First-person shooter

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Genre of 3-D games. A first-person shooter (FPS) places the player in control of a character from a first person perspective. The primary type of action in these games is combat with weapons, from fists and swords to firearms and lasers. Usually, the player can see the weapon he or she is holding, but some games do not include this feature.

The first major FPS was Wolfenstein 3D (1992). This game popularized the genre and lead to the next major FPS hit, Doom, which broke many of the boundaries in Wolfenstein and set the bar for several years worth of games. Doom was so popular that many subsequent games in the next few years were referred to as "Doom clones" rather than "first-person shooters".

[edit] List of Popular First Person Shooters

• Bioshock
• Call of Duty
• Combat Arms
• Doom - Doom 2 - Doom 3
• Duke Nukem 3D
• Half-Life
• Half-Life 2
• Halo - Halo 2 - Halo 3
• Killzone
• Team Fortress 2
• Left 4 Dead
• Quake
• Soldier Front
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
• Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
• Unreal
• Unreal Tournament
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory

[edit] External Link

• FirstPersonShooters.net provides an alphabetical list of First-person shooters, as well as screenshots, videos, demos, soundtracks, and full games.

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