"FPS Absurdity" and the reason why genres based on presentation need to go.

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Mounds Bar:
Okay, well, I didn't know you could make a topic this fast and also I realized that was a richard move so I unlocked it, the entire point of my original post was the fact that the FPS genre is so dominant and has little to no diversity between games. I just feel combat games are just too prominent.

Currently, most of the major games that are being released are combat based games, it would be nice if it was more balanced.

fred da kiko:

--- Quote from: Mounds Bar on February 19, 2013, 10:31:19 PM ---Okay, well, I didn't know you could make a topic this fast and also I realized that was a richard move so I unlocked it, the entire point of my original post was the fact that the FPS genre is so dominant and has little to no diversity between games. I just feel combat games are just too prominent.

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On the contrary, there is too much diversity. If every game that involved first person perspective and shooting style combat was the same, it would make sense to lump them all into FPS, like we would with RPS, since they all share a lot of the same gameplay elements with each other. The issue is that there are so many different kinds of FPS that just saying FPS could mean a lot of different things. It's almost like saying you want green paint while presented with a hundred different shades and hues of green.

Mounds Bar:

--- Quote from: fred da kiko on February 19, 2013, 10:34:46 PM ---On the contrary, there is too much diversity. If every game that involved first person perspective and shooting style combat was the same, it would make sense to lump them all into FPS, like we would with RPS, since they all share a lot of the same gameplay elements with each other. The issue is that there are so many different kinds of FPS that just saying FPS could mean a lot of different things. It's almost like saying you want green paint while presented with a hundred different shades and hues of green.

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Apologies, when I said FPS games I made that authentic shooter genre you presented, one based on realism and rewards for elimination of other players or AIs.

Perhaps diversity in these games with other aspects other than just combat would make the game much more balanced, the reason why I like RPGs is because of the multiple ways to play it, and usually the game isn't based entirely on combat.

Shell:

--- Quote from: fred da kiko on February 19, 2013, 10:30:23 PM ---How many times have you decided "Today I'd like to play an MMORPGFPS!" The idea isn't to completely remove genres, it's to remove obsolete ones such as FPS. MMOs and RPGs are based on how the game plays, rather than how it is presented.

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still not seeing how fps is obsolete
it seems perfectly fine to me. if a game is strictly in first person and is based around shooting things with a gun until they stop moving, bam, it's an fps.
but what if that fps game has other elements? that's when we introduce more genres. if a game is centered around a massive world with many players on one server where it is strictly first person and you shoot things with a gun until they stop moving, bam, mmofps.
i'm sure you see where i'm going.
i don't see how portal could be an fps at all but w/e

Harm94:
First person flower gardener game.

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