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What Really Matters in a 1st-Person Shooter?

wohoo | March 05, 2008 | Blog | PC Playstation 3 Misc 
That VideoGame Blog editor starting a series of editorials on what matters most in different gaming genres, starting with the first-person shooter and going through graphics, story, sound/music, length, and multiplayer.
Do action movies need deep characters? Do horror films need a complex plot? Videogames while on a different spectrum of the entertainment medium should be looked at in the same way. Which genres value graphics more than others, and is that a large part of what fills out what we perceive the game to be? What about controls, presentation, sound, and game length?
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  • 3 thumbs!
    LordMaChao | March 05, 2008
    Simple! If a FPS is on the 360, it's overrated. If it's on the PS3, it's awesome.

    Thumbs up pl0x.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Deathman48 | March 05, 2008
    Har har LMC.

    Personally for me an FPS game has to be on a machine that has a mouse, I'm used to being able to turn around on a sixpence as well as moving slowly, and with controllers there's just a fixed scroll speed.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Tock | March 06, 2008
      i agree that a mouse is much faster and agile, however, analog sticks alow you to look around at variable speeds too...from very slow to not quite fast enough
      • 0 thumbs!
        Deathman48 | March 06, 2008
        I know, but it will never be as precise as a mouse, and considering the high level of precision required in online games especially, the mouse will always win out for me.
  • 1 thumbs!
    tallteen86 | March 06, 2008
    Nice article, I would like to see what they say about RPGs too....

    And I agree with the comments on the article, about the 'extra mile' busines....While the article mentioned 'replay value', it didn't go into it (aside from multiplayer aspects).

    Replay value could be attributed to 'side quests', and 'new content unlocked' for subsequent playthroughs, etc.
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    Silver Mirror | March 06, 2008
    This is a pretty good article, everything is pretty spot on. Can't wait for the next one
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    devil link | March 06, 2008
    It's all about Controls,Story and Graphics lol.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Red 9 | March 07, 2008
    I prefer story most of all; a good one, mind you. Stories are a centerpiece for me, hence why I love Oblivion: it has hundreds of mini-stories.
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      Woudo | March 07, 2008
      Yes, but like was suggested, story doesn't really mean that much sometimes.

      Look at the Unreal Tournament series. Awesome to no end, but next to no storyline whatsoever.
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        Red 9 | March 07, 2008
        Well, true enough. That's still not to say I don't enjoy a good story, but gameplay is also very important. If you're not having fun, the story will seem irrelevant.

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