Confirming this. Unless running around shooting things in a first-person view doesn't qualify as FPS material... Then, what the hell is this Team Fortress 2 game I've been playing for the last year?! I don't even know what genre it is anymore...:cry:
Metroid Prime 3 is an FPS if we want to get technical. Is it first person view? Yes. Do you shoot things? Yes. That just about covers it. I'm aware people will call it First-Person Adventure, which is also appropriate. Maybe we should refer to it as a FPSSHFA? First-Person Super Shooting Happy Fun Adventure! Excellent game by the way.
Metroid Prime 3 is an FPS if we want to get technical. Is it first person view? Yes. Do you shoot things? Yes. That just about covers it. I'm aware people will call it First-Person Adventure, which is also appropriate. Maybe we should refer to it as a FPSSHFA? First-Person Super Shooting Happy Fun Adventure! Excellent game by the way.tommy--F
That's hard to say. In my experience (games I have played), I think Metroid Prime Trilogy is the best for a Single-Player campaign. For Multiplayer, it's hard to choose. The Conduit is a NON-WWII SHOOTER, but Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 seems to run smoother and faster (Conduit. I rented it and the single player SUCKED! Multiplayer was good, but sometimes it would glitch, like I wouldn't be able to find a server EVER, even right after it came out. Medal of Honor H2 I own and rocks, but don't play it as much)
Metroid Prime is at heart a first person shooter. Sure it has action/adventure elements such as the third person view when you transform into the ball and heavy emphasis on exploration but nonetheless, Metroid Prime has all the necessary elements of a first person shooter to be categorized as a sub-genre to First Person Shooters in result still counting as a first person shooter. Now if we were talking about Fallout 3 or something you could argue that it's not a first person shooter, but anything like Deus Ex: Invisible War, Metroid Prime or Borderlands fits the bill for first person shooter. Just my two cents.
Metroid Prime is at heart a first person shooter. Sure it has action/adventure elements such as the third person view when you transform into the ball and heavy emphasis on exploration but nonetheless, Metroid Prime has all the necessary elements of a first person shooter to be categorized as a sub-genre to First Person Shooters in result still counting as a first person shooter. Now if we were talking about Fallout 3 or something you could argue that it's not a first person shooter, but anything like Deus Ex: Invisible War, Metroid Prime or Borderlands fits the bill for first person shooter. Just my two cents.
MP3 can be argued I suppose. But Metroid Prime can't. It is an FPA. It has just many many more Adventure elements, and it doesn't feel like an FPS at all.
Metroid Prime is at heart a first person shooter. Sure it has action/adventure elements such as the third person view when you transform into the ball and heavy emphasis on exploration but nonetheless, Metroid Prime has all the necessary elements of a first person shooter to be categorized as a sub-genre to First Person Shooters in result still counting as a first person shooter. Now if we were talking about Fallout 3 or something you could argue that it's not a first person shooter, but anything like Deus Ex: Invisible War, Metroid Prime or Borderlands fits the bill for first person shooter. Just my two cents.
MP3 can be argued I suppose. But Metroid Prime can't. It is an FPA. It has just many many more Adventure elements, and it doesn't feel like an FPS at all.
I am strictly speaking about Metroid Prime 3. I have not played the others so I cannot judge, but I feel adamant about MP3 being a first person shooter.
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