What's the point?

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by dropCGCF

The gameplay wasn't all that different from every other FPS I've ever played. Shoot, kill grab weapons. Games need a new direction. Sequels just don't give that. That's why I refuse to play San Andreas after blowing my money on 3 and V.C. The first may have been groundbreaking, but how can you do it again?

Why do you care so much about games being groundbreaking? If its fun, play it. I loved Halo, and if Halo 2 is just "more of the same" I'll love that game too. Its not all that often that a game comes around that is truly a fantastic experience to play, so if they just keep it going I'm happy as Hell.

Expand the story, extend the gameplay a little with new weapons, enemies and vehicles... but don't screw what what everyone loved to begin with. When you start grading sequels on whether or not they've "advanced" enough, you've missed the entire point of playing videogames, IMO.

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

Expand the story, extend the gameplay a little with new weapons, enemies and vehicles... but don't screw what what everyone loved to begin with. When you start grading sequels on whether or not they've "advanced" enough, you've missed the entire point of playing videogames, IMO.

I agree.

An extremely rushed launch title ended up being one of the (if not the) greatest home console FPSs of all time... how could it NOT get a ton of hype?

[Null]

wasnt really that rushed. much was already done when they ported what they had over to xbox and finished it up.

but yea. the popular games get the hype. and this one is leading the way for other console fps's to follow.