Non-Side View Platform Adventure Outliers
Complementary pages for top down, isometric, first person and third person view Action Adventure and ARPG games. Tilted view (see Renegade) games are also included in the top down & isometric view category. Many of these are outliers, and even the ones that are very close to Platform Adventure/MV games usually aren't considered as such.
I'm going with the games listed below as the main codifiers for these genres and comparing each game to the features listed on the front page. At the bottom of each page is a link to a list format page, where all games are listed and there's no further info on individual games.
Top Down & Isometric View Games
Main codifiers/templates: The Legend of Zelda, Ys, Solstice, Landstalker, Metal Gear, Secret of Mana/Seiken Densetsu, GTA and Diablo
First Person & Third Person View Games
Main codifiers/templates: The Legend of Zelda (N64), Quest for Glory, Alone in the Dark, Mega Man Legends, Ultima Underworld, Resident Evil, Elder Scrolls, System Shock, Mystical Ninja (N64), Soul Reaver and Shenmue
I'm going with the games listed below as the main codifiers for these genres and comparing each game to the features listed on the front page. At the bottom of each page is a link to a list format page, where all games are listed and there's no further info on individual games.
Top Down & Isometric View Games
Main codifiers/templates: The Legend of Zelda, Ys, Solstice, Landstalker, Metal Gear, Secret of Mana/Seiken Densetsu, GTA and Diablo
First Person & Third Person View Games
Main codifiers/templates: The Legend of Zelda (N64), Quest for Glory, Alone in the Dark, Mega Man Legends, Ultima Underworld, Resident Evil, Elder Scrolls, System Shock, Mystical Ninja (N64), Soul Reaver and Shenmue
