Should the Metroid Prime series be considered a FPS or an Adventure game.

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eab said:
Does it really matter? A game's a game, whats the classification have to do with anything? What type of game is Spore? Will its genre name affect sales at all?

Well, if you really want to debate it though...

- Your have a first person view
- The majority of the game, essentially every single room, has you shooting

Pretty simple. FPS.

Your first point bears no relevance since FPA is, well, first person. Your second point is up to debate, but many would argue that the main point of the game is to unlock various puzzles and proceed. Heck, you have to do all those stuffs in boss fights and not just shoot to win.

As far as I'm concern, whether Metroid Prime is a FPS or FPA does matter. I mean, why classify games into different genres? Personally, I consider Metroid Prime a FPA game, and not something a FPS fan who does not like puzzles or adventure games would enjoy. Now, let's imagine a scenario such person comes out and asks whether Metroid Prime would suit him/her or not...

Shooting isn't where the game stands out anyway. If it truly is a FPS, it certainly wouldn't be so critically-acclaimed.