I see where you're coming from; your initial post just came across as though FPS's were incapable of good storylines. I will admit, there are a lot of FPS's out there that make me go "What the FUCK were the writers thinking?"Anticitizen_Two said:
Poll: More FPS need to do this
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edit: BioShock. def need to include that
its the seventh generation of gaming? seriously attach a fucking body to my floating arms. FPSs need to have better stories, period. they need a solid, chilling, exciting and immserive story like Gears of War, COD4 (even Yahtzee liked it, thats fucking impressive), Resistance, Killzone 2, just to name soIrridium said:
edit: BioShock. def need to include that
Well, there's always the way Black handled it.
Lots of action for a whole stage, then cutscenes in the middle that were handled as flashbacks through a surveillance camera.
And now that I think about it, I think I actually liked the story of Black. Add that one to the list.
Lots of action for a whole stage, then cutscenes in the middle that were handled as flashbacks through a surveillance camera.
And now that I think about it, I think I actually liked the story of Black. Add that one to the list.
I don't like the current trend (started, I think, with Half-Life [correct me if I'm wrong]) where you play someone with no voicebox in order to add to the immersion. I just started playing through the Halo: CE campaign (for the first time, believe it or not) and I love the third-person cutscenes. A protagonist should talk and have stated motivations, instead of being an avatar empty of personality.
It's funny your character dosn't say "Oh my GOD! my legs are gone! HELP!"Irridium said:
OT:AVP does both right now
It would be nice to have both first-person and third-person cutscenes. Like, first-person for shorter cutscenes and third-person for story cutscenes.
Unfortunately developers tend to confine their game only to one style of cutscenes. Confining your game to first-person cutscenes is definitely worse than having only third-person cutscenes though.
Also, Half-Life 2's cutscenes are overrated. Half-Life 1 and the expansions had okay cutscenes because at least you could imagine that Gordon/Shephard/Barney said something during some of them. In 2, you're pretty much a wallflower.
Alyx: Blaa blaa blaa.
Kleiner: Blaa blaa blaa.
Gordon: ...
Alyx: Blaa blaa blaa.
Kleiner: Blaa blaa blaa.
Gordon: ...
Alyx&Kleiner: Gordon, go do the job.
Gordon: ...
They're also unskippable.
Unfortunately developers tend to confine their game only to one style of cutscenes. Confining your game to first-person cutscenes is definitely worse than having only third-person cutscenes though.
Also, Half-Life 2's cutscenes are overrated. Half-Life 1 and the expansions had okay cutscenes because at least you could imagine that Gordon/Shephard/Barney said something during some of them. In 2, you're pretty much a wallflower.
Alyx: Blaa blaa blaa.
Kleiner: Blaa blaa blaa.
Gordon: ...
Alyx: Blaa blaa blaa.
Kleiner: Blaa blaa blaa.
Gordon: ...
Alyx&Kleiner: Gordon, go do the job.
Gordon: ...
They're also unskippable.
I like first person cutscenes, the way Crysis did them, allowing for some cutscene power to the max [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CutscenePowerToTheMax], but also immersed the player in their surroundings.
Come to think of it, I quite liked Crysis.
Come to think of it, I quite liked Crysis.
If only it could be adjusted according to setting. If you are playing in 1st, the cutscenes would be first, & if you were set in 3ed, the cutscenes would be in 3ed. I never player in 1st person personally.
I much prefer first person cut scenes because I find that switching to the third person breaks immersion
Not just feet (and legs). Last time I checked, I could see everything up to my chest when I looked down, and I'd like that to be true in first-person games as well. It's just as terrible to realize that you're nothing but a head on a pair of legs and arms.Irridium said:
It depends on what they're going for.Korten12 said:
In games that are intended to be heavily immersion-based, it works. It worked in COD2 (not so much MW, but MW failed plotwise in general.) I couldn't see Bioshock having third party cutscenes.
On the other hand, games where there is a more defined main character third person works better. Gears and Halo both work better that way.
BC2 actually has me confused. Am I one of the guys I keep seeming in the cutscenes? Which one?
I find that third person cutscenes in first person games are PERFECT. Because not only does it give us a break from first person (which gets annoying after a while) - but it shows us what our character looks like!
