Is anyone else as tired of First Person Shooters as I am?

I miss the days of A Link To The Past, Final Fantasy 7

Developers are so tired and uninspired lately.

Discuss.....

Feel free to bash me if you like, I wanna hear everyone's opinion.

There are PLENTY of non-FPS games out there that are top drawer quality, but yeah I'm growing tired of the FPS genre. I used to really enjoy it, but I think I've finally played enough of them that I'm bored with the genre.

I'll come back to it, but for now I've had my fill.

cdavidb I agree I CANT STAND First Person Shooters! I think they are the most pathetic moronic idea EVER! This idea of a gun floating in the corner of the screen just looks pathetic and in some games the gun seems to take up the entire screen so you cant see anything!chakotay1

I'm gonna have to disagree about that. The whole First Person idea is one of the biggest and most important things in the history of games. It really makes you feel like you're in the game. I totally understand if you like 3rd person view better, but I really wouldn't say that the 1st person view is bad and pathetic.valttu

It's fine when it's implemented well. It only bugs me that so many developers still implement FP views that makes you feel like you're playing as a floating camera with a gun attached to it, gliding through the game world and killing your foes. Too much time has passed for that to be acceptable now, games like Mirrors Edge are stepping it up and making you really feel like you are in this game world, and seeing things through the eyes of the protaganist. Even the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark's developers got the hint, and improved that aspect for the upcoming release of that edition of the game.

I miss the days of A Link To The Past, Final Fantasy 7

Developers are so tired and uninspired lately.

Discuss.....

Feel free to bash me if you like, I wanna hear everyone's opinion.

cdavidb

Yes, I was bored of FPS after COD, but they are SO many other good games. This is a great era for games. Guitar Hero has done wonders to the industry, as did the Wii, bringing on tons and tons of new casual gamers. User created-content is the next big thing with Spore and LittleBigPlanet (::drooling:: ). We do however have a dearth of quality rpg's, esp for this console, but yeh, the new fresh innovative games are out there.

I'm kind of getting burned out on them as well. They were never my absolute favorite genre, but I feel like I've experienced enough different situations in those games that a game is going to have to do some pretty interesting things to grab my attention.

It's fine when it's implemented well. It only bugs me that so many developers still implement FP views that makes you feel like you're playing as a floating camera with a gun attached to it, gliding through the game world and killing your foes. Too much time has passed for that to be acceptable now, games like Mirrors Edge are stepping it up and making you really feel like you are in this game world, and seeing things through the eyes of the protaganist. Even the PS3 version of Alone in the Dark's developers got the hint, and improved that aspect for the upcoming release of that edition of the game.

VegetaJr

Wow, I actually never noticed this until i read your post. CoD4, i think definitely gets that feel of sprinting and walking down really well. But typically all the FPS's I've enjoyed have gotten that right also, from UT2k4, to Half-Life, to Halo 3.. I'm wondering if that realistic feel contributed to my opinion of those games, and if so, then by how much? Is the reason i didn't like Metroid Prime because it felt like a floating camera with a gun attached, like you explained? What are some other games that didn't implement good running?

This is why hot genres change from generation to generation. A couple really good games come out in a genre, and then there's five hundred me-too games that follow them (usually poorly), essentially imploding the market on the genre, thus opening the door for a new hot genre, which can then be milked until it's ruined. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

It happened with platformers. It happened with JRPGs. It WILL happen with shooters, but I don't think it will really hit until the end of the generation (probably 2010 or 2011). I think mainly because shooting things in the face is so inherently fun.

This is why hot genres change from generation to generation. A couple really good games come out in a genre, and then there's five hundred me-too games that follow them (usually poorly), essentially imploding the market on the genre, thus opening the door for a new hot genre, which can then be milked until it's ruined. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

It happened with platformers. It happened with JRPGs. It WILL happen with shooters, but I don't think it will really hit until the end of the generation (probably 2010 or 2011). I think mainly because shooting things in the face is so inherently fun.

Shame-usBlackley

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This is why hot genres change from generation to generation. A couple really good games come out in a genre, and then there's five hundred me-too games that follow them (usually poorly), essentially imploding the market on the genre, thus opening the door for a new hot genre, which can then be milked until it's ruined. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

It happened with platformers. It happened with JRPGs. It WILL happen with shooters, but I don't think it will really hit until the end of the generation (probably 2010 or 2011). I think mainly because shooting things in the face is so inherently fun.

Archangel3371

This year is one year though that the quality FPSs have absolutely no chance of overshadowing all the other great games in other genres that have been released and are going to be released. If you were going to complain about the overabundancy of FPS's last year would have been the year to do it, but it seems that most developers and also consumers have already moved on (crap, I didn't want to end with a preposition).

I'm more tired of threads like this. WTF is the point in this kind of crap? How can you "get tired" of a genre if you liked it before? I've never stopped liking a whole genre before, I can't imagine such a thing. If you are simply saying "I fancy playing something else for a while", then just say that, why go for the shock value? "I hate the current King of Genres, look at me!".

No, I'm not tired of FPS games, they are as awesome now as they were when I first started playing them. But as pointed out, there are VAST amounts of games in other genres out and still coming out. For every shooter, there might be 10 other types of games out. So when I fancy a change of pace, I go out and get a different type of game and WITHOUT needing to criticise FPS games. Easy enough.

This is why hot genres change from generation to generation. A couple really good games come out in a genre, and then there's five hundred me-too games that follow them (usually poorly), essentially imploding the market on the genre, thus opening the door for a new hot genre, which can then be milked until it's ruined. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

It happened with platformers. It happened with JRPGs. It WILL happen with shooters, but I don't think it will really hit until the end of the generation (probably 2010 or 2011). I think mainly because shooting things in the face is so inherently fun.

Shame-usBlackley

I think lumping every first person game under the sun into the "shooter" category, is doing them an injustice. A game seems best categorized by its actual gameplay than where the camera happens to be. Would any of us seriously say Quake has anything much in common with Crysis, Mirrors Edge, Deus Ex, Thief, or Rainbow Six? No? So why do we keep calling them all the same thing when the only thing they share in common is their camera view?

The "FPS", as people like to call every game set in first person, is not ever going to leave the limelight in my opinion, it is just going to continue to evolve.

I love FPS, however it's good with variation in video games so it doesn't become the same over and over again, such as playing RPG's or even racing games.

First Person Shooters have always been my favourites, and I will always love them the most... valttu

Ditto! I love First Person Shooters.

Not really.

I'm more tired of threads like this. WTF is the point in this kind of crap? How can you "get tired" of a genre if you liked it before? I've never stopped liking a whole genre before, I can't imagine such a thing. If you are simply saying "I fancy playing something else for a while", then just say that, why go for the shock value? "I hate the current King of Genres, look at me!".

No, I'm not tired of FPS games, they are as awesome now as they were when I first started playing them. But as pointed out, there are VAST amounts of games in other genres out and still coming out. For every shooter, there might be 10 other types of games out. So when I fancy a change of pace, I go out and get a different type of game and WITHOUT needing to criticise FPS games. Easy enough.

ViscaBarcaInter

I assume you haven't really studied economics, otherwise you'd know about diminishing marginal utility.

Want something to drink? Ok, I'll sell you this bottle of water for a buck. You'll probably pay it quite happily. How about a second bottle? Well, it's not necessary, but you buy it anyway. How about a third bottle? Well, you wouldn't pay for it at a buck, but maybe 50 cents. Fourth bottle? Only at 20 cents. Fifth bottle? etc etc

The point is, it's perfectly normal to start out loving a genre then to have it taper off over time. Eventually, at the price of $60, a game can't provide you with enough new thrills since you've played so many of it. At $40 you'd buy in, but not $60. And then it eventually becomes $30, then $20...then it takes a pretty extraordinary game to get you wanting to play it again. Thats where the TC (and myself) is at.

I'm tired of countless Madden and NCAA (american) football games. I'm tired of the countless "minigames" that the Wii spews out. I'm tired of the countless number of rehashes that Square, Capcom and others spew out consistently. I'm tired of the huge number of movie tie ins and incessant franchises that aren't rooted in video games as their primary source of information.

The fact you don't like the preponderance of First Person Shooters is great and that's your opinion, but clearly there is a market for them, just as any game I mentioned.

I'm not tired of FPS, I hate it!

The only FPS I enjoyed is Counter Strike, nothing else!

As long as the games are good and fun, I'll play them. Don't care if it's a FPS, RPG, RTS, or puzzle game. If they're fun and good, they're worth playing.

Same question with WWII games. If they're good I'll play them.

That's the simple answer. The more precise answer would be, no, I'm not tired of FPSs because I like the fast-paced, hardcore action. Sometimes RPGs come off as passive. Actually, they're always passive especially JRPGs. There are days when I feel like relaxing with a nice RPG like Dragon Quest IV or Titan Quest, and there are days I feel like going all out with a FPS.

But to answer the question, no. I'm definitely not tired of FPSs. Actually, I'm tired of the casual games. I'm really sick of those.

i'm tired of FPS's as well, unless they are original, like Bioshock.summer_star17x

Agreed and a good storyline also helps.

I always have a very varied bunch of games I'm working on at any given moment so I never get sick of one genre. Now I'm playing through

Duke Nukem 3d - FPS

Braid - platformer

The Witcher - RPG

Arx Fatalis - First Person RPG

Metroid Prime 3 - FPS

Spore - hmmm I wonder what you'd call Spore...