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[Messofanego]

It's unfortunate that some people can't physically play FPSs without getting sick (does the dot in Mirror's Edge not help?), but man don't be hating on First Person games in general! It's pretty much this generation that we got so much variety used with the First Person perspective.

More games using First Person Awareness (being able to see hands, legs, etc) is starting to become the norm which just is a nice evolution from FPSs of yore which was just a floating camera. This is a personal thing, but I just love FPS hands.

* = Not yet released

First Person Puzzler

Antichamber

QUBE

Mirror Moon *

First Person Platformer (sadly lacking)

Mirror's Edge

You should add inMomentum to the list of first-person platformers.

It's mostly geared towards memorization and optimizing your route/timing like a time attack platformer with online scoreboards.

Also Spire (from the makers of Dustforce), first person platformer

Purge *

First Person Brawler

Zeno Clash 2 *

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare

Breakdown

First Person RPG

Legend of Grimrock (really need to give this one a try)

First Person Horror (almost saturated)

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs *

Among the Sleep *

Routine *

Daylight (from some Condemned and FEAR devs) *

Outlast *

Condemned: Criminal Origins

Zombi U

Slender: The Arrival

First Person Adventure

Proteus

Some of the storytelling has been unreal and immersive. The indie scene has really stepped up for sure.

I'd have to give mad props to Gravity Bone and Thirty Flights of Loving for playing a big part here:

Thirty Flights of Loving (a heist story told through jump cuts, really fucking cool)

Dear Esther

FRACT *

Memory of a Broken Dimension *

First Person Immersive Sim

STALKER

Dishonored

Sir, You Are Being Hunted *

Gone Home *

Here's a nice blog post about Gone Home and how it relates to other immersive sims. Which reminds me... you forgot Gone Home!

That was a great read, now even more hyped to OCD put everything back in its place.

First Person Survival

Miasmata (If you're into chemistry, geography, and getting stalked by a panther monster in the night)

 

[SuicidalSteve]

It can certainly add to the immersion for it being first person that's for sure!

Some of these games i have never heard of until now

 

[thekonamicode]

Soul Hackers on 3DS is a first person RPG. Granted it was originally a Saturn game in 1997.

 

[Messofanego]

Would Day Z be considered an immersive sim? You can do loads of cool stuff in it, choices, emergent storytelling yadda yadda buzz words.

 

[miked808]

I personally don't have a problem with FPS.

 

[BosSin]

you missed out Dark Messiah: Of Might and Magic, for Brawler(ish)
and Minecraft for adventure or immersive game

 

[Bi50N]

Would Day Z be considered an immersive sim? You can do loads of cool stuff in it, choices, emergent storytelling yadda yadda buzz words.

No Metro? And after all your magnificent gifs...?

 

[Paertan]

I want a First Person Ice Hockey game.

 

[Alcotholic]

No Metroid Prime in that list?
Thats more of a Fist Person Adventure than a shooter.

 

[dan2026]

Is this another response to 'Bioshock Infinite shouldn't be a shooter'?

I feel we've heard it all before.

 

[LeadenStride]

I agree that the first person perspective is not responsible for what's wrong with the genre, but I really do prefer to see the character I'm controlling.

 

[Fox318]

Dear Esther was horrible.

 

[Zia]

Would Day Z be considered an immersive sim? You can do loads of cool stuff in it, choices, emergent storytelling yadda yadda buzz words.

I've always considered it one. Here's a nice blog post about Gone Home and how it relates to other immersive sims. Which reminds me... you forgot Gone Home!

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Ugh, first-person platformers. No thanks. They're nice every once in a while, but third-person is the way to go.

 

[Tailzo]

Soul Hackers on 3DS is a first person RPG. Granted it was originally a Saturn game in 1997.

I want more first person rpgs. Like Skyrim too.

 

[Acheteedo]

The problem is the shooting, back in the days of doom, goldeneye, even Halo:CE, there was a thrill in using a gun in a video game. It was a mesmerising use of the video game medium, but it's now been over 20 years since Wolfenstein 3D and the thrill has all but completely disappeared. Shooter after shooter after shooter, it just wears away any novelty it once had. I'm not against first person games, I'm not against using guns in video games, but if your game is centered around killing enemies with a gun, then I'm now, in 2013, completely uninterested in your product.

I'll be salivating when Fallout 4 is announced, but the shooting there is only one of many aspects of that series (well, since F3), it's a means to survive and explore in the real focus of the game - the world! The focus of Halo, CoD, Gears etc is the shooting, and since the shooting doesn't excite me anymore, and there's little else in those games, then I'm left feeling nothing but apathy.

 

[kami_sama]

Ugh, first-person platformers. No thanks. They're nice every once in a while, but third-person is the way to go.

Nope. ME is one of the most amazing games I've played.

Dear Esther was horrible.

This is just opinion, but most of GAF loves the game, myself included.

 

[teruterubozu]

First Person Sports

 

[Fox318]

Nope. ME is one of the most amazing games I've played.


This is just opinion, but most of GAF loves the game, myself included.

It had so much potential and but its a tech demo.

Would look good on a rift.

 

[angular graphics]

OP, you forgot the best First Person Simulator known to man:

Surgeon Simulator 2013

 

[kami_sama]

Vote for FRACT on Steam Greenlight! It looks amazing!

 

[eot]

Would Day Z be considered an immersive sim? You can do loads of cool stuff in it, choices, emergent storytelling yadda yadda buzz words.

I don't know if it's the right word for it because to me the word tends to signify a certain degree of simulation in the enviornment itself, but in some ways it's a multiplayer analogue to an immersive sim.

 

[RedSwirl]

Man, almost all of these are indie. The only non-shooter first person game that seems to really be in the mainstream is first person RPGs.

 

[Kouichi]

Don't forget Thief!

 

[Lime]

For some reason I have a harder time feeling attached to the virtual world if it's in first-person. I don't feel "embodied", so to speak.

 

[honorless]

More games using First Person Awareness (being able to see hands, legs, etc) is starting to become the norm which just is a nice evolution from FPSs of yore which was just a floating camera. This is a personal thing, but I just love FPS hands.

I can not stand this because the hands and legs are in the wrong places—probably because the FOV can never be anywhere close to right without a VR helmet. Leaves me feeling like I'm a CRT TV/monitor placed on a puppet's head.

I'm all for more first person turn based dungeon crawlers, though. More games like Acquire's take on Wizardry and Etrian Odyssey, yes please. Y'all can keep everything else.

 

[SparkTR]

Also Spire, first person platformer

 

[Gbraga]

Also Spire, first person platformer

Why does this look so familiar to me?

 

[old manatee]

Euro Truck Simulator 2

 

[SparkTR]

Why does this look so familiar to me?

Wind Waker art style, probably.

I'm all for more first person turn based dungeon crawlers, though. More games like Acquire's take on Wizardry and Etrian Odyssey, yes please. Y'all can keep everything else.

Legend of Grimrock 2 and Might & Magic X are also coming out. Also Grimoire if you're really old-school.

 

[honorless]

Legend of Grimrock 2 and Might & Magic X are also coming out. Also Grimoire if you're really old-school.

Grimrock and MMX are on my will-buy list but I hadn't heard about Grimoire. Thanks for the heads-up, I'll have to find out more about it.

Edit: WAIT, apparently I have heard of Grimoire but promptly pushed it from my mind because it's probably vaporware and the creator is crazy-go-nuts.

 

[Gbraga]

Ooooooh, it's from the guys behind Dustforce! That's why then, I've must have seen one of those shots before.

Dustforce is amazing, can't wait!!

 

[Portugeezer]

Less floating heads or arms please, if you're going to do first person do it fucking right.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Messo once again displaying his superlative taste.

Actual body FTW. Floating cameras suck.

 

[SparkTR]

Grimrock and MMX are on my will-buy list but I hadn't heard about Grimoire. Thanks for the heads-up, I'll have to find out more about it.

Edit: WAIT, apparently I have heard of Grimoire but promptly pushed it from my mind because it's probably vaporware and the creator is crazy-go-nuts.

hahaha, that's why I didn't back his indiegogo campaign. Still, I appreciate it's being made and if it is good at release I may give in like I did with Fez. There was a new demo release a month ago which was promising and the release is planned for September (?), but yeah the guy is pretty insane.

 

[Forkball]

I always wanted to see Nintendo tackle a real first person game. Yes, I know about Metroid Prime, but Miyamoto expressed interest in first person games at one point and it would be interesting to see what he could come up with.

Also I would not describe Dishonored as a "sim."

 

[KKRT00]

Where is Skyrim, Dead Island and Legend of Grimrock? :> There was also FPP survival game released recently, but forgot the name.

And this Dishonored gif with slide through the window is amazing and yep, it lacks Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

--
Kairo
http://store.steampowered.com/app/233230/

 

[Krabardaf]

Never understood why TES were almost the only first person RPG. Would love to see some more.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Agreed. First person is great for a lot of things not just shooters. There is so much potential there.

 

[JulianImp]

You should add inMomentum to the list of first-person platformers. It's mostly geared towards memorization and optimizing your route/timing like a time attack platformer with online scoreboards.

 

[KTGarda]

Would Perspective qualify for inclusion in this thread?

 

[thesuperfunk]

Great thread - subscribed!

 

[Messofanego]

BTW Zeno Clash 2 comes out on April 30th. Here's some gameplay to tide you over (oh god, aiming punches!). If you haven't played the first game, you're missing out one of the craziest worlds and plot twists and the best First Person Melee in gaming yet.

Where is Skyrim, Dead Island and Legend of Grimrock? :> There was also FPP survival game released recently, but forgot the name.

And this Dishonored gif with slide through the window is amazing and yep, it lacks Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.

--
Kairo
http://store.steampowered.com/app/233230/

Miasmata
Is that the only First Person Survival game? Can't think of anything else. Or maybe Day Z counts into that.

You should add inMomentum to the list of first-person platformers.

It's mostly geared towards memorization and optimizing your route/timing like a time attack platformer with online scoreboards.

Fuuuuuuuck!

 

[patapuf]

You should add inMomentum to the list of first-person platformers. It's mostly geared towards memorization and optimizing your route/timing like a time attack platformer with online scoreboards.

Uuh, that might scratch my mirrors edge itch. Thx!

Is that the only First Person Survival game? Can't think of anything else. Or maybe Day Z counts into that.

There's always Stalker and, if you mod it right, Fallout NV wiht the hardcore mods.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

You should add inMomentum to the list of first-person platformers. It's mostly geared towards memorization and optimizing your route/timing like a time attack platformer with online scoreboards.

This looks just like the Mirror's Edge DLC. Is this a similar game?

Also, I'm always up for more first person platformers.

 

[KKRT00]

Miasmata

Yep, this is the game i was thinking about Thanks

 

[JulianImp]

This looks just like the Mirror's Edge DLC. Is this a similar game?

Also, I'm always up for more first person platformers.

I haven't played Mirror's Edge, so I can't tell you how the games relate to one another.

inMomentum lets you pick up a lot of speed, which is very important for walljumping higher (as in really high when you're going fast enough) and clearing gaps. You also have a bullettime ability you can use for making split-second timing easier (but not by much, as I think the cronometer keeps ticking at its normal rate). The physics are skewed towards incredibly long/high jumps and amazing aerial control (ie: you can chain a long jump into a walljump parallel to your trajectory to clear a very wide gap like the one on the second screenshot), and your goal is picking up those green spheres and going through checkpoint gates until you reach the goal.

Also, there's nothing to the game other than platforming and time trials. No guards, no guns, no helicopters, just abstract levels for you to zoom about at breakneck speeds in a race against the clock.

Here're some more gameplay screenshots for those who are interested (note the GUI on the right-bottom edge of the screen):

 

[FloatOn]

Bioshock Infinite should have been one of the greats for this thread. But sadly it's a FPS.

Dejobaan games has that AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome game
http://store.steampowered.com/app/15560/?snr=1_7_15__13

which is a pretty cool first person score attack sky diving sim.

 

[Messofanego]

Is this another response to 'Bioshock Infinite shouldn't be a shooter'?

I feel we've heard it all before.

Nope, it's a response to this thread:

Next Generation Less FPS more Platformers

 

[thesuperfunk]

Routine looks pretty interesting as does Daylight ... shame they have no plans for a console release.