Text quest
February 22, 2001
Steam:
97/100
Rhapsody of Zephyr is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Softmax Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Softmax Co. , Ltd...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Racing, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Helicopters
July 2001
V.I.P. (2000) is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, racing, warship simulator, flight simulator, platformer and helicopter simulator from...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
December 17, 1988
Players:
8/10
Metacritic:
68/100
A turn-based role-playing game set in a fantasy world where an emperor summons monsters from a demonic realm to seize control. After the attacks leave them...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Role-playing game
May 31, 2001
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
61/100
A real-time strategy game in which the story affects mission objectives and the player's actions determine which of several endings unfolds. Every man and woman is...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Helicopters
May 15, 2001
Zero Gunner 2 is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, flight simulator and helicopter simulator from the masters from the Psikyo studio...
