Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra

He seems to ignore why people play first-person shooters in the first place. by Jerry Whorebach 02/27/2014, 3:44pm PST Let's face it: if your aim is to create great gameplay, the one-eye-through-a-cardboard-tube perspective on a fully-3D environment is a pretty major handicap. More or less the only reason to go with it is if you're trying to help the player live out a real fantasy in a virtual world, to "walk a mile in another man's shoes" (or more likely, judging by the relative popularity of adult fantasies these days, combat boots). There are plenty of games that prize gameplay over story and realism; the thing is, they're mostly not first-person shooters, and they're definitely not the small handful of massively successful first-person shooters this guy seems to have played.

Rob Ager (Collative Learning) explains what sucks in FPS games. by Last 02/27/2014, 2:00pm PST     He seems to ignore why people play first-person shooters in the first place. by Jerry Whorebach 02/27/2014, 3:44pm PST     Old man can't figure out why kids still play Call of Duy games instead of Doom. NT by When Doom is clearly "more fun". 02/27/2014, 6:15pm PST