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A Visual Guide To The First-Person Shooter

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It doesn't matter if you're a sniper, a camper, or a target; everyone can learn a little something from the Kotaku Genre Guide to First-Person Shooters.

From the relaxing ease of role-playing games to the frantic, fast-paced action of the first-person shooter. The second in our ongoing series of genre guides takes a look at the first-person shooter, one of the most competitive video game genres around. Some might consider it a sub-genre of the action genre, true FPS fans know that these types of games are in a class by themselves.

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Don't be alarmed if your favorite game doesn't show up. We're giving an overview of the genre, and while we'd love to include every FPS ever made, we'd need a much larger image than we've already got here.

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Additional research by Aulistar Mark.