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I know what FPS stands for, but Thief most definitely isn't a shooter, and System Shock II is less of a shooter than a creepy exploration game. Deus Ex is half

I know what FPS stands for, but Thief most definitely isn't a shooter, and System Shock II is less of a shooter than a creepy exploration game. Deus Ex is half an RPG. FPS is too reductive. I'm using the phrase immersive sim in the same way as these articles: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/29/dark-futures-part-1-randy-smith/ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/06/29/dark-futures-par... https://www.pcgamer.com/history-of-the-best-immersive-sims/ https://www.pcgamer.com/history-of-the-best-immersive-sims/ See also Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersive_sim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersive_sim HTH

dfxm12 8y ago
No, it doesn't really help explain how Doom, Wolfenstein, or Quake, etc., are lumped in together with games like Thief as simulations. FPS is certainly not reductive. A game can be more than one genre, but sometimes an FPS is just an FPS, and more than half the games you listed are pretty much just an FPS.