Inspired by Halo?? Oh c'mon!! There were pervert gamers online before Halo came out. People T-bagged in Counterstrike 1.TheBigBadGRIM

[QUOTE="coolguy1111"][QUOTE="jack_michael"]

try the advance wars series, that was the first RTS game that appealed to me, really simple, easy to understand and ofcorse addictable.

imo the worst genre is fighting.

jack_michael

you've got a point, strategy all the same though, maybe more inferior than RTS

try the advance wars series, that was the first RTS game that appealed to me, really simple, easy to understand and ofcorse addictable.

imo the worst genre is fighting.

jack_michael

I'm playing Bioshock at the moment, and also am surprised at how critical people are. I've played a lot of shooters and it definitely rates highly with me, though i can see it might be a love-it-or-hate-it-game. I think the story moves quickly enough to keep it interesting, and although the game is linear each level has plenty to explore in your own way - you don;t have to follow the arrows all the time.

I agree it's very different to what i thought it was when i first heard about it, and i think that may well be the problem for a lot of people. I wouldn't judge it by a demo, though, you need to play the whole thing to realise it can be very absorbing.

I think you have to find the whole 1920s look interesting for it to work, which i do - it's just such a different envionment to the ones we're normally given, and there's a hell of a lot of detail.

I think it's wrong to say it's easy either - you need to play it on 'hard' though

Yes, there's loads of health, but you need to have the money to buy it, also the ammo - there were times, particularly after taking out a BD, that I was left with virtually nothing. I admit to make it really hard you have to ignore the whole vita-chamber thing - I don't know why they bothered with it - I made myself go back to my last save if I died, which upped the difficulty.

anyway, different strokes for different folks...

jfsebastianII

[QUOTE="coolguy1111"][QUOTE="CassiusGaius"]

The original Stronghold was probably my worst purchased game on PC. Interesting concept... I don't even remember why it sucked anymore, but it had to be one of the few games that I played a few times and never touched again.

Crysis. $55 bucks down the hole for a medicore shooter with awesome graphics. Bioshock is much better. I just don't get all the hate for it. Bioshock probably has some of the best voice acting, ambient sound, and story compared to any game in the last 5 years. Also, the gameplay is absolutely no better or worse then any ol shooter that has come out in the last decade, yet its crapped on regularly while Crysis is praised.

CassiusGaius

Again, how is this any better or worst then the slew of FPS that have come out over the years. At the very least the story and voice acting were great compared to almost all other FPS. It may not have delivered on the hype true, but it did a few new things and most certainly had a very interesting environment.

Anyways, if you are burned out of FPS then any complaint about Bioshock is legitimate, but if you love your Crysis and COD then the "boring gameplay/generic shooter" arguement is moot.

[QUOTE="coolguy1111"]Rage is coming out, looks really cool, typical id game, and im pretty sure Raven is developing a new Wolfenstein. JP_Russell

I hope you're right.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/corpse_sniffer/raven-working-on-new-wolfenstein-260403.php