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{{Wikipedia|Top-down perspective}} | {{Wikipedia|Top-down perspective}} | ||
'''Top-down perspective''' was a prominent camera view used in the [[ | '''Top-down perspective''' was a prominent camera view used in the [[Grand Theft Auto series]], where the player and their surrounding is viewed overhead. Its use in the series is short-lived, having been the defacto camera view in [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] (including its [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1969|London 1969]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: London 1961|London 1961]] expansion packs) and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], only to decline in importance as one of several alternate camera views in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and be removed entirely in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]. The view has only enjoyed limited use thereafter. | ||
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Top-down perspective was evidently featured in GTA1 and GTA2, but fell out of use when GTA III introduced [[RenderWare|an improved graphics engine]] and freeform camera view that enabled players to better move around and explore the environment. GTA III retained top-down perspective as a camera option, but as an alternate view. A year later, the view was dropped in GTA Vice City. | Top-down perspective was evidently featured in GTA1 and GTA2, but fell out of use when GTA III introduced [[RenderWare|an improved graphics engine]] and freeform camera view that enabled players to better move around and explore the environment. GTA III retained top-down perspective as a camera option, but as an alternate view. A year later, the view was dropped in GTA Vice City. | ||
Only | Only three titles since GTA III have featured top-down perspective as a camera option, two of which are not titles traditionally developed by [[Rockstar North]] (DMA Designs). [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], developed by [[Digital Eclipse]], opted for top-down perspective as its camera view due to hardware limitations on the Game Boy Advance; the PC version of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] also features an "overhead" view as one of its camera views on its Video Editor, but does not adopt it in actual gameplay; while [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]], developed by [[Rockstar Leeds]], is slated to include a hybrid of the view with a forward-viewing angle. | ||
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