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Multi-Kill: A History of FPS

FPS (First Person Shooters) have become a staple of a gamer's healthy diet. But where did it all begin?

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RPGer1265d ago

The minimal effort of any genre is being FPV. And shooter is even less. As example COD, Skyrim, Destiny etc. They are pure casual and flat. Of course there are exception like Doom and Bioshock. But in general not as decent.

PrimeVinister1265d ago

It became the default and began to foster safety and laziness. The FPS genre probably peaked before the late 00s and has been mostly repetitive since.

ChristianReggieWait1264d ago

For me, early Halo represented the last stand of the arena shooter. With the online becoming more competitively focused, I doubt that's going to continue.

It would be great to see iD and Epic bring Quake and UT to consoles, even if it's in a FTP capacity and in beta.

I miss arena shooters, The first DooM had a brilliant death match multiplayer. Why it wasn't carried into Eternal I have no idea!

ChristianReggieWait1264d ago

Games like DooM and arena shooters are the key to making FPS great again. Although I'm not going to lie, I'm biased as hell for Halo!

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The importance of audio: How music makes games better

How do composers make the iconic music tracks from games that we love? And just what makes them so memorable?

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purple1017d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Twitter is blowing up right now

All games coming to PlayStation
Next Xbox will have steam
Next Xbox niche and only for “gamers who want it” (it’s a really powerful pc or a steam deck type portable, or both)

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Ex-343 dev says there were “20-30” pitched Halo games we’ll never see

A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.

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Kaii80d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic79d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

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PhillyDonJawn79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

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Vengeance113880d ago

Dead IP, time to invent something new.

kaos8980d ago

Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

jznrpg80d ago

Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

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Milestone Games in the History of the First-Person Shooter (FPS) Genre

Have you ever looked at a modern first-person shooter and wondered "How did we get here?" Wealth of Geeks performs a deep dive into the genre, including some of the most influential games, from the very first FPS from the cross-genre experiences that changed the game entirely.

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shinoff218384d ago

I've looked and wished we never did get here.