MOHAA, WS and BF1942 are ww2 shooter that where/are all the rage,
CS and SOF2, RS are popular but COULD the sci-fi shooters like UT2003 and Q4 (coming later) together with Doom3 and Unreal2 start a new trend and swing the pendulum into the Sci-Fi FPS zone?

Time may be coming to trade the AK for a Phaser?

Hmmmm…..    F   |_|    C    K     that…..



(can I get away with that? ^ lol)  

Sadly, yes. Trends repeat. Remember back to 1994 or so? They were the hit then, and possibly yes, they are gonna come back, but stuff like Raven Shield and Ghost Recon *sorry, cant name a non- clancy there* will replace hyper unrealistic games like SOF2. The action arcade will be the Karma and what not... with the bullet time

I am waiting for another game that uses bullet time, that made a mediocre game (max payne) absolutely incredible and a load of laffs!

And theres nothing wrong with "Sci-Fi" shooters, I personally dont like real world shooters and prefer the UT's and Quakes.

ITS PAYNE!!!

YES...........

Maybe thats the way things will go, but not with me. I think the more realistic the better.

SOFII -  still playing it since i bought it, i love realism.

Medal of Honor:Allied Assault - was the only game i played for days till i completed it.

Quake II  - got bored with it in about 2 days, too repetitive.

HalfLife - played it for a few days before i got sick of unconvincing monsters

Unreal Tournament (UT) - this one bucks the trend, i couldnt get enough of it.

For me i prefer realism, killing monsters with silly weapons just doesnt do it for me, i guess i like more of a simulation. Plus how satisfying is it blowing someones hand off in SOFII and seeing it on the ground and blood spurting from the limb.

UT was different, perhaps because although the weapons were sci-fi you were still facing (mostly) human looking opponents.

thats just my thoughts - sim and realism the only way to go

I still play more Q3 than most other games. Then probably Urban Terror, BF1942, JK2, then sometimes SOF2 (although its been a while) and rarely UT2K3 (waiting for mods on that one). I think that there are too many people playing vids to really say there are concrete trends. Music industry is the same way, whats pop now? Crappy quality formulaic songs from ALL genres. I'll play the games that are good.

I'd rather go from SOF2 to Q4 than to Raven Shield, I mean I like action with a little tactical thinking, not watching every step I take.