Comments on: FPS nirvana approacheth

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:30:00 +0000

Yeah, I refuse to go for all of the DRM bullshit too. And I saw that Zeropunctuation review: brilliant. More than just hitting the nail on the head with BioShock, it’s a very entertaining style.

By: T2A`

T2A` — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:08:35 +0000

UT3 should own. Period. No point in even playing other games. ^__^

As far as BioShock, I refuse to get it for all the DRM bullshit. That and this review brings its issues to a very brilliant light.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IBkT0Oi97E

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:47:33 +0000

I didn’t really bother mentioning Halo 3 because I’m simply not interested in console FPSs. My most recent console is a PS2. Halo is theoretically also a PC game, but I say it doesn’t count. Halo 2 came out awhile ago for XBOX and we’re still waiting on it to come out for PC. It’s old hat by now, and won’t even make a splash on PC, because it will be far eclipsed by the likes of BioShock, Team Fortress 2, etc. The same thing is likely to happen with Halo 3 (when it comes out for PC in three years), so I’m just discounting it.

As for the controls in BioShock, yeah, I am configured correctly. I do very well in other FPSs (like a huge variety of Half-Life 2 mods) that do accurate, precise combat well. BioShock simply doesn’t have it. Tweaking the mouse settings in-game doesn’t fix anything, either. The weapons are just inaccurate, have huge targeting reticles, and don’t reward shooting skill nearly as well as they should. It’s a console FPS through and through. And I wouldn’t knock fantasy games for lacking multiplayer, but then again, fantasy games typically don’t have multiplayer. FPSs on the other hand typically do, and we gamers have long come to expect it.

By: Spud

Spud — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:32:15 +0000

I never found Call of duty series to be that impressive actually, It felt like doom but instead of waves of zombies you had waves of nazis. Halo 3 is another FPS that you havent mentioned tho as a PC gamer i never thought the series was as revolutionary as console fanboys say it is. Generic corridor shooting for the most part with a paper thin plot. Fun for a lan with some mates and a few pizzas but if thats the case give me goldeneye/perfect dark anyday =P

I am however a huge system shock 1/2 fan and am sure bioshock will be great. Have held back purchasing it because im on the fence about getting a 360 in the xmas period and might pick bioshock up then. Your the first person ive heard complain about “inaccuracy” tho. Is your mouse configured properly? If the controls are actually as you say i may as well get it on a 360 after all. And as for multiplayer i agree with the developers decsion to not have MP. You wouldnt mark down a final fantasy game for no MP would you? The shock games have always been about the story and the creepy atmoshphere of the game, not fragging noobs online. The exception being the system shock 2 co op mod. That was great!

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:31:15 +0000

Oooh, good call about Crysis. I am aware of it, but I hadn’t been tracking it closely enough to know that it’s coming out in November. I definitely enjoyed playing through Far Cry, so Crysis should be a good game as well. As for Call of Duty, I played the first one a long time ago, and I suppose it’s time for me to take another look at the series. It’s been awhile since I last played a WWII shooter; long enough to go play another one, I suppose.

By: AndonicO

AndonicO — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:48:42 +0000

Not a particularly big fan of FPS games, but I’m quite surprised you didn’t mention a couple of the best FPSs coming out soon: Crysis, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. You should look into them. ;)