Confidence Man said:
You haven't played Shadowrun.
It will bomb, but it's anything but run of the mill.
This amuses me. I
have in fact played Shadowrun. I'm not saying it's not fun in that moment, for a bit. Of course every game has it's context.
Personally I don't see the expansion of options to choose from in a game as such, or a slight addition or some interactive element, as anything fundamentally different. The gameplay still revolves
solely around killing, respanwing, repeat, etc. Whether you are allowed to float half the map, teleport, or whatever. This has been done before. Putting it all together in one gametype, sure, why not? But it's not innovation, it's a tweak to an existing genre that does not evolve and personally doesn't interest me anymore.
I can still remember from early in the Halo days, the multiplayer was to become something of a scale never before imagined. You would be on the ring world, large scale battles, etc.
That sounded interesting. It ended up being just another Quake 3/UT mod in the Halo universe, which was madly successful and therefore will not be changed anymore to the original vision, since it would hurt sales. Of course they shouldnt do it just for me. Hell, they can do what they want. But there have only been tiny evolutions in the multiplayer shooter front, as opposed to the new forms of real strategy and customization in Chrome Hounds, and the sneak gameplay in Splinter Cell, and the unique twist with the Mercenary units that game has as well, MMO's are also getting better and better. I mean good chance Halo 3 will be 16 players again due to their inability, need or whatever, to go further then they need to...
Anyway, doesn't matter, just
personally peeves me that these games are being rehashed formats of something that was successful before, just to sell them. Of course they deserve respect for the things they try to do and change. But it's no real biggy if you look back in the past five to ten years. It just doesnt excite me anymore. It did when it was new a
gazillion years ago.
And again, I understand other people like it, it's like sports. I don't get someone running down the track every day for 20 years just to beat some stupid record either. I like running or walking in nature, smelling the air, seeing the sights. Variation, tension, surprise...etc. Anyways, end of rant on why these multiplayer games lost their appeal to me.
