What really ruins an FPS for me

[LANCE420]

Well, really what ruins them for me is....you will have a really cool firefight going like...in a movie and its awesomely cool and you actually can get a sniper around to flank them or something...but before any of this is possible someone rushes...its just like COME ON DUDE WTH OMG AGH BLURG AEHJDN because almost all of the time they shoot you in the face before you can do anything...this really ticks me off. For the replys i would rather have people explain what ruins it for them rather than just saying RUSHING IS A LEGITIMATE STRATEGY BLAH BLAH YOU JUST SUCK CHICKENS NOOB HAHAHAHAHA, even though i agree rushing IS IN FACT a legitimate strategy...just like camping

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news bro but if you can't deal with a rusher, you are a noob.

 

[Jandau]

World War 2 ruins an FPS for me. Heck, it ruins most games for me.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Well, what really ruins FPS games for me is... a lack of variety in weapons, which is why I'm looking forward to Borderlands!

/derail

 

[Ashbax]

The lack of feet.

Yes. The only FPS ive found to give you a body in the dps view is halo three. for every other FPS I play your just a floating pair of eyeballs and arms past where most peoples elbows would be. cant devs just add that one small bit of modelling? Seriously? Looking down to see ground and no legs creeps me out.

I also hate it when im pretty much doing the same thing the OP was describing, having an awesome, advantaged, fun and long firefight with the enemy, then a group of kids will basically yell "CHAERG!?" and run in brandishing a grenade with no pin, not throwing it, instead just suicide bombing the whole lot of guys.

Although usually they misjudge times and blow up halfway there, or just get shot once they unclip the grenade, leaving it to blow us up. although most of the time they dont even bother with nades and run in with the coolest looking but suckiest gun they could find.

Pretty much describing a cod4/5 scene there, but my favourite firefights on a large scale is in Gow2. the cover-blindfire-chainsaw-anyone-dumb-enough-to-get-close tactic never phails.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

YOU JUST SUCK CHICKENS NOOB

This is all I read. This is all I'll ever need to read again.

 

[Ashbax]

I get annoyed when people ***** and moan at because someone is "using noob weapons", this can also occur in fighting games. (although there are a few exceptions, ex:Yoda in SC4)

Nobody is stopping you from using said weapon, you're choosing not to.


It also gets annoying when people complain constatnly about camping/rushing/etc. As long as they aren't exploiting glitches, and it isn't specified elsewhere, they aren't breaking any rules.

yes, 'noob weapons' and 'noob tactics' are terms that piss me off alot. people will call me noob when I kill them with a grenade.

its just a stupid invention to make people feel good about themselves for getting killed by someone using a good weapon.

 

[Ashbax]

YOU JUST SUCK CHICKENS NOOB

This is all I read. This is all I'll ever need to read again.

This. I could write a 300 page book using just those five words and it would be on the bestseller list for months on end.

 

[3quency]

The lack of storyline?
This mainly applies to COD games where the plot is about as coherent as Gabe Newell (Modern Warfare may be an exception - I don't own it). The only time I ever feel truly happy in an FPS is when there is a clear goal that isn't "here are some nazis/zombies/aliens. Make them die now.", where the characters are interesting and likeable (i.e: not Cortana) and where the plot twists make me care.

TF2 is the one and ONLY exception.

 

[PauL o_O]

Have you played Legendary?
The whole engine of how, as you aim, you start slowly then it steeply increases speed. This makes precise aiming practically impossible. That game had so much potential.

 

[Triple G]

Well, really what ruins them for me is....you will have a really cool firefight going like...in a movie and its awesomely cool and you actually can get a sniper around to flank them or something...but before any of this is possible someone rushes...its just like COME ON DUDE WTH OMG AGH BLURG AEHJDN because almost all of the time they shoot you in the face before you can do anything...this really ticks me off. For the replys i would rather have people explain what ruins it for them rather than just saying RUSHING IS A LEGITIMATE STRATEGY BLAH BLAH YOU JUST SUCK CHICKENS NOOB HAHAHAHAHA, even though i agree rushing IS IN FACT a legitimate strategy...just like camping

What I hate is just the sort of FPS's that are made for rushers. that's what pisses me of at CS. You can'T freakin sniper ppl on the run! You have to measure the distance with the right scope and actually aim and not run around left-right while looking through the scope. Also the should be no crosshairs at all like in Insurgency. Insurgency is a good mod.

 

[Deadpool062]

So let me get this straight; this is a poorly thought out, poorly spelled, poorly punctuated rant on "rushing", which is probably the most common tactic used in every shooter game, ever. Also, you appear to be angry at your own inability to counter this tactic. Is that about right? Hmmm... how to respond to this...


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that..wasnt very nice this is my first thread...so you could give me some constructive critisism instead of just saying...your ranting i dont care you just suck at countering rushing, you actually pretty much did the almost exact thing i asked people not too im sure you will say no i didnt and say in the exact context what you DID do please man, if you are going to be mean just keep it to yourself

*Sarcastic applause*

You want construcutive criticism? Fine; Nobody expects you to have perfect spelling, grammar and punctuation in every single post you make, although it is nice if you make some token effort towards that goal. Topics are a different matter entirely. You are expected to hold yourself to a high standard of English when creating a new topic.

Oh, and for future reference, the most annoying thing about your OP was this punctuation problem; the "..." or "Ellipsis" is always three dots exactly, and is always followed by a space.

EDIT: The word "I" is capitalised. Always.

EDIT2:

There.....I think I got it...

nope not that time either

Serious? I'm looking at him right now! He should be shocking you with burning lightning and hate!

He's right. There's nothing there.

EDIT3:

PLEASE STOP COMMENTING ON SPELLING i tried my best, but I am not going to flip out a dictionary and check every word for spelling! i don't particularly care that much. You could read it, couldn't you?

See above. You are expected to hold yourself to a higher standard when creating a topic, etc.

Thank you very much! I know the letter, or it may be a word "I" is capitalized. I just... don't have a very good habit for grammar. And in fact this is my first thread and I am used to making threads on sites where people range more from the 13-17 range rather than the everything range. On most sites like that people just don't care.

 

[Deadpool062]

So, to paraphrase for those who cannot understand, you mean to say:

What really ruins FPSs [Ed. Note: I hate pluralizing genres which end with an "s"] for me is when there is a cool looking fight happening, and it's possible to actually get a sniper or someone else around to flank them, but then someone rushes at your team. I'm always like "Come on dude...OMG *random button smashing due to being attacked while typing*" because they almost always shoot you in the face before you can do anything. This tactic really ticks me off.

As for what to discuss, what is it that ruins FPSs for you?

P.S.: Please don't say that rushing is a legitimate strategy in games or anything to that effect, or that I must suck for not liking it. I agree that is a legitimate tactic, much like camping.

Am I close?

I would say that people that rage-quit or are generally annoying with their mics ruin them, but I don't really care. There are plenty of servers for most FPSs that I play to be able to find at least one good one.

Yea thats perfect, thank you very much for taking the time to let people see what I meant. I'm glad someone could understand it!

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

In regards to CoD4, it's campers and grenade chuckers that really annoy me. Yes, congratulations, you sat on the corner with UAV Jammer waiting on someone to walk by. I bow down to your INCREDIBLE SKILL.

Or worse, the guy with 3x Frag throwing them every direction every time he spawns.

 

[Deadpool062]

Well yeah, both are completely legitimate. If you can't rush a sniper, you can't really win against them now can you? I know someone who almost exclusively plays sniper class in TF2 and CoD4, and he always gets annoyed whenever he gets backstabbed, set on fire from behind or scattergunned to death in TF2, or get's shotgunned in COD.

But you know what? Sniper rifles are overpowered. You can't have an overpowered class, that would be no fun. Snipers trade their short range capability for their long range capability. And that makes the game fun - rushers and campers all have their weaknesses and strengths (at least they would in an ideal game).

As for "time they shoot you in the face before you can do anything...this really ticks me off." Well, I sometimes get annoyed when as a heavy I get killed in one shot before I can do anything, just as I'm about to get ubered.

As for dealing with Rusher's regardless of class - if they're giving you that much trouble just be one yourself, or persuade other team-mates to be one as well. Rushers are usually weak to planted explosives, or long range weapons. If someone is rushing straight towards you with a shot gun and you have an assault rifle, just shoot him/her to death. They'll usually go down before they can get to you.

Yea, the one weakness to a sniper is that, unless you are an iron site PRO with a pistol AND you have very quick reflexes you die if any kind of mid ranged infantry gets close into firing range.

 

[hagaya]

Well, really what ruins them for me is....you will have a really cool firefight going like...in a movie and its awesomely cool and you actually can get a sniper around to flank them or something...but before any of this is possible someone rushes...its just like COME ON DUDE WTH OMG AGH BLURG AEHJDN because almost all of the time they shoot you in the face before you can do anything...this really ticks me off. For the replys i would rather have people explain what ruins it for them rather than just saying RUSHING IS A LEGITIMATE STRATEGY BLAH BLAH YOU JUST SUCK CHICKENS NOOB HAHAHAHAHA, even though i agree rushing IS IN FACT a legitimate strategy...just like camping

Allow me to translate:

There is one aspect of Multiplayer First-Person-Shooters that ruins the fun to be had in them. When I am engaged with an enemy -- as if I were in an action film -- with a sniper around the enemy's flank to surprise attack, somebody comes and attacks me head on and kills me before I can get my kills in. I am about ready to spout random nonsense and type in all caps because this happens to me all the time. It really irks me.

Please, my fellow escapists, I would rather you not question my skill. I am actually quite skilled at my previously unmentioned game, but people somehow do better than me. Attacking somebody when they are hidden is not a legitimate tactic, much like camping.

I fail to see the logic in your statement. If you are in a spot to attack the enemy, and they come and counterattack because they see you, that doesn't seem too unfair to me. It just means that they saw you and your hiding spot isn't exactly wonderful. Rushing is a legitimate strategy. "Let's send our entire team to do a devastating frontal attack!" seems like a pretty good idea depending on the context. It just seems that you were unprepared for somebody to strike without warning. Also, if they attack head on, you should be able to see them and give them a good bullet to the brain.

 

[hagaya]

1. Non spiper campers.
2. People who steal youre kill after you've emptied an wntire clip into them.
3. People who spend the whole game trying to get an achievement.
4. Territories.
5. The fact that nobody on my side is more intelligent than a 4th grader.
6. So called "innovations" that ruin the experience.
7. Having to spend $50 on map packs to be able to play the game.
8. The lack of new inventive weapons.
9. Getting booted because nan idiot jumped in front of my gun at the last moment.
10. Achievments themselves because everybody judges you on whether or not you have them.
11. Armor permutations for the same reason.

Wonderful solution; stop playing Halo.

 

[MiserableOldGit]

Muppets jumping around the place firing rockets at peoples feet. It gets tiresome after the thousandth time or so, and its not like there's any special skill in it, it just makes people look like what they probably are; a fifteen year old social retard with no social skills looking to prove some unspecified point by winning an online match at the cost of any fun or challenge whatsoever.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

Muppets jumping around the place firing rockets at peoples feet. It gets tiresome after the thousandth time or so, and its not like there's any special skill in it, it just makes people look like what they probably are; a fifteen year old social retard with no social skills looking to prove some unspecified point by winning an online match at the cost of any fun or challenge whatsoever.

I think the fault here lies less with the person, who is simply trying to get kills in an efficient way, and more on the developer who thought "power weapons" were a good idea. Just one more reason I stopped playing Halo. The game is less about individual skill and more about weapon and map control.