"third-person shooter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: third-person shooters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=third-person shooter}} third-person shooter (plural third-person shooters)
  1. (video games) A combat-themed video game of a kind with a perspective view, typically positioning the camera over the shoulder of the player. Related terms: first-person shooter Translations (type of video game): 第三人稱射擊遊戲 /第三人称射击游戏 (dìsānrénchēng shèjī yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), kolmannen persoonan ammuntapeli (Finnish), მესამე პერსონაჟის მსროლელი (mesame ṗersonažis msroleli) (Georgian), მესამე პირის მსროლელი (mesame ṗiris msroleli) (Georgian), Third-Person-Shooter [masculine] (German), 三人称シューティングゲーム (sanninshō shūtingugēmu) (Japanese), 3인칭 슈팅 게임 (saminching syuting geim) (Korean), strzelanka trzecioosobowa [feminine] (Polish)

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