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First-person shooters may be structurally composed of levels, or use the technique of a continuous narrative in which the game never leaves the first-person perspective.[1] Others feature large sandbox environments, which are not divided into levels and can be explored freely.[21] In first-person shooters, protagonists interact with the environment to varying degrees, from basics such as using doors, to problem solving puzzles based on a variety of interactive objects.[1] In some games, the player can damage the environment, also to varying degrees: one common device is the use of barrels containing explosive material which the player can shoot, destroying them and harming nearby enemies.[19] Other games feature environments which are extensively destructible, allowing for additional visual effects.[22] The game world will often make use of science fiction, historic (particularly World War II) or mode military themes, with such antagonists as aliens, monsters, terrorists and soldiers of various types.[23] Games feature multiple difficulty settings; in harder modes, enemies are tougher, more aggressive and do more damage, and power-ups are limited. In easier modes, the player can succeed through reaction times alone; on more difficult settings, it is often necessary to memorize the levels through trial and error.[24

First-person shooters often focus on action gameplay, with fast-paced and bloody firefights, though some place a greater emphasis on narrative, problem-solving and logic puzzles.[14] In addition to shooting, melee combat may also be used extensively. In some games, melee weapons are especially powerful, a reward for the risk the player must take in maneuvering his character into close proximity to the enemy.[15] In other situations, a melee weapon may be less effective, but necessary as a last resort.[16] "Tactical shooters" are more realistic, and require teamwork and strategy to succeed;[12] the player often commands a squad of characters, which may be controlled by the game or by human teammates.[17]

First-person shooters typically give players a choice of weapons, which have a large impact on how the player will play the game.[3] Some game designs have realistic models of actual existing or historical weapons, incorporating their rate of fire, magazine size, ammunition amount, recoil and accuracy. Other first-person shooter games may incorporate imaginative variations of weapons, including future prototypes, "alien technology" scenario defined weaponry, and/or utilizing a wide array of projectiles, from industrial labor tools to laser, energy, plasma, rocket and grenade launchers or crossbows. These many variations may also be applied to the tossing animations of grenades, rocks, spears and the such. Also more unconventional modes of destruction may be employed from the viewable users hands such as flames, electricity, telekinesis or other supeatural constructions. However, designers often allow characters to carry varying multiples of weapons with little to no reduction in speed or mobility, or perhaps more realistically, a pistol or smaller device and a long rifle or even limiting the player to only one weapon at a time. There are often options to trade up, upgrade or swap out in most games. Thus, the standards of realism varies between design elements.[18] The protagonist can generally be healed and re-armed by means of items such as first aid kits, simply by walking over them.[19] Some games allow players to accumulate experience points similar to those found in role-playing games, which can unlock new weapons and abilities.[20]

 

First-person shooters are a type of three-dimensional shooter game,[3] featuring a first-person point of view with which the player sees the action through the eyes of the player character. They are unlike third-person shooters, in which the player can see (usually from behind) the character he is controlling. The primary design element is combat, mainly involving firearms.[4]

They are also often categorized as being distinct from light gun shooters, a similar genre with a first-person perspective which use light gun peripherals, in contrast to first-person shooters which use conventional input devices for movement.[5] A more important key difference is that first-person light-gun shooters like Virtua Cop often feature "on-rails" movement, whereas first-person shooters like Doom give the player more freedom to roam.

The first-person shooter may be considered a distinct genre in itself, or a type of shooter game, in tu a subgenre of the wider action game genre.[6] Following the release of the influential Doom in 1993, games in this style were commonly termed "Doom clones";[7][8] in time this term has largely been replaced by "first-person shooter".[8] Wolfenstein 3D, released in 1992, the year before Doom, has been credited with inventing the genre, but critics have since identified similar though less advanced games developed as far back as 1973.[4] There is sometimes disagreement regarding exactly what design elements constitute a first-person shooter, for example, Deus Ex or Bioshock are sometimes considered first-person shooters, but may also be considered role-playing video games as they borrow from this genre extensively.[9] Some commentators may extend the definition to include combat flight simulators where the cockpit or vehicle takes place of the hands and weapons, as opposed to characters on foot.

 

First-person shooters are a type of three-dimensional shooter game,[3] featuring a first-person point of view with which the player sees the action through the eyes of the player character. They are unlike third-person shooters, in which the player can see (usually from behind) the character he is controlling. The primary design element is combat, mainly involving firearms.[4]

They are also often categorized as being distinct from light gun shooters, a similar genre with a first-person perspective which use light gun peripherals, in contrast to first-person shooters which use conventional input devices for movement.[5] A more important key difference is that first-person light-gun shooters like Virtua Cop often feature "on-rails" movement, whereas first-person shooters like Doom give the player more freedom to roam.

The first-person shooter may be considered a distinct genre in itself, or a type of shooter game, in tu a subgenre of the wider action game genre.[6] Following the release of the influential Doom in 1993, games in this style were commonly termed "Doom clones";[7][8] in time this term has largely been replaced by "first-person shooter".[8] Wolfenstein 3D, released in 1992, the year before Doom, has been credited with inventing the genre, but critics have since identified similar though less advanced games developed as far back as 1973.[4] There is sometimes disagreement regarding exactly what design elements constitute a first-person shooter, for example, Deus Ex or Bioshock are sometimes considered first-person shooters, but may also be considered role-playing video games as they borrow from this genre extensively.[9] Some commentators may extend the definition to include combat flight simulators where the cockpit or vehicle takes place of the hands and weapons, as opposed to characters on foot.