FPS Genre in Trouble! In Need of a New "Step-Up" Innovation

"First person shooters; a popular form of gaming. Players have beckoned for quite some time for something new, if not revolutionary, or at the very least evolutionary from the creators of FPS games. Are the developers throwing this genre down an unclimbable hole by not giving more life to their games and fans rather than another "point and shoot" pieced with some cutscenes and call it a game? First person shooters could eventually become a thing of the past if the envelope isn't pushed a bit further, the players could soon lose all interest by playing this repetitive form of gaming."

-TheGamerAccess.com

[jacksonmichael]

Obvious stating will get you no where.

[WeskerChildReborned]

I've been slowly losing interest in FPS games so if their was something innovative and interesting, i might pick it up.

[Xof]

FPS Innovation 1: using the mouse to aim.
FPS Innovation 2: vehicle gameplay.

No real change in the genre in 10+ years plus oversaturation... I'd accuse you of being brain-damaged if you weren't losing interest by now.

[Dark11]

Just let this Genre die already.

[dcortz2027]

That would be the best thing to happen to gaming ever, FPS games like COD have killed many "once good" game series/franchises! It's sad really..

[Ravenor]

Planetside 2

Red Orchestra 2

Arma 3

Yeah the glorified corridor shooter (Pretty much every console shooter) is getting boring, but the options available for amazing online FPS is pretty long on the PC. Hell, Shattered Horizon, Natural Selection 2 and Nuclear Dawn. You don't find boat loads of games like NS2 and Shattered Horizon.

[Hufandpuf]

Shattered Horizon is a definite. People say they there are too many modern shooters, but they hardly look at what's going on on PC.

Add Hawken to the list because that is a FPS mech game.

Just get rid of Red Orchestra, I got bored of that in exactly 10 minutes (in Single player that is).

[beerkeg]

No one really plays Red Orchestra for the SP though Hufandpuf.

[Ravenor]

I really loved Red Orchestra as a mod and thought Ostfront was a pretty decent retail release. RO2 was a complete disaster at launch, but since then the game has slowly developed into something resembling RO1.

The MP is definitely worth a second look.

[stragomccloud]

Need a new Metroid Prime! Those games can never get boring. ...though those games are technically classified as FPA(First Person Adventure).

[shackdaddy]

Bring back arena shooters!

[taquito]

tribes ascend

blacklight retrobution

arma 3

i've been seeing some wildly innovative stuff in the fps realm, at least on the pc!

[Soldierone]

there are plenty of innovations, but none of them are given a chance. Why? Because the COD fanboys never leave their realm to try other things. Disagree all you want, I know plenty of people that ONLY play COD, or ONLY play Battlefield, or ONLY play similar games. If it gets too "hard" or does too much of this, or isn't "realistic" or in some cases "too realistic" for them, then they toss it aside and go back to COD. Heck you'd be lucky if half of them even try the new game. Why do you think BF3 is so toned down compared to the past games, even Bad Company 2....it feels a lot easier.

As long as people go back to releasing quality games and not half assed attempts or COD clones, then it will be fine. We need a new Doom 3, a new revamp like COD did with COD4, and so on. Yet that isn't happening, we get half arsed games and then the publishers cry about it not selling. Gee could it be your 4 hour campaign with hardly a story? The COD cloned physics? The fact it does absolutely nothing new?

I'm not tired of FPS games, I'm tired of COD wannabe titles. Set the bar higher than friggin COD for once. Put in Socom again, and sure glad I did!

[darkgod]

fake gamers who ecuse ppl of bein casule is what ur refering to lol they just think there hard core.

[Soldierone]

Reminds of that other article a few days ago about people talking about COD trophies being challenging....when I said they weren't people got all angry....

[UnitSmiley]

Nobody wines about fps when say any of the Bioshocks come out. Nobody is whining about Bioshock Infinite either. Yes it's a technically a fps but it's so atmospheric and immersive. More games if they are going to be FPS need to be creative and interesting. Far too many are just trying to be a "typical military" themed game and they all end up being lost in the generic sea of 39438452 other games that went for the same theme.

[CouldHaveYelledUiiW]

I agree. Their is always going to be a degree of the same-old-same in a game genre.

But the best way to cure it is to inject it with new settings or new options from other genres.
Or at least a great story that motivates you to go forward.

If they added more RPG elements into the beginning of any game allowing you to build your own person and then build your play style around that build- it would make things far more interesting IMO (as long as their were tons of things you could add).

For instance, what if in a military shooter you got to pick stuff like if your toon was a Fast Sprinter or a Marathon Runner in his off times.
What if your toon was a Deep Sea Diver and could hold their breaths long periods during gas attacks, or ambush/snipe from underwater or swim faster. What if they were Long Jumpers or former gymnist. Allowing them to get over certain obstacles. Has better Hand-eye Coordination, better with tech, heals quicker, takes more damage, better at melee, dodge...

Things like this and added gameplay that allows players the ability to exploit these benefits would make it more appealing to all, rather than making it solely about the weapon.

People could play a whole stable of toons builds before they got tired of the game as a whole.

[darkgod]

to be honest i was sick of first person shoots for atlest 7 years now they all seem to feel the same sept for games like metroid and bioshock

[BitbyDeath]

New TimeSplitters plz