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Gun focused games (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by DaughterOfMars@lemmy.world to c/gaming

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Is anyone else sick and tired of how many games these days are focused around gun fighting? IMO, FPS games haven't markedly improved since the original counter strike which I played as a CHILD. Frankly, I just wish we could all stop obsessing over guns and come up with something new.

EDIT: A good example right now is Starfield. Why is a game that is ostensibly about exploration and discovery so obsessed with guns? Let's be honest, the combat doesn't even look good. It's certainly not better gun combat than 90 percent of FPS games from the last decade. So it begs the question: Why have guns at all?

EDIT 2: I'm realizing I should have posted this in c/UnpopularOpinion

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[–] Exaggeration207 3 points 1 year ago

The last FPS I really got into was Overwatch, and my two mains (Mercy and Reinhardt) weren't gun fighters. Some FPS games actually try to innovate, like Titanfall, and while I can't get into them, I can see the appeal. But then there's the Call of Duty and Battlefield series, which largely give us the same gameplay over and over again. I know they're popular for a reason, and they continue to sell really well, but... yeah. I just don't get it.