which do you prefer 1st, 2nd, or 3rd top down or side person camera angles when playing any kind of shooting game or a game involving any kind of a gun period. Now some of you may wonder what a 2nd person angle game would be like and this YouTube video describes one theory but it is not a shooting video game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC8QoRa8y_Qbut I'm sure someone on this forum can find what would be called a 2nd person shooter, but who's judging?
I personally like 1st person shooting video games best and 3rd person shooting video games the least. I like 1st person shooting video games the best because they I believe they put me in the game more. And I'm actually "In The Game" rather then watching the game from the sidelines. 3rd Person camera angles make me feel less in control of the actual game, due to my focus on the blood and gore rather then the animations of the game characters.
3rd Person camera angels is better aped for medieval or hand to hand combat and sword fighting video games rather than for shooting video games in my opinion, in many 3rd person shooting video games you can often find your character's ass gets in the way and you can't see to aim at your targets especially if they are flying or high up above you. meanwhile while the camera is zoomed into your character's ass your getting it kicked by one or many of your enemies in the game.
I don't like top down shooters that much either because I feel pretty much the same way about them as I do 3rd person shooters, like I said I feel like I'm watching the game from the sidelines instead of playing it at that angle, plus top down shooters remind me that I'm playing with toys instead of a video game.
I sorta like side scrolling shooters because, why not? I mean there are more probably more side scrolling video games more then any other kind of camera angle ever created right? If you don't like any side scrollers? than you must not like 66% of every single retro or indie game ever created in the History of video games period.
So?? this bears the question? what is your favorite camera angle when it comes to shooting video games?