Don't worry, you are good:Originally Posted by Dariune
Though I wonder if that rule even applies to a combat flight sim?
Don't worry, you are good:
Though I wonder if that rule even applies to a combat flight sim?
- If the sound of Samuel Barber's "Adagio For Strings" makes you think of Kharak burning instead of the Vietnamese jungle, most of your youth happened during the 90s. -
Flight sims are first person and involve shooting! Pokemon Snap is also an FPS.
To me, the "top 25 of all time" style list requires that I give the nod to the games that paved the way for the current crop. I found that my list became very nostalgic even though graphics and gameplay these days tends to be much better. I'm well aware that it can be interpreted various ways but the more recent stuff just hasn't hooked me like the old games did. I can't tell if that's because of my tastes changing or the games just feel like more of the same regardless of innovation.
I think the OP had the right idea when he allowed people to list any game and let the overall number of votes decide if people agree.
- If the sound of Samuel Barber's "Adagio For Strings" makes you think of Kharak burning instead of the Vietnamese jungle, most of your youth happened during the 90s. -
Looks great, thanks!
*adds JA to backlog*
Well, if it applies to Mechwarrior...
No one lives forever 2
No one lives forever 1
Dark forces 2
Dishonored
Natural Selection 2
Half Life 2
Half Life 1
Duke Nukem 3D
Mirror's Edge
Dungeon Keeper 2 (why? what?! it IS first person and you shoot stuff... sometimes)
In case DK2 is being declined for some dogdy reason I will place Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as a surrogate.
Last edited by KwisatzHaderach; 25-01-2013 at 01:24 PM.
In order to reach 10 I will have to include a lot of dubiously-FPS games.
Thief: The Metal Age
Vampire: Bloodlines
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Thief: The Dark Project
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout 3
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 4
In case any of these are rejected, the list would continue Portal, Deus Ex, Enclave, Borderlands, Deus Ex 2, Arx Fatalis. I have omitted games that are first person and also involve things being shot but I refuse to accept as even possibly FPS games: Might and Magic 6-8, Morrowind, Legend of Grimrock, and so on. Also Deus Ex 3, because I rarely shoot in first person view.
Last edited by NathanH; 25-01-2013 at 01:57 PM.
Irrelevant on further examination of the rest of the thread.
Sorry mate, but Risen and Gothic are most certainly not FP. Gothic 2 did have a FP camera if I remember correctly, but that was only to navigate out of dense brushes. Risen didn't even have that option.
Great games though!
Oh yeah, I always get mixed up with melee combat games, it's hard to remember their perspective. Once I had to load up Mount & Blade during a forum discussion to work out what perspective they are.
Irrelevant on further examination of the rest of the thread.
Mount & Blade can be played in first person.
... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
Yes, that's true. I have never used first person in it though.
Irrelevant on further examination of the rest of the thread.
Not even when couching your lance and charging the enemy? Is the only time I use it regularly. Is useful for that... much easier to aim that way.
ARPS unofficial motto - And then we leave. No heroic stands.
Well if we can add mechwarrior...
Mechwarrior 2
Earthsiege
Starsiege: Tribes
Now I want a Starsiege game with mech and infantry play.
Why do you think you can't add mechwarrior,this is not best fps games lol.
... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
How would Mechwarrior not be a FPS?
You're in first person view, and you shoot things. It's closer to the orthodox definition FPS than Portal or Mirror's Edge.
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We're deep in splitting hairs territory here, but I would argue that Portal and Mirror's Edge are closer to the orthodox definition and that MW2 is more of a sim.
That said, the only MW game I've played is MW3 so it's entirely possible that MW2 is completely different.
I don't think the definition really matters too much. It's a community list, so me considering Portal a good FPS for example is one vote for Portal being a good FPS. If someone doesn't agree with that, then their list will reflect that and in the end the final tally will be indicative of the RPS' overall view. I don't think we have to agree on a definition any more than we have to agree whether a game is good or not.
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Well, isn't it on rails shooter?
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