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Gun focused games (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DaughterOfMars@lemmy.world to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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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.

EDIT: A good example right now is Starfield. Why is a game that is ostensibly about exploration and discovery so obsessed with guns? Let's be honest, the combat doesn't even look good. It's certainly not better gun combat than 90 percent of FPS games from the last decade. So it begs the question: Why have guns at all?

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[–] ngwoo@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DaughterOfMars@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe we just stop making FPS games if we can't innovate on them?

[–] ngwoo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could make that argument for every genre though. Racing games will always fundamentally be about making a vehicle get to a finish line before the other ones, etc. Applies outside of games, too. Music, books, film, if you set the bar for innovation that high then we just all stop doing art.

[–] DaughterOfMars@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Don't tempt me