Gun focused games
Gun focused games
Is anyone else sick and tired of how many games these days are focused around gun fighting? IMO, FPS games haven't markedly improved since the original counter strike which I played as a CHILD. Frankly, I just wish we could all stop obsessing over guns and come up with something new.
I totally agree that there's way too much focus on combat in a lot of games, especially triple-a releases. I love a good fps but I also appreciate games that manage to be engaging without using violence. Portal, Antichamber, The Stanley Parable, Event[0], and Distance are a few that come to mind.
Exactly!!
Why wouldn't games have guns? If you're going to have combat in your game, it's either ranged combat or melee combat. Starfield has both, why wouldn't an open world sci-fi game have guns?
There's no lack of games without guns. Hell, there's no lack of games that don't even have combat now. You just need to find games you enjoy.
I'd argue that Starfield having guns is really at odds with the theme of the game. It turns it from a space exploration game into just another FPS but you have to drive through some space to get to the next mission.
It's not at odds, it's the way you engage with enemies. Starfield at its core is still an RPG, gunplay is just one facet to it. You can choose not to fight enemies and just explore, talk to NPCs, build bases... You could decide to play melee or do different builds like stealth instead of just blasting enemies. It's a choice.
That's like saying Skyrim is just a mindless game about whacking people with swords. Combat is a part of it, but the game isn't about combat, and they've never advertised it as such.
For what it's worth, OP, I'm with you. Starfield was a massive disappointment, it could've been so cool and then the first proper info we got about it was "look you get to shoot stuff". Like, have some imagination!
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I personally can't really imagine anything else. Sure, there are melee weapons, but controls are hard if you don't want to go the "click a button and deal damage in a small cone in front of the character" route with them. Imagine trying to come up with a control scheme for a flail. You could control it with one of the analog sticks or the mouse, but I don't think that would be very precise.
Or did you mean you want more games that are like "shooting magic orbs out of your hands"? At the end of the day that would still be guns but with a different "skin".
Edit:// To be fair, For Honor tried something else with its melee combat and I think it's a really nice approach, but it doesn't seem to appeal to the masses, sadly.
I guess it could be that games could be less about combat. Like Stormworks was before they did a DLC on combat.
To be clear, I think shooting orbs and shooting bullets are fundamentally the same thing. And honestly I think you're not the only one who can't imagine anything else, the game industry clearly can't either 😂
What do you propose a first person shooter features, if not guns? Non-violent FPS games exist like Splatoon, but those are still guns. Bows are an option, but that's still projectile-based violence.
Maybe we just stop making FPS games if we can't innovate on them?
Did you watch the rest of the Xbox Games Showcase though? Those big game showcases are typically full of more interesting projects and this one's no exception.
I agree there's still quite a bit of focus, but I've also noticed that FPS's are actually starting to branch out beyond just shoot'em up, bang, bang content; so guns aren't the only focus.
For instance, if you look to the early 2000s, most FPSes were literally just some flavor text with your character behind a targeting reticle shooting everything, but now adays, there's strategy, crafting, narrative, and a bunch of others; there's more variety to the gameplay.
Isn't having a gun of some sort intrinsic to the name of the genre? First Person Shooter
I don't think op was saying that fps games should get rid of the shooting, but more that they're getting tired of shooter games as a genre
Absolutely agreed!
I'm not a fan of that sort of violent video games, it's made me struggle to find decent alternatives to my Rocket League addiction. I like competitive online games but I don't care for shooters
Would like to see some mad reimagining of the FPS genre, wouldnt be too hard, keep the fps type progression, unlocks and perks and whatnot, replace the guns with an array of cameras, DSLRs/2000s digitals/ polaroids, set it in a mad anime type crazy world or somethin. Then objectives can be nature photography or still lifes or food porn or maybe even PI work like be on a stakeout.No guns all shooting is done through a lens lol. Id play it.
I think it's just that the whole concept of shooting/ gunplay really lends itself to the first person viewpoint. Another example is racing games or flight sims. Plus, aiming/ shooting is a great example of easy to pick up, hard to master skills in both games and real life. So I think it's just a natural use of the technology
