The Most Generic Game Ever

[Booze Zombie]

Well, Modern Warfare 2 felt pretty "been there, done that" by the time I got it.

 

[Legion]

I think most Escapist users need to read a dictionary and look up the word "generic" before replying.

If you can instantly tell what the game is by looking at a screen shot, it's not exactly generic.

 

[Mr Snuffles]

Plot: You are an ordinary American soldier who seems to be recognised more by his sergeant than anybody else in your squad, despite the same rank as everyone else.

You are fighting a war against the Russians/Arabs to stop them launching nuclear attacks/terrorist attacks upon the whole world.

Gameplay style: 'Modern day' FPS

Oh wait, I forgot infinity ward has already made it

Oh well...

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

Every FPS except for Bioshock and TF2.

What about Condemned 2: Bloodshot. That one is off the beaten path

I don't really consider that one to be an FPS. It's more survival horror.

Truuuuuue
But it is a point of view game that features shooting.

So are Portal and Metroid Prime, but they are also not FPSes.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

Gears of War. Angry space marines team up to hide behind walls and destroy everything that looks slightly different from themselves.

But that game gave us cover-based shooting, didn't it?

For the record, my vote for most generic game ever goes to The Saboteur, for building a game completely out of tried-and-true gameplay and story elements and somehow making them suck.

Killswitch had cover-based shooting years before Gears.