| Dr.Grass said:
May I ask if you played and finished one of the Prime games (especially the first 2) ? |
All three. MP to 100%, MP2 I completed the main game but didn't get 100%, and MP3 Completed to 100% on the lower two difficulties, and everything but the last boss on the highest difficulty. All were on the Wii though if that makes any difference.
And to say it again, I am not stating that the Primes are not a lot different than the usual 'Ego shooter', it is merely my opinion that the term FPS has little to do with the genre of the game. If I were to compare it to books for example, the genre can be 'Horror' or 'Fantasy' or 'Mystery'. Books can also be written in first or third person perspectives, but I think the argument I put for FPS vs. TPS was good enough before (FPS and TPS may play differently, but that doesn't have any effect on the genre of each game). The sticking point seems to be the term 'shooter'... which in book terms I guess would be more of a literary device (e.g. juxtaposition) that can be used across genre without otherwise effecting it.
To ask you a question or two: Do you consider Deus Ex to be an FPS or not? I believe it's possible to go through most of that game without firing, but to me that doesn't stop it being an FPS.
Battalion Wars to me is an Action-Strategy game by genre, but does that stop it being a TPS?
