Like the Back of My Head?

I have noticed an increase in the use of the third person prescriptive in games – Resident Evil, Dead Space and Uncharted to name a few.

What happened to the first person view?

What makes shooters fun and engaging is the feeling of being in the middle of the action.  Floating around behind the main character takes you out of the line of fire and minimizes the overall fear factor.

When I play a game in the first person I believe that every bullet has my name on it.  The intensity during a fire fight is ratcheted way up.  In contrast if I am engaged in a fire fight in the third person, I feel that every bullet is meant for the character not me; I am just kind of there to watch his back.

I really like some third person games  but actually looking down the barrel and sighting in a kill is just thrilling.

Since both styles of games are in the same family do I have to change the name of this blog?  Something like prospective or here’s looking at shooters…

NAH!  I just wanted to complain a little bit about a bad trend I see emerging.

A little goes along way when you play an entire game as a backseat driver.

Image Source:Tall Chris