Which Game will be Shooter of the year?

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shio said:

Onyxmeth said:

shio said:
Gears of War 2 will never be Shooter of the year because it can't be played with a mouse+keyboard.

That never stopped GoldenEye and the Halo series from taking the honors. If you mean your personal opinion on the best shooter, than sure, rock on with that mouse and keyboard. If we are supposed to be talking about what we believe will get the honors, I don't think there are any sane answers other than Gears 2, when all platforms are considered.

 

They won best console shooter, not overall.

1997 - Quake II was the best shooter easy.

2001 - Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Operation Flashpoint, Tribes 2, Serious Sam, etc... take your pick.

Just give me a valid reason how Goldeneye was a better game than Quake 2, or Halo was better than RTCW, OP or Tribes 2.

 

The thing is, your arguments here are based upon your reasoning and not your opinion.

First, you asserted that no game that doesn't use mouse and keyboard controls could be better than a equal shooters with mouse and keyboard controls.

Then, someone cited a few examples in which they feel make your opinion moot.

So, you try to marginalize those examples.

 

Thing is, there are always going to be valid examples that run contrary to your opinion.

So, you can never prove those wrong, you can just get into a "my opinion is better than yours, obviously" type of argument.

Instead, you should focus on your original argument, that games on consoles have controls that are "too poor" to be competitive with PC games.

Of course, in this case, your argument is elitist and misrepresentative of the truth with a secret motive of flaming console gaming, imo, but you should still stick with it. Sometimes you are a little too quick to promote your PC agenda. Don't forget, L4D is also a 360 game. Fans of single player campaigns will never prefer it to Gears 2, no matter how well in controls. That's why I chose Gears 2. The local-coop is as fun as any multiplayer I've ever enjoyed, and the single player campaign blows anything else this year away, since L4D has no single player campaign, unless you wanna play with bots.

 

...but come on man, I've played OF, and RtCW, and is Tribes 2 even considered a shooter?

Halo sucks, alright, but Halo: Combat Evolved was actually a really great, and innovative single player experience.

...and yes, I played in on the PC, and the later on the original Xbox. It was the same experience.