The phrase
"isometric adventure" refers to a type of video game or graphic style where the camera view is fixed and the player explores a world shown from a top-down perspective at an angle. It's like seeing the game from a slightly diagonal bird's-eye view.
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«Whilst there are plenty of releases these days that try to provide similar gameplay experiences to those we enjoyed from the earlier years of gaming, Lumo goes a little further back and modernises the classic
isometric adventure game.
However, as a great send - off to a long - dead genre, it is a game that more people need to know about and check out for themselves — if only to experience a
classic isometric adventure game that has otherwise gone ignored.
In addition to these titles, PS Plus members will also be able to enjoy a classic
isometric adventure in Lumo, which is available on PS4 and PS Vita as a Cross Buy title, lose themselves in the splendour of a visual novel / 2D fighting game crossover with Under Night In - Birth Exe: Late on PS3, or fight off obnoxious aliens in Earth Defense Force 2025, also on PS3.
In the realm
of isometric adventure games, Monster Max was arguably a last hurrah before 3D gaming became possible.
Led by two brothers, Christopher and Nic Bischoff, THE BROTHERHOOD successfully «Kickstarted» their 2 -
D isometric adventure game in 2013, and are finally ready to unveil their dark take on the adventure genre.
'' PS Plus members will also be able to enjoy a classic
isometric adventure in Lumo, which is available on PS4 and PS Vita as a Cross Buy title» Begining of a reduction in PS Vita plus games?
Isometric adventure games don't get much cuter than Yono and the Celestial Elephants.
Read more: Hands - On Lumo: Bringing Back the Isometric Adventure
Doing good is possible in
this isometric adventure, but it's almost a bad thing in the eyes of many others, and many of the choices you make are still going to result in pain or a lot of people paying the price.
We'll be taking a look at two indie games, a tactical stealth shooter called Gunpoint which now has a demo out, and
an isometric adventure game called Fleish And Cherry In Crazy Hotel.
Fleish And Cherry In Crazy Hotel is
an isometric adventure game that takes great influence from 1930s black and white cartoons, combining that with gameplay inspiration from Zelda, Monkey Island, and the Professor Layton series.
Whilst gamers familiar to the series might remember the third - person adventures of the original PlayStation era though, this new release has been completely revamped — it's now
an isometric adventure that utilises twin - stick shooting - like mechanics and a bigger focus on working as a squad.
The isometric adventure game, however, is still mostly lost to the 1980's — Except for Lumo, that is.
Go on a rewarding voyage with Lumo -
an isometric adventure genre with over 400 rooms across four zones plus six hidden minigames.
Witness the rebirth of a genre in Lumo — a classic
isometric adventure with a modern twist for gamers young and old alike!
An isometric adventure game is a tough project for an independent developer to tackle.
However, 505 Games and EKO Software's How To Survive is
an isometric adventure that looks to be a little more than an average kill-fest.
Also worth a look, Transistor is
another isometric adventure from Supergiant.
In retrospect, making
it an isometric adventure game probably made for the single biggest awesome factor critically for the game, it made the single biggest mistake financially for the overall production.
It's
an isometric adventure title where players take up the role of the sour - faced Dusty inside his subconscious mind.
It's shockingly unfair, especially because Monster Max is a cracking, albeit sometimes very frustrating, puzzler that fans of classic
isometric adventures should check out.
This time Xperia Play owners will get first access to Square Enix's Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light,
an isometric adventure / puzzle game based on the Tomb Raider franchise.