retyopy said:
They sort of bore me. I just don't like them. Does anybody else not like fps's?
EDIT: I feel like I should explain more. First, I just think other genres are more fun. Second, I think most are ugly, monotone, blood splattered blehs. Third, most of them are rated mature, but they are anything other than that. Third, they just bore me. I will neve be able to be engaged by killing clone grunts with a single bullet to the head.
EDIT 2: My question is, why do you like fps's and can you reccomend a few games that might change my opinion.
This whole thread smacks rather loudly of what TV Tropes refers to as "Complaining About Shows You Don't Like" (or in this case, "Games You Don't Play") but I'll go ahead and give your subject a shot. (no pun intended)
I will agree that many modern shooter (intentionally leaving "first person" out of this) are ugly to look at. I tried a used copy of the first Gears of War a while ago, and frankly I don't get what all the hype was about. Sure, the "damage bonus for acing the reload check" thing was nifty, but overall I like my games to have more colors to them than just gray, for I am a fidgety and easily-bored sort. However, as many others have pointed out already, there are many shooters out there that have more to them than shooting. There's the obvious "melee only" routes that Bioshock and Fallout 3/NV provide, among others that sadly I haven't played yet, there are item creation sub-games (Fallout again, plus TF2), and if you expand your parameters to include sandbox titles, the Saints Row and Grand Theft Auto series provide a wide amount of things to do that don't involve a body count.
However, let's not kid ourselves, I buy these games to kill things. Shooty games are my stress relief, and I have a lot of fun with them. My personal favorite thing to do is finding new ways to kill things. My best examples are trying to find new poison recipes in TES Oblivion, and setting up landmine ambushes in Fallout 3. Or hell, just finding new spots for sniper nests is fun, too.
Now about them all being ugly, I have two suggestions. The first (and most recent,) is Borderlands. It gets a little repetitive and the story is dirt simple (FIND THE VAULT YOU NOOB) but it is a fun game to play, or even just to rent. That's how I found it; I rented it, liked it, bought it when I could afford to. My other suggestion, however, is a little dated. I'm referring to Timesplitters: Future Perfect for PS2. The story mode is fun and funny, between cutscenes taking place with your past/future selves and AI companion antics, T:FP is an excellent example of a shooter done right. And there's more to it; there's a whole host of minigames and medal challenges to unlock new characters, play modes, and weapons for multiplayer (this is the only game I know of that has curling, for example).
There's a lot of fun to be had in video games that you might be limiting yourself from based solely on it being from shooter games. My final suggestion actually comes from my parents, or rather a parenting tool they used on me called "The Two Bite Rule." If, as a child, I was presented with something (usually food) that I didn't think I would like, I was to get at least two bites of it to properly form an opinion about it. It speaks to the success of this rule that I eventually adopted and adapted it for my own use, only buying CDs that had at least two songs on them I liked for example. If you aren't sure about a game, try renting or borrowing it first. Play it for an hour or two to see if you like it. Take it from the best damn cook in The Mohave Wasteland; you could be missing out.
