As Ego Shooter (lat. ego "I "; English more shooter "contactors "; this German word is a Scheinanglizismus, it existed thus in English not) or roofridge person Shooter (FPS) one designates a category of the computer games, with that

1. the representation of a freely accessible, three-dimensional play world by the eyes of a human (or humanoiden) player character, thus in Egoperspektive (I perspective) takes place, and
2. the play process is in particular coined/shaped by the fight with different firearms against a multiplicity of different opponents and/or monsters.

Fundamental the two play modes single players and multi-players are to be differentiated. While the single player mode leads the player within a narrativen framework by a fixed consequence of scenes and by the actions of the player (fight, investigation of the environment and solution of environment-based tasks of mystery) a kind of interactive history is unfolded, it concerns with the different variants of the multi-player mode a virtual sporty play, with itself several players over Internet or over a network together-find around itself in group fights, duels or crew plays to measure with one another.

The original play mode is the single player, since Doom for most Ego Shooter multi-player modes developed and finally came out also pure Mehrspieler Egoshooter as for example Quake III arena or unreal Tournament.

Over the years the category of the Ego Shooter out-differentiated itself increasingly, so that Sub category developed. The tactics Shooter in such a way specified turns away from the fast skill-based Gameplay of the classical Egoshooter and integrates strategic aspects, with which the fighting requires careful planning. Creep Shooter make the secret and quiet procedure in place of open fight the play principle. Into the opposite direction Arcade so mentioned Shooter, which stresses fantastic environments of mass fights against hordes/hurdles of monsters in produces, goes with which reaction speed first place stands.

Although one finds the Egoperspektive also with flight simulators and plays with other vehicles, they do not rank the characteristic, which is missing human or manlike shape of the play figure, substantial for a Ego Shooter, among the category of the Ego Shooter, there them.

See also: Third person Shooter

History of the Ego Shooter

The first 3D-Ego-Shooter animated in real time was stellar 7 1982 on Apple 2. Can only heavy be determined, which play the first Ego Shooter was, since before the center of the 1990er years still no firm category had developed here. One of the oldest plays, which shows typical elements of a Ego Shooters, is that 1984 of Lucasfilm Games (today LucasArts) for Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 produced The Eidolon. 1987 appeared Midi Maze for the Atari ST, which anticipated today very popular multi-player functionality. In the form, as it admits today is, the category was prepared by ID software with the title Catacomb Abyss. This appeared 1991 and contained many substantial elements, which were to be found also in the following plays of this kind. Admits became Egoshooter however only by wolf stone 3D (1992) and particularly by Doom (1993), which were likewise developed both by ID software. Doom provided the break-through for the category and brought in ID software (and in special John Carmack and John Romero) a legendary call. Many basic elements of the Egoshooter Gameplays, which are to today standard, introduced by Doom, so for example own ammunition types for each weapon (in wolf stone there was still unit ammunition). Since this time the history of the company ID software is strongly connected with the history of the Ego Shooter. Differently than sometimes stated, none of ID Softwares plays of the game of roles Ultima Underworld was affected.

Starting from this time a multiplicity of Ego Shootern came on the market. 1994 appeared Rise OF the Triad, which were planned originally as successors of wolf stone 3D, and 1996 Duke NUKEM 3D of 3D Realms. Differently than with the preceding Ego Shootern, with which a nameless player character was filled out by the player, in order to achieve a larger immersion, Duke NUKEM arose for the first time than an independent character, by becoming apparent by spoken, ironical comments during the play process.

In the same year, thus 1996, appeared in addition Quake of ID software and led the category on the next level: Not only level architecture, but also all play figures, articles and weapons were three-dimensional represented for the first time (one of the first plays which the Floating POINT unit of the processor used, later with (OpenGL interfaces support, glQuake). This was not optically more addressing only, but opened also spielerisch a new dimension. The Quake engine permitted for the first time a really complex architecture: while in the preceding Engines only walls were possible for senkrechte and itself two areas not one above the other, but could find only next to each other, now also diagonal surfaces could and arbitrarily space constructions to be realized. In further consequence about 30% all Ego Shooter were based on Quake technology or can to these be attributed in the next years. Quake was besides one of the first plays of which already on delivery a comprehensive multi-player functionality exhibited to find TCP/IP connections was at that time rather rarely became priority from the plays slow modem-modem, serial Laplink or supports IPX/SPX connections at best. The door was far up-pushed by TCP/IP for the first time to the Internet a gap. Owing to the modular structure the engine (3D-Modelle, sound data, Scripte/key assignments) could change the player for the first time also without extensive programming knowledge its play easily - modifications were already in times of the first Doom part well-known and also usual, but with the simple structure the Quake engine gave it here a first large boom of new modifications, which were transferred since then also to very many other Egoshootern than play modes, as for example to Capture the flag, Rocket arena or the class-based team Fortress.

While so far expressed dark horror and Science Fiction scenarios were mostly used as background, 1998 unreal inspired many players by an often fairy tale-detention-beautiful Setting and a level Design, which set graphically and of the and size of the landscapes and architectures new yardsticks ago. Likewise 1998 appeared help Life, which by skillful merging of acting characters in geskripteten scenes the development the story brought in the play on a new level. This development continued, and so one finds an atmosphere, which a motion picture film the close comes far in many later plays such as Doom 3 or Cry. Also the Modding scene won a further large upswing by help Life. At the same time the multi-player functions continued to gain significance, which was promoted also by a user friendly "Ingame Serverbrowser ". Counter Strike represents at present the most well-known multi-player play of the tactics Shooter and attributes its existence to a help Life Mod.

In the second half of the 1990er slowly further subclasses of Ego Shootern began themselves to develop. Thus one differentiates now particularly between Taktikshootern, pure Mehrspieler Shootern, Action Adventures and still many further sub-groups. In addition there is in the meantime a multiplicity at scenarios, in which the plays are settled and which often process suggestions from the literature and the film. From Fantasy, over Science Fiction up to the time of the world wars is represented everything.

2004 brought the German software company Crytek with FarCry back to something momentum in the category. The Cry engine permitted it to represent enormous external areas with none to only short intermediate loading procedures. FarCry set also for the first time reliably trees with sheets, speaks tropical rain forests, with close stature and Unterholz in scene. In the level Design consciously to nonlinear elements importance was attached, by making different ways to the player available in many situations to the next goal. Besides the sand box editor was provided, a map editor with which one maps direct in 3D provide could - so far it was only possible with reason to work up and cross tear and a small 3D-Vorschau - FarCrys sand box editor is as it were the first WYSIWYG editor for complex 3D-Engines.

The publication of help Life 2 in November 2004 is worth mentioning because of innovative handling the new physics engine. The physics engine predominantly which is based on Havok brought the interactivity in the play on a new stage and both in the fight and in some tasks of mystery was extensively used. , In particular the modification Garry's Mod here an outstanding example represents many new play modes developed on the SOURCE engine. In team-oriented play way the sense of the play consists no longer with priority to eliminate the opponent with force of arms to strike but rather in a skill match with several disciplines.

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