Like in Gears of War, when you have that junker with the spotlight on it, and in The Bourne Conspiracy, with the whole escape thing trough Paris. The car's mechanics are bad, the graphics are bad and the controls are just unbearably static and oversensitive. I personally hate these parts of the game. Do you like them, or should they be banned from shooters?
although these two games arent shooters, driving in them is painful: Mass Effect - Worst idea ever of using the same joystick for acceleration/reversing and turning and then on top of that it doesnt use the actual vehicle as the axis, its uses the cannon which can be used to face any direction, it makes the driving very hard to get a hold of and i find myself not driving where i wanted to GTA IV - Why did all the cars handle like trucks? you pretty much had to come to a complete stop to turn a corner In saying that I am getting better at Mass Effect and never lost a race in GTA IV (because the AI didnt break before any corner :P), even though the learning curve is steep
Some shooters hav crap driving parts but games like Far Cry 2 and Halo 3 are both gud drivers and there both gud shooters!
legend_h96
Completely agree. Half-Life 2 is another example of how to do it right.
But it's true that vehicle sections are often done very badly. Developers seem to think they're neccessary for variety/to break up the pace, but sometimes don't bother to put much effort into them.
I guess tho, if you're developing a FPS, it must be quite awkward to suddenly switch to designing a 3rd-person driving game.
Like in Gears of War, when you have that junker with the spotlight on it, and in The Bourne Conspiracy, with the whole escape thing trough Paris. The car's mechanics are bad, the graphics are bad and the controls are just unbearably static and oversensitive. I personally hate these parts of the game. Do you like them, or should they be banned from shooters?Jerryvanasperen
Like you I hate the driving parts of GoW. But other games do it right like other people have mentioned: Half Life 2, Halo 1+2+3,
It depends if a driving sequence is thrown in for the sake of it, or not. If they actually incorporate them well, they can and do work, but some other times, they are thrown in there to make the game seem to have more depth, and it never really works.
Gears 2 has some awesome driving parts. But not in the first Gears, the whole thing with the spotlight and the krill was annoying. And the Halo games have some great vehicle sections.
The driving sequences are definately hard to nail down, but a few games have managed to pull them off. For instance, the Halo series may actually be better when you're in a vehicle as opposed to the standard combat (and that's saying something). Also, I thought Gears of War 2's tank and Brumak missions were a fun change of pace. Generally, however, I agree with you that they're not all that good, but I think they should still be in most shooters because it gives you change from the normal gameplay.
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