I love FPS games as much as the next guy, and played plenty of them, but seriously, they aren't all that different from each other.

I think that's true, but I also think there have been titles that have really matured the genre. Half-Life really added story and voice acting to FPS -- which before were just shoot and kill titles. I haven't played a lot of newer FPS, so I don't know which titles really stand out as expanding or improving the genre, but I agree that the ones that don't seem like same ol' same ol' to me. Just like any other genre that gets done to death.

For me there are mainly 2 types of FPS games. Ones with gimmicky/big weapons and ones with gimmicky/over the top powers. Serious Sam, Doom, Quake and Time Splitters all have outrageous weapons. F.E.A.R., Far Cry and Shadowrun have the powers going for them. I still play more FPS than anything else so I am ok with limited variety and now and then one is released that breaks the mold.

I'd love to see a next gen Serious Sam. Imagine the number of shit they could send at you at once. Pretty much the only game that made me laugh as well.

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True. To me, every JRPG looks the same with the big-headed and/or cutesy characters and child hero that *gasp* has to save the world.

Half-life = storytelling and cinematic moments
Deus Ex = FPS and RPG blended together
Rainbow Six/Ghost Recon = tactical realism
Far Cry = open ended environments

I would say those are all pretty different.

While I never played R6 or Far Cry, I agree with you. But the problem is that there are a bunch of clones of each of these instead of new innovations.

However, this isn't exclusive to FPS. It's just that if you're not a fan of FPS (or a mild fan), then it gets repetitive and old. I like FPS, but I'm not a "fan" of them. I loved Half-life though. I couldn't get into Deus Ex.

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This week's episode of Sopranos.

I remember once when I bought a new computer, I made sure it could play the recently announced Duke Nukem Forever. That computer had a Pentium II 350 processor and an STB Nvidia TNT 16meg video card! This was when it was still based on the QuakeII engine........

I thought it had been longer than six years.

Damn... you beat me to it. I was going to say "Christ... what kind of porn do YOU watch. I think the girl I was just watching was born when the 2001 trailer came out!" Or something of the sort. Anyways, you stole my thunder, and I applaud that.

After 10 years you would think they'd release something. Take a dump in a box and mark it Duke Nukem Forever.