First-Person Shooter

First-Person Shooter ( FPS) is a video game genre  centered on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through a first-person perspective ; that is, the player experiences the action through the eyes of the protagonist , and in some cases, the antagonist . The first-person shooter shares common traits with other shooter games , which in turn fall under the heading action game . From the genre's inception, advanced 3D  or pseudo-3D  graphics have challenged hardware development, and multiplayer gaming  has been integral. In the 21st century, the first-person shooter is the most commercially viable video game genre, as well as being the genre that has taken more market share of any other genre in the gaming industry.