Thread: Why are 3rd person shooters so popular?

The other week when I went to see Terminator 4, before the movie I was playing the Terminator 4 game on a ps3.

And it was bad, the controls were terrible, and couldn't see anything because it was 3rd person and the camera was always pointing the wrong way. It had all these special moves like duck behind wall which made it more confusing. Then these two robots came up and while I was madly pushing the buttons trying to find which one was the fire one, I got killed.

I couldn't help but think, it would of been so much better if it was first person. 5 minutes playing the game and I absolutely hate it.


However I enjoyed the 3rd person view in the Grand Theft Auto series, mostly because most of the time I was in a car, and I prefer driving in 3rd person. And GTA did do the 3rd person bits pretty good as well, I found aiming was pretty easy.

But I think 1st person better for when you're a person, easy to aim, easy to look around. Maybe it's a console thing, and a disadvantage is you don't see your players character, but who really wants to be looking the backside of the character the entire game.

Another game I saw someone playing recently was "Just Cause" on xbox 360, I have to say what a crap game, and violent, for some reason every second person you see shoots you, and you have to kill them, it's even more violent then GTA, and they make some bullshit story that your a good guy cause everyone else all all bad or corrupt.
At least with GTA they don't sugarcoat it and just come right out and say you're the bad guy.
'Just Cause' is 3rd person too, with some auto-aim feature, and a console game. But I really just wanted to say it's a crap game.


3rd person has it's place, and is good if done right, but if done wrong it's hopeless.

When I was little, my dad told me Goldeneye was going to "make me into a sniper". Considering Goldeneye was a Bond game and didn't revolve around killing those "bitches, hoes, and cops", I can't imagine what he'd say about many of the 3rd person shooter games today.

I unfortunately don't have much of an answer to your question. I don't think they are terribly rich in content, story, or anything. I find strategy games far more stimulating, RPG/action games more interesting, and even Pac Man more enjoyable.

I absolutely HATE 3rd person shooters. I prefer first-person shooters any day. Call of Duty 4...'nuff said.

i like first person shooter better than third person shooter

because it makes you feel like you're doing thing , it's more interactive

I prefer FPS all the way. That said, I don't mind playing TPS as long as they're good games (ala GOW, GOW2).

play gears of war 1/2 and you will know!
in my opnion its awesome!

I lovr first shoting