[quote=@Raineh Daze]
Ultimately, it's a matter of subjectivity whether third person is preferable or not. However, I am absolutely certain that everything that could be done in first person, as given, is achievable in third. Third person then lends the ability to use such things as names when the character doesn't know them and lends itself to summarising.

So, [i]please[/i] try third person.
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3rd person and 1st person are different styles to one another. Even if the characteristics of a character are the same, the manner in which they are expressed will be different. The perception Matsuoka has of things. His inner narration. His inner running commentary. His vocabulary. Word choices, the focus of his attention in greater detail, et cetera. All these do not translate as well over to 3rd person. When you look at someone from an outside perspective, you don't see their thoughts in great detail.

Also, there's 3rd person omniscient vs 3rd person limited.

Limited, for example, is also more character-perspective based (eg. Harry Potter), and the use of names doesn't work either, because the character would not know them. It allows some exploration into the character's thoughts, true, but it doesn't really get the full fruit of it. It's also restraining in how the rest of the world is acting.

3rd person omniscient allows one to view the rest of the characters with all information in play, but makes it incredibly difficult to "head-jump" into a character. I dislike the use of this form for RPing because I'm not writing the characters of other players. I'm writing one character, and being able to explore their thoughts is absolutely necessary for that.