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Tagged with terminology first-person-shooter
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What do you call the kind of shooter game in which the background moves on its own?
On old gaming consoles (first gen) there were games made like FPS, but in which the background moves from right to left, and the scene could stop for some time and then go on. Also, the player could ...
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What's the difference between a soft reload and a hard reload in first person shooters?
Every now and then, I will play first person shooters on my off time. I've played a few of them, ranging from Destiny to Battlefront to Battlefield and I have always heard of reloading, well as ...
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Is there a term for using cover to artificially block AI attacks?
One of the key techniques for playing the original Doom games was to stand with a wall, column, or other terrain feature between the monsters and you, such that your ray-traced bullets passed through, ...
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What is ADS in sniping?
I feel a tad stupid. I play as a sniper in almost any FPS I play, but I recently came across this term (ADS). What does it mean? What is its significance?
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Why are FPS teams called "clans"?
In some genres, but especially in FPSs, teams of players are often called clans. Why was this specific word chosen?
This is in contrast to guild or faction in RPGs, but here I can see why - they are ...
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What is "quickscoping"?
I often hear people talking about "quickscoping" in the context of First Persion Shooter games. My understanding is that it means looking down the barrel of a sniper rifle quickly in order to get a ...
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What is the difference between a first-person shooter and a third-person shooter?
What is the difference between First person shooter (FPS) and Third person shooter (TPS)? Can a game be both FPS and TPS?
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What kind of weapon is a "hitscan" weapon?
I've seen shooters refer to their weapons as "hitscan weapons". What does this mean?
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What is camping in a first person shooter?
How do you define camping in a first person shooter?
Is it a different than holding a position for a time?
Or, is it only a matter of degree?
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