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In reply to the discussion: What's a good FPS these days? [View all]
 

Egalitarian Thug

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4. Funny you should mention this. I've been too busy with life to keep up over the last few years,
Fri Oct 26, 2012, 11:21 PM
Oct 2012

but currently have some time on my hands and so have been watching gameplay and reviews on YouTube. I'm seeing some amazing technology these days, but my God, they're so easy! Is this just the result of marketing to children that have never had to work at anything in their whole, short lives? MOH Warfighter (-10 for unimaginative title) looks amazing, but you have to literally stand in the clear and let 5 guys shoot at you for several seconds to die, and if you decide suicide is not the answer, just grab some cover and 5 seconds later you're up and at 'em again. The weapons are all straight-up lasers with barely any recoil and no ballistic realism. You can load up with 300lbs. of armor, weapons, and ammo and sprint like Jesse Owens forever.

I'm sorry, but when they make the game so easy that it is virtually impossible to lose, what's the point of playing?

An example, I ran across a sponsored player/reviewer named TetraNinja who sucks so bad, it's just painful to watch. Are all these just rich kids destined to live a pre-packaged life with no purpose or challenge? What happens if they run up against somebody that has the knowledge and will to just run over them after taking everything from them?

Please post any FPS you find that is both beautiful and challenging, cause I'm not having any luck at all.

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What's a good FPS these days? [View all] War Horse Oct 2012 OP
If you like to play online with others, and love lots of cool gadgets and traps, ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #1
Borderlands 2 has been sucking up all my time lately Ohio Joe Oct 2012 #2
Thanks, I'll check both out War Horse Oct 2012 #3
Funny you should mention this. I've been too busy with life to keep up over the last few years, Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #4
I don't know if this will fit your bill LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #5
If you're going to play the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series... AZCat Oct 2012 #6
I haven't used the complete mods yet... LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #9
Cool and thank you, I'll check it out. Honestly, the best game I've ever played through was 11 years Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #7
You know what? I *really* wanted to like Deus Ex. LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #8
Man, I'd love for another N.O.L.F. title. AZCat Oct 2012 #10
Yeah, that'd be great. LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #13
You are right. The tech was not really up to it yet and the graphics left much to be desired. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #15
Im still occasionally playing MW3 argiel1234 Oct 2012 #11
TF2 on steam. MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #12
TF2's the best for "I've got twenty minutes to kill" Posteritatis Nov 2012 #14
Pretty much except hours is more likely MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #16
Halo 4 will give you tons of shootin-up. chknltl Nov 2012 #17
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 will give you lots of FPS zombie-killing fun! n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #18
Rage is a lot of fun lovemydog Nov 2012 #19
For FPS Solo play, CoD (Call of Duty) is hard to beat. bvar22 Jan 2013 #20
Amnesia: Dark Descent! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #21
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