Am I the only one who likes health meters over Regenrating health in FPSs?

[Onyxmeth]

L.C.E.C. said:

Onyxmeth said:

L.C.E.C. said:

Why does almost every modern shooter have health regeneration, instead of the old health regaining mechanic?

Why does everyone copy Halo 2?

Why does every shooter make you sit and hide like a wuss instead of making you go and finding a health pack?

Why do most developers not even use a reasonable explanation of how the person got regenerative powers, unlike halo, which tells you they are energy shields?

Why does everyone (esp. Yahtzee) praise developers when they use health-regenerating, and punish the games that make it to where it can't be a 3-hr long snipefest between 2-shooters with regenerating health?

Why is CoD:4 considered so realistic when instead of healing yourself with health packs, you auto-regeneration?

Why did the Conduit get slammed by a previewer for collecting health orbs "unrealistically" (a la Devil May Cry/Ninja Gaiden), instead of using Health regeneration, when the whole game is about shooting ALIENS?

Dammit, it pisses me off to see such ignorance in the gaming industry.

 

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Why would shooters need to explain regenerative health to the player? It's not any less realistic than walking through a glowing first aid kit icon and magically feeling better all of a sudden. At least the regenerative system gives a slight impression of being hurt for a short period of time. If you want a more realistic approach, or an attempt at it, play Far Cry 2. I hear you get better by picking bullets out of your wounds with your combat knife. Damn I really have to pick that game up one day.

 

I'm not talking about a "glowing first aid kit", I'm talking about there being just standard white 3-dimensional, first-aid kits on the gound, you pick it up (and maybe puch a button to use it), and maybe animation plays to heal yourself (bandadges, blood transfusions, ect), instead of having 7 of your 9 pints of blood on the ground and then within 5 seconds of hiding under a desk, you're all better!

It would be best if you could pick up and store 1-st aid kits, with a limit of 2 or 3, but that hasn't happened yet.

@bolded-What game has done this?