Poll: The Purest FPS
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I was going to go with Half Life as it was the game that defined the experience for me but I'm actually going to choose a curve ball.
Painkiller:
-Hordes of enemies.
-Huge bosses.
-Simply, tight gameplay.
-Kick ass weapons.
-No puzzles, no keys and barely any storyline. You, A, B and a lot of demons trying to stop you from moving between them.
Also, Serious Sam.
Painkiller:
-Hordes of enemies.
-Huge bosses.
-Simply, tight gameplay.
-Kick ass weapons.
-No puzzles, no keys and barely any storyline. You, A, B and a lot of demons trying to stop you from moving between them.
Also, Serious Sam.
Black. that has to be as pure an FPS as you can get. no driving sections, no escort missions. just you, guns and crazy cunts crawling out of the wood work. it looked awesome too. best rendering and textures on gun models that i've seen in a long time, especially since it was part of the last batch of games for the PS2, before the PS3 emerged
As much as I want to say Timesplitters three, it's my favourite game of all time for a few different reasons.
I guess I have to say Quake. Simple, yet hard and still fun after all these years.
I guess I have to say Quake. Simple, yet hard and still fun after all these years.
No game where a normal enemy can take an entire magazine from an AK-47 in the face without dying can be regarded as a "pure" FPS.Mr_spamamam said:
In a pure FPS, enemies die when you shoot them.
How does one define a "Pure" FPS experience?
Is a Pure FPS a solo-play adventure, pitting the player against the gaming environment?
Is a Pure FPS about Humans vs Humans, competing in a true test of skill?
Is a Pure FPS about working together, or standing alone?
Is it about starting on equal footing, or unbalanced play where skill, tactics, planning or just being lucky enough to spawn next to the rocket launcher decides the winner?
Should a Pure FPS make you laugh along with the absurdity of it all, or make you shit yourself with terror?
If we are going to consider the FPS as a solo-play execution of absolute mayhem, then DOOM has to take it. DOOM is a non-stop frag-fest from the word go, with the 'puzzles' of the game being little more than "Go to A, B, C then the Exit, fighting off sixty+ ambushes along the way". Despite the ancient graphics, primitive sound and laughable physics engine, DOOM is still capable of inducing more terror in a player than the Chimera Combine and Covenant combined.
However, if we are going to consider the "Pure" FPS as a test of skill, where luck is minimalised as much as possible, then I'm inclined to go with the Resistance series. The multiplayer is very balanced, and in Deathmatch at least victory should go to the most skillful player... as opposed to the likes of Halo 3, where victory goes to whoever picks up the Spartan Laser first.
Finally, if we wish to consider the FPS' pedigree by story, then Half Life 2 (and its progeny) has to be the winner. I have never experienced a story so gripping, and so wondrously executed in any other FPS. Hell, even some RPGs fail in comparison!
Is a Pure FPS a solo-play adventure, pitting the player against the gaming environment?
Is a Pure FPS about Humans vs Humans, competing in a true test of skill?
Is a Pure FPS about working together, or standing alone?
Is it about starting on equal footing, or unbalanced play where skill, tactics, planning or just being lucky enough to spawn next to the rocket launcher decides the winner?
Should a Pure FPS make you laugh along with the absurdity of it all, or make you shit yourself with terror?
If we are going to consider the FPS as a solo-play execution of absolute mayhem, then DOOM has to take it. DOOM is a non-stop frag-fest from the word go, with the 'puzzles' of the game being little more than "Go to A, B, C then the Exit, fighting off sixty+ ambushes along the way". Despite the ancient graphics, primitive sound and laughable physics engine, DOOM is still capable of inducing more terror in a player than the Chimera Combine and Covenant combined.
However, if we are going to consider the "Pure" FPS as a test of skill, where luck is minimalised as much as possible, then I'm inclined to go with the Resistance series. The multiplayer is very balanced, and in Deathmatch at least victory should go to the most skillful player... as opposed to the likes of Halo 3, where victory goes to whoever picks up the Spartan Laser first.
Finally, if we wish to consider the FPS' pedigree by story, then Half Life 2 (and its progeny) has to be the winner. I have never experienced a story so gripping, and so wondrously executed in any other FPS. Hell, even some RPGs fail in comparison!
As much as I enjoyed Doom, my vote's gonna have to go to Serious Sam. That game was simply amazing. And difficult. It was also the first game I got with my PS2, thanks to the bundle pack I bought.
Also, for a pure FPS, surely Time Crisis has to be mentioned? You even get a plastic gun with it!
Also, for a pure FPS, surely Time Crisis has to be mentioned? You even get a plastic gun with it!
Unreal Tournament to an extent is as pure as FPS can be. You, some toher guys, killing each other. And there might be a lift in the level. That's all you need to know.
then you are looking at a very small list, because i cant think of a game where its one hit kill all the way. possibily because that would take away any challenge from the game.GloatingSwine said:
besides there was only one enemy where you had to do that. and they weren't that common
I'm not advocating one shot kills all the way, but if an enemy's going to take a magazine to the face and laugh it off, they should at least have the decency to look like the sort of thing that could do that. Giant robots, demons, wibbly monsters from beyond space, these are all valid candidates for the "I don't care about bullets" club. A dude is not.Mr_spamamam said:
Also, the entire rest of Black is trying it's damndest to look as "real" as possible, to the extent that the title should really have been "Gun Porn", so it's deeply incongruous to empty 30 7.62x39mm into someone's face and not have them die of it. (and then dominate exactly the same enemy with a shotgun.)
