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Going back to broad strokes genres, this week's topic concerns the FPS (First Person Shooter), a staple of the overall gaming scene.

A First Person Shooter is the type of game where you play from a first person perspective (big shocker) and focuses around shooting (bigger shocker there), whether that's other players or NPC enemies. It's nice for a genre to be so plainly self-descriptive! FPS games also involve the navigation of a 3D environment, and often times incorporate standard concepts that are ubiquitous at this point like ammo management and loadouts of different weapons. This genre was heavily shaped by Doom (the original, released in early 90s), to the point where before the name FPS fully took hold, one term often used was "Doom clones". Nowadays there are many subgenres and styles paired with the FPS - class-based shooters, "boomer shooters", milsim and/or tactical shooters, twitch shooters, and others.

Here are some questions and subtopics that I encourage people to discuss:

  • What are some of your favorite subgenres or styles of FPS, and your favorite games from them?
  • Do you enjoy secondary concepts often associated with FPS games like ammo management and loadout adjustment?
  • What genres do you like to see crossed over with an FPS?
  • Do you prefer multiplayer or singleplayer FPS games? For multiplayer, Co-op or PvP?
  • What are some of your favorite weapons from FPS titles? What's been memorable?

Also feel free to bring up anything you like related to the topic! If you have suggestions for future discussion topics, leave them in the suggestion thread.

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[–] code@lemmy.mayes.io 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

What I wish would come back is really good COOP PVE. I ran a hugely popular ut2004 Invasion server that we wrote a custom mutator for (Sudvasion). I had a T1 line to my house that just ran the servers. We had a solid dedicated group of people from all over the world playing that 24/7. Was the pinnacle of gaming for me. 18 years later I still chat with some of the community via steam disc etc.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you tried GTFO? It's more of a stealth game than a straight up shooter, but it did scratch that itch for me and my friends.

Also, Gunfire Reborn is pretty good at going "one more run" due to its roguelite nature, and it has a pretty well functioning coop mode

[–] code@lemmy.mayes.io 3 points 2 years ago

Gunfire is quite fun. Gtfo just didnt do it for me. Was fun but i tired of it quick.

16player pve coop is my dream again. The new starship trooper is acratching the ut invasion itch a good bit right now

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