Is it true that there are too many First Person Shooters

I feel that they are becoming way too abundant and get way too many sales.

Hmmmm wwwwaaaaaaiiiiit.....

Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2 - Modern Combat, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Bad Company 1, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty Black Ops, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Resistance 1, Resistance 2, Resistance 3, Fear 1, Fear 2, Fear 3, Killzone 1, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Medal of Honor Airborne Assault, Medal Of Honor Frontline, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Homefront..........

....nope. *COUGH*

Fear

Justforvisit

And this is the only FPS worth playing on the list. More importantly, there is a lack of quality shooters.

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]Fear

Socijalisticka

And this is the only FPS worth playing on the list. More importantly, there is a lack of quality shooters.

There's still plenty of other games.

No it's not true. The developers are just making the games that sell. Every generation has it's major genre. It just so happens this gen it's FPS. There are still plenty of other types of games out there.

I think there's a boom in FPS, RPG, Fighting games, and even flight sims (PC). I'm a happy camper right now.

There's also slumps though like with what I think is happening with RTS games. There haven't been too many lately.

I feel that they are becoming way too abundant and get way too many sales.

sundayismyDAD

If they're getting way too many sales that probably explains why they are way too abundant. Unfortunately, they are also way too short and there are way too few good ones. If only you could splice them all together, then you might have one good long one.

There's nothing wrong with FPSs. There's just too many generic ones. Every now and then, you tend to get games like Borderlands, Bioshock, Left 4 Dead, Crysis (the original, of course, :) ) F.E.A.R. and Deus Ex that end up being amazing games. All of them FPSs or at least have FPS styles of gameplay.

Its The Rise of FPS's and The Fall Of Survival Horror. Yep life is great this Gen.Lulekani

There's also slumps though like with what I think is happening with RTS games. There haven't been too many lately.

jun_aka_pekto

I worry that it's being replaced by "action RTS", just as the "aRPG" superseded role-playing. RTS tourneys are almost a thing of the past.

Its The Rise of FPS's and The Fall Of Survival Horror. Yep life is great this Gen.Lulekani

I don't know of any developer in the past as distinguished as Frictional with regards to the horror genre.

I love shooters its my fav genre.

No. I like First-Person shooters.

I don't think so. There are still a ton of other games out there.

Hmmmm wwwwaaaaaaiiiiit.....

Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2 - Modern Combat, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Bad Company 1, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty Black Ops, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Resistance 1, Resistance 2, Resistance 3, Fear 1, Fear 2, Fear 3, Killzone 1, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Medal of Honor Airborne Assault, Medal Of Honor Frontline, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Homefront..........

....nope. *COUGH*

Justforvisit

Still Nope. *COUGH*

I don't think there are too many FPS games. I do think there are too many FPS games that focus on a too similar gameplay experience. And there are too many FPS games that focus on multiplayer. Some good singleplayer FPS games would be nice. Remember Half Life? Deus Ex? Red Faction? The old tactical Rainbow Six?

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]Fear

Socijalisticka

And this is the only FPS worth playing on the list. More importantly, there is a lack of quality shooters.

This is the problem with most FPS games. They are very generic and not worth playing.

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]

Hmmmm wwwwaaaaaaiiiiit.....

Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2 - Modern Combat, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Bad Company 1, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty Black Ops, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Resistance 1, Resistance 2, Resistance 3, Fear 1, Fear 2, Fear 3, Killzone 1, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Medal of Honor Airborne Assault, Medal Of Honor Frontline, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Homefront..........

....nope. *COUGH*

Still Nope. *COUGH*

There's plenty of FPSs because there are plenty of people that buy into them. There wouldn't be as many FPSs if people did not want (or at least buy them, which I consider as an extension of your desire for them) them.

[QUOTE="ristactionjakso"]

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]

Hmmmm wwwwaaaaaaiiiiit.....

Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2 - Modern Combat, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 3, Battlefield Bad Company 1, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty Black Ops, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Resistance 1, Resistance 2, Resistance 3, Fear 1, Fear 2, Fear 3, Killzone 1, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Medal of Honor Airborne Assault, Medal Of Honor Frontline, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Homefront..........

....nope. *COUGH*

sundayismyDAD

Still Nope. *COUGH*

There can't really be "too many", of one genre. Whenever there is a boom in that genre, say FPS, of course there will be a lot of those types of games. Eventually it's going to move on.

The market is oversaturated with them, especially the sub par ones. That can only lead to bad things. Remember when there were way too many rhythm games on the market? That didn't go well and it's only a matter of time before this catches up to the developers.

Are people really only starting to catch on now?

The gaming industry has been plagued with generic, rehashed shooters for the past 7 or so years. This NEEDS to come to an end.

Everyone around me is playing Halo 4 and it sickens me that people are actually suckered in to buying this Halo 3 re-release.

[QUOTE="sundayismyDAD"][QUOTE="ristactionjakso"]Crysis 1, Crysis 2, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3, MAG, Left for Dead, Left for Dead 2, Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Doom 3, Bodycount, Brink, Call of Juarez, Duke Nukem, Halo, Halo 3, Halo Reach, Halo ODST, Halo 4, Half Life 2, Haze, RAGE, Metro 2033, Syndicate, Rainbow Six 1, Rainbow Six 2, Wolfenstien, Turok, Unreal Tournament 3, 007 remake, Dues EX HR, Sniper, Portal, Portal 2, Bulletstorm, Modern Combat: Domination, Blacksite: Area 51, Timeshift, The Darkness, The Darkness 2, Gotham City Imposters, Singlarity, SHadowrun.............

Still Nope. *COUGH*

ristactionjakso

There are too many MILITARY first-person shooters.

What's the big deal though?

I don't play shooters (I only own 1 and I got bored with it quickly), so I don't really see how me complaining about the content and the quantity of shooters will do any good. I'm not concerned with what other people choose to play. I'm too busy playing my RPGs, puzzlers, and platformers that are just as abundant (RPGs and platformers way moreso than puzzlers).

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]Fear

Socijalisticka

And this is the only FPS worth playing on the list. More importantly, there is a lack of quality shooters.

[QUOTE="ristactionjakso"]

[QUOTE="sundayismyDAD"] That is a lot.Justforvisit

[QUOTE="Justforvisit"]

[QUOTE="ristactionjakso"]That's not very much........lol.

ristactionjakso

Everyone around me is playing Halo 4 and it sickens me that people are actually suckered in to buying this Halo 3 re-release.GeoffZak

Yes it is a fact. After there hits 100 FPS games on the market it becomes a fact....lol...

IMO (since it cannot be a true FACT :P) there are too many, but not ecause they are FPS, but because they are dull and unoriginal. But look at it this way. If those companies were not making dull FPS games, they would probably be making dull games of other genres.

There are plenty games of all types.

• cod games
• battlefield games
• killzone games
• crysis games
• far cry games
• halo games

sounds about the right amount

cod gamesbattlefield gameskillzone gamescrysis gamesfar cry gameshalo games

sounds about the right amount

jsmoke03

[QUOTE="jsmoke03"]cod gamesbattlefield gameskillzone gamescrysis gamesfar cry gameshalo games

sounds about the right amount

TrainerCeleste

[QUOTE="jsmoke03"]cod gamesbattlefield gameskillzone gamescrysis gamesfar cry gameshalo games

sounds about the right amount

TrainerCeleste

is that fps? i always thought it was tps...sorry i haven't played a rainbow six gamejsmoke03

R6:Vegas has a third-person cover system. Game's alright, but really every game after R6 and Rogue Spear was a step backwards for the series.

Yes.

I got PC/Steam, Wii, PS3, 360, 3DS, PS Vita, Ipad Mini, and Iphone.

There are a lot more games that are not just FPS or TPS. The key difference why i think people belly ache about it is because right now FPS and TPS are the most talked about and hyped triple AAA experiences right now.

That's what makes Assassin's Creed, Skyrim and Fallout, and other next-gen non-FPS's standout to people.

remember we went from platformers to what seemed like JRPG's to after the arrival of Halo (popularizing it on consoles), the FPS genre now. Where it goes next i don't know, but if i had to hazerd a guess, it's gonna be whatever you can squeeze into a smartphone or tablet device.

speaking for myself, i don't mind the military shooters, very few occurances have i ever not liked a games narrative and themes, at least not to the degree to be offended over it. my issue with military fps's is fairly simple, they pretty much all say the same story, and i know for sure when making stories about war, whether it's soldiers, refugee's or other, there are multiple ways and perspectives you can go about telling a story in a time of war. They just don't all need to be telling us the same story again and again.

but we also live in an industry that plays follow the leader. when Call of Duty blockbusters it by selling 15 million copies or more, nevermind the moola they make on their dlc's, every developer with their of FPS/TPS brand suddenly feels the need to chase them.

and i don't hate on Call of Duty, just think we need more Spec Ops the Line and diversity not just in terms of lead protaganists, but also in the perspectives of war.

were never gonna get tired of it, the subject fascinates us, and in the real world, actually physically re-shapes it as well.