Poll: Is age of unique online FPSs over?
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Really? I it's a bit different but I wouldn't recommend it to someone, definately not over Penumbra.Slayer_2 said:
Online FPS will always have that speed that other online games miss (think of Betrayal in UT3). You can argue that the genre itself prohibits innovation and you would, to an extent, be correct. However the joy of FPS is that you know how the gameplay will work, and it's the game world that you immerse yourself in.
Ever played ARMA or OpFlash online? 50+ a side in tanks, planes, helicopters and on foot. Play that and then play UT3 or CS:S or TF2. Each brings a little bit of uniqueness to OFPS they may all look similarish (except ARMA and OpFlash which are, let's be honest, the same) and they all control in a similar way but the play styles and the feel of each game is different.
Hmmm...well Left4Dead certainly is different from the norm.
Natural Selection 2 (if it ever gets released) will be unlike anything you have ever played before.
Battlefield Heroes is pretty innovative, especially in terms of business model.
STALKER and STALKER:Clear Sky were simply fantastic games, if buggy, that delivered a unique setting and style of play.
The above games are all examples of innovation within the genre. But while 'innovation' is good, 'originality' doesn't really exist (or matter), for example:
Quake:Live certainly isn't original but its got standard mechanics done to perfection - who needs this false concept of originality (and it is false, as everything is based on or influenced by something) when you can have pure unadulterated fun?
Natural Selection 2 (if it ever gets released) will be unlike anything you have ever played before.
Battlefield Heroes is pretty innovative, especially in terms of business model.
STALKER and STALKER:Clear Sky were simply fantastic games, if buggy, that delivered a unique setting and style of play.
The above games are all examples of innovation within the genre. But while 'innovation' is good, 'originality' doesn't really exist (or matter), for example:
Quake:Live certainly isn't original but its got standard mechanics done to perfection - who needs this false concept of originality (and it is false, as everything is based on or influenced by something) when you can have pure unadulterated fun?
But not to blood, so there's hope for you yet.MaxTheReaper said:
Illustrations of different mindsets, perhaps. I enjoy my mindless violence, so if a shooter provides that for me, I'm happy. Less chance of getting caught, almost as good as the real thing...yeah.
To be fair, what's left. It's either history (WWII), future (space marines), or someplace on earth in the present time.GamerLuck said:
There is a new shooter based in the American old west (cowboys) that might be cool.
Why online FPSs? There will be unique FPS games, but online ones probably not so much.
Or if you want to be pedantic about it, there aren't any more unique games full stop.
Or if you want to be pedantic about it, there aren't any more unique games full stop.
Wait, there was an age when they were unique?
Seriously, I'm only being partly sarcastic. I can't think of any really innovative or unique title.
Seriously, I'm only being partly sarcastic. I can't think of any really innovative or unique title.
Was there ever an age of unique online FPSs? Admittedly I've never been into online FPSs or indeed FPSs period, but the few I have stumbled across all seemed pretty much the same; run around with big guns and kill things. Not much room for innovation there.
How are Grand Theft Auto 4's graphics gray and gritty? How could you "barely make out anything in screenshots in gears of war 2"? Are you color blind? Team Fortress 2 isn't that original.
I spot another newcomer who is trying to fit in by spitting out cliches and showing off his love for The Orange Box (I get it, the cake is a lie and Team Fortress 2 is balanced, I don't care!).
I spot another newcomer who is trying to fit in by spitting out cliches and showing off his love for The Orange Box (I get it, the cake is a lie and Team Fortress 2 is balanced, I don't care!).
Don't say that.delta4062 said:
That isn't Call of Duty's gunplay mechanic. It's just evolved from older games like Battlefield where the spread would increase dramatically for certain weapons. All they did was make the cross hairs disappear over a certain distance from the centre.
When people say "Be Like Halo" they mean "Be as Succesful as Halo.". To do that, most games need to be a generic franchise, with generic characters and the like. This way, people can relate to them more easily, and it requires less work from the writers.
Personally, I don't think you know what you want.
That may be true, and I certainly agree about Gears and GTA, but you can't honestly say that Team Fortress 2 isn't special compared to all the other shooters.letsnoobtehpwns said:
In Call of Duty, every kill is someone getting shot from some guy they didn't see, a grenade or a spazz. In most other games, it's all about luck and getting an advantage over the enemy.
Sure, I play Gears all the time, but I get mad because someone who just got the game five minutes ago can kill someone who has played both games, simply because of luck and how unbalanced the game is.
I never scream at the TV when I play Team Fortress 2.
I hope you realise TF2 is essentially a remake of Team Fortress Classic, which dates all the way back to Quake. Speaking of which, Quake would be about the time Shooters stopped diverging from one another. There would be another spike of Unique play around the Battlefield 1942 point but that's about it really.dragonnewby said:
