DOOM/Quake-style third-person shooter (What if?)

[SamVision]

I remember that the reason for justifying Metroid Prime being in first person was to make it smoother and easier to shoot enemies and explore environments.

[Jaxxoon R]

[StrangeEnigma]

When did this get released? I've never seen it before.
Either way, it looks legit.

[Matt]

Third person = good for jumping puzzles and swords, not so much aiming at anything.

Maybe it's just me, but when I play third-person shooters like Gears and Mass Effect, the aiming feels nearly the same as it does when I'm playing an FPS.

Can you really circlestrafe (or other maneuver-strafe) in those quite the same as in Q/D/UT? I recall Mass Effect having a lot of stopping to aim, though I've never played the third one.

EDIT: Also, here's the thread for Doom: the Mercenaries.

[Zanieon]

I recall Mass Effect having a lot of stopping to aim, though I've never played the third one.

Shepard just can roll from one cover to another, nothing with high impact on the gameplay from ME2, circlestrafe isn't possible in any of 3 games.

[LilWhiteMouse]

From a personal project/experiment, over the shoulder chase cam (uses Gooberman's moving camera idea) with third person crosshair (earlier version was used in Cammy):

Camera position is dependent on space, but it always faces the crosshair specifically, which is dependent on the player's LOS. So when you fire, you hit what's under the crosshair (weapon inaccuracy aside).

[leileilol]

I've been trying to hack in a 'modern' third person camera in OA3 for awhile, didn't do the 3d crosshair part yet. but when I do i'll have to make hte view turn towards it so it stays center on the screen. Which could get awkward when you run up to a wall and the crosshair is constricted


I do raise the FOV depending on the player's horizontal speed. It gives the sense of speed a bit better