Modern Shooter Cliches that annoy the hell out of you

[The Funslinger]

Okay can we have a game where we explore two different characters in a difficult conflict with no obvious heroes or villains?
The South-American Empire invades mainland Europe and the New Liberal Germany and the French free federation do battle with them in Holland, like Amsterdam, a city with a lot of vibrance and soul, some color.
It follows two characters, Aksel, the old, tired war veteran who re-enlisted to help get both his sons through collage and to try and forget about the recent loss of his wife, having being persuaded by his friend Emiric for one last job.
And Davi, a young boy conscripted into the Imperial army and slowly gets corrupted by the dark underbelly of the army, drugs, rape, assault and murder of civilians. Both have their own stories and as we follow them we see a once live beautiful place slowly deteriorate into a cold husk of it's former self.

Hows that?

Sir, please take control of Activision right this damn minute. That's an order. I want to Beta test, buy, and play that game until my whole body becomes a giant beard with a hat.

Oh my god dude you made me lol so hard I cried.

Though another idea would be to have several options for the one mission, it'd give the game so much more re-playability.
Okay storm the secret sub base? LAnd and armor assault? Air attack and storm it from the roofs? Sneak in under-water? Infiltrate the base two days before hand and then wreak the joint?
Be glad I'm going into the gaming industry.

I am glad. Very much so.

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

Everything takes place in a desert or a jungle between nameless boring military and terrorist factions. All weapons mostly feel the same. Regenerating health. You die very easily. You choose weapon loadouts instead of picking up random guns and ammo in game. You also tend to be rather slow and clunky.

 

[ultrachicken]

Fake realism. I mean when games claim to be realistic, look realistic, but do not play as anything resembling realistic. If you're not going to actually confine your shooter in reality, then make it creative! Use interesting landscapes and enemies with colorful aesthetics! There is no need to give a game a "realistic" setting and story when the game doesn't play that way.

 

[Elemental]

EDIT: I'm getting the conseseus of 'too bland of colours' and 'terrorists and nukes and stuph'. And I actually want to play Bioshock Infinite, as opposed to me previously being reminded of... ... Bioshock 2.

Keep in mind that the studio that develops Bioshock Infinite are Irrational Games that developed the original Bioshock.
Bioshock 2 was developed by different team and imo is horrible.

And modern shooter cliches that I hate are pretty much in any Call of Doody Modern Whorefare #347

 

[baddude1337]

Oh, how these "professional" soldiers sprint about as fast as I run and can only do it for a few seconds before panting breathlessly. Come on, they can sprint for way longer than that.