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On Robert Chang's  Why FPS Campaigns Are Crap
"Yes I read your article.  I don't know what you enjoy about video games, it must be something like the feeling of competition, conquering a worthy adversary?  You derive 'fun' from winning at capture the flag?  That's good for you, go ahead and enjoy that.  I'm telling you that I and countless millions of people derive 'fun' from being surrounded by an atmosphere, with music, custscenes, people saying things in character rather than 'learn 2 play noob' or 'FFS stop spawncamping!!!', changes of scenery, a story progression...etc.  Yeah the story arcs in these games are not high-fiction but some of them are gripping enough.  The singleplayer campaign of CoD 2 was fantastic, 3 different people in World War 2, 3 different sides, lots of interesting places and characters.  Some of the CoD 4 storyline was good too.  This facile comparison to single player zombie mode is ridiculous.  It's like you airbrushed out the cutscences from CoD singleplayer.  I mean, have you even seen the intro for CoD 4??? It's a huge, atmospheric cutscene.  The fun in the experience is imagining yourself in that hot, sweaty, humid terrain, being taken in a car to your execution, watching the military killing civilians out the window as you pass.

 

Anyway, if you want some interesting story in an FPS campaign buy a game called Deus Ex. "

Monday, June 27, 2011
On Robert Chang's  Why FPS Campaigns Are Crap
"Had to register so I could comment.  This article is crap.  What could the goal possibly be?  To convince us people who like singleplayer campaigns to be converted to your light?  Let me tell you why singleplayer campaigns are fun: atmosphere and escapism.  The amazing music, the great cinematics, imagining being stuck deep behind enemy lines and having to crawl under bushes to avoid the path of an oncoming patrol.  The fact that your enemy actually act like people in a war zone.  Let me put this straight: humans playing video games do NOT AT ALL act like people in a war zone.  They act way less like actual soldiers than video game AIs.  Very quickly, playing a multiplayer game, you will realise you are just playing against 15 mouth-breathing, obese, spotty nerds- you are most definitely not in a bunker in South Siberia.  There is no escapism or fantasty or atmosphere at ALL in multiplayer games.  There is just people doing weird jumps and crouching and abusing game mechanics as much as they can.  BORING.  If I want a cerebral challenge or a skill challenge I will play chess or go boxing.  If I want some atmosphere and something completely different from my regular life, I will play an intense singleplayer campaign.

Makes me think you have absolutely no soul.  Robert Chang, I am disappoint."

Monday, June 27, 2011