Which type of shooter do you prefer?

From my perspective, there are basically 3 types of shooters:

1. run-and-gun: These are games in which you basically run freely and shoot things at a fast paced, do lots of jumping, use vehicles, etc. You can take lots of damage before being killed (which leaves lots of room for error) and usually have perfect aim even while sprinting. Typically you're a one-man army in single player. Examples include Halo and Unreal.

2. Semi-tactical: These are games with a little slower pace than run-and-gun shooters. You don't do a whole lot of jumping or strafing, and you need to use cover for survival. You can be killed more easily than in a run-and-gun shooter, but there's still room for error. You typically have to aim, which greatly affects your mobility while doing so, whereas you can fire from the hip while running, which greatly decreases your accuracy. You usually have somewhat useful allies with you in single player, but very little control over their actions. Examples include Gears of War and Call of Duty.

3. Tactical Simulation: These are games that attempt to simulate real life and believability in a shooter. Staying in cover is 100% essential at all times, as 1 or 2 bullets will kill you, so there is very little room for error. Like in real life, aiming is nearly impossible while moving, and 1 little mistake can lead to a game over. You usually have a lot more control over your squad mates and have to make careful decisions when issuing orders. Examples include Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six.

Which type do you prefer and why?

I prefer third person tactical shooters like GOW or Freedom Fighters._IronManDude_

[QUOTE="_IronManDude_"]I prefer third person tactical shooters like GOW or Freedom Fighters.Cherokee_Jack

From my perspective, there are basically 3 types of shooters:

1. run-and-gun: These are games in which you basically run freely and shoot things at a fast paced, do lots of jumping, use vehicles, etc. You can take lots of damage before being killed (which leaves lots of room for error) and usually have perfect aim even while sprinting. Typically you're a one-man army in single player. Examples include Halo and Unreal.

2. Semi-tactical: These are games with a little slower pace than run-and-gun shooters. You don't do a whole lot of jumping or strafing, and you need to use cover for survival. You can be killed more easily than in a run-and-gun shooter, but there's still room for error. You typically have to aim, which greatly affects your mobility while doing so, whereas you can fire from the hip while running, which greatly decreases your accuracy. You usually have somewhat useful allies with you in single player, but very little control over their actions. Examples include Gears of War and Call of Duty.

3. Tactical Simulation: These are games that attempt to simulate real life and believability in a shooter. Staying in cover is 100% essential at all times, as 1 or 2 bullets will kill you, so there is very little room for error. Like in real life, aiming is nearly impossible while moving, and 1 little mistake can lead to a game over. You usually have a lot more control over your squad mates and have to make careful decisions when issuing orders. Examples include Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six.

Which type do you prefer and why?

I like every type of shooter but I prefer the Call of Duty type ones.quatoe

exactly my friend , those are the best one, specially WaW

I prefer semi tactical myself almost 100% of the time. It gives a good feeling of adrenaline and strategy moving from cover to cover and using your brain a bit in the firefights. However I HATE full tactical games, yes they are realistic and challenging but man they are not fun to me at all. A good run n gun is ok once in a blue moon but I find myself missing cover too much and still trying to play them smartly, which dosent really work that well since they are more about twitch based reflexes and running backwards/ jumping around like a 6 year old on drugs.GodModeEnabled

Same here. I'm not a big FPS fan, so it would be to be Third Person Semi-Tactical Shooters for me. Gears, MGS4, Uncharted and Socom come to mind.

Socom was really the first third person shooter I played that I instantly fell in love with. After playing the first Socom, nothing felt good (not even MGS games that I loved last gen) until Gears came out this gen. I didnt get into FPS games till I played Half Life 2, and even thoguh HL2 didnt have a cover mechanic, it's still the best FPS I've ever played. Both Socom and HL2 are examples of great shooter that dont require Pop and Shoot, yet are great tactical shooters and thats the type of shooter I love.

Semi-tactical for me, i like staying in cover and a bit of strategy, i'm not the kind of person that likes to just run in but find that on games llike CoD WW people play like this online which is really annoying.....

Which type do YOU prefer? :P S0lidSnake

None of the ones you stated. I prefer shooters with more RPG elements in them or survival-like attributes. Tactical and run-and-gun are too similar to me because some games tactical is more of a side thought and could be used. I really enjoy shooters like, and I wish there were more of them, Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, and BioShock. Half-Life 2 pretty much was the watershed of standard shooters. doomsoth

[QUOTE="doomsoth"]None of the ones you stated. I prefer shooters with more RPG elements in them or survival-like attributes. Tactical and run-and-gun are too similar to me because some games tactical is more of a side thought and could be used. I really enjoy shooters like, and I wish there were more of them, Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, and BioShock. Half-Life 2 pretty much was the watershed of standard shooters. UT_Wrestler

Bioshock is really more of RPG/Adventure game that happens to be played from the first-person perspective.UT_Wrestler

Call of Duty 4 is semi-tactical?

You mean, I didn't beat that game by running around and shooting guys? Jesus Christ, that's a mind****.

"Run n' gun" used to describe Halo and Unreal is disingenuous. Of course those games require tactics, only you have yet to acknowledge that.

The first two, I suppose the semi-tactical slightly over the run-and-gun. I love the shootouts in GTA4 for example. My favourite level in any shooter is "siberia" from TS2. I love stealthily shooting people in the head entirely unnoticed.

Call of Duty 4 is semi-tactical?

You mean, I didn't beat that game by running around and shooting guys? Jesus Christ, that's a mind****.

"Run n' gun" used to describe Halo and Unreal is disingenuous. Of course those games require tactics, only you have yet to acknowledge that.

Greatgone12

But your health/armor makes it far more forgiving, and you run and jump a lot more than you do in, say, call of duty. You act like run-and-gun is a durogatory term. And no, you don't beat call of duty games by just "running around and shooting guys". You have to take cover or you die quite quickly. The same can't be said for halo or or unreal.

[QUOTE="Greatgone12"]

Call of Duty 4 is semi-tactical?

You mean, I didn't beat that game by running around and shooting guys? Jesus Christ, that's a mind****.

"Run n' gun" used to describe Halo and Unreal is disingenuous. Of course those games require tactics, only you have yet to acknowledge that.

UT_Wrestler

But your health/armor makes it far more forgiving, and you run and jump a lot more than you do in, say, call of duty. You act like run-and-gun is a durogatory term. And no, you don't beat call of duty games by just "running around and shooting guys". You have to take cover or you die quite quickly. The same can't be said for halo or or unreal.

1.) Yes, I did beat Call of Duty 4 by running around and shooting guys. I'm not saying that I didn't use cover, but I used it no more than I would waiting for my health bar to regenerate in Halo.

2.) The reason that you do not jump in Call of Duty 4 is because jumping is a placeholder for context-sensitive actions mapped to the button, so it is ultimately unnecessary in combat. In Halo, it takes longer for the player character to hit the ground after jumping, so there is a period of time in which it is useful to shoot from the air in order to overwhelm an opponent. That is a tactic, for your information.

3.) My problem was not with "Run n' Gun". My problem was with your misuse of the word "tactics", by saying that Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War are more tactical than Halo and Unreal. That is not true.

Halo and Unreal are more twitchy than Call of Duty or Gears of War. In gears/c.o.d., flanking and out-thinking your opponent plays a far more vital role.UT_Wrestler

I'm talking about tactics. TACTICS. Halo and Unreal are just as tactical as Call of Duty and Gears of War. Is that so hard to understand?

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]Halo and Unreal are more twitchy than Call of Duty or Gears of War. In gears/c.o.d., flanking and out-thinking your opponent plays a far more vital role.Greatgone12

I'm talking about tactics. TACTICS. Halo and Unreal are just as tactical as Call of Duty and Gears of War. Is that so hard to understand?

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I usually prefer 3rd person shooters because your player has peripheral vision.flyflirtflex