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Torillian said:

MohammadBadir said:

jamesmarkus87 said:
Metroid Prime 4... I wish

that's FPA.

That was an interesting discussion in the staff chat a few weeks ago or so.  I argued that the term FPA was only used because Nintendo fans didn't want Metroid to be thought of as anything close to Call of Duty and that no other game was thought to be in the subgenre.  What other games would you put down as FPA's?

I would call it a legitimate sub-genre.  Some other titles would include the Bioshocks, and I would also include games like the later Myst titles or Turok.  There is no doubt that the pacing, exploration and style of a title like Metroid or Bioshock is very different from a Halo or COD.  Whether it's 1st person, 3rd person, side-scroler or 3D, I would suggest action titles or "shooters" tend to be straight-line affairs, while Adventure games involve back-tracking and/or exploration.