Is the f/tps genre a lesser genre than platforming

[thatguymarco]

spemanig said:

What's funny is that a lot of these other games are platformers. Splatoon is a platformer. Infamous is a platformer. Sunset Overdrive is a platformer. Uncharted is a platformer. Assassin's Creed is a platformer. Metroid Prime is a platformer. Portal is a platformer. I'd even argue that Titanfall is a platformer.

It's like people forget that a game can be more than one genre. It never makes sense to me when people talk about loving or hating platformers, yet loving or hating these games based of genre.

Platforming is one of my favorite genres, which is why I can find extra enjoyment out of these games that would otherwise not intrest me as much.

I think that's because these people find platforming elements to be in their games to be ok, but find boring games that are centered around it. You can call Uncharted a platformer, but what comes to mind with the word "platformer" for most people is Mario or Sanic jumping into enemies and killing them that way, not Nathan Drake jumping from rock to rock while shooting his enemies.