FPS vs RTS/Strategy

For 20 years the gamer world divided in 2 large groups. Those who play FPS and consider strategy games boring and those who plat strategy and consider the FPS to violent and non-sense. I play only strategy and my brother only FPS. We started a fight yesterday. Pls tell me wich category is better.Husar_15

[QUOTE="Husar_15"]For 20 years the gamer world divided in 2 large groups. Those who play FPS and consider strategy games boring and those who plat strategy and consider the FPS to violent and non-sense. I play only strategy and my brother only FPS. We started a fight yesterday. Pls tell me wich category is better.gigatrainer

My thoughts exactly. I love both genres; they're the only genres I play. Neither is "better", it's just whatever you prefer.

I prefer strategy. The FPS genre of today is heavily stagnated, repetitive and lacks variety.

The RTS genre is the opposite.

I'd have to say I love both as well. I'm a big fan of the total war RTS strategy games, along with Civilization 4 and such. But I also love playing Counter-Strike Source, I've almost beaten BioShock, and am also playing Fallout 3 so I dunno, I think both genres can be really fun if you approach the games with an open mind.

I prefer strategy. The FPS genre of today is heavily stagnated, repetitive and lacks variety.

The RTS genre is the opposite.

I play both but i prefer the RTS genre.

I prefer strategy. The FPS genre of today is heavily stagnated, repetitive and lacks variety.

The RTS genre is the opposite.

I have been playing games for a long time, both FPS and RTS, until I found out about Battlezone (It got 9.4 on Gamespot). Now, that is the only game I play. I always liked strategy a bit more than just shooting, but the way Battlezone combined that 2 genres is amazing. Is hard to say what I like more now. Anyone interested in Battlezone can find the all the info here.

I love both genre but I prefer RTS.

I perfer FPS. Mainly anything from Valve.

I like RTS too but I only have a few like Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Ground Control 2, and Red Alert 3. I usually don't play RTS competitively, only co op or against AI. I'm too much of a noob to micro/resource manage. I do enjoy both genres though.

Hard for me to say which of the two is better, depends on my mood I guess...

both are fine.

Pfft, both are inferior to the almighty RPG. :P

On a serious note, I don't really consider one genre any better then another. If your so closed minded that you stick to one genre out of some warped sence of loyalty, your missing out. A good game is a good game, period.

That's kind of a stupid question. There's nothing better, only which genre you enjoy playing more.

Make a poll

FPS forever FTW!!

For 20 years the gamer world divided in 2 large groups. Those who play FPS and consider strategy games boring and those who plat strategy and consider the FPS to violent and non-sense. I play only strategy and my brother only FPS. We started a fight yesterday. Pls tell me wich category is better.Husar_15

[QUOTE="Husar_15"]For 20 years the gamer world divided in 2 large groups. Those who play FPS and consider strategy games boring and those who plat strategy and consider the FPS to violent and non-sense. I play only strategy and my brother only FPS. We started a fight yesterday. Pls tell me wich category is better.gigatrainer

FPS gives a lot of violence a lot of scare and a lot of ungood thinks. Husar_15

For 20 years the gamer world divided in 2 large groups. Those who play FPS and consider strategy games boring and those who plat strategy and consider the FPS to violent and non-sense. I play only strategy and my brother only FPS. We started a fight yesterday. Pls tell me wich category is better.Husar_15

My very first game was FPS (Delta Force Land Warrior)

and after that was Starcraft which i got so addicted to

I guess i love both but now thinking about it i guess i only played a total of 4 strategy games. it was Warcraft that i played the longest, i still play.

Currently i buy all the new release FPS

Thats why i love PC so much, both games can only be done properly on PC. I'd say FPS if you ask me

For 20 years the gamer world divided in 2 large groups. Those who play FPS and consider strategy games boring and those who plat strategy and consider the FPS to violent and non-sense. I play only strategy and my brother only FPS. We started a fight yesterday. Pls tell me wich category is better.Husar_15

You ALMOST got it right.

Nah I am kidding, your not even close

Once there were 2D gameplay, then came Wolfenstein and put twitch gameplay into the 21st century by adding 3D.

Today there are still people playing 2D point and click games, the major reason being the desire to be rewarded for time investment in oppose to skill being the dominating factor

Now, you could argue people who play mmorpgs 2D point and click are looking for a different experience, but the thing is, people who play say WoW still use the skill related phrases like "pwned", even though the game is totally automated.

In conclusion, the people who aren't able to compete in twitch competition seek refuge in scripted, automated games.

Also adding to that, there are a lot of people who live, yes live, in games like Second Life, saving up Disney World money and eating themselves to death in front of their pc

That's why RTS'ers and RPG'er are often called dorks and nerds - of course it is unfair to generalize. There are 1 or 2 people playing WoW who aren't totally fubar

I like using my brain, so for me it'snot RTS/Strategy or FPS, it's retro PC playing! After all, there's isn't much strategy in real time stragey games based on action, like World in Conflict. And there isn't much strategy in quasi rpg's like Dawn of War II.

Same goes for FPS's. There's not much in Bioshock when you look at System Shock 2, there's not much rolplaying in Mass Effect when compared to Morrowind and there there is less brain work in Crysis than in Red faction or Terra Nova: Task Force Centauri.

So with strategy being taken out of RTS's and roleplaying taken out of RPG's, along with shooters becoming more shallow with each rendition (Far Cry 2 vs Far Cry 1, Alone in the Dark vs Alone in the Dark: A New Nightmare, Jericho vs Clive Barker's Undying), I would say this debate would only really work if we ignored both RTS's and FPS's from 2005 onwards!