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"FPS Absurdity" and the reason why genres based on presentation need to go.
Tonkka²:
--- Quote from: Chrono on February 20, 2013, 10:42:19 AM ---You can go into first person perspective in Skyrim, and even shoot people till they stop moving. Game isn't strictly melee.
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Oh boy! I wonder how can you shoot people. I've never seen shooting in this game before!
fred da kiko:
--- Quote from: Tonkka² on February 20, 2013, 03:18:38 PM ---
Oh boy! I wonder how can you shoot people. I've never seen shooting in this game before!
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Bows,crossbows, and projectile magic.
lordician:
--- Quote from: fred da kiko on February 20, 2013, 03:53:29 PM ---Bows,crossbows, and projectile magic.
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... You knew it was sarcastic right? :P
fred da kiko:
--- Quote from: lordician on February 20, 2013, 04:19:14 PM ---... You knew it was sarcastic right? :P
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I've heard people say stupider things, can't be sure.
Doomonkey:
--- Quote from: Chrono on February 20, 2013, 01:56:00 AM ---But why FPS/TPS and not just shooter?
Does the camera being behind the player change that much about the game to make it a completely different genre?
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I believe shooter is the actual genre and first-person/third-person are adjectives. The problem is that so many popular shooters are first-person that people call the genre FPS without really thinking about it.