Onyxmeth on 21 December 2008
| VBI said: GTA4 IS a shooter. A third person shooter. It's part of a unique sub-subgenre (sandbox), but it's still a game in third person where gun combat is a primary function of the game. That makes it a shooter, in the most general sense of the word. Stealth games are the same if they have guns as a focus. Unless you can stealth through the entire game, which I don't believe you can do in MGS, or there are no guns. Tomb Raider would NOT qualify as a shooter because the gun combat is a small secondary element of the game. People need to realise, "shooter" is a VERY generalised term, and it can apply to vast amount of games. |
By that loose logic then GTA IV should also be considered a racing game, since you spend so much time in cars. So instead of calling it a shooter, let's label it as a racing game, and now PS3 has 3 racing games in it's top 10 and 360 has 2.
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
