Am I the Only One Who Is Not Into First-Person Shooters?

Am I the only one out there that hasn't jumped on the first-person shooter bandwagon? It seems like the whole gaming world has accepted the FPS as THE GOLDEN ARCH of games these days. I can see how the skill involved is definitely impressive and I'm sure it can be addicting, but at the end of the day w/graphics getting better and better isn't a little disappointing to only be able to see your character's hand or the gun they're holding? Isn't it more fun to actually see what your character looks like? I can see if you were able to wear some sort of virtual reality helmet then the first-person perspective might seem realistic, but the way it is now it just looks like a hand that's bobbing up and down.

I'm sure most will disagree w/me, but is there anybody out there that feels the same way?

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I agree because FPS games are too linear for my taste.

The only shooter I play now is Borderlands, because it has some RPG elements within it.

No your not the only one. Only shooter series I like is Gears of War which isnt even First person.

Id like to get into some like Turok but Ive never been able to get the hang of them. Ive always been more into adveture/platformers like Sonic, Mario and Kirby.

They have to be extremely good or I just find them boring. This goes for 3rd person shooters as well. They've gone the way of the sidescrolling beat em ups of the 16bit generation--there's just too many of them.

I like sandbox games more as they allow you to choose what you want to do rather than just push you along :P

I'm not a huge FPS fan myself...If it's longer than 10 hours, I hate playing. 6 hours feels long enough for a FPS game.

I was never really into FPS's until CoD4, but its still not my fav genre, action adventure wins hands down all the time.

Played a ton of fps games, mostly for their single player experience. I never found any that brought me an experience truely worth going through that hassle again. So no I'm not into them at all.

Well....

Once upon a time I thought like you did. I just didn't think FPS were any fun at all.

The only reason why I liked them was because of Halo. And now, I only like really, really, really good FPS.

No your not the only one. Im not a fan of FPS at all. I do like 3rd person shooters though.

No you're not the only one. I'm not into them either.

FPS is all about having fun with a team and people you know.

It gets addicting because you can talk to and play with people you know and it doesn't take that much skill to just jump right in and start playing.

If you get good, it's even more fun when you start clans and stuff.

I do feel like there are too many First-Person Shooters coming out from Western developers. It seems to be the default genre nowadays for a Western developer. I wish the next time one of the them has a new game idea they might at least consider some alternatives before automatically making it an FPS. I've never really been particularly into them. The only ones I've ever owned are Goldeneye 007 and the Metroid Prime games, which I loved and are among my favorite games ever, so I don't dislike the genre. But most of them are the sort of grey and gritty games that don't really appeal to me.

I was on the FPS "bandwagon" in the early 90s. Doom, Wolfenstein... later on Doom2, Rise of the Triad, Quake etc.

Now I'm not on the bandwagon, I do enjoy a good FPS though.

I really dislike the 3rd person shooters. I always end up screaming "I can't see what right in front of me!!! I don't need to see my back!!! #$%#$!!!!"

@Rusteater: I agree, third-person shooters just annoy me.

These days I find it hard to get really immersed into games that are not first-person perspective, not necessarily just shooters.

The difference:

Third-person perspective- you control a character. You're just playing a game.

First-person perspective _ You ARE the character. You're having an experience.

I also loved Morrowind, Oblivion & Fallout3, due in large part to the FPP.

FPS is probably my favourite genre, I love it!

They have to be extremely good or I just find them boring. This goes for 3rd person shooters as well. They've gone the way of the sidescrolling beat em ups of the 16bit generation--there's just too many of them.

Heirren

but at the end of the day w/graphics getting better and better isn't a little disappointing to only be able to see your character's hand or the gun they're holding? Isn't it more fun to actually see what your character looks like?espada_y_daga

Some of us look at the environments and the enemies.

[QUOTE="espada_y_daga"]but at the end of the day w/graphics getting better and better isn't a little disappointing to only be able to see your character's hand or the gun they're holding? Isn't it more fun to actually see what your character looks like?muthsera666

Some of us look at the environments and the enemies.

That's me, I like looking at the environments and the enemies.

Am I the only one out there that hasn't jumped on the first-person shooter bandwagon? It seems like the whole gaming world has accepted the FPS as THE GOLDEN ARCH of games these days. I can see how the skill involved is definitely impressive and I'm sure it can be addicting, but at the end of the day w/graphics getting better and better isn't a little disappointing to only be able to see your character's hand or the gun they're holding? Isn't it more fun to actually see what your character looks like? I can see if you were able to wear some sort of virtual reality helmet then the first-person perspective might seem realistic, but the way it is now it just looks like a hand that's bobbing up and down.

I'm sure most will disagree w/me, but is there anybody out there that feels the same way?

espada_y_daga

I actually used to feel the same way about FPSs when I was younger. I would also ask "why don't they show the whole character?" But then after I got used to playing Counter-Strike I realized the benefits of the first person perspective. If you show the whole character, your aim is limited to where your view would not be abstructed by the character them self; this is not true to life. Whereas, from the point of view of the character your aim is not hindered by only being able to aim from a top-down or over-the-shoulder perspective. For example, from the over the shoulder perspective, in real life your view would not be abstructed by your own head. In my opinion, the first person perspective allows for a level of accuracy that can never be matched by the the third person perspective. Also, the first person perspective adds authenticity to the combat experience and therefore makes it more realistic and immersing.

FPS is my most disliked genre. :)

i like them but there is so much better games than FPS

Yeah I'm not into FPSs that much either... I'm bored of them. However my favourite game ever is an FPS in Half-Life 2. hrt_rulz01

[QUOTE="hrt_rulz01"]Yeah I'm not into FPSs that much either... I'm bored of them. However my favourite game ever is an FPS in Half-Life 2. muthsera666

Same here. I personally don't find Valve games all that great.

I thought the same like3 years ago nut after they diminish the amount of adventure games i had to play FPS, i like them but i'd prefer a 3rd person perspective than anything else. i wouldn't trade assassins creed for MW.

I'm not a huge fan of FPS as well but I do play them occasionally.

Yes, yes you are

[QUOTE="hrt_rulz01"]Yeah I'm not into FPSs that much either... I'm bored of them. However my favourite game ever is an FPS in Half-Life 2. muthsera666

[QUOTE="muthsera666"][QUOTE="hrt_rulz01"]Yeah I'm not into FPSs that much either... I'm bored of them. However my favourite game ever is an FPS in Half-Life 2. hrt_rulz01

[QUOTE="hrt_rulz01"][QUOTE="muthsera666"] I don't understand this. So many people cite Half-Life 2 as such a good game, but there are several FPS's that I've enjoyed far more than HL2.muthsera666

When you first played it probably counts for a lot. My jaw didn't exactly hit the floor when I played HL2 as part of the Orange Box on the X360, but by that time it was years old and countless games had imitatedstuff like the gravity gun and the in-game storytelling. I wasn't impressed by being free to run and hop around a room while someone droned on, but I was impressed by the storytelling which happened via government pronouncements while you walked through a level.

I'm kind of the same too. I play a few of them every now and then like Halo and Half Life 2 though. I like TPSs better.

[QUOTE="muthsera666"][QUOTE="hrt_rulz01"]What so hard to understand? I love it, you don't. Simple matter of opinion. Not that hard :)CarnageHeart

When you first played it probably counts for a lot. My jaw didn't exactly hit the floor when I played HL2 as part of the Orange Box on the X360, but by that time it was years old and countless games had imitatedstuff like the gravity gun and the in-game storytelling. I wasn't impressed by being free to run and hop around a room while someone droned on, but I was impressed by the storytelling which happened via government pronouncements while you walked through a level.

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"]

[QUOTE="muthsera666"] And I can respect a difference of opinion. My question just goes to why so many people cite HL2 as such a great game, when there are many FPS that I've enjoyed far more than HL2. I didn't think it was that great. I didn't even have the interest to finish the game; there wasn't anything there for me...muthsera666

When you first played it probably counts for a lot. My jaw didn't exactly hit the floor when I played HL2 as part of the Orange Box on the X360, but by that time it was years old and countless games had imitatedstuff like the gravity gun and the in-game storytelling. I wasn't impressed by being free to run and hop around a room while someone droned on, but I was impressed by the storytelling which happened via government pronouncements while you walked through a level.

Glad I'm not the only one who didn't finish that game!!

I thought that maybe something was wrong with me. :P

Am I the only one out there that hasn't jumped on the first-person shooter bandwagon? It seems like the whole gaming world has accepted the FPS as THE GOLDEN ARCH of games these days. I can see how the skill involved is definitely impressive and I'm sure it can be addicting, but at the end of the day w/graphics getting better and better isn't a little disappointing to only be able to see your character's hand or the gun they're holding? Isn't it more fun to actually see what your character looks like? I can see if you were able to wear some sort of virtual reality helmet then the first-person perspective might seem realistic, but the way it is now it just looks like a hand that's bobbing up and down.

I'm sure most will disagree w/me, but is there anybody out there that feels the same way?

http://mikelib.tumblr.com/

espada_y_daga

[QUOTE="muthsera666"][QUOTE="CarnageHeart"]

When you first played it probably counts for a lot. My jaw didn't exactly hit the floor when I played HL2 as part of the Orange Box on the X360, but by that time it was years old and countless games had imitatedstuff like the gravity gun and the in-game storytelling. I wasn't impressed by being free to run and hop around a room while someone droned on, but I was impressed by the storytelling which happened via government pronouncements while you walked through a level.

Krystyan68

Glad I'm not the only one who didn't finish that game!!

I thought that maybe something was wrong with me. :P

I can't be fussed with FPS games anymore, I played a lot of them in the past and then Halo and COD came out and those put me right off the genre. Far too much of the same thing, too dumbed down, too short and frankly boring.

There are far too many of them now, it feels like every week there's yet another shooter being annouced. The genre may be popular, but enough is enough. Other genres should have a chance, as well as truly brand new ideas that aren't all about shooting.