What happened to "2nd ...."

[Mr_White]

In the second, you have complete control over your enemy.

Yes, which means you're in first person perspective of the enemy, or if you're looking at the character you're in control of, you're still looking at it from first person perspective if you're looking at it from another character

 

[Clinkz]

Yes, which means you're in first person perspective of the enemy, or if you're looking at the character you're in control of, you're still looking at it from first person perspective if you're looking at it from another character

Then can you please tender a possible explanation for the second person perspective?

 

[Mr_White]

There's a good reason there isn't one, how would it work?

You're always going to be looking at either your enemy or yourself through the eyes of your enemy, which means you're looking at something from a first person perspective.

 

[daz]

when I was at school ( long ago ) 2nd world countries were developed but relatively new countries ( in terms of being developed ) , USA, Australia etc

appears the definition has changed now

Correct. Well, second world is what they called NPI (in France: Nouveaux Pays Industrialisés) or Newly Industrialised Countries in English (forgive my foreign education). Countries like South Korea which aren't quite on par with the big economic powers of the first world but which are definitely not third world countries.

Interesting. Never heard of second world being like that before.

The term was used to refer to nations within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence, e.g. the Warsaw Pact countries, as well as farther-flung Soviet Allies such as Cuba and North Vietnam.
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Alternatively, First World countries may be defined as having developed market economies, Second World as having developed planned economies, and Third World as having developing economies that may follow either the market or the planned model. The fall of communism and the end of most planned economics has also made this distinction largely moot.

 

[Dracata]

Yes, which means you're in first person perspective of the enemy, or if you're looking at the character you're in control of, you're still looking at it from first person perspective if you're looking at it from another character

Yes that's correct, although there is no reason you can't be in 'first person' view of someone, whilst in 'second person' view of another. It doesn't change the fact that you'd be playing an SPS, only that you'd have FP view in relation to your enemy.

Granted, there's no real way this can work..

 

[Psyk]

Yes that's correct, although there is no reason you can't be in 'first person' view of someone, whilst in 'second person' view of another. It doesn't change the fact that you'd be playing an SPS, only that you'd have FP view in relation to your enemy.

Granted, there's no real way this can work..

Actually there was a game that was in second person, at least partly so. The Devil Inside was done up like a reality TV show and the protagonist has a camera man following him around. You see from eyes of the camera man, but are controlling the main character.

 

[Mr.Clark]

Actually there was a game that was in second person, at least partly so. The Devil Inside was done up like a reality TV show and the protagonist has a camera man following him around. You see from eyes of the camera man, but are controlling the main character.

Is that not third person though?

 

[platypus]

In a 2nd person shooter, you would control the object that you are hunting/shooting, but you would be in control of the shooter still, in effect you would need to shoot yourself to live; I'm not quite sure how a game could be based on that..

Nor I, but I bet it'd be interesting!

 

[Psyk]

Is that not third person though?

Well I figured it might count as 2nd person because you are seeing through the eyes of a character that is observing the character you are controlling.

 

[G|mp]

when I was at school ( long ago ) 2nd world countries were developed but relatively new countries ( in terms of being developed ) , USA, Australia etc

appears the definition has changed now

You also had to use an abacus at school, that doesn't me we all have to !