Greatest FPS Hero

[Tommy]

No samus?

She is in Prime.

[everdred12a]

Metroid Prime isn't an FPS. Nintendo said so themselves. They refer to it as a 'first-person adventure.'

[Slater]

Shame on you guys for forsaking the one who started the FPS craze.

[Yojimbo]

Metroid Prime isn't an FPS. Nintendo said so themselves. They refer to it as a 'first-person adventure.'

Yeah and Sega called Shenmue a Free Roaming Talking Fighting Adventure game or something but a game is a game. Nintendo can call it whatever they want but the basic mechanics pretty much make it a FPS.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Yeah and Sega called Shenmue a Free Roaming Talking Fighting Adventure game or something but a game is a game. Nintendo can call it whatever they want but the basic mechanics pretty much make it a FPS.

Only because it's in first person with a gun

I too classify Metroid Prime as a "First Person Adventure" because The auto-aim by holding L. Makes shooting much easier. Notice the game also focuses tremendously on acrobatics. It's essentially a 3D platformer (with a gun)

[Mega.EXE]

i didnt see samus so i put other

[Myoti]

Rules of an FPS:

-Must see through eyes of the character.
-Must have a gun.

Prime is an FPS.

[Locke]

But they made the game...they can call it whatever the heck they want.
If Nintendo (God rest their souls) wants to call Mario Party a free roaming gang bang shooter then they can. >_>

[Yojimbo]

But they made the game...they can call it whatever the heck they want.
If Nintendo (God rest their souls) wants to call Mario Party a free roaming gang bang shooter then they can. >_>

Ok so if I invented kettle corn, which is basically popcorn, but decided to call it porkrines does that make it not popcorn?:P

I have to roll my eyes everytime someone tries to invent a name for a new genre of music, movie, videogame. I don't care if they want to call it Acid Electronica Jazz, A Techno Suspense Thriller, or a First Person Adventure just stick with the names that work. It's only marketing anyway.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Rules of an FPS:

-Must see through eyes of the character.
-Must have a gun.

Prime is an FPS.

True it "shoots" and stuff, but it doesn't have the mechanics that most other First Person Shooters have.

[bigsleepj]

I voted for Gordon. We need more myopic action-heroes.

[everdred12a]

Rules of an FPS:

-Must see through eyes of the character.
-Must have a gun.

By saying this, it seems as though you are implying that *any* game that features a gun and a first person perspective is a first-person shooter. By this logic, Metal Gear Solid 2, MGS 3, and the original MGS featured in Twin Snakes have all become FPS games, because they feature a gun, and you can fire in first-person perspective. You're also roping in every GTA game since 3, seeing as there is always at least one weapon in each of those games that can only be fired through first person perspecitve. I'm not much of an FPS fan, but I really don't think that MGS and GTA are first-person shooters. And as Mr. SmartyPants has been saying, Metroid Prime doesn't fall under this genre either because Prime features different mechanics than other FPS games.

[Gypsy]

Master Chief. Halo and Halo 2 were the only FPS games that I'd touch, so I think that's saying something.

[Shinja]

im going to have to go with gordon on this one though i think solid snake should be there

[GrubbTheFragger]

though i think solid snake should be there

umm he is not a FPS hero but if this was a greatest hero poll yes he would get my vote

[Nightshade X]

I find it odd that no one has yet mentioned either Templar, Luger, Rico, or Hakha from Killzone... so I'll mention one of them. I vote Hakha of Killzone because he has an English accent, is a half-breed of the game's enemy, is a spy, and pretty freakin' smart. Plus, he's always taking intellectual shots at the big guy, Rico. Good guy... good game... ^^

[Inferno]

I like Gordon Freeman and all I have half-life 2 but a scientist with a gun? No offense but that's (in my opinion) kind of lame. My vote is for Master Chief!!!! I'm a hard core halo fan and I mean that armor is so 1337!

[rocklobster]

Rules of an FPS:

-Must see through eyes of the character.
-Must have a gun.

Here's more:
-Must have one weapon that doesn't need reloading (Doom: Chainsaw, bare hands. Wolfenstein/Spear of Destiny: knife. Half-life: Crowbar)
-Must have at least one monster-like enemy. Even Wolfenstein had mutants in it.

[Yojimbo]

Here's more:
-Must have one weapon that doesn't need reloading (Doom: Chainsaw, bare hands. Wolfenstein/Spear of Destiny: knife. Half-life: Crowbar)
-Must have at least one monster-like enemy. Even Wolfenstein had mutants in it.

That's just good play mechanics to have a weak weapon that doesn't need to be reloaded like a knife or recharging pistol.

Guess you can count out Call of Duty, Battlefield, Rainbow Six, and other realistic FPS's.

[gungrave]

I picked other.... Joana Dark ALL THE WAY, from the First Perfect Dark for 64....She was awesome*sniffle*

[Steeltemplar]

I think I shall go ahead and define it here since I made the poll.

An FPS is a game in which the vast majority if not all of the game is played in first-person perspective and in which the majority of the gameplay involves the use of some manner of projectile weapon to fight.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Master Chief. Halo and Halo 2 were the only FPS games that I'd touch, so I think that's saying something.

That you're unwilling to try other first person shooters? ]I like Gordon Freeman and all I have half-life 2 but a scientist with a gun? No offense but that's (in my opinion) kind of lame.[/QUOTE]
Yes but hes an MIT graduate in *gasp* Theoretical physics!. Master Cheif aint that smart!

[Myoti]

By saying this, it seems as though you are implying that *any* game that features a gun and a first person perspective is a first-person shooter. By this logic, Metal Gear Solid 2, MGS 3, and the original MGS featured in Twin Snakes have all become FPS games, because they feature a gun, and you can fire in first-person perspective. You're also roping in every GTA game since 3, seeing as there is always at least one weapon in each of those games that can only be fired through first person perspecitve. I'm not much of an FPS fan, but I really don't think that MGS and GTA are first-person shooters. And as Mr. SmartyPants has been saying, Metroid Prime doesn't fall under this genre either because Prime features different mechanics than other FPS games.

But none of those have First-person perspective as it's main gameplay.
Metroid Prime does (the morph ball parts are secondary), therefore, it is an FPS/Adventure game.

[Destroyer2000]

...Gordon. The one piece club can calm down...and Tom, your humor is tiring.

[GrubbTheFragger]

...Gordon. The one piece club can calm down...and Tom, your humor is tiring.

very well put but yea gordon is a close second behind Master cheif on my list

[Myoti]

The one piece club can calm down...and Tom, your humor is tiring.

Whoa, what in the...?

[everdred12a]

...Gordon. The one piece club can calm down...and Tom, your humor is tiring.

Thank you.

[DrNic]

Garret from Thief (and the sequels) owns you all. And he doesn't even use a proper gun...

[mastersquirrel]

I voted other. Samus Aran. Yes I read through the thread and saw the argument over whether it's an FPS or not, and to tell you the truth, I really don't care what you call it. I'm in First person the majority of the time and I shoot stuff. The fact that it doesn't operate like other FPSs is beside the point.

Samus gets my vote.

[Myoti]

Yay, mastersquirrel! ^_^