Not exact matches
You
view the game
from a
side perspective, similar to older 2D
platformer games.
This tutorial will cover the Top Down type of game, where players and enemies are
viewed from directly above as opposed to a
Platformer that uses a
side view; each game type requires different ways of changing, tracking and facing the player unit so we will tackle them in separate posts.
Both are action -
platformers, and neither would work anywhere near as well when
viewed strictly
from the
side.
Another returning feature
from the original game is the seamless switching between the standard third person gameplay and a
side - on
view which makes the game look and play rather like a
platformer with the combat being restricted to two dimensions.