Why are squad-based shooters so popular?

It seems like every other game that gets released these days is some form of squad-based shooter. Sometimes 1st person and other times 3rd person, but they are always squad based shooters. And everybody eats them up like cookies, too.

Personally, I don't get it. I've never been interested in squad based shooters and I don't think I ever will be. I hope the fad ends soon because we need some other game genres to choose from and shooters are dominating the game market right now.

Gotta agree with ya on that... with one exception, I generally find them boring as well. I've played a few and watched my buddies play yet others but found the experience to be dull. And I've had enough of hearing the words "alpha bravo delta echo etc" repeated every 3 seconds, it's enough that I have to hear that at my job each day.

I'm Scott Malkinson and I have diabeteschilidogg94

Shooters have always been popular in the gaming world due to the fact that they give the player a form of escapism and a rush i suppose from firing a weapon, something that many people will never get to do in the real world.

The idea of the squad based shooter allows focus on team cooperation to achieve objectives rather than one man army hero stuff which is unrealistic. Which brings me onto the realism aspect of the majority of most squad based shooters which makes the player choose tactical decisions rather than the run n gun option which is the norm in most shooters, i'm not saying all squad based shooters are realistic because they are not i'm just generalising. As a fan of squad-based shooters I believe the appeal lies in the realistic escapism of people fighting alongside teammates/friends as well as a whole open door to multiplayer gameplay which gives developers a whole choice of gameplay options and gametypes to choose from.

Especially with the current economical climate and developers not taking many risks i wouldn't be surprised if we see more squad based shooters being released in the next year or two as developers know that they are very popular.

Perhaps companies are attempting to reproduce the success of Counter Strike?:roll:that was a very addictive game. Never played it because I saw how my friends kept skipping class for that. Brrrr, I can imagine my parents knowing I skipped classes for that:shock:

I'm Scott Malkinson and I have diabeteschilidogg94

Like the AA meetings, Hi Scott! What you need is a DA forum:P

It seems like every other game that gets released these days is some form of squad-based shooter. Sometimes 1st person and other times 3rd person, but they are always squad based shooters. And everybody eats them up like cookies, too.

Personally, I don't get it. I've never been interested in squad based shooters and I don't think I ever will be. I hope the fad ends soon because we need some other game genres to choose from and shooters are dominating the game market right now.

I'm Scott Malkinson and I have diabeteschilidogg94

I like that episode.

It seems like every other game that gets released these days is some form of squad-based shooter. Sometimes 1st person and other times 3rd person, but they are always squad based shooters. And everybody eats them up like cookies, too.

Personally, I don't get it. I've never been interested in squad based shooters and I don't think I ever will be. I hope the fad ends soon because we need some other game genres to choose from and shooters are dominating the game market right now.