FPS...the perfect excuse for a lame game

This topic has me scratching my head a bit. I don't play shooters much, but they can be quite fun when I do, especially with a group of friends. While I think shooters could make bigger improvements between titles, I also realize that my limited play of them has me only looking at small aspects of the gameplay, and likely not noticing some of the changes made.

Should shooters have better stories? In a perfect world. But so should fighting games, including our beloved SC. While it has the best story of any fighting game I've seen, it's not exactly world-class writing.

The point is, buy games that you like. Everybody has different tastes in all aspects of life, including gaming. I for one think its funny that everyone is talking about how cut-and-paste shooters are, and yet only one or two people mentions sports games. Of course, I like Dragon Ball Z games, so to each his own. :p

Anyways, everybody take a chill pill. They're games. They are meant to be enjoyed. If you don't like certain games, don't play them. There's no reason to criticize another person for having different interests.
 
Habast said:
This topic has me scratching my head a bit. I don't play shooters much, but they can be quite fun when I do, especially with a group of friends. While I think shooters could make bigger improvements between titles, I also realize that my limited play of them has me only looking at small aspects of the gameplay, and likely not noticing some of the changes made.

Should shooters have better stories? In a perfect world. But so should fighting games, including our beloved SC. While it has the best story of any fighting game I've seen, it's not exactly world-class writing.

The point is, buy games that you like. Everybody has different tastes in all aspects of life, including gaming. I for one think its funny that everyone is talking about how cut-and-paste shooters are, and yet only one or two people mentions sports games. Of course, I like Dragon Ball Z games, so to each his own. :p

Anyways, everybody take a chill pill. They're games. They are meant to be enjoyed. If you don't like certain games, don't play them. There's no reason to criticize another person for having different interests.
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Agreed. What would the world be like if a fighting game had as good a story as say, Bioshock or Uncharted... I'm going to school for writing, anyone going for game design? We could totally set something up. I've stated this elsewhere, but I think the Soul Calibur series has a great story, but it's execution is horrid. And to the developers credit, creating an individual campaign for each character, narrative, cut scenes, unique only to them would be hell on the developing team. Yahtzee Croshaw says it best about Soul Calibur IV, "It's the writer had an epic story planned out and then someone told him it was going to be a fighting game."

The above post by Habast perfectly illustrates my view of the Uncharted series: damn good story, characters. To quote Austin Powers, "That's just not my bag, baby."
 
Habast said:
Should shooters have better stories? In a perfect world. But so should fighting games, including our beloved SC. While it has the best story of any fighting game I've seen, it's not exactly world-class writing.
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