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Re: (VG) Best FPS
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)
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Re: (VG) Best FPS
Depends on if we are talking multiplayer or single player.
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MW2. COD is the pinnacle of this genre.
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For fast paced (twitch) shooters, yes.LoathedVermin72 wrote:MW2. COD is the pinnacle of this genre.
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I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I think the new Doom should be in this conversation. I don't think it's the best, though.
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All the good COD games hit both of these points for me, and I think they actually grow more impressive as they age. I love GoldenEye and all but it has been surpassed by a considerable margin, IMO.tragabigzanda wrote:It's tricky naming the best games when the tech changes so much. Quake was amazing when it came out, but obviously not so much now. I try to think think of two things:LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
1. Did it blow my mind when it was a new title?
2. If I sat down and played it today, would I still appreciate it, or find it tedious?
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Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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I play a lot. And then quit a lot after 30 minutes because they suck. Like the new Doom.Monkey_Driven wrote:Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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I prefer Halo, Overwatch, and the Battlefield games to CoD. Even an older game like Timesplitters 2 holds up surprisingly well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I play a lot. And then quit a lot after 30 minutes because they suck.Monkey_Driven wrote:Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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Halo has always been meh for me. Don’t like the Battlefield games at all. No interest in Overwatch.Monkey_Driven wrote:I prefer Halo, Overwatch, and the Battlefield games to CoD. Even an older game like Timesplitters 2 holds up surprisingly well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I play a lot. And then quit a lot after 30 minutes because they suck.Monkey_Driven wrote:Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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You prefer CoD, but there's lots of different flavors of FPSs out there. Even the new Doom and Wolfenstein games are top notch mechanically.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Halo has always been meh for me. Don’t like the Battlefield games at all. No interest in Overwatch.Monkey_Driven wrote:I prefer Halo, Overwatch, and the Battlefield games to CoD. Even an older game like Timesplitters 2 holds up surprisingly well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I play a lot. And then quit a lot after 30 minutes because they suck.Monkey_Driven wrote:Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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I rented Wolfenstein and did not like it. Played it for like 5 hours and that was enough.
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Disagree completely. I hated what I played of Doom and Wolfenstein. Controls feel wonky AF.Monkey_Driven wrote:You prefer CoD, but there's lots of different flavors of FPSs out there. Even the new Doom and Wolfenstein games are top notch mechanically.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Halo has always been meh for me. Don’t like the Battlefield games at all. No interest in Overwatch.Monkey_Driven wrote:I prefer Halo, Overwatch, and the Battlefield games to CoD. Even an older game like Timesplitters 2 holds up surprisingly well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I play a lot. And then quit a lot after 30 minutes because they suck.Monkey_Driven wrote:Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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OK, I guess you're right then. We shouldn't even discuss other games.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Disagree completely. I hated what I played of Doom and Wolfenstein. Controls feel wonky AF.Monkey_Driven wrote:You prefer CoD, but there's lots of different flavors of FPSs out there. Even the new Doom and Wolfenstein games are top notch mechanically.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Halo has always been meh for me. Don’t like the Battlefield games at all. No interest in Overwatch.Monkey_Driven wrote:I prefer Halo, Overwatch, and the Battlefield games to CoD. Even an older game like Timesplitters 2 holds up surprisingly well.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I play a lot. And then quit a lot after 30 minutes because they suck.Monkey_Driven wrote:Because you play so many? Plenty of other games are polished and have differing weights/feel to the mechanics.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I think you mean “good, polished shooters.”
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I don’t know why you’re being so weird about this
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You make a statement that is your personal opinion. I agree with it given the type of FPS CoD games are. You then make another statement saying CoD are the only good, polished shooters. I disagree with this point. You then shut down every other alternate as being even comparable.LoathedVermin72 wrote:I don’t know why you’re being so weird about this
Trying not to be weird, just saying there are different types of games in the genre that many prefer to CoD games.