On 9/16/2013 3:51 PM, Shay wrote:
> 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
Wow.. Guess you are like.. really not into immersion, where just 
shooting shit isn't the main goal. lol And, the point of the camera is 
to take the shot "before" they notice you (yes, this is possible, since 
their "Ooh! Something to kill" range is just outside of the range of 
what the camera can take a picture at, not while they are trying to kill 
you. ;) Guessing.. this is easier on a PC, where you don't have like 8 
buttons, and a couple of sticks to work with (but then, so many games 
are..., even, ironically, when originally released on console.)

That said. Is Fallout: New Vegas on the PS3? Its sort of like 
borderlands, except, well.. frankly, while "small stuff" isn't giving me 
much XP, its massively about exploring all the locations, along with the 
main story line, raiding the vaults in various places in the world, 
and.. hoping you are strong enough, when you get there, to not get your 
ass handed to you (which happened almost immediately, not far down the 
road from where I started the game.

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