Games you're playing

[reaper239]

i picked up a case of the blops, but i traded my copy within like a month. i hadn't played it for over two weeks by that point. i gotta say, MW3 is prolly a rent for me, BF3 is where it's at.

[Luna Guardian]

i picked up a case of the blops, but i traded my copy within like a month. i hadn't played it for over two weeks by that point. i gotta say, MW3 is prolly a rent for me, BF3 is where it's at.

This is something I don't quite get. These generic FPS games are multiplayer experiences, why do people need 10 of them?

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Same as getting Madden every year I guess.

[Luna Guardian]

Same as getting Madden every year I guess.

See, I don't get that either

[reaper239]

call of duty is the same thing with tweaks in every succesive game. i like battlefield because it is a lot different from COD. it requires teamwork and coordination, you can use HMMWVs, tanks, APCs, and aircraft. my clan actually had a thread devoted to tactics we used in battlefield. everything from how to clear a room, to taking out armored vehicles, to two seperate teams working in tandem. there was a lot of strategy involved (i know, my nerd is showing). one of my favorite FPSs was MAG. it required a lot of similar strategizing, but was massive in scale. on top of that, with things like fire support, coordinating squad movements, platoon and company structure, etc., it was downright epic. one of my personal favorites is Operation Flashpoint: Red River, which doesn't have competitive multiplayer, but has co-op, but what makes OF:RR stand out from the rest is the intense realism. it's toned down slightly from Dragon Rising, but it's still way more intense than COD or even BF. there is no run and gun, or running up on people with a knife; when you are in close proximity to enemies, you actually feel stress because they can kill you as easily as you can kill them.

the bottom line is there are some games that carbon copy COD, and there are a lot of things that are similar between games, but there are differences that change the gameplay experience. and no i don't get every shooter that comes out, if they don't implement something that catches my attention, i don't even bother.

btw i don't get the madden thing either, but then, i'm not a big sports guy.

[Luna Guardian]

MAG was awesome, by far my favorite multiplayer FPS to date. Other than that, there're a few FPS games that do something exciting, usually story driven ones like Resistance. But to each his own, I guess, I'll just never understand this FPS craze...

*leaves muttering about the good old days of Metal Gear Solid and in-depth story driven games*

[reaper239]

what about deus ex human revoloution?hugely story driven, intense, tight action, etc. the only reason i didn't mention it is because we were talking about multiplayer. there's a lot of good story driven FPSs, but there's not a lot that do something totally new and fresh in the realm of multiplayer. btw mgs wasn't an FPS, and if you're bringing that up then i have no choice *cracks knuckles* dead space. totally pimpin.

[Hellbringer]

I'm a big Soccer nut but I don't buy FIFA every year because it feels like it falls under the Madden Syndrome. I don't see a need to plop down 60 dineros for basically a few "tweaks" (which were present a couple of versions previously and taken out later) and an updated team roster. I do buy it every 2 or 3 years though, I feel that those changes are enough at that point in the game history to warrant buying a new copy. But not every year.

As for the FPSes, not all games play the same. Granted Call of Duty comes out every year, but for every Call of Duty set in World War II or the somewhere else in the 20th century, there's tons of other options and they all play differently. For better or for worse. But I play First Person Shooters mostly for the story. If the gameplay for a series pisses me off (like COD: World at War), I basically boycott the studio who made the game and won't buy the game myself. I have reluctantly played COD: Black Ops though because of a couple of friends and family, but nowhere near the time I have invested in other shooting games.

[Luna Guardian]

what about deus ex human revoloution?hugely story driven, intense, tight action, etc. the only reason i didn't mention it is because we were talking about multiplayer. there's a lot of good story driven FPSs, but there's not a lot that do something totally new and fresh in the realm of multiplayer. btw mgs wasn't an FPS, and if you're bringing that up then i have no choice *cracks knuckles* dead space. totally pimpin.

I know that not every FPS is identical, but I still feel that the CODs and BFs are. There definitely are story driven FPSs, but they're few and far between. At least the good ones.

I'm also well aware that MGS is not an FPS (thank the gods for that!), but it's still the kind of game I'd like to see more often: intense story, excellent gameplay and enough length to make it worth the money spent on it.

[reaper239]

I know that not every FPS is identical, but I still feel that the CODs and BFs are. There definitely are story driven FPSs, but they're few and far between. At least the good ones.

I'm also well aware that MGS is not an FPS (thank the gods for that!), but it's still the kind of game I'd like to see more often: intense story, excellent gameplay and enough length to make it worth the money spent on it.

i get that, but that's why i play games like mass effect 2, and fallout 3/new vegas. granted fallout isn't as intensive in the story telling realm but the scope and size and the amount of stuff are what drive me. yes if you're not as into shooters cod and bf seem unremarkably similar, but for die hard shooter fans, the differences are as clear as day. (i'm talking about the people who buy cod every year and buy every fps released) but for my money, when i need a great story, the most hardcore action, and the smoothest shooter gameplay i've ever played, it doesn't get better than the singleplayer for MOH, the latest medal of honor game. that was fantastic. if only danger close had done the multi, or if dice hadn't dropped the ball, it would've been amazing.