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Third-person shooter (TPS) is a subgenre of 3D shooter games in which the gameplay consists primarily of shooting. It is closely related to first-person shooters, but with the player character visible on-screen during play.
Sep 6, 2024 · The Third-Person Shooter (TPS—also “third-person shooter”) is a subcategory of the shooter gaming genre. In 3D gaming, it is characterized by players taking a view from behind or over the shoulder of a character or protagonist.
Third-person shooter (TPS) is a genre of 3D action video game in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.
TitleDeveloperPlatform (s)Release DateFDS, NES1987-03-12PSP2010-12-22PS3, X3602009-02-20PS2, PSP, Xbox2005-11-17- Remnant 2
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Spec Ops: The Line
- Saints Row: The Third
- Max Payne
- Army of Two
- Crackdown
- Days Gone
- The Evil Within
- Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobed
Remnant 2combines third-person shooting action with elements from the Soulslike genre. Incorporating aspects like a dodge button and rest points for respawning after death, it offers a challenge akin to Dark Souls but with guns. One of the standout features of the game is its procedural generation. This means that the worlds you visit, the characte...
Who hasn't played the original Resident Evil 4 game back in the 2000s? With the announcement of the Remake back in the day, anticipation ran high, and thankfully, it didn't disappoint. Resident Evil 4 Remakemaintains the familiar feel of the original, from the iconic locations to the beloved characters, while also adding some extra touches to enhan...
At first glance, Spec Ops: The Line may appear to be just another third-person military shooter. You're part of Delta Force, sent on a recon mission to Dubai – a setting that initially seems quite generic for the genre. However, as the story unravels, you're immersed in one of the most intriguing, thought-provoking, and clever narratives in gaming ...
The Saints Row series may have begun life as one of the best Grand Theft Auto clones, but it soon created its own identity. The third game is the perfect example of that, as it's Saints Row at its peak. It offers wacky weapons, strange characters, plenty of explosions, and a great soundtrack. The story is a classic Saints tale, too, as it revolves ...
To what lengths would you go to solve the murder of your family? That's a question Max Paynemust face, as the NYPD detective tries to find his family's killer. While investigating, Payne is caught in a larger conspiracy that includes information about a secret society and the United States military. The game used a feature called Bullet Time, which...
Army of Two launched amid the cooperative boom on consoles of the mid-2000s. You needed to have precise teamwork to have true success in the game and ultimately, Army of Two was meant to be played with another real person, though it does have a Partner Artificial Intelligence system, so you could play solo. Certain objectives in the game are virtua...
During the mid-2000s, one of the standout video game series from Xbox Game Studios was Crackdown. Set in a futuristic dystopian city, essentially a police state ruled by the Agency, this third-person shooter offers a unique premise. As a supersoldier for the Agency, you're tasked with patrolling the city and neutralizing various threats, from terro...
Exploring a post-apocalyptic world is a common setting for video games and that's the case with Days Gone. The game follows Deacon St. John, a former outlaw who embarks on a journey to find his wife Sarah, who he thought was dead. Days Gone takes place in Oregon roughly two years after a pandemic transformed a multitude of humans into zombie creatu...
The Evil Within treads the line of being a third-person shooter, but we include it because, well, the camera is in third-person and you shoot guns. This survival horror follows Detective Sebastian Castellanos investigating a mass murder at a mental hospital. However, Castellanos stumbles upon an evil that blows his reality. Developed by Tango Gamew...
Ever wanted to experience an alien invasion, but instead of fighting against the extraterrestrials, you played as one? Destroy All Humans 2 Reprobedis a remake of the same original PS2 game and the first entry in the series since 2008. The remake features the same story following the Furon alien Crypto. Crypto has a small arsenal of nine weaponsin ...
- Max Payne 2. 2001’s Max Payne is arguably the most important third-person shooter ever made. Released at a time when Hong Kong, slo-mo action was at its cultural apex due largely to the global impact of The Matrix, Max Payne translated that style of action to gaming while utilizing an exaggerated noir style that was all its own.
- Gears of War 2. 2006’s Gears of War really was a lightning bolt moment for third-person shooters and gaming, in general. Though not quite the first game of its kind, GoW’s cover-based action was executed with a kind of style and confidence that had never really been seen before.
- Spec Ops: The Line. So many shooting games use modern military battlegrounds and weaponry that “military shooter” is its own sub-genre within the first and third-person shooter industries.
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Since 2002, the Ratchet and Clank series has been a safe harbor for third-person shooting fans everywhere. Developer Insomniac Games quickly tapped into the joyful chaos that comes when you allow players to run around gorgeous environments and blow up seemingly endless waves of enemies with the help of increasingly elaborate weaponry.
When it comes to third person shooter gameplay, there's Gears and there's everything else. Gears is so far ahead of the rest of the genre that it actually kinda ruined the genre for me. The movement mechanics in Gears are excellent, and the weapons are pretty satisfying.
Oct 18, 2019 · The third-person shooter almost everyone has heard of by now, Fortnite tosses you into a bit goofy but intense battle royal. Try to survive through building, looting and fighting, and maybe you’ll come out on top.
