First Person VS Third Person RPG

[psychospacecow]

I think the question here is what you stand to benefit from first person. In third, you have a grander view. You can see chests behind doors. You know about that guy around the corner. Its hard to hide things without feeling cheap. It can be a lot more personal.

First person lets you hide things more easily, get a nice HUD for your character if it makes sense, get a nice close view of things.

I think first person lends itself well to dungeon crawlers assuming you can make the terrain notable. If every wall is just wall, I don't want that nice close view of things. Its just a wall like every other wall.