Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers

Re:Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers by Nition on Sunday October 11, 2026 @05:16PM (#50047885)

I've always assumed that isometric as used in describing videogames refers to the isometric projection, which is a very specific angle - or at least games that look approximately isometric. Age Of Empires, SimCity 2000, Constructor etc. Some of them were actually Dimetric or something else, but I'd never have referred to, say, SimCity 1 as an isometric game.

Are you possibly thinking of "orthographic"?

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Re:Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers by ses1984 on Sunday October 11, 2026 @07:04PM (#50048970)

A top down view and a 3/4 view can both be isometric.

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Re:Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers by Nition on Sunday October 11, 2026 @07:14PM (#50049052)

I don't think that's true. Do you have a definition you can link to maybe, that matches yours? Or can someone else here back one of us up?

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Re:Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers by Dylan16807 on Sunday October 11, 2026 @08:20PM (#50049637)

They're definitely thinking of orthographic. (Of which isometric is a tiny subset.) The opposite of perspective.

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