This was something I was thinking recently, that there seems to be a lack of any recently released Science-fiction shooters at the moment. Ok, we have things like Halo and Gears of War and their ilk, but they're more slightly futuristic shooters with power armour and slightly more advanced versions of contemporary guns (with a few exceptions).
Since Time Splitters 3 (and Mass Effect-ish (but that is an RPG more than shooter, so doesn't really count as much)), there haven't been any shooters that I have seen that have a much cleaner sci-fi feel to them, having much more definitely futuristic design and more emphasis on laser weaponry and a more outlandish, less 'gritty' feel to them.
Ok, maybe this is me arguing over semantics a bit much, or maybe just me wanting a FPS set in the Mass Effect universe, but I can't help feeling that the 'gritty' and 'realistic' futuristic setting has put the slightly more stereotypically sci-fi setting into the shade, and I'm not too keen on that.
Anyway, are these merely the ramblings of an over-tired 6th former avoiding biology revision, or is there some truth in what I say? Discuss (feel free to take that as an essay title, just don't expect marks...)
Since Time Splitters 3 (and Mass Effect-ish (but that is an RPG more than shooter, so doesn't really count as much)), there haven't been any shooters that I have seen that have a much cleaner sci-fi feel to them, having much more definitely futuristic design and more emphasis on laser weaponry and a more outlandish, less 'gritty' feel to them.
Ok, maybe this is me arguing over semantics a bit much, or maybe just me wanting a FPS set in the Mass Effect universe, but I can't help feeling that the 'gritty' and 'realistic' futuristic setting has put the slightly more stereotypically sci-fi setting into the shade, and I'm not too keen on that.
Anyway, are these merely the ramblings of an over-tired 6th former avoiding biology revision, or is there some truth in what I say? Discuss (feel free to take that as an essay title, just don't expect marks...)