I mean.. look at Space Invaders.

and Asteroid

and Centipede

and we can't forget Battlezone

These games all play differently and are all classics.

But if you look at current shooters.. like

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Killzone 2, Resistance 2 and Halo 3.. they all generally play the same way and a few years from now they will be outdone(hopefully) by their sequels.  They may seem like classics now but it's only a matter of time until the next game in their respective series comes out and they're rendered irrelevant.  Who still plays Resistance I, or Halo: Combat Evolved, or Call of Duty I, now that their sequels are bigger and better.

Case and point.. Gameplay is getting more polished but it's doing so with each iteration and and the games of now that we love will never be remembered in pop culture as more than a "great PS3 game" or "great 360 game" or "great Wii game."

God, I'm starving for the next Centipede or Asteroids..

I never played a shooter other than star fox.But I do see alot of people complaining about how shooters are overdone

3 numbers: 007

Modern Warfare has a shot at becoming a "classic".

Apart from that, i cant think of any current gen shooters.

You have no soul.

I'm suprised they are still selling very well with a complant like that.

I tihnk when killeryoshis means alot of people, he means people on the internet. forum goers =/= consumer majority of shooters.

You have.. to play it.

I look at them at I thank God I have better games t play today.

Says the man with Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 in his avatar.