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Can someone simplify what the difference between first, second, and third-person shooter means? -- nm

Posted by Bloody AxeSean (aka JaxSean) Oct 26 '09, 10:26

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Thanks. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 10:31
I thought the term FPS came about to differentiate them from side scrollers back in the day. Also, I have never heard of the latter two terms. -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 10:31
first = Halo. third = Contra. second = theoretical non-existant (for all intents and purposes). -- nm - TFox Oct 26, 10:28
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Well, first person means you're view is that of the shooter, like classic games: Doom, Quake, etc. 3rd person must refer to the cinematic style like - kilboooo! Oct 26, 10:27
First=makes me sick. Second=probably makes me sick. Third=does not make me sick. -- nm - Callisto Oct 26, 10:27 8
- I wonder what a second-person game would be like -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:28 6
  - Like a FPS, but with a veteran character actor providing vocal commentary. Steve Buscemi, for example. -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 10:32
  - It's when the character shoots out of the game and kills the player. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 26, 10:30 3
    - well, you would be in control of the guns, but would be seeing the action from the viewpoint of what is being shot. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:31 2
      - I've done this before, but I forget what game it was. It was hilarious. - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:32 1
        
        I bet. - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:33
  - A disturbing statement on violence, no doubt. -- nm - Reagen Oct 26, 10:29
- but which do you watch like its a movie? - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:28
FPS: It looks like you're holding the gun. TPS: It looks like a character on the screen is holding the gun. -- nm - nubby Oct 26, 10:27
first is where you are looking out of their eyes (ie halo) third is where you see them from above/behind (ie, god of war). -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:27 3
- Halo turns into third-person when you're driving a vehicle or if you've gained control of an abnormaly large weapon -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:28 2
  - so does that make it a second-person shooter? -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:28 1
    - a one-and-one-third person shooter -- nm - Beryllium Oct 26, 10:29
all I know is you never play halo. - groiny Oct 26, 10:27 2
- I absolutely suck (at Halo). -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 10:31 1
  - so does groiny. -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 26, 10:31
Heh. It'd be fun (though confusing) to play a second-person shooter game. -- nm - nubby Oct 26, 10:27 4
- Actually I think you can say that some views in games like Grand Theft Auto offer 2nd person viewpoint - Max Oct 26, 10:33
- You could play the annoying side character that has to be escorted somewhere and is always getting in the way of the hero's shooting. -- nm - Ender Oct 26, 10:29 1
  - I'm sure there will be lines around the block for Robin: Arkham Asylum. - TFox Oct 26, 10:30
- "AHHH! I'm coming right for him!" -- nm - Reagen Oct 26, 10:28

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