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:
Why has this never been an FPS?
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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.
Yeah, given the AI of your teammates, it's pretty clear why YOU are the ONLY ONE who can stop them.DeadlyYellow said:
Because unless there is some closure to the plot- which you have control over- then the story has to be character driven. If you're just a grunt taking place in a huge war, then you feel unfulfilled. Either the plot has to advance or the characters own personal journey has too. Same with every book, movie, and other game ever made
Sometimes people want to escape reality and pretend to be the biggest badass on the block and honestly I see nothing wrong with that, people want to do it I say let them. It's a fantasy and I don't really think anyone except for an obsessive neurotic would want to be told they are worthless in game.
That said there are several games where you take control of simple grunts, like Star Wars Battlefront.
That said there are several games where you take control of simple grunts, like Star Wars Battlefront.
Well, with the A.I. with what it is, you are the only one contributing to the war effort. Seriously, two enemies shooting at each other from halfway across the room shouldn't take about two minutes for someone to die without intervention. Your buddies would be more useful if they just stood still, at least then they wouldn't constantly get in the way.Icecoldcynic said:
I think because thats more like the platform of every multiplayer war-related shooter for a good while now.
A single player like that would just not be as fun. Because you can have fun with the story and do the out of the ordinary... theres places for the average joe kind of character... but sometimes escapism in something much larger than life is... fun. Its probably the core of video gaming
A single player like that would just not be as fun. Because you can have fun with the story and do the out of the ordinary... theres places for the average joe kind of character... but sometimes escapism in something much larger than life is... fun. Its probably the core of video gaming
I don't want games to have total realism. This is what makes them so fun. I want to play them for a good story even you know that they will never happen. Take HL2 and Gordan Freeman. A scientist that goes around saving the world and crowbars every alien in his way sounds more interesting than Gordan Freeman the scientist that spends all games pushing papers and giving out free physics lessons.
Battlefield 2 for the X-box. You body hopped from grunt to grunt. You died? Jump to another grunt. It was actually kind of fun, but the story was about disappointing, but there is only so much you can do when your main character is a faceless army.RatRace123 said: