| Mendicate Bias said: Please don't turn this into a PC shooter thread, I've seriously had enough of elitist trying to cram their opinions down my throat on this website. |
You're going to face resistance to this article. Partially because people who love PCs don't like having their toes stepped on and partially because the article is full of massive holes in its logic.
It compares Pac-Man to Contra. I'm willing to guess that I'm a fair amount older than you and the "issue" was with the transition to home gaming consoles, not the game itself. Even then, the "issue" was largely non-existent.
The article talks up the fallicies of run-n-gun gameplay but doesn't point out that it's a lot of fun to play that way. It tries to make a point out of a few lackluster games (Metroid being the exemption) and portray them as victims of a cruel world that just doesn't understand their brilliance.
You know what? That argument works wonderfully for games that don't suck. When they do, it just sounds like a contrarian opinion for the sake of being contrarian.
With that said, I actually agree that the potential of the Wii to have outstanding shooters is extraordinary.
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