First-person what? (vocabulary item question)
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 08:36
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I'm sure someone here must know this. My brother was telling me about Halo recently and referred to it as a "first-person shootout" game. I could have sworn that it was called a first-person shooter. Which is correct? Or are both terms used? -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 | Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 08:40
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It is called a first person shooter. Unless of course, its about cowboy duels :) -------------------- Guaranteed to blow your mind. Frostbite: Get It While It's...... Hot? Posts: 900 | Registered: Monday, August 8 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 08:40
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I know FPS, namely First Person Shooter. I think your brother is wrong, you are right then. :) -------------------- Download Geneforge 4: Rebellion You have 6 posts. Nobody cares what you think. - Thuryl Wikipedia may be your friend, but UBB is not. - Dikiyoba Posts: 1310 | Registered: Tuesday, December 20 2005 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 08:45
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I thought so. He is, after all, only 11 years old. :D Although he does play more video games than I do, since he is in sixth grade and therefore (almost by definition) has way too much time on his hands to do such things. (Cowboy duels… *dies laughing*) [ Saturday, April 15, 2006 08:46: Message edited by: Erika Maroonmark ] -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 | Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:00
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Oh great. Now we have to find somewhere to bury Erika Moonmark. :P -------------------- Do not underestimate the power of the mechanical pencil. Join the Dark side. We have cookies. Played in: Fiddler on the Roof Bye Bye Birdie "Hey, Patrick, feel this random pipe. It's squishy"-Nils Posts: 834 | Registered: Thursday, July 8 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:27
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It's definitely "first-person shooter." I've also heard this genre referred to as "shoot 'em up"... but that is too incorrect. "Shoot 'em ups" are those where you stand there with a light gun (or similar) and shoot the screen full of badly rendered FMV baddies. At least, that's what we always deducted back in the arcades of the "old days." -------------------- DEMON PLAY, DEMON OUT! Posts: 1582 | Registered: Wednesday, November 13 2002 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 09:44
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quote:*blink* What? (FYT. Unless you were talking about someone else.) Edit: Oh. *feels stupid* [ Saturday, April 15, 2006 09:45: Message edited by: Erika Maroonmark ] -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 | Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 13:15
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I miss the good ole days of Street Fighters, Mortal Kombats and even the first one I played, which I think was Brutal. T'has been a while since I've paid homage to the good ole fashion beat 'em ups. Posts: 1487 | Registered: Sunday, February 10 2002 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 14:43
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I'm fairly certain it's "first-person shooter". I used to play Marathon with my brother when I was little (think I was about 10 when it came out). I used to like games like Mortal Kombat, but more so games like myst. [ Saturday, April 15, 2006 14:44: Message edited by: Aurelia ] Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 17:57
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Yup, first person shooter is correct. Also third person shooter, too, I think. Someone should invent a second-person shooter game sometime... Posts: 587 | Registered: Tuesday, April 1 2003 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 18:09
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Yeah, like those attempts at books (mostly avant-garde I think) written in the second person… :D (Edit: ooh! eleventy-one posts! ^_^) [ Saturday, April 15, 2006 18:09: Message edited by: Erika Maroonmark ] -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 | Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 18:20
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quote:Since the second person view is someone else referring to you, how would you make a second person shooter? My head hurts trying to figure it out. -------------------- My ego is bigger than yours. Posts: 480 | Registered: Thursday, October 11 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 18:31
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quote:Simple. The goal is to shoot yourself. -------------------- ??? ?????? ???? ????? Posts: 883 | Registered: Wednesday, October 19 2005 07:00 |
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 18:52
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quote:Some of the roleplays on this board come close to SPS. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Saturday, April 15 2006 22:20
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I would think that a second-person perspective wouldn't work in that situation because the focus of your view would be at your character and not at what is happening around your character. -------------------- DONOR Fat Freddys Drop Shirow Miwa Posts: 1112 | Registered: Friday, July 19 2002 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Sunday, April 16 2006 12:12
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Or maybe you'd control a character who was looking straight at the camera, and the camera was the perspective of whatever bad guy the character happened to be shooting… :D [ Sunday, April 16, 2006 12:33: Message edited by: Erika Maroonmark ] -------------------- A C, an E-flat, and a G walk into the Tower of the Magi. Ambrin walks up to them and says, "Hey! It's the Triad!" Kelner snorts and says, "Pretty minor Triad if you ask me." Posts: 242 | Registered: Thursday, June 16 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Sunday, April 16 2006 18:11
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I suppose it could be a a First person shootout if the characters were playing hockey. -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |