What is an FPS?

FPS stands for First Person Shooter and is a type of video game. It specifies the first person camera viewpoint (basically from the game character’s eyes) for the majority of the player’s game experience. As well the shooter part of FPS means that the main character of the game who you play as will be using guns and other ranged projectile weapons as the primary Halo 3 is a very popular first person shooter.gameplay component throughout the game as opposed to melee weapons or martial arts moves. Enemies may also use ranged weapons although sometimes they will be primarily melee as seen in many zombie and survival horror games such as Left 4 Dead 2. Good examples of popular First Person Shooter games are Halo 3, Half-life 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. You should also read our article on Third Person Shooters.