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That's not totally true...I'm a big shooter fan, PC anyway.  I've played a lot of console FPSs.
I agree that the Wii is in 3rd place when it comes to shooters.  But I think what it DOES have, or what it WILL have, it DEFINITELY worth getting.  The arcade style on-rail shooters have a lot of fun potential, like Ghost Squad and RE: UC.  And there's Metroid and other future FPSs that use the Wiimote...I found Red Steel fun, it reminded me of my times with Goldeneye.  Don't rule the Wii out, its shooters have a lot of fun potential.



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I like some shooters as well, I've been playing them since Wolfenstien 3D, but I've never been able to cope with using a gamepad for them. Then I played Red Steel and starting shooting the guns right out of the opponents hands, that was cool as hell. Metroid Prime was the first time I enjoyed a console based "shooter" game (even thought it's more adventure) because the auto-lock meant I could actually focus on the game than struggle with the controls. Besides the fact that I was blown away by every aspect of the game itself. ;)



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Bioshock... Some people who haven't read up on the game will assume it's a typical fps but it's anything but that and it's going to try to bring new ideas to the genre. For starters you use your environment a lot more that in most fps where you're just running and gunning and it's not the exploding barrels, etc seen in other games. It's using water to electrocute, etc. Open ended. In most first person shooters once you finish a level you can't go back but in Bioshock the game is very wide open, multiple paths etc. In a way it's similar to the Zelda games in that respect. It's also not on rails which means in most fps you have to go from point A to point B to point C.. Basically everything is scripted out in most fps so that you're forced to follow the path the programmers made but in this game it's not like that, think of it a little similar to the later Grand Theft Auto games. Moral decisions that affect the game and your character. I never played Fable but in this game certain decisions that you make will not only affect the story, but your character and gameplay as well. It also borrows ideas from Deus Ex including your character being able to enhance himself with new abilities except he's limited in how many abilities he can add to himself, so he has to pick and choose, etc. I could go on but I think what I'm trying to say is that this game is very ambitions and trying to push the fps genre from it's current stale state. Hopefully it does just that.



If you have the Wii, and PS3, you might as well complete your collection, and pick up an Xbox 360.



Some cool 360 games definately worth getting this year: Forza 2 (5/29) - The best sim racing game ever for Xbox comes to 360. 1st day buy for me. Mass Effect (6/12) - The uber-RPG. Part 3rd person shooter, part RPG, fully awesome. Looks to be the spiritual succuessor of KOTOR. The graphics are just ungodly, and the gameplay looks ultra-solid. Two Worlds (6/14) - Oblivion, but longer (150hrs), bigger (3x the size of Cyrodill in Oblivion) and a 8 player multiplayer option. It's a german 360/PC game. Trusty Bell (6/??) - The ultimate Cell-Shaded RPG. Definately not your standard fare, since it deals with Chopin in a dreamworld. Definately a great RPG. Culdicept Saga (7/??) - A card based isometric RPG for the 360. Odd little game, but has recieved alot of attention. Bioshock (7/14?) - The self-proclaimed shooter 2.0. Looks to be alot more moody and scary than typical FPS games. It reminds me of Condemned, Xbox 360's best FPS. All-Pro Football (7/??) - The best name in football by 2k Sports is back. Looks like it could be an undercover succuess. With Madden not improving, it could take the steam from it. EA Sports Madden Tripe (July for NCAA/August for Madden) - Obviously the brand name in American football. Good game, will garner great sales. I'm looking forward to NCAA 2008 more. Wanna see where they rank my Buckeyes at. Blue Dragon (8/29) - The uber-JRPG for the 360. $25m to make and on 3 disks. From what I've seen and heard, it's worth the wait. Gonna be a first day buy for me. Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (8/Late) - KuF was part strategy game, part ultra-tactical RTS, part RPG set to a korean heavy metal soundtrack. An oddball game, but one of the best $40 gems ever in the history of gaming. Halo 3 (9/??) - Not my cup o tea, but obviously the best multiplayer FPS on any console ever, atleast by most people's standards. GTAIV (10/21) - Saints Row and Crackdown were fantastic sandbox games. GTAIV will make em look like crap (hopefully, in a good way). Army of Two (11/1) - A 2 player TPS that looks like it's made of sweetness. Obviously a fantastic game, even if it IS EA. Kind of like Mercenaries. Banjo Threeie (12/??) - Rare is back with one of their centerpiece titles. Should be a good game, even though Im not really into platformers anymore. Lost Odyssey (12/??) - Blue Dragon was the appetizer for Sakaguchis real return to the serious RPG world. Very anticipated by many people, and should be a friggin' blast. Not mentioned: Ace Combat 5, Alan Wake (set for 08), DMC4, RE5, CoD: MW, and a few other games that have unknown or really late premier dates.



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vanguardian1 said:
I like some shooters as well, I've been playing them since Wolfenstien 3D, but I've never been able to cope with using a gamepad for them. Then I played Red Steel and starting shooting the guns right out of the opponents hands, that was cool as hell. Metroid Prime was the first time I enjoyed a console based "shooter" game (even thought it's more adventure) because the auto-lock meant I could actually focus on the game than struggle with the controls. Besides the fact that I was blown away by every aspect of the game itself. ;)

See, i liked red steel too, but it got horrible reviews??



Xbox360: Deadrising Wii Shooter: I enjoyed Red Steel, and it was a decent try for a launch title. Controls were a bit better in Far Cry, though the experience was horrible. They are working on Red Steel 2, so they should fix everything from the first. It should be a solid FPS shooter.



360's pretty solid right now, if I had an HDTV I'd probably have a 360 this year to go with it.



Been reading through the posts, and I must say I want a 360, but now I am hesitant, I have seen many 360 owners post that they had theirs for a year and it conked out.but they are quick to say it was replaced, what are the defective numbers on the 360??Hopefully If I buy now, they would have time over a year to make/fix everything, .but then again, What if I purchase one that has been sitting on the shelf?????



im om my 3rd 360 but it definitly worth it. make sure you dont move the 360 because it will scratch your disc