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Am I the only one here who likes Borderlands? Imo also worth a mention when you're talking about FPS / RPG-FPS / non-generic FPS.
Borderlands was a really fun game, but it just didn't receive as much attention as it should have. If Valve had slapped their name on it, the game would have been Half-Life status. But nope, people didn't like the game because the 'story was lacking.'
Anyways, been playing DNF for the past thirty minutes or so. So far, I drew a picture of my game plan which was to hang MZ. Then, I kicked some ass. Then I tried for about 15 minutes to see if there was an Easter-Egg to fuck the shit out of the twins before they inevitably get captured. Then I drew a bunch of cocks in this kid's autograph book. Then I knee bumped a bunch of aliens and even ran an RC car into one of their faces for a fun kill.
So far, this game is meeting my expectations and my Duke fanboy fever is more than quenched. But this is just the beginning, we will see.
Also, Mass Effect has always been lacking in the combat department. It is ridiculously easy and all of it's modes are extremely easy compared to other Shooting games out there. It's good for the story, which is amazing and should be experienced, that's about it. I love the series and damn straight I am getting ME3 on it's release date this March.
FPS are generic by nature.
You're lucky there's not a lot of gosu people here to flame you for that
Team Fortress 2?
Half Life 1 and 2? - Man, gotta love that gravity gun.
Left 4 Dead series?
Arguably Portal and Portal 2?
mmm non-Valve stuff
I'd say the Single Player campaign in COD4 is very unique and is better than many games.
Battlefield 2's multiplayer is unique as well.
I haven't played any of the Mass Effect series, but I herd the character designs' are astounding.. also this:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8909-Critical-Miss-Spice-EffectThis is coming from a guy that doesn't like FPS's, or give them a lot of chances to impress...
And Gears of War and Halo is boring. this is probably because everyone's trying to copy these two games.. so it's not really their fault lol
Now, before you read further and think, "Lovel, other games are just like this too." I mean, these things are MORE existent in themselves than other games out there or ones previous to it.
TF2 is strictly multiplayer, thus has no real appeal to the origin of FPS and Story. It's just for fun, like LoL or HoN. Don't bring games like this into the discussion.
HL1&2 are great for their stories, the difficulty is there, but it is far too linear with them trying to stretch it out by going way to deep into their puzzles: Find this, find out it doesn't work, go see why it doesn't work, go get the thing to make it work, make it work, watch it work, proceed; Repeat. Both of the games are constantly like this, in this order, with no real deviation. I did like a few parts where it wasn't like that, but generally that is how it works... The WHOLE game.
L4D is fun for the first couple weeks its out, then playing a few sessions with friends here and there. Fun, but if you play it too often, it gets boring.
Portal was a few playthroughs until you were like: Fuck yeah, I'm awesome. Portal 2 is fun until you complete everything, then put it down. It had less replay-ability than the first, which is starting to get more and more common with game series these days.
CoD and BF are franchises that are aimed at certain audiences: People obsessed with guns/war. Think about it, 10 year olds who think shooting people is fun and realistic. People who were too fat to join the Military. Etc. Aside from feeding the fanboys, these games are watered down as all hell now.
GoW and Halo at least have a story that draws you in, wants you know more and really immerses the player into the game. That's what these two games have been known for, Halo more so than GoW, but GoW having the more firefight-focused game-play while Halo is more of a battle of attrition. GoW is just recycled gameplay with new story however and Halo has just been getting worse since the second installment.
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