Third Person Cameras

Today I learned about different types of cameras that are used within video games and discussed them with my peers.  We started by naming some of our favourite video games and would then discuss the camera that these games used, my favourite game is Super Mario 64 which uses a 3^rd person camera.  A 3^rd person camera is whenever the player has the ability to not only see the environment around them but they can also see the games main character or characters.  For example, in Super Mario 64 not only can you see the various landscapes like Peach’s castle but you can see Mario on screen as well.  This means that you can see enemies coming from all angles and can make them easier to dodge or kill.  It is also a very common feature in 3^rd person games to interact with the games environment, for example in Watch Dogs you could use Aiden’s (the main character) smartphone to change traffic lights which would then cause vehicles in the game to crash or he could raise road barriers to evade a police chase.