My brother got me to try Gears of War...

[PaladinFoster]

I've found that TF2 gets my gameboner stiff since it rewards the hell out of teamwork and punishes those who try to play it like Call of Duty. There's also quite a bit of strategy involved in that you must choose the most effective loadout for your style and work with other players of complimentary classes in order to succeed.

Examples: A Heavy is basically a huge bullet magnet, ensuring he will die quickly without a Medic to back him up. Engineers are excellent defenders, but can't do much in the way of offense and rely heavily on Pyros to defend them from Spies.

[Fulsom]

I tried to play TF2, but then I realsed it was teamwork based, and that I have no friends...so I sadly uninstalled!

[Walker of Darkness]

Final Fantasy Tactics master game.

[Vena Sera IV]

I've got TF2 on the Xbox, just recently bought Orange Box. Methinks I'll try setting up a game night with Spam this week

[Azarthes]

Amen good sir, games aren't fun unless there's some actual thinking or challenge involved, IMO.

Now I'm plotting a potential Spam Game Night... Hm.... >.>

Because shooters are never challenging.

[Fulsom]

I've got TF2 on the Xbox, just recently bought Orange Box. Methinks I'll try setting up a game night with Spam this week

The orange box was pretty damn good when it first came out!

[Vena Sera IV]

Because shooters are never challenging.

Fair enough, I'll give you there's challenge/skill involved in shooters, I won't deny that. Not sure how to word it really... Not the same kind of challenge I suppose?
I suppose a single-player or cooperative game is more challenging in the sense of teamwork or individual strategy, whereas shooters are just who can... Well... Aim better.

[Hellis]

Arma series was here. Arcade shooters are for pussies.

[Grif of Hearts]

Compared to 'teh uber realistic modern military shootaaaaaaar' it's kind of a refreshing change of setting.

Pretty much my main reason for playing. It's a bizarre change to the typical shooter, with interesting and genuinely likable characters and a rather bountiful backstory that sets it apart from other games. I'm something of a lore-whore, and Gears of War has more than enough lore fluff to keep me interested for days on end.

Nothing will beat Portal 2 for co-op. The only shooters I play with friends, as rare as I do, are Halo 4 and Battlefield. Even those far less now, FPS' have become so mind numbingly dull to me.

I've actually found both Portal games to be incredibly overrated. They're alright games, but I would choose Gears of War: Judgement over a third Portal game.

Arma series was here. Arcade shooters are for pussies.

Oooh. Aren't you fancy?

[Hellis]

I've actually found both Portal games to be incredibly overrated. They're alright games, but I would choose Gears of War: Judgement over a third Portal game.


You mean to say "I do not like puzzle games as much as straightforward shooters."


Becouse the portalgames, out of gamedev perspective was a great experiment in combining puzzles with fps controls. Something that people kept failing at before. It was also a great use of silent protag narrative, but that Is Valves forte so we all expected them to deliver on that. GoW on the other hand introduced us to a evolved verison of cover systems and cemented the Regen health trend (much to my chagrin) and became the very essence of "Casual Shooters.


Also, The GOW characters are flat as fucking pancakes up untill the thirdgame, super fucking generic muscleheads and walking frat bait. You are putting alot of cred in some very basic things that alot of people have done FAR BETTER many times before. As for the lore? What lore? I've read a shit ton of GoW. It is the same basic sci-fi tropes heaped upon one another with added grit and grim to cover for some sloppy writing and a basic as shit plotline.