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Gun focused games (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] DaughterOfMars@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Granted, there are lots of non-gun games. I guess I mostly take offense to Starfield because it feels so out of place.

[–] Mummelpuffin 3 points 2 years ago

I mean, this has always been Bethesda's "thing". They make RPGs. I grew up making incredibly dumb character builds in Oblivion where I'd bounce around rooms dodging fireballs and karate chopping people with a character that looked like Patrick Stewart.

On the other hand, I get it, Bethesda's "strongsuit" has always been exploration, lore, environmental storytelling, just living in a world... and I think Eastshade is a cool take on how to make a game that's just about that.