Many third-person games (where you see your character on screen rather than inhabiting it from a first-person perspective) are shot from a sort of top-down angle.
It is not easy, of course, to create a 3D building viewed from a top-down isometric angle, which shows different floors by making others transparent.
Rockstar Leeds chose the pseudo top-down camera angle in order to make the most use of the DS' limited screen real estate; the camera freely rotates.
Take photos To make your photos look better if you're overweight or have other problems take them from angles such as the classic top down "Myspace" angle.
Top, down, starting with hair.
We have included short digital movies of typical behaviors displayed by males during courtship and aggression that we believe could readily be classified from a single, top down viewing angle (Movie S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S12, S13, S14, S15, S16, S17, S18, S19, S20, S21, S22, S23, and S24).
The printer prints at a surprising angle and instead of creating a top-down object it creates angled cross sections of the object as it spools down the belt.
Both modes would be in a top-down perspective, although more cinematic camera angles, similar to those from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, were also considered for the 3D mode.
