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WOLFGIR · 02-14-2002, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by JR Jansen:

Well, it isn't so much that i dislike FPS games, i just see them for what they are. I've played Wolfenstein, Doom, Blood, Redneck rampage, etc. I count Carmageddon among these aswell, allthough it isn't really first person and you don't use a gun. I like RPG games aswell as a good strategy from time to time.

And when did you realize that RPG´s aren´t about the same thing?
In BG2 you can kill everything and more or less beat the game. The puzzles in BG2 and BG2 are silly as well. Repetetive things right? I mean that is waht we are talking about right? I mean in Wolfenstein as you mentioned you can sneak past alot of guards without shooting once, as well in thief, DeusX and so on. Q3 and other games don´t hide the fact that killing is the name right. But you draw a pretty harch line and most games are pretty trepetetive. The RTS games instance is all about destoying your enemies be it pilitical or by force. Star Craft, Civ, AoE or Alpha Centauri. It´s silly industrial warfare all over again and again. Killing id the name of the game in most games now adays. The adventure genre is one of the few that breaks it or actually Thief (an FPS) were you can sneak by all the enemies. Oki, I´m not counting patience or soliteres in this!

But the way you say that FPS are stupid is way wrong actually. You are elitising the RPG and sims because some function of it stimulates a different part of the brain. The action types of games are actually more stimulating then the civs!

There was a reference to this at Avualt for some time ago when they measured the activity of the brain when playing games. In a shoooter you make choices all the time. You can of course go repetetive, as wel las in most RPG´s but see how they play the game. Face your opponents and see that in fact, it´s like sports. Now do you think sports are pretty dumb as well?

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but your words can be read as pretty downgrading so if you feel like this is a wrongstated post, please tell me more feedback from your position.

02-14-2002, 05:47 PM	#44
WOLFGIR Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 3,450	quote: Originally posted by JR Jansen: Well, it isn't so much that i dislike FPS games, i just see them for what they are. I've played Wolfenstein, Doom, Blood, Redneck rampage, etc. I count Carmageddon among these aswell, allthough it isn't really first person and you don't use a gun. I like RPG games aswell as a good strategy from time to time. And when did you realize that RPG´s aren´t about the same thing? In BG2 you can kill everything and more or less beat the game. The puzzles in BG2 and BG2 are silly as well. Repetetive things right? I mean that is waht we are talking about right? I mean in Wolfenstein as you mentioned you can sneak past alot of guards without shooting once, as well in thief, DeusX and so on. Q3 and other games don´t hide the fact that killing is the name right. But you draw a pretty harch line and most games are pretty trepetetive. The RTS games instance is all about destoying your enemies be it pilitical or by force. Star Craft, Civ, AoE or Alpha Centauri. It´s silly industrial warfare all over again and again. Killing id the name of the game in most games now adays. The adventure genre is one of the few that breaks it or actually Thief (an FPS) were you can sneak by all the enemies. Oki, I´m not counting patience or soliteres in this! But the way you say that FPS are stupid is way wrong actually. You are elitising the RPG and sims because some function of it stimulates a different part of the brain. The action types of games are actually more stimulating then the civs! There was a reference to this at Avualt for some time ago when they measured the activity of the brain when playing games. In a shoooter you make choices all the time. You can of course go repetetive, as wel las in most RPG´s but see how they play the game. Face your opponents and see that in fact, it´s like sports. Now do you think sports are pretty dumb as well? Sorry if this sounds harsh, but your words can be read as pretty downgrading so if you feel like this is a wrongstated post, please tell me more feedback from your position. __________________ Don´t eat the yellow snow