Shooters. Their very name implies what you will be doing for the whole game, and that’s busting caps in asses. There might be a tank mission or a chase scene thrown in, but even then you’ll still be shooting at a something. Some of these games are still able to get a compelling story across, like Half-Life, Metro 2033, or even parts of Modern Warfare 1, for example. That said, far too many developers take the lazy way out, making what could have been an otherwise brilliant concept (we’re looking at you Turning Point: Fall of Liberty) into a bland seen-it-once-seen-it-a-thousand-times shooting gallery… …
THQ creative director Sean Dunn talks marrying story and gameplay in Homefront (Homefront)
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