FPS games = unoriginality, but why?

[antipunt]

I see your overall point, but I wouldn't necessarily go as far as to say 'unoriginal'

(this was to the OP)

 

[Wicky_42]

More active gun movement and animation. MORE...Gun pointing up while running. Reacting with walls when you get too close. Smooth transitions with irons sites and looking into scopes. Lots of movement when turning, peaking, ect. I'm amazed some FPSs still don't do this well.

The ability to see your legs and lower torso also enhances immersion. FPSs that use this feel better.

Environmental realism and physics always helps. Shooting down doors, blowing up any object. Interacting with everything helps.

Better melee. Its hard and certain games have done it well, but it could be done much better.

Unoriginality isn't as much a problem as newer games leaving out the good parts of older ones. For example, any FPS without iron sites or leaning is just sad by todays standards, IMO. Blame consoles I guess=)

You should definitely see Crysis in action if you hadn't already - lean, weapon movement as you turn, transition to whatever scope you happen to be using, slight motion blur on vision making a fast turn just that little bit more disorientating, look down and you can see your legs, you can blow down wooden shacks with grenades, shotguns and LMGs, hell you can even blow down palm trees - though admittedly not other types of tree. It even has decent melee - arms, fists, arms on gun, whatever you happen to be using.

Basically, there are some people already doing this, and it works amazingly - it's just a shame they're in the minority.

 

[Squarewave]

I *NEVER* once thought any of it was believable police tactics, it all panned out just like any James Bond videogame.
(Well the first 3 levels were all I could bear)

Oh because James Bond rolled with a team of highly equipped SWAT officers all the time, right? Are we even talking about the same game?

Probably not, maybe your talking about those pc games I was considering buying and not the god awful console fps game i rented.

Here's some videos of a guy doing a "lets play" comic play threw of SWAT 4
http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/category/lets-play/swat-4/

 

[kaiser_what]

I like to play an FPS where you play as a stereotypical nerd who stumbles upon a murder conspiracy. Instead of shooting your enemies, you will have to rely on your wits to get your way through. I'm not sure other people will enjoy it, but I most certainly will.

 

[Skillswords]

Most people don't understand how unoriginal games aren't fun (or atleast in my bingo book)
the reason is because you have the been there, done that feeling
they don't even have little story and make up with genocidal fun (Cheers for serious sam), but instead they recycle everything and in almost no time, your playing the EXACT same game with better graphics leaving you bored.

Thats why i put down halo 2 and changed to Red Alert 3

 

[Lord_Jaroh]

FPS now = vs. Fighting games in the 90s. So much crap it's not even funny, and a few gems that are actually unique AND fun. And that will change to some other kind of genre when The Next Big Thing (tm) comes out.

I just hope developers realize that before they drive it further into the ground, but I have a feeling we'll be seeing more unimaginative, uninspired, derivitive, boring, same old shooters for a while...