Hmm...I notice you never mention games like Swat 4, Rainbow Six 3 Ravenshield, or the new Shadow Warrior. I have to ask, how much FPSs outside of the modern AAA genre have you played? The majority of the FPS market nowadays really is littered with sub-par, generic gameplay, but there are rays of sunshine. Wolfenstein was pretty good. Flying Wild Hogs (makers of Hard Reset and Shadow Warrior) are a personal favorite of mine.

I absolutely love the tactical FPSs from the mid 2000s like Swat 4 and Rainbow Six 3. You might really enjoy Swat 4, as it heavily emphasizes non-lethally subduing suspects instead of simply shooting them (in fact, shooting them if they're not directly threatening you will cost you the mission).

Ever played Metroid Prime? Deus Ex or System Shock 2?

Also, what are you playing your FPSs on? I personally never enjoyed the FPS genre all that much until I switched to PC; they just really feel natural to the platform. You're more focused due to sitting at a desk, you can often increase the field of view, get rid of annoying motion blur, play at 60fps (the way all FPSs should be played honestly), turn off head bobbing, and nothing beats the precision of a mouse--nothing!

I don't know. It just seems like you're dismissing an entire genre based off a very limited selection. There's a whole history to the genre that you leave untouched in your article.

I haven't noticed any differences, both in terms of the visual quality of the games being released as well as the prices. British thing?

Rainbow Six 3 Athena Sword and Star Wars Battlefront 2 once it hits 75% off.

Metro Last Light

Yeah, I apparently have a thing for games made around 2005. Chaos Theory, Swat 4, FEAR, Athena Sword, and Dark Messiah. Good times.

More Chaos Theory

Deus Ex (with New Vision mod)

You wanna stop quoting pics? The thread is gonna be ridiculous if people don't delete peoples' pics when quoting.

Outlast

Swat 4

Pretty much. It's decent for news (even if the majority of their members do completely ignore the indie scene), and the high-res screenshot thread is very nice, but overall....yeah, it's one step away from System Wars levels of fanboyism--the only thing preventing it is are insane mods that ban people at the drop of a hat. I've never even tried to get into it, because I know I would get banned sooner or later--I can't stand by and watch as people spew idiocy unchecked, and their modding policy essentially requires you to do so.

Because being able to gloat about the game being exclusive is more important than actually playing the game to him. How much you wanna bet that he doesn't give a flying **** about the game itself? Cows are the only group of gamers that actively attempt to prevent other people from playing games (example: the petition to prevent FF13 from releasing on the 360).

Rome 2 Total War

Watch Dogs