1st Person or 3rd Person

[GyasiM]

Which games/viewpoints do you prefer to play? 1st person, 3rd person or both? I personally prefer to play 1st person games. For some reason it makes me feel as if I am really the character vs. someone controlling the character. I also do not like having the ability to “Move the Camera” and see things that only a genii could see. This includes Racing games, I usually play with the cockpit view or full windshield view vs. the above car view.

When I saw trailers for MGS4 I thought to myself WOW what a great looking game and not much else. But then I got to see a 15 min walkthrough with commentary from one of the Game Directors. He explained how you could play the entire game in 1st person. And now I am sold and will hope I get lucky on June 12th.

Don’t get me wrong, 1st person has its cons, peripherals are very limited. And its hard to peak around corners. But having the option to play both is great.

[dk3dknight]

I usually like it if both are implemented..
I like the idea of seeing my character but sometimes
first person gives you that extra immersion.

So both at the same time, like the old conflicts use to do.

[Brian Cash]

I like first person view but i also like alot of 3rd person views as well so im kinda in the middle

[Copywriter]

3rd person all the way.

I do think that a good game should give the option though.

[PIHB]

3rd person, but i love rainbows six vegas 1 and 2 because they play like 3rd person

[Pelican170]

3rd person rules. I always feel with 1st persons, that if it were real life i would have more viewing angles than what they give you...

[Proteus]

I usually prefer 3rd person because I feel more immersed when I can actually see my character and what he looks like. It helps me identify with the toon more.

I do agree that games like Oblivion, RB6V2 (yes, there is a 'cheat code' you can enter to make everything 3rd person!), GRAW, etc., that allow you too choose first person or third person is the best scenario all around. I really liked Oblivion on my PC when I could use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out of 1st person (it's easier for fighting but just running around 3rd person was more exciting for me).


Edit: Wanted to add that although you may feel like you 'see more' in third person, it's not a whole lot more. In fact, 3rd person is probably closer to how you would actually perceive the world in real-life. I know this sounds odd at first; however, in first person you have basically no peripheral vision (and yes, you can see down halls and 'around corners' in real life pretty easily by only getting a portion of your eye past it thanks to peripherals). I can't tell you how many times I've had someone literally standing right next to me in 1st person and not even known it. In real life, that simply would not ever happen (even if I didn't hear them). I would see them coming long before they were even next to me.

[Deadset]

3rd person for RPG's, good to view new armor sets
3rd for action games (max payne, etc)
1st for shooters

[smallvillefan27]

i love 3rd person because i can see everything alot better, another person said i love seeing what my chr is doing, 1st person it is soo hard to see stuff coming.

[brett_day]

IMHO i love 1st person much better than 3rd person. to me it adds more of a chanllenge to the game as you have to constantly be looking all around you for the bad guys! 3rd person always has seemed slightly easier to me as you get to see more of the battlefield, just my opinion!

[Luis_A51]

1st person is better for run-and-gun shooters.

3rd person is by far better for tactical shooters, aslong as they dont pull a Lost Planet (where the camera and targeting sights are semi independent)

[Cordre69]

3rd person ftw.
I prefer aiming in 1st person though.

[smallvillefan27]

i really wanna see what the aiming system is like for the new gta, they say its a combo of alot of things, so ill bet it will interesting

[Irishwiseguy2006]

I love Socom. So I prefer to play 3rd person. I love to be able to see ALL around me not just in front of me.

[Blu-Style]

Hm...

Ghost Recon was cool in 3rd p view, but in Warhawk it´s kind of sloppy...

Gears of War is fine again...

And MGS is AWESOME in this view...

It really depends on the gameplay and feeling.

[broganreynik]

I prefer 2nd person. That's right, so I control the character that is shooting the person I'm viewing from, lol. How weird would that be? In all seriousness though, I don't really have a preference, I suppose I like 3rd person better.

[Blu Haze]

Originally Posted by smallvillefan27

i love 3rd person because i can see everything alot better, another person said i love seeing what my chr is doing, 1st person it is soo hard to see stuff coming.

Yea thats the feeling when walking up the stairs in Call Of Duty and not seeing that you just walked past and enemy crouching on the landing........

[elmo]

since call of duty its 1st person all the way

[phranctoast]

I kind of feel 3rd person is cheesy for the reason that some of you seem to like it. I dont like walking around a corner to get killed by someone that knew I was there because of the 3rd person view. gives an unfair advantage in cases like that.

I like 3rd person for action adventure type games, and 1st person for shooters or anything multiplayer.

I give leeway to warhawk since the game has auto aim and is not a tactical shooter in the rainbow 6 way.

you used to be able to lean in cod games. they shouldnt have gotten rid of the feature.

[Beta Man]

Only game John has played in the past 5 or 6 years is COD4...... but John still speaks in 3rd person..........