# Video game ID help **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [May 21, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881 "2024-05-21T18:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881/21 "2024-05-22T00:36:06Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I do not think “Myth: The Fallen Lords” was isometric. I think it was a 3d landscape with sprites that moved across it. Not quite the same thing. It’s definitely isometric. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PySrgfe6pr4/hqdefault.jpg "Let's Play Myth: The Fallen Lords - Part 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySrgfe6pr4&t=351s) That’s video from the game, I set the timestamp to where the gameplay actually starts. Compare to a modern isometric angle game like Diablo 4, you’ll see a very similar angle of view (despite the graphics being far more advanced). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VQ78qzGAyiQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Diablo 4 Epic 15 Minutes Exclusive Gameplay (4K 60FPS HDR)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ78qzGAyiQ) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881/22 "2024-05-22T00:52:59Z")
You had complete control over the camera angle, though. You could, if you wanted, pause the action and do a complete Matrix rotation around it. Or rotate around it while the action was still going on. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881/23 "2024-05-22T00:57:03Z")
In common usage, that’s still isometric. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881/24 "2024-05-22T01:00:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You had complete control over the camera angle, though. You could, if you wanted, pause the action and do a complete Matrix rotation around it. So you had complete control? You can take it out of an isometric angle? You can go totally vertical or horizontal? I thought it was fixed at isometric? (An isometric angle that rotates along a single axis is still isometric.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881/25 "2024-05-22T02:10:35Z")
…Actually, come to think of it, I don’t think you could go full vertical, as that wouldn’t look right with the sprites that were used for all the units, but I think you could go full horizontal. Though it’s been a while since I’ve played. It does seem like there should be some sort of distinction between movable-camera and fixed-camera, though. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881/26 "2024-05-22T06:08:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It does seem like there should be some sort of distinction between movable-camera and fixed-camera, though. I agree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-game-id-help/1001881.md?page=1)