History Main / FirstPersonSnapshooter

* In ''EternalSonata'', Beat's ability to take photos of monsters is the best way to make money throughout most of the game. That is, if you can learn the game's crazy standards for what constitutes as a good picture.

* The whole premise of ''FatalFrame'' (''Project Zero'' in Japan) and its sequels is to take photographs of ghosts in order to seal them in your special camera. However, you also get bonuses for non-dangerous incidental ghosts.
* ''SilentHillShatteredMemories'' - taking pictures with the protagonist's phone cam will reveal a number of secrets...[[spoiler: including the UFO Ending]].
* In ''EternalDarkness'', Peter is a reporter, but you can't take pictures. You can, however, use his camera flash to stun enemies.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Just getting the picto box, as well as upgrading it for color features, spans a sidequest on its own: It all starts with exploring the narrow caves behind Tingle's prison, then showing the picto box to Lenzo, then completing three snap shot tasks, then finding a rainbow-colored firefly in Forest Haven ''and then'' giving it to Lenzo. After getting the color features, there's an elaborate {{Sidequest}} that involves taking pictures of nearly every character in the game (notably, one picture/statue can only be found if you have a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and a cable to link it to your UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, allowing you to complete ''another'' sidequest that spans five of the game's dungeons). Then there's the various sidequests in Windfall Island that involve giving pictures to certain characters. Also, in ''The Wind Waker HD'', the Picto Box has the additional function of being able to post photos on Miiverse, even self-shots. This also helps to eliminate the risk of [[LostForever losing permanently figurines of characters or boss creatures who make limited appearances]]. The remake also allows the player to store four times as many pictures as before, which increases the pacing of the figurine collection.

* ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis'' let you pick up a few extra bucks if you took pictures of the dinosaurs in your park.

* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Underground'' has a StealthBasedMission where you masquerade as a press photographer. PS2 sequel ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor: Frontline'' similarly features a level where part of the mission is to photograph blueprints for a [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany German]] plane prototype.

* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}} IV: Revelation'' has a camera feature that can be used to not only capture puzzle solutions, but to also capture pictures of stuff that you think is pretty. Taking lots of photos is also one way to variate and somewhat personalize an event that happens later on in the game.

* The ''Videogame/ForzaMotorsport'' series likewise allows users to freeze replays or singleplayer races to take pictures with a free-floating camera that allows the user to adjust shutter speed, aperture, and other settings. ''Forza 4'' has a screenshot setting so hardcore that its rendered separately on the game's servers and then uploaded straight to the user's profile page in all its 3840x2160 30mb BMP glory.

* ''VideoGame/{{Myst}} IV: Revelation'' had a camera feature that could be used to not only capture puzzle solutions, but to also capture pictures of stuff that you thought was pretty. Taking lots of photos was also one way to variate and somewhat personalize an event that happened later on in the game.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'' had a Camera Mode that allowed players to take in-game photographs of their battles from various angles. And in case you wondering, yes you can do ''[[PantyShot that]]'', too.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' had a camera that allowed you to "capture" banana fairies for inventory upgrades.

** Speaking of, the sequel ''VideoGame/ShadowHeartsFromTheNewWorld'' also features this trope. Although this time, it's the protagonist spunky young detective who wields a camera. It also has an EnemyScan effect, but he cannot copy attacks like Anastasia. The photos he takes are used in a [[GottaCatchThemAll trading sidequest]].

* Starting from ''[=GT4=]'', ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' allows the player to take a picture of his car, during a saved replay, or in a fixed location. The player can even save these pictures to an USB thumb drive, transfer them to computer, and masturbate to the car-porn. Seriously, a Cadillac Cien in the right light...

* ''SyphonFilter: The Omega Strain'''s third bonus mission has Mujari photographing evidence in a bombed-out Chechen village.

* One of the characters of ''ShadowHearts 2'', Anastasia is armed with a camera which, in addition to providing expanded information on enemies you snap, also allows her to 'capture' certain enemies, [[PowerCopying copying their signature moves]].
** Speaking of, the sequel ''ShadowHearts: From the New World'' also features this trope. Although this time, it's the protagonist spunky young detective who wields a camera. It also has an EnemyScan effect, but he cannot copy attacks like Anastasia. The photos he takes are used in a [[GottaCatchThemAll trading sidequest]].

* ''Franchise/BioShock'':
** First ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' has you acquire and use a “Research Camera” as part of the plot. Using the camera to take photos of various enemies can grant you combat bonuses against them, and even power-ups! In the sequel's single-player mode, it's replaced by a video camera, which gives you more points for using a variety of attacks on the subject.

* ''Franchise/FarCry''

* ''Franchise/BioShock''

*** Naturally, since ''Bioshock'' is basically "''System Shock 3''" and its use is similar to the method for researching monsters and objects in ''VideoGame/SystemShock2'', though that involved using chemicals found in storerooms.

* First ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' has you acquire and use a “Research Camera” as part of the plot. Using the camera to take photos of various enemies can grant you combat bonuses against them, and even power-ups! In the sequel's single-player mode, it's replaced by a video camera, which gives you more points for using a variety of attacks on the subject.

* ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' has you acquire and use a “Research Camera” as part of the plot. Using the camera to take photos of various enemies can grant you combat bonuses against them, and even power-ups! In the sequel's single-player mode, it's replaced by a video camera, which gives you more points for using a variety of attacks on the subject.
** Naturally, since ''Bioshock'' is basically "''VideoGame/SystemShock 3''" and its use is similar to the method for researching monsters and objects in ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'', though that involved using chemicals found in storerooms.
** Comes back in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock 2}}'' multiplayer, although it's [[{{Nerf}} Nerfed]] considerably (it only allows you a small, circumstantial bonus against the person you snapped, no rewards for you)

* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'''s Camera is used to spot people, animals, and in a unusual side quest, take pictures for a man with [[ILoveTheDead questionable]] intentions.

* The ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' games, especially ''[[VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves 2]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves 3]]'', have areas where Sly uses his all-purpose gadget to take some reconnaissance pictures, a natural thing for a thief to do before major operations. One mission uses the ghost-trapping idea, though. In ''VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale'', this is somehow Sly's Level 3 Super.

* ''VideoGame/DarkCloud 2''. You take pictures of objects in your surroundings, and then using combinations of those photos as inspiration, [[ItemCrafting create new items]]. You can also snap pictures of Palm Brinks' inhabitants, who will mug for the camera in their own special pose. Getting particularly difficult snapshots, such as bosses or unique enemy attacks, would also net you points and rewards.

* In the first ''BatenKaitos'', this is the only way to make money beyond the rare gimick magnus that can be sold (and you want to keep most of them for them to finish [[EvolvingWeapon changing]] to register them instead of sell). The ammount the photos sell for depends on a number of factors, but the most common are distance (proceeding with a melee attack to get close is often to your benefit), lighting (Light and dark attacks before the camera will make the photo brighter or darker, and getting the balance right is key), and if the enemy blocks the photo (less money resulting). Thankfully, 2-4 "decent" photos (less if you don't keep boss photos as a BraggingRightsReward or get some perfect shots) is all it takes clear out every shop of their (limited but slowly respawning) inventory.

* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'''s Camera is used to spot people, animals, and in a unusual side quest, take pictures for a man with [[{{ILovetheDead}} questionable]] intentions.
* ''PokemonSnap'' is literally a first person camera shooter.

* ''FarCry3'''s Camera is used to spot people, animals, and in a unusual side quest, take pictures for a man with [[{{ILovetheDead}} questionable]] intentions.

** ''TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. In regards of the Swamp Tourism contest and the large man who co-runs it, you can earn rupees by snapping up photos of certain things with the Pictobox, and getting a photo of the Deku King (a rare sight) or Tingle (the son the guide was worried about) nets you a Piece of Heart. There's another event in the game triggered by taking a photo of one of the (female) pirates and giving it to the fisherman on Great Bay Coast. There's also the slightly creepy stalker Zora who wants a pic of Lulu, who'll pay you to snap a pic of her while she's grieving the loss of the eggs.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''. Just getting the picto box, as well as upgrading it for color features, spans a sidequest on its own: It all starts with exploring the narrow caves behind Tingle's prison, then showing the picto box to Lenzo, then completing three snap shot tasks, then finding a rainbow-colored firefly in Forest Haven ''and then'' giving it to Lenzo. After getting the color features, there's an elaborate {{Sidequest}} that involves taking pictures of nearly every character in the game (notably, one picture/statue can only be found if you have a GameBoyAdvance and a cable to link it to your NintendoGameCube, allowing you to complete ''another'' sidequest that spans five of the game's dungeons). Then there's the various sidequests in Windfall Island that involve giving pictures to certain characters. Also, in ''The Wind Waker HD'', the Picto Box has the additional function of being able to post photos on Miiverse, even self-shots. This also helps to eliminate the risk of [[LostForever losing permanently figurines of characters or boss creatures who make limited appearances]]. The remake also allows the player to store four times as many pictures as before, which increases the pacing of the figurine collection.

* ''PokemonSnap'' is a first person camera shooter.

* The entire premise of the old DOS/Mac EdutainmentGame ''Midnight Rescue!'' was that by capturing photographic evidence you would be able to figure out the bad guy's disguise.

* ''MedalOfHonor: Underground'' has a StealthBasedMission where you masquerade as a press photographer. PS2 sequel ''MedalOfHonor: Frontline'' similarly features a level where part of the mission is to photograph blueprints for a [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany German]] plane prototype.

* In one level of ''[[VideoGame/{{Hitman}} Hitman 2: Silent Assassin]]'', you are given a camera and instructed to photograph two thugs after killing them.

* ''DeadRising'' featured this, which made some sense since the protagonist is a freelance reporter. [[MemeticMutation He's covered wars, ya know.]]