First person shooter video games

[The Kilted Heathen]

Those aren't FPS games to my knowledge.

Yes, those are. "First-Person Shooter" games are those where the player viewpoint is in a first-person perspective. While they typically rely on gun-based combat, it is not a prerequisite to being an FPS game.

Secondly, if guns in games are the issue, then why the focus on only FPS game? Surely Third-Person Shooter games like Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham Knight, or even Splatoon would be on teh chopping block.

No, lol. The Elder Scrolls games are not First Person Shooters… they are RPGs.

Tell me, how would you then classify Cyberpunk 2077?

 

[Revoltingest]

I agree it could be. Its time to quit blaming an inanimate gun that takes a human to operate it and focus on the humans.

I'm more into solutions than blame.

 

[SomeRandom]

Those aren't FPS games to my knowledge.

In FPS game the main concept is guns, shooting and killing people.

Not exactly.
An FPS or First Person Shooter is a game specifically from the first person perspective.
If it’s a game from the first person perspective, utilising one’s “skills” in shooting something (a bow and arrow or even using spell casting) in order to defeat enemies, then it can be classified as an FPS.
Categories may end up overlapping though

 

[Aštra’el]

Yes, those are. "First-Person Shooter" games are those where the player viewpoint is in a first-person perspective.

No. You are confusing camera angles with entire genres.

 

[Stevicus]

Those aren't FPS games to my knowledge.

In FPS game the main concept is guns, shooting and killing people.

Do they have any Second Person Shooter games, where the player would take on the role of a sidekick?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I'm still more concerned about sports irt causing violence.

*thwaps @The Hammer *

Hands off sports, bub.

 

[We Never Know]

Yes, those are. "First-Person Shooter" games are those where the player viewpoint is in a first-person perspective. While they typically rely on gun-based combat, it is not a prerequisite to being an FPS game.

Secondly, if guns in games are the issue, then why the focus on only FPS game? Surely Third-Person Shooter games like Mass Effect, Batman: Arkham Knight, or even Splatoon would be on teh chopping block.


Tell me, how would you then classify Cyberpunk 2077?

Realy?? First-Person Shooter games don't have guns?
Shooter be the key word there.

 

[We Never Know]

Do they have any Second Person Shooter games, where the player would take on the role of a sidekick?

"Shooter games" involve guns. Not wands, spells, mario, etc.

 

[Aštra’el]

I can toggle between first and third person In Minecraft as well, and kill things with arrows. This does not make it an FPS.

 

[We Never Know]

Not exactly.
An FPS or First Person Shooter is a game specifically from the first person perspective.
If it’s a game from the first person perspective, utilising one’s “skills” in shooting something (a bow and arrow or even using spell casting) in order to defeat enemies, then it can be classified as an FPS.
Categories may end up overlapping though

"Shooter games" involve guns. Not wands, spells, mario, etc.

 

[We Never Know]

I'm more into solutions than blame.

Any solutions?

 

[lewisnotmiller]

• On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
  • 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered "domestic violence."
  • 1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner.
  • 1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner. Data is unavailable on male victims.
• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
• 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.
• On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.

Sidenote, but something you might find interesting (heck, even @The Hammer might)...
The large basketball club I am coaching at is tweaking the warmup routines for all U18 and U16 teams (with the thought that this might spread to U12 and U14 after initial trials). They are running a program whereby the warmup drills are separated by a player reciting a card with facts quite similar to the ones you have above (albeit for Australia). The intent is for these statistical facts to be communicated across genders (one of the advantages of basketball) and in a way that promotes discussion within the club environment, and promotes memorisation (by doing it at each training, and prior to specific physical activities).

It was just announced to a bunch of us coaches this week, and we are one of 2 clubs trialling it, I believe. This is happening within the championship program (so the higher end teams, and players) and is intended to help promote inclusion and more open discussion of players spending a lot of time at the club. Making them aware of welfare support, and pathways for assistance is part of the overall program, I believe.

Like I said, it's tangential. Your post just brought it to mind.

 

[We Never Know]

I will say again.... It amazes me how many people that speak out against gun violence will stand up for FPS games that are about nothing but gun violence.

 

[Stevicus]

"Shooter games" involve guns. Not wands, spells, mario, etc.

Mario can shoot fireballs sometimes.

And magic spells can involve shooting, whether it's a magic bolt, a fireball, or bolt of lightning.

I think Elder Scrolls has crossbows and longbows available, although I could be misremembering. So, that's shooting.

But I'm still wondering if there are any Second Person Shooters. Usually, these games have the player character as the central hero of the whole game, but I was wondering if there's any games where you could play the sidekick. It would still be shooting, but not in the first person.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

No. You are confusing camera angles with entire genres.

Their genre is Fantasy. Again, how would you classify Cyberpunk 2077? I can provide some gameplay if you're unfamiliar.

Realy?? First-Person Shooter games don't have guns?
Shooter be the key word there.

Shooter being the word you're fixating on. Yes, there are many FPS games that do not have or focus on guns, as given.

Now, what about Third-Person Shooter games? Do those pose an imminent threat to society?

 

[We Never Know]

Mario can shoot fireballs sometimes.

And magic spells can involve shooting, whether it's a magic bolt, a fireball, or bolt of lightning.

I think Elder Scrolls has crossbows and longbows available, although I could be misremembering. So, that's shooting.

But I'm still wondering if there are any Second Person Shooters. Usually, these games have the player character as the central hero of the whole game, but I was wondering if there's any games where you could play the sidekick. It would still be shooting, but not in the first person.

Ok whatever. Mario cart is equal to Halo and Call of Duty lol

 

[Stevicus]

I will say again.... It amazes me how many people that speak out against gun violence will stand up for FPS games that are about nothing but gun violence.

Well, in the real world with real guns, real people are killed. In a video game, it's just pixels on a screen. Nobody is really killed.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Increased personal propensity for violence,
if resulting from violent video games, would
be a statistical thingamabob. I wouldn't
say it's so based upon an individuals response.

The statistical thingamabob doesn't establish that as a real thing that happens.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I will say again.... It amazes me how many people that speak out against gun violence will stand up for FPS games that are about nothing but gun violence.

I responded to this earlier, as someone who advocates for strong gun control and also sees nothing wrong with playing FPS games (as long as one is of appropriate age per the game's age rating):

I want to give my perspective on this, since I love horror movies (which are probably the most violent movie genre) and a lot of violent games but also believe in strict gun laws.

The way I see this, the main issue is the distinction between fiction and reality: I fasten my seat belt and ask my Uber to slow down when they speed, but I play racing games where I try to break speed records and bump into walls like a maniac. I can barely handle the sight of a deep wound in real life, but I love playing GTA and causing chaos in the city while shooting pedestrians.

None of the fictional depictions harm anyone, whereas real guns can. It's also why I'm fine with watching movies where some giant monster kills thousands of civilians but sometimes become distressed if I read news about real natural disasters or war.

 

[SomeRandom]

"Shooter games" involve guns. Not wands, spells, mario, etc.

You can in effect “shoot spells” you know?
Like I’m not even a fan of the FPS genre and even I won’t limit them to mere shooter games alone.