I have some noob questions :

1- What do we mean when we say 1st person shooter and 3rd person shooter ?

2- why there is only 1st and 3rd person shooter and no 2nd ?

1st person is when you view it from the eyes of the guy you are playing as. 2nd person means someone else than the person. For instance you play a guy but the view is the angle of another guy. This is instead of a floating camera thats called a 3rd person view.

The new prince of persia, surprisingly has a segment that is in 2nd person view. I say this cause it's pretty rare in games.

older resident evils are kind of 2nd person..... maybe?

I can guess.

1st person is you the shooter.

2nd is the intended shootee(hope this is a word)

3rd is another person as in its like someone behind you following you where you are going.

Makes sense to me. Don't know if it is correct though.

The terms come from English grammar:

First person = I (singular), we (plural)
Second person = you (singular and/or plural)
Third person = he/she/it (singular), they (plural)


These terms have been applied to videogames to indicate perspective.
Generally:
In an FPS, the character is the player ("I").
In a TPS, the character is a personality ("he/she/it") controlled by the player.

"Second person" is a perspective other than the person that is currently central to the story/action/plot, and is often the person/individual/thing being acted upon.

... or, something like that. It has been a long time since I studied English grammar.

First Person = I
Second Person = You
Third Person = Him/Her

So in a second person shooter you'd likely see what your opponent sees. Might work for a fighting game but not much else.

It comes from the meaning of the words "me", "you", "he/she". These are first person singular, second person singular and third person singular.

So when you play a "first person shooter" you are seeing things from what are supposed to be your in-game eyes. In a third person shooter, you're seeing from another perspective, usually one following behind the character.

I'm not sure what could be described as a "second person" viewpoint. I suppose if they showed the game from the perspective of a relevant party who you are not in control of, it could be considered "second person". If you can imagine playing half-life, and controlling Gordon Freeman, but your screen only shows the viewpoint of one of the soldiers/aliens. Obviously, that is not practical for a game.

I see

so killzone 2 is a 1st person shooter because you look what the player looks. and uncharted is 3rd person shooter because you can see the player himself.
still not sure about about 2nd person shooter. but got some info that may help.

thanks guys!

BTW, Fallout 3 is a mixture between 1st & 3rd shooter, right ?

A 2nd person shooter will be very tricky to make, with the view changing from enemy to enemy who are being shot at. In fact, it makes no sense at all.

Res games are too third person,but they are survival horror so people don't talk about them as third person shooters.