Poll: Do you classify Portal as a FPS?

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Bit of back story: Recently me and another Escapist have been having an interesting debate about FPSs. It began when, in their thread, I stated how Portal 2 was the FPS I was looking forward to.

He claims it's not a FPS, as FPSs center around combat. Portal, he states, is a puzzle game.
Yes, it is a puzzle game, I counter, but it is a FPS too, since it uses a first person's perspective.
No, he remarks, FPSs are combat oriented. Portal is not combat focused.
Well, there's plenty of gunfire and dangers, but that doesn't mean a FPS has to be an action game.
No, FPSs are shooters, Portal is a puzzler. Portal needs a gun for it to be a shooter.
It has a gun, the Portal Gun.
It's not even classed as a FPS. QED.

So, I'm not entirely sure if Portal is or isn't a FPS, and seeing his opinion, I decided to survey the Escapist.

TL;DR: Do you consider Portal a FPS?

 

[Ontoue]

Well, it's in First-Person, and you shoot things(sorta), so that's how I'd classify it.

 

[RebelRising]

Well, it's in First-Person, and you shoot things(sorta), so that's how I'd classify it.

That's pretty much it right there. No need to overthink it more than that.

 

[Furious Styles]

You shoot portals at walls, and its in first person. So yeah, probably.

 

[The Procrastinated End]

You technically could classify it as that but its usually classified as a puzzle/platformer.

 

[duchaked]

yes...no...maybe

I dunno...it's first person and you shoo-oh wait

Well, it's in First-Person, and you shoot things(sorta), so that's how I'd classify it.

yeah maybe
ish
does it really matter? ^^

which reminds me...I need to like, actually finish the Half-Life 2 series...bbl

 

[MasterV]

It's an FPC. First person conundrum

 

[SomeBritishDude]

It's first person and you shoot portals. It's a First Person Shooter.

But it's a puzzle game first and for most.

...Why does it matter again?

 

[masseyguy911]

Well, kinda but I would classify it as more of a puzzle/platformer.

 

[eggy32]

You shoot hing in first person and solve puzzles, it is both.

 

[Banana Phone Man]

I don't think of it as a FPS just a puzzle game played in first person. I'm not all to bothered but I'd say it isn't an FPS just cause it lacks the S part especially compared to a lot of other FPSs out there.

 

[kebab4you]

I would say it´s a puzzler.

 

[Rensenhito]

It's a game. Genres are slowly evaporating nowadays. Just call it a game, and everyone's happy.
Although, if I HAD to classify it, I'd say it's a first-person puzzle shooter. There. Best of both worlds. Done.

 

[TheTim]

i call it a fpp.
first person puzzler.

 

[pspman45]

its a new genre
FPPP
First Person Puzzle Platformer

 

[Sebenko]

Well, it's in my game folders under FPS. So that's what it is.

But that is also influenced by me not having enough puzzle games to give them their own folder.