Fallout 3 arguments.....

[ThaBenMan]

I'd call it a PARFFPRPS (pronounced "PAHR-feh-fep-erps") - Post-Apocalypse Retro-Futurist First-Person Role-Playing Shooter.

But, most importantly, it's simply a damn fun game.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

FPSRPG. It's both. We already knew this long before the game came out.

 

[kemosabi4]

I thought FPSRPG was the official designation. It makes sense. It's a shooter, and most of the time, the camera is in first person, plus it's definitely got plenty of RPG elements.

 

[MasterSqueak]

It's a VTPNS.

Vault Tech Post Nuclear Simulation.

 

[veloper]

FPS/RPG or shooter RPG

same genre as Deus Ex, Bloodlines, Mass Effect.

It's an RPG first (as little as that means), but it still helps alot if you know how to aim, lead, strafe, lob, etc.