In the shooter genre, players use weapons to advance in the game, firing to and eliminating their enemies. The genre can be further classified as First Person Shooter (FPS) and Third Person Shooter (TPS). Counter-Strike (Valve, 1999) is a classic FPS game example, and Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar Games, 1997) is a well-known TPS series.
Shooter video games are one of the kind of games in which stages run Shooter video games are one of the kinds of games in which stages run faster. Reasoning speed is one of the most developed skills by players in these games. Some games like Battlefield 3 (Dice, 2011) are played by teams, and to win the game, in which it is necessary for the players to communicate and to understand each other, so the skills of teamwork, team management coordination, and communication are also present in fact, fundamental in these games.
Skills Linked To Shooter Games
- Stress Management
- Team Management
Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for tasks - Reasoning Speed
It is clear that stress management is an important skill when playing an FPS game, especially for example, in the cases where the player is the only one in their team that is left alive. They have to eliminate all the rival team players, or when they have to stay close to an objective defending it without knowing from where the enemies may come.
Team management in competitive shooter games is continuously developed since the games are generally played by two teams of five players. This also causes these games to be tenser.
Generally, what is emphasized in shooters is that the actions of the player have an impact in a location far from them (the action of shooting). It may seem like a minor detail, but in a cognitive level and skills, it is relevant since the player always has to be alert to their environment, scanning for targets or, more importantly, taking cover. Planning, complex problem solving, and time management are some of the skills that do not directly link to this genre, but that can certainly have opportunities to be greatly enhanced regardless.