What do you hate about shootings games?
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Depends on the series I guess. Personally I like some shooters. Some of them can be really fun if you are playing the right one. I'm more of a fan of the TPS rather than the FPS... However, there were some FPS that I really enjoyed as a kid. I remember standing in line to buy Doom 2 when it came out. I remember when Wolfenstein 3D came out. Those games just rocked.
Personally I hate the COD series, but that is only because they keep pumping them out without putting any thought into them... So I guess that's my complaint and what I hate about shooting games. Smack a couple extra perks, some levels... Let's release this one this year and have another one next year.
Personally for me, I don't think the series has had much of an original thought or amazing game since the first MW. Because a new one comes out every year, and they are just the same for the most part. For me, series that keep pumping them out, eventually burn out.
That's why characters like Mario and Link are going strong.
Personally I hate the COD series, but that is only because they keep pumping them out without putting any thought into them... So I guess that's my complaint and what I hate about shooting games. Smack a couple extra perks, some levels... Let's release this one this year and have another one next year.
Personally for me, I don't think the series has had much of an original thought or amazing game since the first MW. Because a new one comes out every year, and they are just the same for the most part. For me, series that keep pumping them out, eventually burn out.
That's why characters like Mario and Link are going strong.
StoneZack17
Laziest person alive
Dying to a load of BS.
This, totally forgot about it
Gladtobemom
Senior Member
I don't like "Frantic" gaming. I play games for fun, not to get all anxious.
I remember playing Doom and it was fun for a little while because it was new . . . then it was just annoying. My son and husband play Gary's Mod and love that, but they do more building stuff than the shooting part.
My favorite video games are:
Animal Crossing
Pikmin 1 and 2 (I have both the Gamecube and Wii New play control versions.
Minecraft
I remember playing Doom and it was fun for a little while because it was new . . . then it was just annoying. My son and husband play Gary's Mod and love that, but they do more building stuff than the shooting part.
My favorite video games are:
Animal Crossing
Pikmin 1 and 2 (I have both the Gamecube and Wii New play control versions.
Minecraft
oath2order
#Porygon2024
Pretty much this.
The only military grade shooter I've enjoyed since the Goldeneye 64 days was Insomniac's Resistance series. Otherwise, I generally don't appreciate shooters where the entire game is essentially a military campaign. Resistance is my one exception as the games weren't especially linear, enemies required boss-like strategies to defeat, resources were scant, and the story was a compelling 1950s alien invasion story. I usually prefer shooting to be a tool of the game among others and not the entire game--i.e. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Bioshock, Metroid Prime etc. TPS is more my preference--Ratchet, Tomb Raider, Last of Us, etc.--as I have an easier time judging distance and determining strategies. I generally don't hate any gaming genre; I just have personal preferences.
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
That reminds me, I need to get the Resistance collection. 
As for what I don't like? People who play other game modes like Rush or Conquest and treat it like TDM. Mostly why I ditched CoD, every gamemode devolved into TDM plus some extra point thinger that we have to do because I dunno. :|
As for what I don't like? People who play other game modes like Rush or Conquest and treat it like TDM. Mostly why I ditched CoD, every gamemode devolved into TDM plus some extra point thinger that we have to do because I dunno. :|
How ridiculously good some people are. I was never that bad at CoD, but all it took was to come up against 1 or 2 amazing players on the opposing team and the match was a walkover. Really tedious.
To be honest, people who are still entertained by every new CoD installment and buy each one without fail really baffle me. For how long can such a linear game excite a human mind?
To be honest, people who are still entertained by every new CoD installment and buy each one without fail really baffle me. For how long can such a linear game excite a human mind?
Depends on the shooter. I don't typically hate the game as much as the community of gamers that play each game. You can always tell who buys a console JUST to play Call of Duty. Typically the people that have names like XxXxX360NO_SCopEXxXxX or something like that. However, the games are still kinda fun. I like Black Ops 2's Zombies mode. However, I love Borderlands 2 and anything by Naughty Dog. The Last of Us could technically be classified as a shooter, but it's more of a third person action/survival shooter. Same thing with Uncharted and whatnot. However, I don't hate shooters. The Borderlands series, to me, is one of the most fun and inventive FPSs out there.
There's always stereotypes, though. People will always say that the only people that play FPSs are annoying kids. However, there are always fun shooters like the aforementioned ones and things like Half Life and Team Fortress 2. But then, if we're sticking to stereotypes, we could say only kids play games like Mario and Zelda, which, of course as we all know, is untrue. Hationg the community ≠ hating the game.
There's always stereotypes, though. People will always say that the only people that play FPSs are annoying kids. However, there are always fun shooters like the aforementioned ones and things like Half Life and Team Fortress 2. But then, if we're sticking to stereotypes, we could say only kids play games like Mario and Zelda, which, of course as we all know, is untrue. Hationg the community ≠ hating the game.
Garrett x50 cal
Veteran AC Player
I love shooters. TF2 is my favorite game of all time.
To say they get boring after awhile is a true saying but its the same for every game ever made.
When people **** on shooters I'm pretty sure they forget theres more games with guns in them than CoD and Battlefield.
L4D, Half Life, GTA Red Dead, Saints Row, Resident Evil, Just Cause, Rainbow Six, Dead Rising sorta, ETC ETC ETC
To say they get boring after awhile is a true saying but its the same for every game ever made.
When people **** on shooters I'm pretty sure they forget theres more games with guns in them than CoD and Battlefield.
L4D, Half Life, GTA Red Dead, Saints Row, Resident Evil, Just Cause, Rainbow Six, Dead Rising sorta, ETC ETC ETC
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
"Yeah man, if you leave those weird things alone I can get a Tactical Nuke!"
I never played MW2 again.
Hilariously unbalanced, full of boosters, and was just a general disappointment.
