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

  • DaughterOfMars@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 years ago

    I really disagree on both points. I don’t see why I should be exploring the galaxy by mass murdering everything in it.

    And Skyrim is definitely 100% about the combat. Every single mechanic serves that purpose.

    • SugarApplePie@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      Have you tried No Man’s Sky? I’ve been having a fun time being a pacifist space explorer cataloging all sorts of random creatures, plants, and rocks. Only a handful of hours of playtime but so far it looks like the combat is optional.

      • DaughterOfMars@lemmy.worldOP
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        2 years ago

        I have. I found that it was a little too repetitive and shallow, but it was fun for a while. Tbh I had hoped that Starfield would aim to be a better version of NMS.