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#REDIRECT [[:Category:Third-Person Shooter]] |
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A 3D game type that has grown to prominence in recent years, especially on consoles. It combines the shooting elements of the [[First Person Shooter]] with the jumping and climbing puzzles of a 3D [[Platformer]] and a simple melee fighting system from a brawler. |
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[[Third Person Shooter]] games almost always incorporate an aim-assist feature, since aiming from a third-person camera is difficult. Most also have a first person view, which allows for precise shots and looking around at environment features that are otherwise hidden from the default camera In most cases, the player must stand still to use first person view, but newer titles allow the player to play like a [[FPS]]; indeed, ''Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath'' requires the player to shoot from first person, only allowing melee attacks in the chase camera view. |
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The ability to [[Take Cover]], and a reliance on it for victory, makes a game a member of the "cover shooter" sub-genre. |
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Melee attacks are more important in a third-person game, if only because close up fighting is easier in that perspective type, as are jumping and dodging. Add too much and it turns into a [[Beat Em Up]] or [[Hack and Slash]] game. |
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This genre is especially prone to incorporating [[Unexpected Gameplay Change|sequences of other gameplay types]], such as driving and puzzle minigames. |
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The [[Stealth Based Game]] is a third person shooter with sneaking around in the dark elements and a stealth kill system (not to say that [[Thief|some FPS examples]] don't exist.) |
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[[Always Over the Shoulder]] is a common camera with these games. |
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{{examples|Examples:}} |
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== Over-the-shoulder locked or [[Camera Screw|free floating]] camera == |
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* ''[[Alan Wake (Video Game)|Alan Wake]]'' |
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* ''[[All Points Bulletin (Video Game)|All Points Bulletin]]'' |
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* ''[[American McGee's Alice (Video Game)|American McGee's Alice]]'' |
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* [[Army of Two]] |
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* [[Armed and Dangerous]] |
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* [[Asura's Wrath]]- plays with this, in that the main projectile button has the camera act like this. |
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* [[Battlefield Heroes]] |
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* [[Blood Rayne]] |
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* [[Binary Domain (Video Game)|Binary Domain]] |
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* [[Blood Bros]] |
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* [[Blood Stone]] (a [[James Bond]] game) |
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* [[Border Break]] |
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* [[Bullet Witch]] |
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* [[Burning Rangers]] |
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* [[Cabal (Video Game)|Cabal]] |
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* [[Cosmic Break]] (MMOTPS) |
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* [[The Club]] |
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* [[Dark Sector]] |
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* [[Dark Void]] |
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* [[Dead to Rights]] |
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* [[Dead Space (Franchise)|Dead Space]] series |
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** [[Dead Space (Video Game)|Dead Space]] |
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** [[Dead Space 2 (Video Game)|Dead Space 2]] |
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* [[Death Jr]] |
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* [[Destroy All Humans]]! |
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* [[The Devil Inside (Video Game)|The Devil Inside]] |
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* [[Devils Third]] |
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* [[Drake of the 99 Dragons]] |
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* Duke Nukem (Certain Games) |
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* [[Dyna Marisa 3D]] |
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* [[Earth Defense Force 2017 (Video Game)|Earth Defense Force 2017]] |
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* [[Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon (Video Game)|Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon]] |
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* [[Eat Lead the Return of Matt Hazard]] |
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* [[Everything or Nothing]] (a [[James Bond]] game) |
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* [[Exteel]] |
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* [[Fifty Cent Blood On the Sand]] |
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* [[Foreign Legion Buckets of Blood]] |
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* [[Freedom Fighters (Video Game)|Freedom Fighters]] |
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* [[Fur Fighters (Video Game)|Fur Fighters]] |
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* [[Gears of War (Video Game)|Gears of War]] |
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* [[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]] for the [[PS 2]]. |
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* [[Giants Citizen Kabuto]] |
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* [[Global Agenda (Video Game)|Global Agenda]] |
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* [[Gun (Video Game)|Gun]] |
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* Gungage |
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* [[Gun Valkyrie]] |
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* [[Gunz]] |
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* [[Grand Theft Auto (Video Game)|Grand Theft Auto]], starting with ''GTA 3'' |
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* [[Hitman]] |
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* [[Homura Combat]] |
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* [[Iron Storm]] |
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* [[Jak and Daxter (Video Game)|Jak and Daxter]] |
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** [[Jak II Renegade]] |
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** [[Jak 3 Wastelander]] |
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* [[Jet Force Gemini (Video Game)|Jet Force Gemini]] |
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* [[Kane and Lynch]] |
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* ''Kill Team'': see ''[[Warhammer 40000 Kill Team (Video Game)|Warhammer 40000 Kill Team]]'' |
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* [[Kid Icarus Uprising (Video Game)|Kid Icarus Uprising]] |
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* [[Lead and Gold]] |
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* [[Lost Planet]] |
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* [[Max Payne (Video Game)|Max Payne]] |
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* [[MDK 2 (Video Game)|MDK 2]] |
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* [[Megaman Legends]] |
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* [[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] 7 |
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* [[Metal Arms|Metal Arms: Glitch In The System]] |
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* [[Mercenaries]] |
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* [[Metroid Other M (Video Game)|Metroid Other M]] |
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* [[Metroid Prime (Video Game)|Metroid Prime]] Series (On occasions) |
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* [[Mind Jack]] |
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* [[Monday Night Combat (Video Game)|Monday Night Combat]] |
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* [[Morph X (Video Game)|Morph X]] |
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* [[Nightmare Creatures (Video Game)|Nightmare Creatures]] |
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* [[Nocturne]] |
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* [[Oddworld Strangers Wrath (Video Game)|Oddworld Strangers Wrath]] |
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* [[Psi Ops the Mindgate Conspiracy (Video Game)|Psi Ops the Mindgate Conspiracy]] |
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* [[PN 03]] |
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* [[The Punisher (Video Game)|The Punisher]] |
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* [[Ratchet and Clank (Video Game)|Ratchet and Clank]] |
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** [[Ratchet and Clank 2002 (Video Game)|Ratchet & Clank]] |
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** [[Ratchet and Clank Going Commando]] |
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** [[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal]] |
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** [[Ratchet Deadlocked]] |
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** [[Ratchet and Clank Size Matters]] |
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** [[Secret Agent Clank (Video Game)|Secret Agent Clank]] |
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** [[Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction]] |
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** [[Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack In Time]] |
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* [[Red Dead Revolver]] |
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* [[Red Dead Redemption (Video Game)|Red Dead Redemption]] |
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** [[Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare]] |
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* [[Red Faction]] : Guerrilla |
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* [[Resident Evil]] |
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** [[Resident Evil 4 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 4]] |
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** [[Resident Evil 5 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 5]] |
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** [[Resident Evil 6 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 6]] |
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** [[Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D (Video Game)|Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D]] |
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** [[Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City (Video Game)|Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City]] |
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* [[S 4 League]] (taking a more sporting perspective) |
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* [[Saints Row]] |
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** [[Saints Row (Video Game)|Saints Row]] |
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** [[Saints Row 2 (Video Game)|Saints Row 2]] |
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** [[Saints Row the Third (Video Game)|Saints Row the Third]] |
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* [[Second Sight (Video Game)|Second Sight]] |
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* [[Shadows of the Damned (Video Game)|Shadows of the Damned]] |
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* [[Shadow the Hedgehog]] (with some of the [[Platformer]] elements of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|its parent series.]]) |
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* [[Sin and Punishment (Video Game)|Sin and Punishment]] |
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* [[SOCOMUS Navy Seals|SOCOM: U.S. Navy Seals]] |
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* [[Splinter Cell (Video Game)|Splinter Cell]] |
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* [[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]] |
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* [[Bounty Hunter (Video Game)|Bounty Hunter]] |
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* [[Stranglehold]] |
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* [[Syphon Filter]] |
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* [[Tomb Raider (Franchise)|Tomb Raider]] |
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* [[Total Overdose]] |
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* [[Transformers Prelude to Energon]] |
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* [[Transformers War for Cybertron]] |
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* [[True Crime Streets of LA]] |
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* [[True Crime New York City]] |
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* [[Uncharted]] |
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* [[Urban Chaos]] |
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* [[Vanquish]] |
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* [[Velvet Assassin]] |
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* [[Warhammer 40000 Kill Team (Video Game)|Warhammer 40000 Kill Team]] |
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* [[Warhammer 40000 Space Marine (Video Game)|Warhammer 40000 Space Marine]] |
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* [[Warhawk]] |
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* [[WET (Video Game)|WET]] |
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* [[Wild Guns (Video Game)|Wild Guns]] |
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* [[Vortex (Video Game)|Vortex]] |
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* [[Zombie Panic in Wonderland (Video Game)|Zombie Panic in Wonderland]] |
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== High/fixed camera ([[Top Down View|Top Down]], [[Three Quarters View|3/4]], [[Isometric Projection|Isometric]], etc…) == |
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* [[Crusader (Video Game)|Crusader]] |
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* The first two [[Grand Theft Auto (Video Game)|Grand Theft Auto]] games, and ''Chinatown'' |
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* [[Postal (Video Game)|Postal]] |
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* [[Skylanders Spyros Adventure (Video Game)|Skylanders Spyros Adventure]] |
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* [[Alien Swarm (Video Game)|Alien Swarm]] |
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== Primarily another genre, but with a significant TPS mode == |
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* [[Dark Forces Saga (Video Game)|Dark Forces Saga]] |
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* [[Dirge of Cerberus]] |
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* ''[[Fallout 3 (Video Game)|Fallout 3]]'' |
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* ''[[Fallout New Vegas (Video Game)|Fallout New Vegas]]'' |
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* ''[[Iron Brigade (Video Game)|Iron Brigade]]'' |
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* ''[[Mass Effect (Franchise)|Mass Effect]]'' |
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** ''[[Mass Effect 1 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 1]]'' |
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** ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'' |
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** ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'' |
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* ''[[Oni (Video Game)|Oni]]'' |
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* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' |
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** ''[[ARMA (Video Game)|ARMA]]'' |
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* [[Parasite Eve 2 (Video Game)|Parasite Eve 2]] |
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** [[The 3rd Birthday (Video Game)|The 3rd Birthday]] |
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* [[Prototype (Video Game)|Prototype]] |
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** [[Prototype 2 (Video Game)|Prototype 2]] |
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* [[Shadows of the Empire (Literature)|Shadows of the Empire]] |
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* [[Star Wars Battlefront (Video Game)|Star Wars Battlefront]] |
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* [[Star Hawk]] |
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* [[Valkyria Chronicles (Video Game)|Valkyria Chronicles]] |
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** [[Valkyria Chronicles II (Video Game)|Valkyria Chronicles II]] |
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** [[Valkyria Chronicles III (Video Game)|Valkyria Chronicles III]] |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]] |
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[[Category:Index Index]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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[[Category:Third Person Shooter]] |
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[[Category:Trope]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:50, 8 August 2018
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