For the last couple of years, third person games were put on a back burner in favor of first person shooter type view games. The industry had lost their way and will to sit down and create a game in third person because first person games were cheaper to make and easier to push out the door. The industry became lazy and thought that the gamers would be fine with this new direction. But this was not the case. Perhaps no company suffered more than PlayStation, who specialized in their person action games. They even attempted this transition to follow after Microsoft’s direction and others who thought this way was better. Well now that GTA is approaching in third person the industry has been on high alert and pushing to prepare for the video game world to lock themselves in their room to play it.
So then now we have huge announcements like this First Light 007 that is in 3rd person view, games like Tomb Raider 4 coming out again in 3rd person view, and many many others. The return of 3rd person view games because they remember now the success of it and want their games to be in line with GTA looks. This means more time and effort and better visuals for us the gamers. No more shortcuts and games that look like a cardboard cut out of the same game only with a different hand and tool in it. And for me, no more motion sickness trying to play games like Indiana Jones.
Games like Mass Effect 5 are coming, games like Metal Gear Solid Snake eater are coming. All of these games and this shift means that the experiment of focusing on first person shooters is finally over. We can finally get great experiences, great graphics, great stories, and focus on great diverse gameplay and expandable worlds and depths. Welcome back the best version of video games, I say!!!
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