History Main / UnbrokenFirstPersonPerspective

* In ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'', you never leave Corvo's perspective for the entire game, except for the ending which is epilogue vignettes, though Corvo himself never appears in any of them. Corvo doesn't even get a full model until you see if from Daud's perspective at the end of the final DLC.

This trope isn't exclusive to FirstPersonShooter games, but most examples are from that genre simply because it's the most popular genre to use this camera perspective (games which are designed for a virtual reality headset also frequently make use of a first-person perspective, and some use this trope). Games which use this trope can run into difficulties when they feature [[CameraScrew styles of gameplay unsuited to a first-person perspective]]: first-person platforming and driving sequences are often poorly received by critics and audiences.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'', all cutscenes take place from main character Shane Carpenter's perspective, and the game also makes a point of not magically teleporting you to new locations between levels; when you're required to go to a new area of the country, you either get there by helicopter (and experience the whole ride), or actually have to drive or walk there in gameplay.

[[caption-width-right:350:Whether you're shooting, driving, hang-gliding or holding mushrooms in jars, you'll be doing it in first-person here.]]

* ''ShiningTheHolyArk'' you are playing as Arthur during the game; battle sequences show his companions leaping forward to attack when they need to, and when Arthur attacks, the camera zooms towards the enemy with a slash effect. Similarly, when casting magic, the spell glyphs form directly under the camera's position. Even while in towns and cutscenes, you are seeing them through Arthur's eyes.

* ''Far Cry'' series:

** ''VideoGame/FarCry2'' did this earlier with the PlayerCharacter arriving in the country, contracting malaria and collapsing periodically in cutscenes. The endings are the only points where the perspective breaks.

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* POV porn is an entire pornographic genre based around this trope.
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* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'':
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' never takes control away from the player and shows all the action through the eyes of the player character Gordon Freeman.
** This carried over into the game's expansion packs ''Opposing Force'' and ''Blue Shift'', and also into its sequel ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' and its following episodes.
** One of the main criticisms against both games and their expansions were the first-person platforming sequences featured in both (exacerbated by Freeman being a FirstPersonGhost), although conversely the sequel has been acclaimed as one of the few games to do first-person driving sequences well.

* Music/CinnamonChaser's music video, [[https://youtu.be/Z8Y1MalRrDc "Luv Deluxe,"]] is from the POV of a young man who meets a woman at a gas station. What follows are three different possible outcomes of their relationship.
* Music/JoynerLucas' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM29c1DWtiI "Ross Capicchioni"]] music video is purportedly based on the true story of Capicchioni who is said to have [[spoiler:survived multiple gunshot wounds]]. It includes the POV of both him and [[spoiler:his shooter]].

** The music videos for Music/BitingElbows' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYm-dT24iRY "The Stampede"]] and its more-famous sequel [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgox84KE7iY "Bad Motherfucker"]] are filmed entirely in first-person view from the perspective of a man escaping from an office building after stealing a [[spoiler:teleportation device]].

Reasons for this trope differ. Older games such as ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' or ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' featured very little in the way of narrative, so there was rarely much need for cutscenes at all (not to mention that the technical limitations of the engines in question probably forbade frequent shifts in camera perspective). In more modern titles it's typically done as a deliberate aesthetic choice to foster a closer, more {{immersive|Sim}} relationship between the player and the player character (particularly if the player character is an AudienceSurrogate and/or FeaturelessProtagonist; see also PlayerAndProtagonistIntegration). In the latter case, games of this type will sometimes avert FirstPersonGhost and/or make use of DiegeticInterface for the same reason, or have the player character be a SilentProtagonist to allow the player to project their personality onto them. They may also make use of tropes like ExpositoryGameplayLimitation, ControllableHelplessness and ScenicTourLevel to provide exposition without breaking the camera perspective.

* ''Film/LadyInTheLake'' is a 1940s FilmNoir, which was heavily promoted as the first film to be shot exclusively from the perspective of the protagonist.