Why would a minor implementation detail like perspective give rise to enough differences to even compare? They should all be classed as shoot-em-ups anyway.

^Because the game and the way it's played is very different.

People play Battlefront in first person?

Third person you can 'see' your character and get a broader FOV of what's around you, however you lose immersion and play the game with a view similar to a movie which IMO distances you a little from the game (although the benefit is you get to see your character and bond with them as you would a movie character).

First person your FOV is narrower but its more immersive and you are much more there.  You lose constant sight of your character though and unless the game is strong on this its easy to lose any sense of connection (you become a bodiless gun in a sense).

As I rate immersion very highly - for example in Dead Space (which is very good nonetheless) you're watching monsters attack your Avatar, whereas in Fear you are being directly attacked by monsters coming right at your FP FOV - I prefer FPS, others don't as they like better FOV, etc.

Mostly both are indeed shooters.

Its got nothing to do with shooters. Car racing preference is the same, i prefer to see the whole car

It's pretty simple but I slightly prefer TPS on consoles and FPS on PCs.

For some reason, TPS with KB/M bothers me. The aiming is still vastly superior to a controller but something just seems wrong about it.

TRS
I suck at FPSs , it's very hard

I like 3rd person EVERYTHING. RPG's, shooters, porn, sports, etc. I know the devs are going for the "YOU are the main character" feel, but I'm a sucker for awesome character design and animation. No way I'm buying Mirror's Edge. As innovative as it is, I'd rather just see the main character.

I'm *puts fingers nearly together* this close to banning you for outright stupidity.

Everyone knows that first person porn is the best.

*ahem*

As you were.

Except the topic of the thread is preferences for 1st vs 3rd person shooters...