Cinematic camera

Video game concept

Offers a cinematic camera mode where the camera jumps around showing more or less interesting happenings in the game world from supposedly interesting angles, attempting to give cinematic impression of the events.

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platforms

Alternate name: Cinematic mode

Oil Rush

WIN 2012-01-25

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate

WIN 2006-11-14

Gemini Wars

WIN 2012-06-08

Oil Rush

LIN 2012-01-25

Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East

WIN 2007-09-17

Heroes of Might and Magic V

WIN 2006-05-23

Endless Space

WIN 2012-07-04

Full Throttle

DOS 1995-05-02

Full Throttle Remastered

WIN 2017-04-18

Full Throttle

MAC 1994

Gemini Wars

OSX 2012-06-08

Full Throttle Remastered

OSX 2017-04-18

Related:
* Action camera

Generally seen in top-down games where the going ons aren't so personal, so the cinematic camera brings you down to the grunt level to make the experience more gripping.

A bit questionable mode considering it usually prevents controlling your minions while supposedly providing a more enjoyable visual experience. For turn-based games this makes more sense, though may not really improve the game any. Fortunately this seems to be always optional.

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Games by year

The first Cinematic camera video game was released in 1994.

Unigine Corp, Double Fine and LucasArts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows		8
Linux		4
Mac OS X		3
PS3		1
Mac OS Classic		1
MS-DOS		1

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