The go-to example I always think of for 2nd person is Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, the boss battle against the Tyhrranoid Mother. You cycle through phases of the boss, and one shifts the camera’s perspective to the targeting system of the boss, while you still control Ratchet.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 hours ago
Second person perspective is basically a choose your own adventure book. But I take it that’s not what they mean here. So I gotta wonder: What do they consider a “second person perspective?” 🤨
paultimate14@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 hours ago
This reminded me that the first boss in Battletoads on the NES is like that.
Odo@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Also that one Shredder flight in TMNT4 where you throw everyone’s at the screen.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 22 hours ago
Somebody made a whole-ass video about it a while ago, and there’s essentially one notable example in a video game where there’s a chase scene where you’re the protagonist controlling your car but seen from the perspective of the antagonist (from the camera perspective you’re chasing yourself)
AmidFuror@fedia.io 22 hours ago
Fourth person perspective is when you see you character with a camera over its shoulder. You can control the camera, but all it does is move it around the character. You need a third thumbstick to control the fourth person if you want to change the view.
BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Jam2go’s You are wrong about what a ‘2nd Person’ Video Game is youtu.be/LTaQnuQY9fY
…and the trailer for the game youtu.be/3elPFbY4m7o
dustyData@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
There’s a second person perspective FPS where the game is a split screen of all the POVs of every enemy in the level. You still control your character and the shooting is doom style. So, just shooting in the correct direction of the enemy is enough. But essentially, you only see yourself when the enemy NPCs can see you. The views disappear and the split screen shifts as you kill enemies.
SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 minutes ago
speaking directly to the reader is not second person perspective