first-person shooter
video game genre centered around gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective
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A first-person shooter is a video game genre where you experience combat through the eyes of your character, using guns and other weapons to fight enemies. This genre has become one of the most popular and influential types of video games, shaping how millions of people play games and interact online.
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A screenshot of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat showcasing the first-person perspective Ultrakill, a fast-paced PvE shooter
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a video game focused on weapon-based combat seen from a first-person perspective, with the player experiencing the action directly through the eyes of the main character. This genre shares multiple common traits with other shooter games, and in turn falls under the action games category. Since the genre's inception, advanced 3D and pseudo-3D graphics have proven fundamental to allow a reasonable level of immersion in the game world, and this type of game helped pushing technology progressively further, challenging hardware developers worldwide to introduce numerous innovations in the field of graphics processing units. Multiplayer gaming has been an integral part of the experience and became even more prominent with the diffusion of internet connectivity in recent years.