Duke Nukem: Couldn't-Care-Less-If-It-Was-Never

[poobah103]

So apparently the release of "Duke Nukem: Forever", the game that mole people with strange and simple needs have inexplicably been "waiting for" for 14 years, has been pushed even further back.

I don't care; the first "Duke Nukem" game was kind of fun in the sense that the only other games like it I had ever played before were "Wolfenstein 3-D" and

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This now begs an obvious question

[cybertang]

For you, which FPS games top your list? Which is the best? Which is the favorite?

Re: This now begs an obvious question

[poobah103]

The original Bioshock is pretty high up there, but that's mainly on the strength of the storyline, and I don't know if I would call it my favorite. Goldeneye 64 gets full nostalgia points, and the original "Halo" was the first FPS in a long time that grabbed my attention (and then every single FPS after it was the exact same game, so I don't know if it would hold up as well for me). Other honorable mentions are Farcry 2 and Deus Ex: Invisible War. But mainly, I just don't play FPS's anymore... every time I play one, I have the sinking feeling that I've already played this game 60 or 70 times before.

Re: This now begs an obvious question

[cybertang]

I know what you mean. I got another question for ya, I don't play a lot of video games, but I have a lot of friends who do, and I also watch a lot of video being played by them. While I do agree with your point that a lot of FPS shooters do bring one or two new features to the FPS genre, I felt that FPS games in general have only had 2 maybe 3 games that were new, excuding Doom. Goldeneye, Halo, then Call of Duty. Would you agree with that? Should I incorporate PC games in here too, for example, Counter-Strike was a very popular game for a LONG time, until Modern Warfare came into play. What do you think?

Re: This now begs an obvious question

[poobah103]

If you're asking if I think that most FPS's aren't bringing anything new to the table... absolutely yes. It takes reports that something unique has been done to get me to even *play* an FPS these days... and even then, I still usually walk away unsatisfied.

My PC-gaming experience is pretty limited, and the only FPS I've played at length on the PC was the free download for "Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory". I did have a lot of fun on that game, but it was also the first FPS I ever played that was online multiplayer. And while I can still occasionally hop onto an FPS multiplayer game and have a good time, for the most part its an experience that doesn't impress me much these days.