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Doom and Half Life (and other such FPSs of its time like System Shock 2) seem to me like two entirely different genres. I think Carmack was wrong but you can st
by sotojuan 10y ago
Doom and Half Life (and other such FPSs of its time like System Shock 2) seem to me like two entirely different genres. I think Carmack was wrong but you can still have fun with a simple shooter + puzzle game like Doom.
- ekianjo 10y agoSystem shock 2 is not a shooter.
- emdowling 10y agoIt is if you want it to be.
- falcor84 10y agoVids or it didn't happen. Given the lack of ammunition, and the overall design, I find it hard to believe that there's a way to play it on which a significant amount of time would be spent shooting.
- emdowling 10y agoGames don't have a minimum "bullets per minute" quota they need to fill to be considered a shooter. Sometimes I go on a melee spree in Halo, does that make it "not a shooter"? SS2 lets you use projectile weapons as your preferred way of disposing of enemies. In my mind, if you choose that path, it could be described as a shooter. That isn't all it is, but it is one word that describes a particular way you can choose to play the game. Side note: SS2 is probably my favourite game so I certainly don't mean to "degrade" it by implying it is "just" a shooter.
- egypturnash 10y agoIt's first-person. There's always a gun poking out of the bottom of the screen. Sure looks like an FPS to me. It's a stealthy horror FPS, not a bulletstorm.
- blibble 10y agogo up the energy weapon tree unlimited ammo!