Do you play in 1st or 3rd person?

[Scrab]

Just wondering

 

If someone asks me which one Im playing the first thing I want to answer is "1st person". I really enjoy the ability to experience most of the things in this game through "my own eyes". It makes me feel closer to the character, like Im actually a part of the story, not just playing through it

Even so, I also often use 3rd person. Primarily when fighting larger groups of mobs or when clutter on the Screen becomes too much to bear. Its hard to know where youre going when there are spells flying around everywhere. I rather leave first person to know whats going on than die trying in first person (I constantly die anyway, even without restricting myself to 1st person ? ).. and sometimes I also just want to see my character I spend days on making. Ye.. 

 

How about you?

 

[Alessia Wellington]

3rd person only. RPGs are meant to be played that way.

[travelmedic]

1st person almost exclusively.

 

One of the main reasons I never even got close to finishing The Witcher 3 was lack of first person controls

[Gukahn]

mostly 1st Person. I Also like to immerse myself at least a little bit when i am out playing the game seriously. 

Its not really the feeling i get tbh, its just how i always played any Elder scrolls title.

 

Only times i turn in 3st person manually  is when i check for clipping (have a little bit of perfectionism in that gegard ) or randomly for screenshots or in moment situation where i just want to see how my character looks at some locations or uses idle markers.

 

(on the other hand situations where i am happy to have third person is when riding a horse. Don't want to know how beth would have fucked this up.)

[Guest]

Combat: Mostly third-person and sometimes first-person. Especially in crammed areas.

 

Looting: Always first-person and never in third-person. Because you have to angle the camera in weird ways to loot something right in front of your character. And I've accidentally picked up stolen goods getting the guards attention as if I'm a thief! That's preposterous!

[Captain Cobra]

Third person, switching to first person when I need to take or activate small items, or when I need to make a long range arrow/bolt shot.

[NoppaiKohai]

First person 99% of the time, third person for when talking to NPC and stuff

[GimmeBACON]

1st person for looting and ranged weapons, 3rd person for melee (1st person combat sucks in Skyrim, and animation mods are 3rd person as far as I know) but seeing as how I rarely ever use magic or archery, and how Quick Loot never leaves my load order, I'd say over 70% of my gameplay is in 3rd person.

[CaptainJ03]

99% 3rd person. My char is running around nekkid or bound, and i want to see that! Only for archery I' change to 1st person view.

[Galactase]

3rd Person 100% of the time. Before LL mods it was 100% 1st person, but now I want to see my character a lot more than I used to ?

Even though there are odd quirks with archery and looting, I have since started automatically correcting for these discrepancies. They don't pose issues for me anymore.

[Mr. Otaku]

1st person for things like archery and looting*, 3rd person for everything else.

 

*I don't always loot in 1st person, only when it's a really crammed space with a lot of items that need to be pointed at with higher precision.

[Andy14]

On 2/11/2021 at 2:58 PM, CaptainJ03 said:

99% 3rd person. My char is running around nekkid or bound, and i want to see that! Only for archery I' change to 1st person view.

It contains EVERYTHING essential. 100% correct

[Azailahab]

Mainly 3rd person, cuz I want to see the PC. However, I will switch to first person when looting some areas and almost always for archery.

[sshar22]

Skyrim in 3rd person, I'm the cameraman following the (mis)adventures of the heroine

Other games..., depends on the game and the challenges it poses, the way it conveys the story, the way you relete to the protagonist... ect..

 

Cheers

[Kendo 2]

Archery and targeted spells; 1st person.  3rd person for everything else unless I have to do something and the camera refuses to cooperate.  3rd person also means fire doesn't blind the camera.

[wokking56]

Like many others 3rd person for much of the time. 1st person for looting, archery, pickpocket, some melee and a few other area sensitive times.

[Swanky]

I switch to 3rd person whenever I have to go places. Gotta see that landscape, you know.

Using first person when fighting or looting since it's more precise.

[FauxFurry]

I prefer to use the Legend of Zelda/Dark Souls method whenever given the choice, that is to say, I use Third person for general actions and melee while I go to First Person for ranged combat (though I'll keep Crossbows and Gun Mods in Third Person, especially when using 3rd Person camera mods), be it in a BGS game, Dynasty Warriors or Grand Theft Auto 5 with its First Person Mode.

[Sarathis]

7 hours ago, wokking56 said:

Like many others 3rd person for much of the time. 1st person for looting, archery, pickpocket, some melee and a few other area sensitive times.

Pretty much this.

[Buridan]

Skyrim does play better in first-person. It definitely feels like it's a first-person game that has an optional third-person perspective.

 

That said, I play third-person by default, because I really like being able to see my character in action. Will sometimes dip into first-person when looting or in inns/shops just so I don't accidentally steal anything.

[Nak'kivene]

3rd person for couple of reasons

1. I'm an ass man, simple really.

2. I like to see the stuff my character is wearing.

[Dorabella]

3rd person . Otherwise the pleasure of watching the "curves" in motion is wasted  

 

Spoiler

 

[Arizona_Steve]

1st person always. I bring lots of followers with me for the "people watching" aspects.