MasterRuseman
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- Posted: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:10:10 +0000
Rozhinkes
I don't think that I can come up with five complaints (in addition to yours), but my biggest pet peeves when it comes to games are:
1. Lack of a Good Story: I know that the big focus now is on MP content and depth, and I have no problems against creating an engaging MP world, but I really wish that it didn't come at the detriment of the SP campaign. I love when I can get engaged in the story, like in the Uncharted and Assassin's Creed series, but these types of games are getting more and more difficult to find.
2. Too Much Run-n-Gun: I'm more of a fun of slower-paced, team-based games (like Battlefield), but most shooters that are coming out (at least that I know of) are too quickly paced and encourage too much lone-wolfing. The difference between the Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 multiplayer, for example, is particularly discouraging.
1. Lack of a Good Story: I know that the big focus now is on MP content and depth, and I have no problems against creating an engaging MP world, but I really wish that it didn't come at the detriment of the SP campaign. I love when I can get engaged in the story, like in the Uncharted and Assassin's Creed series, but these types of games are getting more and more difficult to find.
2. Too Much Run-n-Gun: I'm more of a fun of slower-paced, team-based games (like Battlefield), but most shooters that are coming out (at least that I know of) are too quickly paced and encourage too much lone-wolfing. The difference between the Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 multiplayer, for example, is particularly discouraging.
Lack of good stories? Sorry, but that's definitely not true. I noticed that a lot of people think shooters have poor stories just because they rely too much on action even though Call of Duty 4 has one of the most game industry changing scenes, according to a lot who played it at the time. Halo has a brilliant constructed universe. Not too much of a fan of GoW's story though.
I think a lot of people who say this are fans of RPG's. Just because not every game nowadays is an RPG doesn't mean that stories suck. You listed two, yourself, which are not RPG's. (I think most J-RPG's have ridiculous stories, personally.) Other games: BioShock, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Half Life & Portal, Red Dead Redemption, Metal Gear Solid, and Resident Evil.
Honestly, the only run and gun games is really Call of Duty in my opinion. Most games are team based, like Team Fortress 2, Battlefield, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Metal Gear Online (I think?), and Gears of War. Brink tried to do this, but that game is garbage. I haven't played Tribes, but I think that is also a tactical shooter. Halo is one of a kind in my opinion, it can be both tactical and lone wolf-like, but not as much as Call of Duty is.