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curl-6 on 28 March 2013
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First of all, stop calling Metroid Prime 3 a FPS, it's a FPA, and it really doesn't play like a shooter. It's more of a FPS than other Metroids, but still mostly Metroid.

It's not a pure FPS, but that's still one of its genres, along with adventure.


Not really.

Metroid is about getting powerups, exploring, and solving puzzles.

FPS games are generally about shooting enemies until you reach a destination, kill all the enemies, etc.

Bioshock is an FPS and it has adventure elements like problem solving, powerups, and exploring. Same goes for Doom.


I literally just finished Bioshock yesterday. 

 

What puzzle solving did it have? You had to do certain tasks, but they weren't puzzles, they were going to certaing goals while shooting along the way. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just not what Metroid is. 

Exploring yes, but still more limited than Metroid. Metroid games are laybrinths that you navigate and slowly unlock and explore. Bioshock was more of levels that you complete certain tasks within, by shooting.

Bioshock still had the hacking puzzles, plenty of exploration, and things like using the fire power to melt the iced-over door (similar to using a new beam to open a door in Metroid) and finding the parts for the bomb, (and, like Prime 3) etc.It wasn't as liberal as Prime 3 with these elements, but it was more than just shooting.

Heck, in Metroid you shoot just to open doors, and in most rooms you shoot enemies too.

But when you compare a game like Metroid to Killzone or Halo or Resistance, the games really have nothing in common. Sure they both have weapons that fire projectiles, but really that's where the comparisons end.

 

As for Bioshock, it's kind of the exception, but I will still address it. The puzzles in that game, or using of powers was optional. You could advance throught that game really without using your powers to melt Ice, or doing the hacking puzzle.

Metroid pretty much requires that you do the puzzles.

Many games within the same genre have little in common besides certain core traits. Monster Hunter and Demon's Souls are both ARPGs, yet they are very different.

And things like melting the first ice door and buildings the bomb in Bioshock weren't optional.