E3...seriously...

[Nmil-ek]

I dont mind them theres a market share for them obviously but this E3 was piss fucking poor wheres the stuff for those of us not into realistic FPS? I can count the number of games that appeal to me on my damned fingers this year. Wheres the fighting games, beat em ups, platformers, RPGs, RTS. Hell I'm not even into some of those genres but please some damned innovation.

Falout 3: New vegas (and I'll play this as a TPS just beceause I am so fucking sick of first person), That new Pirates of the Carribean open world RPG (dubious), Assasins creed brotherhood, Gran Thurismo 5, Need for Speed, Twisted Metal. Thank god I'm into car porn of this and next year would have been utterly abysmal. Hope TGS shows more variety.

Oh fable 3 (if they bring it to PC hope so no indication they wont yet)

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

NO! Not Camp Of Duty Modern Shotgun Nukeboosting Add On 3!

Seriously, I am sick of the people on this game maybe it would be good if people didn't nukeboost so much, and they actually didn't argue so much about it, it's all I hear about anymore.

Actually, Treyarch said they aren't a fan of it or commando either, so they are not including them.

OT: At least Nintendo was good, bringing back color to the Zelda game, bringing Mickey into the mix, having Kirby made some how cuter, only have one FPS in their entire line-up (Golden Eye remake) and having a new 3D portable without the need of those stupid glasses and won't cost your soul like the PS3 will (glasses plus the special TV's you will need).

 

[Pimppeter2]

Maybe Bungie will decide to milk the Halo franchise for a little longer: another Halo FPS

Yeah, except that big fat lawsuit they'd eat from M$ if they even attempted this.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Just because they're announced at E3 doesn't mean there aren't any other non-E3 games coming out this year... Besides, people have been anticipating most of these games, so what better way to whet their appetite.

Also, Spider Man: Shattered Dimensions is not a shooter and was announced there along with those Kinect games, PS3 Move games and Demon Forge (or whatever it's called).

It's not exclusively shooters.

EDIT: Also AC2 and DC Universe Online.

 

[Danman1]

I love FPS so... yeah.
The trend is pretty much up my alley.
Also, games like GoW 3, Vanquish and Mass Effect 2 are TPS, not FPS.
Just so that you know.

With all due respect, it's all the same shit. That's like saying pancakes are terrible, luckily I'm just eating waffles.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

I love FPS so... yeah.
The trend is pretty much up my alley.
Also, games like GoW 3, Vanquish and Mass Effect 2 are TPS, not FPS.
Just so that you know.

With all due respect, it's all the same shit. That's like saying pancakes are terrible, luckily I'm just eating waffles.

Umm, nope.
Not at all.
But, even if they were, did I in any way try to distinguish them? Nope.
He talked about FPSs in his post, I corrected his mistake. I didn't say that the two genres are totally different, now, did I?

 

[Manji187]

and this is a bad thing?? I love FPS and TPS games and obviously, most people around the world do as well. Companies develop games that are in demand, so obviously shooters are in demand. It would be silly to produce a game from a genre that isn't being demanded as much.

Yes it is and I'll tell you why. Contrary to popular belief...in contemporary society needs are manufactured. Corporations show you what you will be craving/ desiring. It's not like you are ordering food in a restaurant...you are being served this or that and your choice is: do I eat it or not? To buy or not to buy?

A whole new generation of kids is currently being conditioned into eating just burgers (playing shooters). How? Marketing, advertising and peer pressure. What gets the most attention? What is considered cool? And what is "ghey"...

They are the future cash cows for developers and publishers. They will be screaming for burgers...cuz that's what they know, that's what they like, that's what they grew up with...and the developers will gladly serve them again and again...as long as it's burgers...cuz it's easy to make em and they've more or less perfected the concept.

This becomes a problem when this downward spiral makes other genres less profitable (consumer base erosion over the years) and true innovation risky (remember...gaming is a business first). Result: more of the same crap over and over. And what is "infinite innovation" within the shooter genre? Slightly different cover mechanics? Different reload mechanics? Different weapons, enemies, vehicles? Bigger, prettier levels?

See past the damn forms...in substance it's all the same. Guns, ammo, countless opponents, area's to travel through, bosses to kill, saving the world/ the day, getting revenge...it's all conflict...it's all death and destruction. Gamers already don't need a story to go kill hordes of opponents..."they're evil cuz their eyes glow" is enough justification. Don't you see the fundamentally deplorable state the shooter is in? It's like a mental void...killing for the sake of killing...destruction for the sake of destruction "cuz it looks awesome woohoo" and "feel that adrenaline rush".

If this is a reflection of hormone fuelled teen spirit...then where are mature shooters? With believable characters that grow/ develop, deep stories that ask serious questions. Mass Effect 2? Don't make me laugh...if this is the best the industry can give...then we've got a long road ahead.

Why must the industry be stuck in some damn teen fantasy!