Why are FPS falling into categories?
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The obvious problem you're stating is that these games are all linear shooters. 90% of FPS games are shooters that consist of
I think they're ok with that, considering they developed and published Portal, also.Erana said:
There's the destrucible environments of Red Faction, the gadgets, missions, and stealth of Bond and No One Lives Forever, the role-playing and gear customizability of Deus Ex, the being able to land a fighter in a ship of Star Wars Battlefront, the tactics of Tom Clancy games, and the vehicles of Unreal Tournament and Warhawk. That's what I like.
I guess, but look at it this way: Name all of the really innovative/original games that you know of. How many of them are FPS's?Richard Groovy Pants said:
The fps genre, old and stale? NO WAY! God if that's all you freaking play no wonder your bored silly. Here's an idea, go out and buy a game from a genre you've -never- experienced before. I'm going to assume that's either going to be an rpg or a puzzle game, or a platformer. Chances are you'll like whatever you get, just make sure to look up reviews and find out as much info about a title as you can before you buy it, simple really.
I pretty much look into every game that catches my interest and end up buying most of them. It pays to be open minded and have diverse interests when it comes to gaming, the amount of fun you get from the hobbie is increased ten fold.
As for innovation in the fps genre, we're not really going to get much of that outside the realm of stealing ideas from other types of games. Bioshock was awesome because it was also an rpg. But really do you expect a type of game called 'first person shooting' to have little more than well, shooting?
I pretty much look into every game that catches my interest and end up buying most of them. It pays to be open minded and have diverse interests when it comes to gaming, the amount of fun you get from the hobbie is increased ten fold.
As for innovation in the fps genre, we're not really going to get much of that outside the realm of stealing ideas from other types of games. Bioshock was awesome because it was also an rpg. But really do you expect a type of game called 'first person shooting' to have little more than well, shooting?
I think he's talking about straight-forward FPS shooters. You know, like COD and Halo.Richard Groovy Pants said:
Well, they are suitable for . . . erm, "bros." But both can also be enjoyed on higher levels. And reviews rank them much higher than mediocre, in fact the absolute worst (rating-wise) reviews I've ever seen for either say mediocre.Eggo said:
Your elitist misinformation aside I was talking about gameplay, not intelligence required for enjoyment.
This happens because the gameplay elements in a first person shooter are shooting things with a first person view. You can add destructable maps, nazis, zombies (or more nazis), space aliens, space marines, the government, whatever. doesn't matter. its all the same game reskinned.
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Hm. I agree. I say we do an "I Am Sam" FPS.rossatdi said:
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You say they are the same game but are you looking at this solely from a game play standpoint? Sure the shooter mechanics might be the same but if you get past that there's still the different story each game has to tell. Then on top of that the weapons provide different strategies (sans WWII shooters) and the overall setting of the game. Last time I checked the future and WWII has some difference. I?m not saying they?re original but there might be more diversity then you seem to let on to.
I think of Fallout 3 as more of an RPG than a shooter, but then again, i almost exclusively use VATS to shoot.
But that may actually be the point; how much can one deviate from the 'default' FPS mechanics and still be rightfully called an FPS? The 'genre defaults', for lack of a better word, almost forces the games to be very much alike. Or they wouldn't be called an FPS.
For instance, I think Left 4 Dead (only played the demo though) is very different from, say, CoD 4 or Halo. But in my mind Left is more of a modern version of Gauntlet than 'an FPS'. It just happens to have a first-person view.
Mirror's Edge? No shooting (or just very little), hence not an FPS.
Bioshock felt different, but that's mostly the art deco surroundings, and not the gameplay. GoW actually did feel different for me, with the focus on finding cover instead of shooting first.
So i agree with an earlier poster in this thread; try mixing genres if you feel this way. Maybe you'll find something you like. I had a similar feeling a few years ago when I almost exclusively played (J)RPGs, and getting something totally different from my usual games choice really got me going again.
But that may actually be the point; how much can one deviate from the 'default' FPS mechanics and still be rightfully called an FPS? The 'genre defaults', for lack of a better word, almost forces the games to be very much alike. Or they wouldn't be called an FPS.
For instance, I think Left 4 Dead (only played the demo though) is very different from, say, CoD 4 or Halo. But in my mind Left is more of a modern version of Gauntlet than 'an FPS'. It just happens to have a first-person view.
Mirror's Edge? No shooting (or just very little), hence not an FPS.
Bioshock felt different, but that's mostly the art deco surroundings, and not the gameplay. GoW actually did feel different for me, with the focus on finding cover instead of shooting first.
So i agree with an earlier poster in this thread; try mixing genres if you feel this way. Maybe you'll find something you like. I had a similar feeling a few years ago when I almost exclusively played (J)RPGs, and getting something totally different from my usual games choice really got me going again.