My Thoughts: First Person Shooters
Posted on Jan 02, 2008 under Main |Alright, everyone enjoys shooting people - erm, in games, obviously. Everyone, at one point, should experience the rush you get from running into a room full of enemies in an FPS like Resistance, Warhawk (technically 3rd person, but it handles in the same way) and taking them all out and living to tell the tale (for a few more minutes anyway.
But are FPS’s overrated?
Well, yes, yes they are. Sure, an FPS can be a great game, and some even suck you in with their storyline, but if you strip that away it’s still just shoot-shoot-shoot run shoot. Now don’t get me wrong, I love FPS’s, I own loads, but when an exclusive FPS comes along that people have heard of, everyone goes crazy. At the moment, the exclusive (as far as we can tell)FPS to be released soon is Haze - but why is it so special? What sets it aside from other FPS’s? Timeshift added time altering powers into the mix, which was nice. FEAR added the supernatural very effectively, with clever scripting and cinematic play.
The best FPS I’ve played in a long time? Probably FEAR, and that was 6 months ago, really, most FPS’s are the same, but with different storylines. Timeshift looks interesting (from the demo I’ve played), but it’s still mostly shooting, even if the time powers change the experience somewhat. I’m getting tired of over-hyped FPS’s being the cornerstone of gaming lately, everyone is talking about Haze, and Halo, whilst other games are getting ignored in comparison. Ratchet and Clank Future is an awesome, but there’s nowhere near enough people talking about it. Heavenly Sword was awesome, though short, but I hardly saw this anywhere. Assassin’s Creed is talked about quite a bit, and it’s better than any FPS I’ve played since FEAR (and I’ve played at least 5 new ones).
People need to stop looking at FPS’s for gaming so much, I’d have to say that I prefer Adventure games such as Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank and Prince of Persia to any new FPS, because they’re all the same nowadays - there’s no real differences, whereas Uncharted, Ratchet and the older POP games are really, genuinely awesome.
Also, whilst I’m at it, shut the heck up about Halo - it is without a doubt the most overrated game on the planet. It is just another FPS, there is nothing new to it at all, not even the storyline, and I’m sick of it. Please, let Halo rot in the corner and release something new for a change - NOT another FPS.
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