"FPS Absurdity" and the reason why genres based on presentation need to go.

[Tonkka²]

You can go into first person perspective in Skyrim, and even shoot people till they stop moving. Game isn't strictly melee.

Oh boy! I wonder how can you shoot people. I've never seen shooting in this game before!

[Ad Bot]

[fred da kiko]

Oh boy! I wonder how can you shoot people. I've never seen shooting in this game before!

Bows,crossbows, and projectile magic.

[lordician]

Bows,crossbows, and projectile magic.

... You knew it was sarcastic right? :P

[fred da kiko]

... You knew it was sarcastic right? :P

I've heard people say stupider things, can't be sure.

[Doomonkey]

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?

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.

[Shell]

What makes Call of Duty an FPS while Portal isn't? Both are in first person and revolve around firing a projectile. CoD has explosions and Portal has portals, but they are both in first person and use projectile firing mechanics, so they are both FPSs. Presentation has very little to do with a game, since many different kinds of games can be presented similarly.

because in portal you don't shoot things until they stop moving

[fred da kiko]

because in portal you don't shoot things until they stop moving

That doesn't matter.

[Shell]

um yes it does

[Flamecannon]

because in portal you don't shoot things until they stop moving

you shoot a portal to make things stop moving
owned 2013 doho

[ChexGuy331]

I think calling Portal a shooter is taking things too literally.

[Katadeus]

IMO Math Blaster is still the best shooter

[fred da kiko]

um yes it does

FPS: First Person Shooter. not FPSUTSM

[Chrono]

because in portal you don't shoot things until they stop moving

You shoot portals and gravity wells until GLaDOS stops moving, from the first person perspective.

[Shell]

FPS: First Person Shooter. not FPSUTSM

in order for an fps to be an fps, you have to be able to shoot things until they stop moving
afaik, there haven't been any non-until they stop moving fps games

[ChexGuy331]

well if you want to be as literal as possible, they still move when they die because of ragdolls.