Byteside Games 2.2: First-Person Shooters
Posted on: February 18, 2010
For serious gamers, there’s no genre that has more impact than the FPS. We look at the not-so-brief history of the ‘Doom-clone’ and some of the milestone developments that have kept the genre fresh. Debates get heated over whether we count 3rd-person shooters like Gears of War in the category, and on the question of staying true to the PC or enjoying the comfort of the couch and console. And any idea when we’ll see a 2nd-person shooter?
Guests: David Hollingworth, Atomic; Richie Young, GameArena.com.au; Jeremy ‘Junglist’ Ray
Richie also wants to thank Martin Slater from 2K Australia, an old school shooter fan and man on the Aussie Bioshock team, for throwing extra ideas into Richie’s brain before this episode.
February 18th, 2010 at 09:43
The console shift also has the negative impact of actually dumbing down the games in order to compensate for the technical limitations. Think Deus Ex, the original RPG/FPS hybrid and the console developed Deus Ex 2.
Half Life and the Half Life series are arguably the best in the single player FPS genre and are significantly reduced in terms of gameplay on the console versions – So what do developers do? They compensate by simplifying the experience or in the case of games like Dead Space, make it 3rd person and slow the pace down.
I think its just down to mainstream Gamers either getting dumber or just lazier, akin to the Movie industry and looking at Steams figures, there is more online FPS gamers on the PC platform than the consoles combined. Facts and stats are awesome.
March 1st, 2010 at 22:42
Your intro is well shot and edited….
but it is about 15 seconds too long… take this from an editor who knows what he's talking about and is working for a well known broadcast TV show. I won't bother commenting on the rest of the show… actually that sounds rude so I will make some kind of comment that I hope is beneficial as constructive feedback:
The show is obviously a slow panel discussion for people with a hardcore interest in gaming…. I'm not talking about your average gamer of which there are many… I'm talking about the extremely hardcore that just love to hear every bit of a discussion on gaming by people who work in the industry.
That is all well and good, but most gamers (I could throw a random % at ya but I'd be talking bullshit then).. ahem.. most gamers won't likely sit throw a long unedited discussion panel like this with no relevant overlay. I can guess that your budget would not go much further than a day of editing so I don't know if you can really resolve these issues but good luck to you and the show.