2nd Person Shooter

[J T]

In Russia, videogame shoots you!

[Octopod]

Is a second person shooter where you play the victim?

[Pulsar_t]

In Russia, videogame shoots you!

In Soviet Russia JT.. It seems the joke has outlived its usefulness

Btw, Yakov Smirnoff is Ukrainian-born I should check out some of his stuff, nostalgia purposes and such.

[Luke]

Wait, is Duck Hunt a second person shooter? I've played as the second player.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Wouldn't a second person shooter constitute the computer telling you what you did. So basically a long scripted moment.

[lisalover1]

I always assumed Second-Person Shooters were those that had an over-the-shoulder perspective, like the combat in Resident Evil 4.

[J T]

Wouldn't a second person shooter constitute the computer telling you what you did. So basically a long scripted moment.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking about. As far back as Zork, most videogames with dialogue are actually written from the 2nd person perspective where "you" are addressed directly, at least "you" in the role of the protagonist. Then I started thinking that since we have 1st person shooters and 3rd person shooters, I wasn't sure what a 2nd person shooter would be... and then I thought of what Yakov might say.

[Octopod]

I always assumed Second-Person Shooters were those that had an over-the-shoulder perspective, like the combat in Resident Evil 4.

That is a third person shooter.

[Veno]

Sounds like the thing that started in my thread. Anyone remember that game called Lifeline on the PS2?
You control a guy at a terminal telling a girl what to do through your PS2 mic. Maybe that's a 2nd person shooter?

[GamerMON]

In Russia, videogame shoots you!

You haven't lived till you have seen yakoff smirnoff perform.