5. Third-person: the New First-Person?
You can probably chalk this up to personal preference, but theres something more satisfying about third-person multiplayer, especially when character customisation is involved. I want to see my toon, and not just when hes lying dead after a cheap knife kill. This is one of the reasons Im still playing Red Dead Redemption and GTA IV online after all, one of the reasons Im getting heavily into Max Payne 3s multiplayer. Years back, if I was playing a shooter, I was playing a first person shooter; third-person versions often seemed diluted, as though it wasnt me doing the shooting, but some guy who I was controlling also, having to control the camera was an extra thing to think about, and I maybe wasnt as good at that then as I am now. These days though (after the aforementioned games in particular) my preference has shifted. For some reason, first-person shooters bore me right off the bat, unless they prove themselves awesome. But with the CoD series (and undoubtedly Black Ops 2) representing just more of the same, I think the next first-person shooter I get heavily involved with will be Half Life 3.