I only read the first 3 pages of the thread but I think it's funny that people answered with a "you wouldn't do anything else on a battlefield".
You know, that's exactly the problem: Almost every single "hardcore" game deals with a badass guy shooting people on a battlefield. In our industry a lot of western developers are hardcore gamers themselves and they can't think of anything besides guys on steroids shooting things on a battlefield. Yesterday I got a press release from Ubisoft explaining the story of Tom Clancy's Hawx. Guess what it is about? The world is going crazy because of war, every single nation needs the help of war specialists, bla bla...
I understand people like the play mechanic of a lot of those titles (I like some FPS as well) but I don't get how someone can go crazy over this over and over again.
What we need are developers re-thinking what gaming means. At least to some extend. It's ok for me to see people play whatever games they want but I bought my Xbox360 because it promised me an "adult" experience... but most games I see on it aren't "adult" in a way I want them to be. I don't consider running around with a weapon and blowing something up an adult experience. And most RPG's just have the usual "safe the world!" story. That's not to bash my Xbox360, though. I love watching DVD's on it, or downloading movies. Geometry Wars is awesome and Portal is really cool. I'm looking forward to Forza 3 and Star Ocean should be an enjoyable experience. But games starring huge, badass guys with tons of guns are not adult to me. They are just lame.
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