Camera view for orbital drop?

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Which would be the most epic (and playable)

Chase view (no picture)
3
60%
3/4 rear view (picture 1)
0
No votes
Side view (picture 2)
0
No votes
3/4 front view (picture 3)
2
40%
 
Total votes: 5

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GMer
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Camera view for orbital drop?

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My game starts out with an orbital drop (yippee!) that the player can control (keep speed down and avoid stuff or you go splat!).
Anyway I am in rather uncharted territory with orbital drops, so I am asking, what camera view would make the orbital drop enjoyable (and epic)?

1) A chase view, much like some airplane games (sorry, no pics)

2) A 3/4 to the rear view
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3) A side scrolling-type view
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4) A 3/4 to the front view
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If you are avoiding objects in 3D then it needs to be a chase camera.
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Re: Camera view for orbital drop?

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From those pics, I prefer the third one.

The pawn, the pawn, the pawn is on FIRE!
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Matte wrote:The pawn, the pawn, the pawn is on FIRE!
Actually, in these pictures they are static entity proxies :lol:

Thank you all for the feedback! I hope to receive more in the future.
Chase view seems to be the most favored so far... I'll see how that goes.
Over 3 years (has it been that long?) and just now I noticed the day and month of my birthday were switched. Whoops!

Some 2d games I made, haven't made anything in a year though O.o
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