Cliche are LITERALLY IN EVERYTHING.

well your claim was that the entire genre is bland

But.

No buts.

I can agree that there are many generic shooters but that doesnt mean the genre is bland as a whole

If its literally a bunch of rehashed elements of other games glued together

then I think I'd stand by my contempt for the genre

They've been here since the begining of art and film making. You'll never escape them.

And continue to play Unreal 1, Thief the Dark Project, Half Life etc.

Rainbow 6 (98)

Good FPS

Original ideas

Half Life isn't "Good"

A L L U N R E A L G A M E S A R E T H E S A M E

Sorry to bust the bubble.

half life is dated as fuck i played it what a 5/10 experience

By todays standards it isn't

just imprecise controls and lackluster gameplay god damn

Yeah, it doesn't hold up like other games of that time do.

But at the time it was groundbreaking, a technology demonstrater essentially.

doesnt matter if it was

Quake and Doom stand the test of time.

what matters is how it is compared to games now

good games stand the test of time

Quake III Arena even more so.

^ i still play the ori doom sometimes. fucking great game haha

Dat soundtrack tho

Quake 3 was a lot of fun

I prefer Unreal Tournament though.

Ewy.

doom came out the year i was born lol, ya cant expect top notch audio

alright so you are basically just blinded by nostalgia there we go

Most of it's song were ripping off metal songs of the time.

how is an arena shooter creative lmao

Arena Shooters take the most skill to play.

You don't die in three seconds because someone shot before you.

I'm clearly blinded by nostaligia... which is why I said HL2 was just a technology demonstrator

Stop straw clutching.

yeah imophel I agree with that

but they arent creative its a very basic idea

then how is it a good game