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.
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Best Games in the Top-down view genre of 2017
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike, Dungeons, Cooperative (co-op)
November 4, 2014
Players:
8.6/10
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a top-down indie RPG. You will play as the boy Isaac, hiding in the basement from his mother, whom God ordered to sacrifice him. To...
Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Construction, Zombies
August 26, 2017
Metacritic:
45/100
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is a top-down cooperative zombie shooter for multiple players. Every night you have to defend yourself from hordes of undead. This...
Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies
November 10, 2017
The game takes place in the year 2000. The UN created quarantine zones around the world to conceal the spread of an unknown virus. Scientists searched for the cause...
