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[EG NeoMorph]

I'd be interested to see just how many people like third person gaming over first person?

[swsmailman]

I like both, I really don't have a problem with unless it sucks to much.

for high paced games like COD and Halo then its FPS but when it comes to gears which to me is a little slower paced then the 3rd person works well.

and the def both for a rpg.

[KronicMayhem]

I like third person but first person has its advantages in certain situations, so a choice of both is best.

[EG NeoMorph]

I prefer the choice but like to occasionally use third person. I hate third person for normal gaming though.

[Keetmanshoop]

It depends entirely on the game's genre. If it's a shooter, then it should be in first-person. If it's an RPG like Oblivion, there should be a choice. If it's an RPG like Knights of the Old Republic, it should be third-person. Third-person shooters are too inaccurate unless there's an aim assist/sticky reticule...in which case, you're not really playing based on skill.

[EG NeoMorph]

LOL... that's it ENTIRELY... I don't mind the sticky reticule on third person because the aiming is totally crap. Too Human or KOTOR is fine for aiming that way... but why do it for first person. Sticky reticule should be third person only.

[Homeles]

I'm a first person fan through and through. Except on Battlefront.

[DUDE SLAYER]

pretty much all i play are shooters, so i picked option 1.
i just dont like 3ps. gears, lost planet, anything third person sucks for me.

even when i have the option in fallout or oblivion, i choose 1st.
i just like it better that way.

[VioletZer0]

It depends on the game, if the game revolves around aiming then first person. If the game revolves around moves and tactics then third person. It would be nice if Cod4 had a 3rd person option.

[EG NeoMorph]

It depends on the game, if the game revolves around aiming then first person. If the game revolves around moves and tactics then third person. It would be nice if Cod4 had a 3rd person option.

The problem with third person is that it's a cheat in that it lets you see around and over walls.

Oh and COD5 DOES have 3rd person....

... well it does when you drive the tank... I hate that the tank driver can see way too much when a real tank driver would only be able to see through his viewing prisms. It should be driving prism for normal and when you hold the left trigger it should show you the turret prism for aiming the main and coaxial gun.

[VioletZer0]

Yep, that is WHY it would work so well. Discourage camping in corners.

[Omarrrrrrr]

I kinda like both. But I picked 1st person because some of my favorite games are 1st person. Portal, Far Cry2...

[Red Intensity]

I chose third and first person shooters. I like the third person combat system in Mass Effect (although Gears is the same, I hate that game) and if I want a fast-paced game, I'd choose something in first person.

[Sean Abdullatif]

Both..

As long as it isnt that buggy.

[SeeNoEyez]

Can't choose really. Most times it depends on the game. I mean i love fps cause it just feels comfortable and more immersed into the game BUT without 3rd person it can be ruined or the game just wouldn't have it.
Like i would see no necessary reason to have 3rd person in COD4. But i don't agree games should just have both.

ill just agree with sws XD.

[EG NeoMorph]

I actually don't mind RPG's in third person if they get the camera working right. But get the camera wrong and you end up with a POS like Tomb Raider Underworld where you get the camera going all over the place, not letting you look up to where you need to see, and generally ruining the game. Let's face it, the only reason Tomb Raider is third person is to see Lara's boobs anyway. 

I just know that I hate Tomb Raider Underworld because of the camera. Trying to solve the puzzles is so much harder when you get a camera that keeps zooming in and out at random because you move past a column or refuses to let you see down a hole in the ground because Lara's body is blocking your view. Tomb Raider Legend had a way better camera.

[EG NeoMorph]

Well I just read why Red Faction Guerilla went third person...

"We have a lot of video early on [of RFG] in FPS mode," said producer Rick White to 1UP during a hands-on session with the game in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. "I came into the picture without really the history of Red Faction so it easy for me to say I'm just not seeing why it's fun, guys, it's just not making any sense to me. So let's just pull it back and see what happens. I took a lot of flack for that."

Before working out the game design, Volition was focused on crafting the technology that would ultimately drive the game, Geo Mod 2.0. This technology is what allows players to destroy the buildings in any fashion they choose. As the technology was finalized and the "game" part came into focus, that's when White considered moving the game away from its original camera positioning.

"We started looking at the frustration factor," he explained. "Players [were] getting frustrated in usability testing because in first person you just didn't have that POV [point of view]-- you're constantly dying and you didn't know why were dying. So what we did was we pulled that camera back and it kind of changed the vision and dynamics of that game at that point."

Not everyone was (or still is) totally on board with it.

"I still have guys on the team who've been at Volition since day one and they still [say] it should've been in first person," he said. "I'm like 'yeah, but we have something special right here and I don't think it'd be as special if it was in first person.'"

So basically they bought in a guy who didn't know about the original games and said first person wasn't fun and overruled the long running staff at Volition. The whole "I'm just not seeing why it's fun, guys" sounds like someone who missed out the fun of playing Red Faction and just wanted it to be like the current fad of third person games. And admitting that the staff STILL don't like it in third person just says a lot about Rick White... it says he doesn't listen to the ones who know what Red Faction truly was about. Oh and if his point of view is that having exploding buildings and stuff gets you killed without knowing why then why does Battlefield: Bad Company work so well in first person.

Personally, Rick White is not my favourite guy atm... I'll wait until I get hands on with the full game for my final decision.

Lets just hope this fad doesn't ever affect games like Far Cry or COD... god I'd cry if that happened....

[EG NeoMorph]

Decided to hire Mercenaries 2 as I wanted another FPS to play... and THE GODDAMNED THING IS A THIRD PERSON POS...

God, I am SOOOOOOOOOO goddamned hating this third person crap... and I've ordered two TPS games (Red Faction and Prototype) and am beginning to wonder if I made the right choice.

I just wish they would give the player the option like they do in a lot of driving games... Some like third while some like first... I don't dislike first... I truly HATE it in so many games. Now some games like Mass Effect are OK in third person but for a game based around shooting I like first person... basically I like to see what I am aiming at.

Looks like time to start replaying the FPS games I already have, damnit!

[VioletZer0]

When a game focuses on movement or melee combat more than shooting, go third person.

Red Faction fits this bill and so does MGS4.

[EG NeoMorph]

The big problem with Mercs 2 is that you can't reconfigure the controls... So there is this one bit where you have to drive this monster truck on a time trial circuit. The accellerate button is the A and the jump button is the right trigger. Camera view is the right joystick.

So you go along and jump over a rock.... bounce around and the camera switches to above the car... to get the camera back to view front you have to take your finger off the A (accelerate) and recenter the camera behind you. I also keep going to accellerate with the bloody trigger like most other driving games. GOD this is pissing me off.

I mean... why force users to use stupid assed controls. Dumbass devs. 

Edit: Stuff this pos game... You can hit a tiny pebble in this truck and have it flip the car over and because the bloody car is blocking the view you can't bloody well see what is about to go under your wheels.

THIRD PERSON SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guyyug]

I saw you playing it earlier, and the moment I saw it I honestly said to myself, "He is going to hate that game." I found the controls just as bad with the Demo.

[EG NeoMorph]

It wouldn't be so bad if the controls made sense but they don't. For a car you use left and right triggers for accell and decell. That at least lets you control the car and manipulate the camera and use A or RB to activate the jump. But it's totally ass backwards.

How that got past QA is beyond me...

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