What is happening!

[ichangedmyname]

Alright. This is kind of a rant, and kind of what I really think is going on.

Three-ish years ago when CS:S and BF2 were coming out the FPS genre was at the top of it's game. The competitive scenes for those two games evolved quickly and were simply phenomal. The player base was monstrous! Call of Duty 2 was another dominant and rich game.

Then BF2142 came out and sank like a rock. Since then there have been more and more so called "BF2 killers" etc...

But, really. What have Bioshock, Quake Wars, TF2, etc... amounted to? Nothing. BF2, CoD2, and CS:S still remained the top games.

Call of Duty 4 was the one exception, as top gaming teams and many players moved to it. However, I do not believe it has the longevity or depth of either BF2 or CSS.

The FPS genre is getting fragmented. There are the story gamers (Bioshock), the pro gamers (CS:S), the team gamers (ETQW), the graphics junkies (Crysis), the clan gamers (BF2), and the visual gamers (CoD4).

FPS games are not drawing large crowds, I know a breakdown of gaming monolopy is not bad, but with the FPS gaming community fragmented it is killing everything. BF2, CSS, and CoD2 are just about out of life- but still drawing good gamers and letting people enjoy lots of fun times. CoD4 has a bit of a monolopy with tons of competition and pubbing, but it can't last for long.

The FPS genre is on the fail.

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Cheers

[Sniper1432]

well... I don't agree with that rant. I'm not sure what you're trying to prove here.

[signa]

I don't think FPS' are dying, but they have been redesigned and played for 15-20 years now. How many different iterations can there be on a theme until its just played out?

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I don't think FPS' are dying, but they have been redesigned and played for 15-20 years now. How many different iterations can there be on a theme until its just played out?

Dude, they KEEP making Halloween movies. And Saw. After the first of both they should have been done. Good stuff never dies. Horrible stuff can't be killed. Anything between is forgotten.

[Rob848]

1. What the hell are you getting at?

2. Who cares?

I don't care about 'pro gamers' or 'fps monopolies'. I play CoD4 and BF2 because they are fun and there are more than enough people out there to play with.

[predragjanjic]

you forgot prey, the best thing that ever happened to FPS genre

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you forgot prey, the best thing that ever happened to FPS genre

See, I think Portal was the best thing to happen to FPSs. You can't even kill anything directly, you have to think around the problem. Like putting a turret through an infinite loop and then shooting it out into a wall. Physics are fun.

[IceManHG]

I have never played an FPS for as long as ive been playing BF2. To me its the last great online FPS to be released on the PC. No other game has had such an impact on my gaming experience, not 2142 and not even CoD4.

[=98=]

Portal = Epic

TF2 = Epic

CoD4 = Epic

BF3 = Hopefully Epic

[L3adcannon]

Blame the consoles and money hungry publishers.
PC rarely gets good gems that are FPSs, while consoles just keep getting AAA titles.

But thats me, a console hater.

[AllFoamNoBeer]

I won't say FPSes have fragmented, but rather diluted, they (the developers) are trying to bring.. too many aspects into the game.

[Rugerdog]

Well the singleplayer aspects of some of the new games have been great, COD4, Crysis, Bioshock, etc. but the multiplayer on those that do have it at all has been shallow and nothing special.

[L3adcannon]

The last truly great mp games were tribes (never got really good at it, but it owned), AA and ut2004, ut.

The games that are played now are good too but there are always some really *snip* annoying bugs, gameplay aspects, etc with em.

[Rugerdog]

AA 3.0 is going to be awesome when it finally comes out hopefully Fall this year (not to mention the free part).

[DOGGiE52]

See, I think Portal was the best thing to happen to FPSs. You can't even kill anything directly, you have to think around the problem. Like putting a turret through an infinite loop and then shooting it out into a wall. Physics are fun.

Portal is not an FPS. Portal is a puzzle.