The new generation of gamers are scary!

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AstroBoyWonder said:

I just wanted to throw in my worthless, newbie to this forum, two cents... I think the problem with SP games nowadays is the lack of creativity being put forward. Its all about "how pretty everything looks" now rather than how good the story and characters are. Too much money put into the art instead of the writing.

Also... because I kept seeing people comment on how "good" the single player CoD4 is. I rarely play much MP nowadays and i LOVE shooters -- but holy hell, I could barely finish CoD4 because it was so incredible linear and insanely boring. There was absolutely NO story present -- it was all "ok now you are THIS soldier... and you are in THIS country... fighting THIS badguy!!"... repeat, repeat, repeat... game over. The single most overrated game I have played in YEARS.

I agree with the first paragraph. I've almost lost complete hope of a deep and involving story with multiple options in the style of Deus Ex. The only game FPS in recent years that I actually cared about the character and story in SP in Half-Life 2 + episodes.

In regards to CoD4, I thought that whilst linear and lacking in story, the campaign relied more on impressive and shocking set-pieces for immersion. I thought the segement where you see the perspective of the President before getting shot and the nuke were very well done and the sniper level (leading up to the assasination) was superb.