I guess it is so they can have more interesting battles and missions,if you played a war game as a average grunt it would play out like this
Why has this never been an FPS?
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In Call of Duty 4 you were just some nobody for part of the time. Do you know what happens to him? He gets hit with a nuke!
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If you want to play a game where you are just some average person, why not just go outside?
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If you want to play a game where you are just some average person, why not just go outside?
If you wanted a FPS like that, join the fucking military. That's about as first person as it gets in the 'realistic' genre. A game like that would be a gaming company mistake, like if subway started offering a fucking lima-bean and cat hair sandwich. No taste, all suck.
I dunno you might be on to something. Yeah... i can see it now. It starts of with you in your base tent on your own jacking off to relieve stress, this could be an interactive mini game. Then you wipe yourself and get dressed and kitted out and tie your boot laces. What follows is some tough love from your squadmates as you psych yourselves up before you move out.
Before you know it your in the field with your squad been shot at by untrained miltia and after you fire off your first few shots you get your first battle high and thats when you realise you've just shot a child armed with a replica weaopon (those dastardly bastards). From then on the game becomes a struggle to come to terms with the death that surrounds you. The game ends when you finish the mission and go back to base and fall apart as you can't deal with the events that just passed... or theres the alternate ending where you get shot and bleed out slowly and die... then the game quits and uninstalls and never lets you play it again BECAUSE YOUR DEAD. (console versions just play a black screen whenever you try to tun it again)
... might be a bit controversial.
Edit: i'm not angry or anything i just had a similar discussion with some friends recently and this was the general response. Our idea was quite elaborate when we finsihed talking about it.
Before you know it your in the field with your squad been shot at by untrained miltia and after you fire off your first few shots you get your first battle high and thats when you realise you've just shot a child armed with a replica weaopon (those dastardly bastards). From then on the game becomes a struggle to come to terms with the death that surrounds you. The game ends when you finish the mission and go back to base and fall apart as you can't deal with the events that just passed... or theres the alternate ending where you get shot and bleed out slowly and die... then the game quits and uninstalls and never lets you play it again BECAUSE YOUR DEAD. (console versions just play a black screen whenever you try to tun it again)
... might be a bit controversial.
Edit: i'm not angry or anything i just had a similar discussion with some friends recently and this was the general response. Our idea was quite elaborate when we finsihed talking about it.
I love that game. Also, thanks for not saying ''Because it wouldn't be fun.'' That's not the best answer in the thread.Nevyrmoore said:
CwC puts you into the shoes of several rookies and then you follow orders. On some occasions you'll be a slightly higher rank and you'll be leading. This is the kind of game where there's no single hero, since you'll be sniped before you know it.
But we don't really play games because they're perfectly realistic, if they were they'd be a bit tedious. Obviously a game that's tedious and boring isn't fun.
Because it would look like this:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ultra_realistic_modern_warfare
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ultra_realistic_modern_warfare
How come when you die, you come back to life, but when the other grunts die, they are gone. I mean, your both just worthless grunts right?
That wouldn't be realistic, you wouldn't jump off your boat get the medal of honor then get promoted to captain. The highest rank of an enlisted serviceman isn't even a title i think(ask someone who knows for sure), E-9 is what i'm reading online is the highest rank. If you were to be a higher rank then that you would be an officer and not a grunt. Most officers sit at a desk and most enlisted serviceman do the actual fighting.
I think the more important question is this: You know how in those FPS' were there is a tyrannical government (usually with better equipment, and more stylish armor then you) with a resistance trying to topple it, and you are naturally always siding with the resistance? My question is, what if you actually played as apart of the 'bad-guys' trying to whipe out the resistance. Sure, its a bit petty but..hey, its something i wouldn't mind seeing happen.
To be fair the AI are idiots, and eventually you get good enough to take out most people before they get the chance to fire off a single bullet.Icecoldcynic said:
I've been thinking about this too and i hate the phrases;
"Get the *****"
"Do that"
"Shoot down the ******"
Etc etc.
Being a part of a smaller strikeforce where every individual has an own task would be more fun.
Player, Plant C4's
Npc 1, help player
npc 2, distract the guards
npc 3, what he ^ did
npc 4, disable the enemy transports
nps 5, block all entrances except your escape route
"Get the *****"
"Do that"
"Shoot down the ******"
Etc etc.
Being a part of a smaller strikeforce where every individual has an own task would be more fun.
Player, Plant C4's
Npc 1, help player
npc 2, distract the guards
npc 3, what he ^ did
npc 4, disable the enemy transports
nps 5, block all entrances except your escape route
Well the classic concept of an FPS is to follow the story of someone during a war and he/she accomplishes the feats that turn the tides of blah blah blah...
And in that classic concept the player can take more bullets than NPCs and usually have more skill than them.
Realism hasn't been a concern until say... 2005?
there have been a handful of games like Flashpoint CwC but a lot of them have fallen through the cracks due to tedium or non-impressiveness.
Take MW2 would you enjoy that game without the fantastic environments, situations, and explosions???
If you want to experience being a grunt I recommend the Battlefront Series.
And in that classic concept the player can take more bullets than NPCs and usually have more skill than them.
Realism hasn't been a concern until say... 2005?
there have been a handful of games like Flashpoint CwC but a lot of them have fallen through the cracks due to tedium or non-impressiveness.
Take MW2 would you enjoy that game without the fantastic environments, situations, and explosions???
If you want to experience being a grunt I recommend the Battlefront Series.
