Can I have my legs please?

That is something I noticed too. It felt right to see your legs in Mirrors Edge.

Not a big deal, but I agree.

I'm pretty sure that you could not see your legs in Halo 1.

But anyways, it's usually just seen as more taxation on the hardware, and is just not put in games.

Yes sir I agree, unless every fps character is half a body floating around then we need some legs.

Dont think you could see them in Halo 1, but I know for sure you could in Halo 2. Anyway, I totally agree I don't feel more "immersed" or any reasons like that but it feels more natural seeing your feet in an FPS.

I would like to see them strictly so I could do some trickier jumps with trial-and-error gameplay.

Yeah, I guess games that implement jump-type puzzles (Half-Life comes to mind) or games where jumping is significant might benefit by showing legs. However, it is a shooting game; I'm not going to gaze at my shoes when I'm getting shot at, so I can see why this feature has been mostly ignored.

"I would like to see them strictly so I could do some trickier jumps with trial-and-error gameplay."

No, all the legs are mine.

In most first person games, seeing your feet serves no purpose

This doesn't usually bug me, but I didn't get why they didn't have legs in Far Cry 2. So much of that game was focused on realism and then, no feet. Even worse, early in the game there are sequences, like when you're in the bed in the Jackal's hotel, where you can see your body.

"No, all the legs are mine."

"In most first person games, seeing your feet serves no purpose"

One of the last things I could honestly care about is whether or not I can see my legs when I'm playing, but I guess for a realistic and common approach, it should be more ideal. Since you are used to seeing your legs in most FPS games. I think.