Poll: Third-Person or First-Person View?

LDrifter on 08/10/2017 - 16:53
Last edited 08/10/2017 - 17:44 by 1 other user

Since I started gaming as a youngster, I've always loved third-person view and I've always disliked first-person view. I love third-person view because:

  • I connect much better with the character because I can see the character. It's even better when the character is one that I customised myself.
  • I like seeing my character interacting with other characters and the environment.
  • I have better spatial awareness because I know precisely where my character is in relation to other characters and the environment.
  • The wider field of view means I can see more of what's happening around my character.

What type of view do you prefer? Below is the poll question.

Poll question: if you were playing a non-VR game and you had a choice between third-person or first-person view, which view would you prefer?

Poll Options expired

  • 44
    I prefer third-person view
  • 40
    I prefer first-person view
Gaming

Comments

  • chumlee on 08/10/2017 - 17:45
    +7

    I like the view from behind best

  • [Deactivated] on 08/10/2017 - 18:01
    +7

    Car games like grand tourismo and forza deffo first person.

    • Nugs on 08/10/2017 - 19:19
      +1

      yep, anything else is cheating

  • freemoneyhunter on 08/10/2017 - 18:50
    +1

    I like first person view. I started playing 3d games when Wolfenstein came out in the 90's so I am used to it. I have played Fallout 4 and I always play in First Person mode, I had gears of war for the xbox 3 which my brother in law lent me and I didn't like it solely because I couldn't select FPV. Didn't like tomb raider either. FPS are my favourite games.

  • airzone on 08/10/2017 - 18:50
    +9

    Shooters - first person. Others - third person.

    • dogboy on 08/10/2017 - 19:34
      +3

      This. With the exception of Skyrim. That first person view was cool.

      • Kangal on 08/10/2017 - 22:38

        I think converting games designed for Third-Person (like Tomb Raider, Assasin's, Uncharted, RedDead) etc etc to First-Person is good.
        Good, if you're going to have a VR Headset.

        In general, third-party is better because most first-party titles aren't made very well to translate to the audience the spatial arrangement and actions of the character in relation to their environment. I think DisHonored is one of the best titles that tried to tackle that problem.

        The obvious solution is to have a game that can toggle between the two like Fallout 4, or GTA V (PS4/XB1, not PS3/360).
        Skyrim is also a good example, although it has some rough edges and that's because its quite an older title.

  • Oofy Doofy on 08/10/2017 - 19:52
    +4

    Games where you can/could toggle between the two perspectives.

  • The Gent on 08/10/2017 - 20:34
    +1

    First person is more immersive for me, however it depends on the game - I imagine many of you would never dream of playing Skyrim or Fallout in third person (despite that being an option if you didn't realise), yet playing Quake 2 in anything but 1st person would just be wrong, as an example.

    If we're talking games like PUBG…I thought I'd like 1PP and though I've had some of the most adrenaline-fueled games in 1PP, but I prefer to play that game more casually, so 3PP is what I tend towards.

    Arma 3 - 1PP all the way.

    • Drifter on 09/10/2017 - 14:06
      +1

      I imagine many of you would never dream of playing Skyrim or Fallout in third person

      I wasn't going to buy Fallout 4 because I thought it was first-person only. When I found out you could switch to third-person, I bought the game straight away.

      I played both Skyrim and Fallout 4 in third-person and I loved both games.

      • The Gent on 09/10/2017 - 15:20
        +1

        I am very surprised by that - I found the 3PP view in both to be woefully implemented. - your character always seems to be in the way of whatever you want to see.

        • Agret on 12/10/2017 - 21:56
          -1

          Not to mention it highlights how badly everything is animated. Third person view is only in those games for taking screenshots.

        • Drifter on 13/10/2017 - 09:59
          +1

          @Agret:

          Third person view is only in those games for taking screenshots.

          That's not true. It's okay to acknowledge that other gamers like things that you don't.

        • Agret on 13/10/2017 - 10:57

          @Drifter:

          That's not true. It's okay to acknowledge that other gamers like things that you don't.

          I meant specifically in the Elder Scrolls/Fallout games. I've played plenty of other third person RPGs (Gothic, Witcher, Two Worlds, Fable, Horzion Zero Dawn to name a couple) that I've enjoyed but it's definitely not the focus of Bethesda. When you switch to third person in a Bethesda game the camera handling is weird, the animations look really bad, the aiming is not quite right, and as Gent above said the character is positioned oddly, it is definitely an after-thought feature in those games and mainly used for taking screenshots with your character in them. I'm impressed that you were able to struggle through and finish both games with it though, props to you.

        • Drifter on 13/10/2017 - 14:33
          +1

          @Agret:

          I'm impressed that you were able to struggle through and finish both games

          As I said in my previous comment, I loved playing both games in third-person. But hey, don't let that fact get in the way of your opinion.

        • Agret on 13/10/2017 - 16:20
          -1

          @Drifter: It's not an opinion, in Skyrim both the archery and magic projectiles and spells are way off from the crosshair when aiming in third person so it's pretty broken and was never fixed in a patch. I mean sure you can enjoy playing in a third person perspective but that doesn't make it the preferred way that everyone should play the game. I'm just saying it was an afterthought by the developers and not the intended way to play so I wouldn't recommend it to people as a third-person game.

          In Fallout I can see how it would be enjoyable though since it has VATs for the majority of combat that requires aiming and way less focus on melee where the majority of bad animation was. I think it's a much better suggestion to play that one in third person than Skyrim would be as it mitigates a lot of the issues you would face from Skyrim.

        • Drifter on 13/10/2017 - 17:48
          +1

          @Agret:

          It's not an opinion

          It is. I said I loved it and then you turned around and said that I struggled through it. Your opinion is overruling what I actually said.

          you can enjoy playing in a third person perspective but that doesn't make it the preferred way that everyone should play the game

          There's no such thing as a "preferred way that everyone should play the game" because it is a subjective experience. Different gamers like and dislike different things.

    • The Gent on 13/10/2017 - 17:35

      Oh, it's probably relevant to say: I own a TrackIR headset, so when I'm flying a heli in 1PP in Arma I can turn my head to look around the cabin etc - very cool.

  • [Deactivated] on 08/10/2017 - 20:41
    +2

    x-plane - easier to land using first person view (you can see your instruments), but cooler to watch using tower view.

  • silverrat23 on 08/10/2017 - 22:46

    Isometric!

    • dogboy on 09/10/2017 - 08:58
      +1

      Grim Dawn FTW!

  • Findo on 09/10/2017 - 02:28
    +1

    GTA V in first person is fun if you’re going on a rampage, but it’s easier to control vehicles and the character in third person

  • Some Human on 09/10/2017 - 02:32

    I used to hate fpv growing up. Would not play a fpv for more than five minutes because I liked to see my character on screen. But since I got into the Bethesda games where you loot anything and everything, I got used to fpv and now find it difficult to get into any game that doesn't allow me to change between the two. Though I find car racing games are still better in 3rd person

  • ozbjunkie on 09/10/2017 - 09:21

    Fps needs what the name says, that's why I can't stand the early version of pubg.

    Third is ok for action and RPG games.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/10/2017 - 10:15
    +1

    I find first person view quite hard to deal with; either it's too "intense" (car racing) or it makes me feel sick (the witness). The one game I don't have trouble with is Lovely Planet. In general if a game only has first person view, even if it looks cool, I won't play it because I know I won't have fun :(

    • Drifter on 09/10/2017 - 10:19
      +1

      In general if a game only has first person view, even if it looks cool, I won't play it because I know I won't have fun :(

      I'm exactly the same. I wish more developers provided the option to switch between the two views.

      • johnno07 on 17/10/2017 - 15:04

        I wish more developers provided the option to switch between the two views.

        Developing a player-character model (with associated animations etc) as well as handling the quirks of having both view-points (issues with scaling, world interaction etc) means that developing both is actually quite difficult and adds a load of overhead.

  • AlienC on 09/10/2017 - 15:30
    +1

    Used to be a full time wow player then cod player.. definitely enjoyed wow more but cod had more hilarious intense clutch moments.. playing fps in third person was kinda weird so for me definitely third person shooters unless it's something like sniper elite or battlefield.

  • [Deactivated] on 11/10/2017 - 19:48
    +2

    Depending on the game.

    I like third person in uncharted.
    I like first person in elder scrolls V.
    I like third person in tomb raider.
    I like first person in rising storm.
    I like third person in arcade racing games.
    I like first person in GT.

  • Ahbal on 17/10/2017 - 17:39

    Third person in everything except RPG (immersion purposes) and Racing games (third person ruins it for me). In shooters either way as it depends on the shooter game (e.g Halo is fine in 1st, Gears is fine in 3rd etc)

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