Lazy Jones said:
Excellent!
In a sense, Mass Effect is a bit like the futuristic shooter, but when I look out onto the market and think about how REAL WORLD future warfare will happen for soldiers I can't help but think there isn't a shooter that fits that mould.
Red Faction? Yeah... not really, it's a bit far-fetched and crazy in many ways.
Halo? Maybe, but it's based way out in Space against Aliens... I don't think Humans will find Aliens unless we can create some sort of FTL travel... but is that possible in Physics? Anyway... even Halo doesn't feel 'future / sci-fi' enough for me, I mean the weapons are all the same and I suppose some of the covenant stuff is futuristic, but it doesn't fit with what I'm trying to describe.
I don't think it's the evolution of futuristic weapons that I'm talking about, although rather than gunpowder I would expect us to use magnetic railgun type weapons eventually... lasers? Perhaps...
Crysis? Yeah - that's probably a decent example of the direction I'm thinking of (actually many people have said that Crysis 2 could fit if it was called "Call of Duty: Future Warfare".
So, I think Ghost Recon Future Warfare definitely seems on the right track (the quote "each soldier is equivalent of an F16 fighter jet" I like the idea of that.
But currently? I don't believe there is a futuristic warfare game yet, and to be honest I think that is a big opportunity for whoever goes there first.
Modern Warfare games are getting tired out like WW2 era was and have and something new needs to come about and I certainly think it's Future Warfare that will be the big appealing factor. Honestly I think Infinity Ward and Activision are silly to make 'Modern Warfare 3', though I suppose they are saving 'Future Warfare' for when sales of the Modern Warfare games start to waver a little. Just wish they'd do it now.
Battlefield 2142, yeah... but nah - the soldiers individually aren't powerful enough. Crysis is on the right track though (I just said about that I think there isn't a futuristic warfare game yet but I think I'm wrong - Crysis 2 is that game).