digoutyoursoul
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Half Life for example
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First Person or Third Person? One Poll To Rule Them All.
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Half Life for example
ByWatterson
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It must be terrible never to have played Bioshock.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
It does depend on the game but more then not I prefer 3rd Person
I actually find 3rd person more immersive and engaging from a spectator view who is in control of what's unfolds.
And I feel more connected to the character.
While 1st person should be more immersive as you are the character, you know you're not, the limit moment reminds you're not and you don't connect to the character.
So there's a disconnect, and that ruins the experience for me imo.
I actually find 3rd person more immersive and engaging from a spectator view who is in control of what's unfolds.
And I feel more connected to the character.
While 1st person should be more immersive as you are the character, you know you're not, the limit moment reminds you're not and you don't connect to the character.
So there's a disconnect, and that ruins the experience for me imo.
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Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
I am eating chicken nuggets at the moment, so first-person.
Good examples: Riddick, Mirror's Edge, Half-Life. Doom, Quake.
But considering OP also believed Druckmann was getting no flashes at the Globes, i feel his threads needs to be taken with a grain of sal.
Good examples: Riddick, Mirror's Edge, Half-Life. Doom, Quake.
But considering OP also believed Druckmann was getting no flashes at the Globes, i feel his threads needs to be taken with a grain of sal.
Guilty_AI
Member
What are you smoking? There's literally an entire subset of games that use first person, focused on telling detailed narratives (immersive sim/looking glass style games). Here you find Deux Ex, System Shock, Thief, Prey, Vampire: The Masquerade, Dishonored among other derivatives like Bioshock. Then there's also stuff like Half Life, Portal, Fallout, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, etc.
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DeepSpace5D
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Destiny 2 is one of my favorites as well. Not for the story, but some of the tightest feeling gameplay.
Really just depends on the game. I’m glad I don’t have to choose one or the other irl.
owandeseis
Member
Third person for button smashers or games that focus on impressing the player with visual scenes.
First person for gameplay oriented games and immersion.
First person for gameplay oriented games and immersion.
Magic Carpet
Member
I'll play either, Even in VR.
Mozzarella
Member
Fifth Person
digoutyoursoul
Member
I have a soft spot for the first Mirrors Edge . I get motion sickness off first person after a while tho and I like character customisation so prefer to see that on screen
lughnasadh123
Member
The only time FPS sucks is for platforming or gaming section where you're getting swarmed in any direction. Generally either is fine most of the time.
Hawking Radiation
Member
First Person if there's no character customisation.
Third Person if there is character customisation.
Third Person if there is character customisation.
Klosshufvud
Member
Third person! I have no idea why people want to play as a camera. It often results in worse gameplay anyways and you can't even play those games with a controller.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
First person can definitely be more immersive, but it doesn't suit all genres. Most of my favorite games are third person.
DeepSpace5D
Member
Mirror’s Edge was great! I have fond memories of playing it on the 360. It was cool how it was first person, but way more of a platformer than shooter.
Another really unique game that I thought was great in the first person perspective was The Witness. Kind of harkened back to the older first person puzzlers like Myst.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
First person. Especially when I stream on my phone.
mortal
Gold Member
Unless you're playing a 2D game or sidescroller, you're technically "playing as the camera" in most 3rd person games as well.
Kenneth Haight
Gold Member
3rd person for me. Most of my favourite games are 3rd person, souls, uncharted, TLOU, Hitman, GTA, Resident Evil, Death stranding etc etc.
I still enjoy first person but I prefer 3rd person in general.
I still enjoy first person but I prefer 3rd person in general.
zeroluck
Member
Nah, it is just games design/tech are stagnating, I can easily imagine an amazing first person melee system, it is just too hard to implement properly and too risky for AAA since they don't like the fact that weak gamers get motion sick. Last game that even attempted to do a half decent job is Mirror's Edge Catalyst.
Pharaoh 117
Member
Third person. FP is only for shooters, with VERY rare exceptions.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Yeah they all suck when compared to traditionally told third person cutscenes.
Go make a thread with a poll about games with best storytelling and see how many of your games show up in the top ten. Aside from half life 2, i can’t see anything else getting in the top 10.
Just look at the gotys in the last 15 years. All narrative driven gotys are third person. Uncharted, tlou, Witcher 3, baldurs gate, dragon age, Red dead, death stranding, gow, walking dead, mass effect.
proandrad
Member
I don't want a 3rd person Halo and I don't want a first person Uncharted.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
1st Person
- Slow paced action games you can deal with them one on one
- Shooters
- Racing
- RPGs
3rd Person
- Fast paced AoE kinds of action games with tons of enemies surrounding you
- Sports
- Platformers
- Slow paced action games you can deal with them one on one
- Shooters
- Racing
- RPGs
3rd Person
- Fast paced AoE kinds of action games with tons of enemies surrounding you
- Sports
- Platformers
SkylineRKR
Member
Ofcourse depends on the game. I prefer RE in third person, and this was confirmed for me when I played RE4R. Its hard to go back to Village unless its in VR.
Indiana Jones I would've prefered to be a third person, slower paced adventure game with actual puzzling. Avatar I would prefer to be in third person too, and I would've liked if it was more of an adventure game as well.
Indiana Jones I would've prefered to be a third person, slower paced adventure game with actual puzzling. Avatar I would prefer to be in third person too, and I would've liked if it was more of an adventure game as well.
DeceptiveAlarm
Gold Member
Fps is great for shooters. I prefer 3rd for any story game.
//DEVIL//
Member
Any game that has shooting mechanics to it --> FPS
The only game that came close was Gears of war ( when it comes to shooting games )
But I am not going to play mario 64 in first person or over the shoulder mode.
If this was an indirect question to indiana jones game. then FPS all the way. the puzzles to solve in fps will be more fun than typical 3rd person view we had since playstation 1.
I love me some FPS games with 3D elements in it like how they are doing with indiana jones and how they did with halo. like when you drive in halo, 3rd person view, when you shoot ? fps view
The only game that came close was Gears of war ( when it comes to shooting games )
But I am not going to play mario 64 in first person or over the shoulder mode.
If this was an indirect question to indiana jones game. then FPS all the way. the puzzles to solve in fps will be more fun than typical 3rd person view we had since playstation 1.
I love me some FPS games with 3D elements in it like how they are doing with indiana jones and how they did with halo. like when you drive in halo, 3rd person view, when you shoot ? fps view
Punished Miku
Gold Member
I usually prefer 3rd but having access to GP allowed me to try a lot more 1st person games I would have likely skipped. I can enjoy both. Depends on the game. Neon White is sick in 1st person. I just like variety.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Rather than repeat what others have said (i.e. -- depends on the game). I'd say it depends on the franchise too. If I play RE4, I still prefer the 6th gen 3rd-person over something like RE7 where I feel they totally dropped the ball with 1st. Well...I guess that does mean...it depends on the game.
NightmareFarm
Member
First person. Much more immersive and intense.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
BOTH
What A Shame...
Member
That's a wild fucking claim. The majority of those games are revered for their storytelling (amongst other things). I think it's more likely you haven't played many of them.
MiguelItUp
Member
Couldn't agree more. Depends on the game/IP, the developer involved, the type of game being made, etc.
FPS was my favorite because Wolfenstein 3-D made such an impact on me as a child. There was nothing else that looked like that or played like that at the time. DOOM just took it steps further. But I still love TPS as well. I just love good games that I enjoy.
I think the amusing thing is IF Indiana Jones WAS TPS (depending on how it was handled) I'm sure a lot of people would compare it to things that we've already seen in the past. At least this way we can say we've never seen this in FPS. But what I'm trying to say is you can't make everyone happy, especially before the game comes out and people know how it is.
Guilty_AI
Member
Shitty taste comfirmed, or you just never played any of them. There exists no reality where Uncharted has better story than Deus Ex, its not even a context.
Meicyn
Gold Member
Always third person. I usually don’t play first person games, exceptions being titles like Portal and Bioshock. The moment CD Projekt Red announced that Cyberpunk 2077 was first person only, I immediately lost interest. I could give it a shot, but there’s plenty of other stuff to play.
Gears of War? The Division? Hell yes. Battlefield? Call of Duty? No thanks.
Gears of War? The Division? Hell yes. Battlefield? Call of Duty? No thanks.
LaughingStock
Member
It depends on the game. But I usually prefer third person.
balls of snow
Member
Imagine saying this when we have Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Half Life 2, System Shock 2, Bioshock 1, Deus Ex 1, Deus Ex Human Rev, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, the Dishonored series.
Every single one is memorable even with dated graphics because they put immersion first. I am still in awe of the descent to Rapture, the intricate streets of Hengsha in Deus Ex Human Rev, the Wasteland in Fallout 3, City 17 in Half Life 2, Clocktower Mansion in Dishonored. I remember all of it vividly because I walked it in fp.
Every single one is memorable even with dated graphics because they put immersion first. I am still in awe of the descent to Rapture, the intricate streets of Hengsha in Deus Ex Human Rev, the Wasteland in Fallout 3, City 17 in Half Life 2, Clocktower Mansion in Dishonored. I remember all of it vividly because I walked it in fp.
SentientStone
Member
Always third until Elon forces me into the Matrix to rid me of my mind virus.
Insane Metal
Member
This. But if I had to choose, I'd pick third over First.
Meicyn
Gold Member
These can be played in third person.