Shooter
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Shooter games are a subgenre of action game. Because shooters make up the majority of action games, it is a fairly wide subgenre. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon.
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[edit] Characteristics of shooters
There are many criteria to determine the type of shooter; listed below are some of the major divisions. Using the following, it is possible to categorize almost all shooters developed.
[edit] Perspective
The player usually views the events from behind the eyes of the character (a first-person shooter) or from a camera that follows the character, usually a few feet behind (a third-person shooter). It is also possible, though infrequently used in this genre, for a game to have a fixed camera.
[edit] Realism
Games that attempt to emulate life-like ballistics and character damage include tactical shooters and artillery games. Those that use a more lenient model of physics are generally referred to as arcade shooters. There is no clear distinction between these two game types, and shooters tend to exist on a spectrum between them.
[edit] Focus
This is often an optional way to categorize a shooter, but in some cases it's needed to help distinguish it. A game may quite often heavily rely on stealth as opposed to direct action.
