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"FPS Absurdity" and the reason why genres based on presentation need to go.
Mounds Bar:
--- Quote from: Shell on February 19, 2013, 10:38:08 PM ---still not seeing how fps is obsolete
it seems perfectly fine to me. if a game is strictly in first person and is based around shooting things with a gun until they stop moving, bam, it's an fps.
but what if that fps game has other elements? that's when we introduce more genres. if a game is centered around a massive world with many players on one server where it is strictly first person and you shoot things with a gun until they stop moving, bam, mmofps.
i'm sure you see where i'm going.
i don't see how portal could be an fps at all but w/e
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He's right, though, a FPS is the combination of being in first person and basically interacting with something in a some what aggressive way.
--- Quote from: Harm94 on February 19, 2013, 10:40:19 PM ---First person flower gardener game.
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You're not hurting anyone in the process of doing that.
Harm94:
Objective: arrange flowers
Objective complete! You have unlocked the rake!
fred da kiko:
--- Quote from: Shell on February 19, 2013, 10:38:08 PM ---still not seeing how fps is obsolete
it seems perfectly fine to me. if a game is strictly in first person and is based around shooting things with a gun until they stop moving, bam, it's an fps.
but what if that fps game has other elements? that's when we introduce more genres. if a game is centered around a massive world with many players on one server where it is strictly first person and you shoot things with a gun until they stop moving, bam, mmofps.
i'm sure you see where i'm going.
i don't see how portal could be an fps at all but w/e
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You are in a first person perspective and use a portal gun, therefore it would be considered an FPS. Mixing genres is annoying because then you end up with stuff like MMORPGRTSFPSFlight simulator. Many games aren't strictly in First person either, so can those be considered First person shooters?
Extrude:
Genre = adjective. They are literally the same. Think about this, a house can be blue, tall, ugly, and expensive all at once.
Proog:
I wouldn't go around calling Portal a FPS because while it's in a first person perspective, the fact that it's a puzzle game completely Annoying Oranges the shooter part of that title. FPS has grown to describe a game where you usually end up shooting other people with actual guns.