On 09/16/2013 04:54 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:44:43 -0400, Shay wrote:
>
>> Are there any actual fps video games (not bedtime stories) available for
>> ps3 (first choice) or Steam,
>
> I guess that depends on what specifically you're looking for.
>
> I enjoyed Portal 2, and have spent an awful lot of time playing
> Borderlands 2.
>
> Jim
>

I tried Borderlands 1 for a bit. It was OK until I, innocently enough, 
went on one too many side quests and effectively broke the game by 
becoming too powerful for the missions. Nothing was challenging after 
that, so I just quit.

What do I want? What I want is to play a f-ing game. Let's look at the 
*alleged* game Bioshock:

* There are big enemies that require a lot of ammo to kill. Dying 
doesn't matter much and the AI is stupid, so you pretty much just pump 
ammo into these enemies until they die. There's a "magic" system, but 
that requires even more "ammo", so ammo is critical. And how do you get 
ammo? By opening every door, looking in every ashtray, and scrounging 
for nickels. zzzzzzzzzzzzz

* You've got to hack terminals and robots. It's not a choice. There's 
not enough ammo to just kill everything. And how do you hack terminals 
and robots? By playing a cheesy, not-even-challenging tile game that 
belongs in start>programs>accessories. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

* You've got to get Adam (just another kind of currency). And how do you 
get Adam? By running around empty levels waiting for a "Little Sister" 
to spawn. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

* You've got to listen to recordings--dozens of them--because some of 
them have important information. You can't hear the recordings over the 
sounds of combat. So, how do you listen to recordings? By planting your 
ass somewhere quiet and waiting for the recording to end. zzzzzzzzzzzz

* You've got to take pictures. Well, maybe you don't exactly "got" to do 
this one, but you're given a camera and are expected to "switch weapon > 
click > switch weapon back" before starting a fight. You can't even 
blast something as it's coming at you, you've got to duck back and take 
a picture first. This was the last straw. This is where I quit the 
"game." #$%$#^@#$^%$#

*BONUS => As if all of the above weren't bad enough, this chore list 
pauses every 20 minutes for a third-rate movie clip.

No! I won't do it. I can't believe this shit passes for entertainment. 
Just let me play the damn game. PLEASE! I'm sorry, mr. game 
manufacturer, that you're burdened with some obese media sponge's 
expectation that he get 100 hours of "game play" for giving up $60 of 
his candy money, but functioning adults might buy games too if you did a 
better job.

  -Shay

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