Things That Get My Goat #1

Author: TurnipKing

Date: June 15, 2003

by TurnipKing
6-15-03
METROID PRIME
The Metroid series, since it's earliest incarnation on the NES, has been a platform game, with some shooting involved occasionally.
This is generally called a platform shoot-em-up
Metroid Prime successfully takes the same mechanics and makes it playable from a first person perspective.
Thus, it is a First person platform shoot em up. It is not a first person shooter, it is not a first person RPG and it is not a first person adventure.
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