Let's talk about Megaman stuff! [AKA: "I love Metroid Prime"]

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You have a point with this. But a normal FPS and Zelda just FEEL very, very different. A big part is, I'm sure, the perspective... games play different from third person (than first) even when the controls are the same. Just play any of the Jedi Knight games to get THAT proven. Even though they have identical controls, first and third person seem pretty different. Prime has a first-person viewpoint so in many ways it feels more like a FPS despite the fact that like Zelda you have to lock on to strafe and shoot aiming at a target... (PC FPSes generally of course do not have lockon or aiming like that)

Jedi Knight in FP or TP plays the exact same way, it's your mind telling you that they're different. The controls are identical, the gameplay is not changed. You just have a better view from TP. Prime's controls are absolutely nothing like a regular FPS, which is why so many stupid reviewers whined about the controls. It plays like Zelda, complete with the same damn targeting/strafing system. You can't circle strafe and aim all around in MP like you can in Quake, you only use one stick for movement, etc.