Have you played Metroid Prime? If you have then you should know that the whole approach to exploring and upgrading is very different than in other games. If you don' t realise that then you have no idea of what you' re playing.

I have played half of Metroid Prime for GC, and found it to be an annoying game, so ofcourse i havent bothered with Echoes, though i have been tempted because i like the premise!

If you were expecting an action shooter, then I understand why you were disappointed.
Were you expecting an action shooter?

I was expecting a fun game! i dont care what genre it is! I was expecting an action shooter, but discovering it wasnt quite the standard game, it simply wasnt fun enough to keep playing! And i found the level design Horrid, back tracking and all!

FPS is a genre that has Half life 2 , HAlo,PErfect Dark 64, Quake and others.

It' s like calling any 2D Zelda game a vertical Shooter , cause it' s got a top-down view and you can shoot with your bow.

That' s just stupid.

Project offset seems to be a shooter - it has shooting things and above all the whole game is based on typical FPS goals - " kill them and go further" .

How can someone in 21 century call himself a gamer and not know what FPS is?

...come on

This is coming from somone who hasnt even played the damn game...Yes I know it was an RPG. Im saying tho, depending on how you played it, it too could fall under FPS. During one play thru I spent a good portion with just a bow and arrow SHOOTING anything deemed worthy to die.

Oblivion is a very mixed bag of multiple genres with RPG being the main focus. Regardless of its main genre it too had shooter elements. The game couldve been played intirely focused on stealth. It couldve been played in 3rd person the whole time. Couldve been played in hack and slash style. It coudlve been played as a friggin horticulture simulator.

This is coming from somone who hasnt even played the damn game...

Now that' s pretty retarded (- not as much as " Oblivion is an FPS" though) to say.

Why? cause everyone and their mother knows that oblivion is an RPG.It' s that simple.

it too could fall under FPS. During one play thru I spent a good portion with just a bow and arrow SHOOTING anything deemed worthy to die.

Honestly man explaining something like that to you is almost embarrasing.Ask bethesda why they never said that Oblivion is an FPS game...

Oblivion is a very mixed bag of multiple genres with RPG being the main focus.

I don' t need to play it to know about it - it doesn' t change anything - it' s an RPG.IT IS NOT A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER.

Zelda has a fishing minigame yet noone calls it a fishing sim.

I agree with Gangsta. You have to look at what the game is focusing the most on. Oblivion has stuff from everything but the focus is on quests and stuff like that.
It' s an RPG in first person perspective. If not that, then it' s a FWS = fantasy world simulator

Oblivion is a very mixed bag of multiple genres with RPG being the main focus.

Do you guys just skim thru posts picking out only sections you can argue against?

I KNOW IT IS NOT A FPS. I SAID IT COULD FALL UNDER THE CATAGORY WITH SOME FPS ELEMENTS. AND IN AN INTERVIEW WHICH I WILL SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME LOOKING FOR BETHESDA SAID THIS AS WELL.

F-P-S Elements

Well, if RPG is the main focus then it' s an RPG. Simple. Wouldn' t you agree?

Hmm still looking for the words from Bethesda themselves, but heres a review that says it in my view as well.
Scroll down to pushing the envelope part fo the review.

And here' s a random quote from another review or interview, I dunno which..

Furthermore, the combat system has been superbly refined. In Morrowind, whether you actually hit something is dependant on the roll of the dice, and while those dice still have some bearing in Oblivion, the game feels more like a first person shooter than an RPG.

Back to my pointless quest to prove that Oblvion could fall under the title of FPS dependant on how you play it as said from Bethesda themselves! Besides what the hell else should I do during thsi downtime at work...

Hey, do you like that fishing game... uh... I think it' s called Zelda? Yeah, a great fishing game indeed

I think Zelda stinks..

360' s gonna have EVERYTHING leagues above Zelda TP.. Zelda TP is overhyped
and ready to bomb upon release date.

Yeah PGR3 has FPS elements - like FPP view (called cockipt view).

It really is that simple - no matter what elements your game has - it' s the main theme that makes it what it is.

I wouldn' t argue about stupid GTA games - it' s hard to classify San Andreas as something concrete , but if you have trouble understanding that there' s no way anyone will call oblivion an FPS , then you probably have just as much trouble figuring out what' s your sex.

Hey, do you like that fishing game... uh... I think it' s called Zelda? Yeah, a great fishing game indeed

Oh but could you complete the game on mere fishing like you could complete Oblivion playing it as a FPS?

Yeah PGR3 has FPS elements - like FPP view (called cockipt view)

Since when am I saying the perspecitve is why i think it falls under FPS among others? I' m saying if played with only the bow and arrow as well as projectile spells the game could essentially be played as a FPS form beginning to end.

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On a side note gangsta, if you are trying to prove your reasoning, resorting to insults certainly isnt the best of methods. Such things debunk your thoughts as it drops you down to a childish and immature level.

If you can' t prove your point in a clean matter then obviously you have no real point to make.

GTA is the devils fruit that gamers take for their quick on hour fix of
violence.

My friend was over playing the demo that is the GTA clone, and even
after slating it so much before he tried it, he played it and thought it was fun
but that' s a given considering games of this genre to the more sophisticated
gamer are going to be fun for about an hour..

you could finish oblivion without typical RPG dialogs with people?

Can you complete Oblivion without going through anything that resembles quests or following a story? Without level ups? Without playing a certain role while playing the game?

ORIGINAL: ]GaNgStA[

you could finish oblivion without typical RPG dialogs with people?

Who did that? I want the name of his milk man and who bakes his bread..

I wonder what' s more pointless ...not funny jokes like this one:

Who did that? I want the name of his milk man and who bakes his bread..

Or ignorance in pure form (that subjects call educated opinions)

I think Zelda stinks..

360' s gonna have EVERYTHING leagues above Zelda TP.. Zelda TP is overhyped
and ready to bomb upon release date.

There' s a cure for that - less church , more life

I' m very confused right now

I' m scared...