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Originally Posted by BreakABone
Its been a slow slow year here on the site and I assumed we've grown tired of the same ole video game discussions/fights we use to get into so wanted to try something slightly different.
Each thread will focus on a different genre of game, just to get a focus on that, and figured we'd start with the FPS which is perhaps the most high profile genre in gaming this generation.
What's your favorite?
Least favorite?
What do you look for in a shooter?
Are there any features you wish were standard?
And anything else you can think of!
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FPS is probably my favorite genre so this is hard for me and I probably do not have a single answer.
Favorite? I think you need to break this down into Single-Player vs. Multiplayer/Co-Op
Favorite:
Seriously, this is the best fucking single-player FPS, EVER. It's like a mesh of James Bond, Archer, Austin Powers, Chuck, and Goldeneye. The dialog is the best I have ever seen, the gameplay is fun and engaging, there are a SHIT TON of levels, and it is just rock solid. The sequel is pretty stellar too.
Half-Life and Half-Life 2 probably come in as close seconds, but I could probably make a list of 10 games that are "close seconds." I just continue to revisit NOLF because it is such an entertaining game.
Now, looking at Multiplayer and Co-Op....I think my favorite is probably this vintage:
I have spent - literally - years playing this game. I also spent years playing Team Fortress Classic for Half-Life, so that probably should get mentioned.
But then I could make another top-10 list of Multiplayer FPS games I have loved to death:
-Tribes/Tribes 2 (most underrated game ever?)
-Serious Sam: The First/Second Encounter
-Unreal Tournament 99
-Left 4 Dead/Left 4 Dead 2
-Halo/Halo 2
-Goldeneye
-The World Is Not Enough (hugely underrated for the N64)
-All the Half-Life mods: Natural Selection, Battlegrounds, etc.
Least Favorite:
All the fucking war games. Seriously. This all started with Metal of Honor, bleh. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was a breath of fresh air back when this trend was just starting.
Also, I hate the duck and cover regenerating health bullshit. Back in the day, FPS required skill. Getting health packs made games challenging, and created natural choke points. Nowadays you can fly through games on all but the hardest of difficulty settings without so much as having to replay a level 27 times and frustratingly throw your control across the room while cussing "FUCK. YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!" at the TV screen. I miss that challenge, anger, and reward. Thank heavens Left 4 Dead utilizes health packs. The game is about 10 times more interesting and intense when you need health and you know the swarm is about to crawl up your ass.
What do you look for in a shooter?
Multiplayer and socializing. That's it, period. Back when I was in grade school I began my journey into video games. One of the first games I played was Doom....and I played it in the basement with my friend. Doom was INTENSE shit back in the day. Moving on, me and my grade school friends became huge fans of the car shoot'em ups. Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal 2, and Rogue Trip: 2012. And do you know what made those games fun? Multiplayer and Co-Op. By the time Goldeneye came out, I was a Twisted Metal pro. Goldeneye was further socialization for me. And then came Quake and Half-Life. And by the time I was in 6th grade I was playing Team Fortress Classic and Half-Life in social multiplayer settings regularly. I forgot to mention Perfect Dark, but that was like an extension of Goldeneye.
And then came Counter-Strike and the rest of it all.
I love single player first person shooters, of course. I have played many of them....maybe most of the PC ones....in those, I like the things that NOLF brings to the table: good story, good dialog, refined gameplay, and something that differentiates the game from the genre.
Are there any features you wish were standard?
Ummm...I wish developers would stop defaulting "crouch" to C on the keyboard. Fuckers. Crouch = Ctrl.