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first-person shooter

noun

  1. a type of video game in which the player assumes the field of vision of the protagonist, so that the game camera includes the character's weapon, but the rest of the character model is not seen. : FPS


first-person shooter

noun

  1. a type of computer game in which the player aims and shoots at targets, and the graphics displayed are seen from the viewpoint of the shooter FPS
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of first-person shooter1

First recorded in 1990–95
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Example Sentences

Functionally, the end product makes walking around look a lot like playing a first-person shooter game like Halo.

But stepping into “GTA5” after years away from the first-person shooter genre was a little intimidating.

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