n0face wrote:

I find the greatest fun had from a online fps is in the initial period before everybody learns all the lines of sight and you don't know what's round the next corner. The early days of CoD4, BF1943, and BfBc2 all felt like brilliant pitched battles with real panic and flow to the battles. I'd like this to be recreated somehow, perhaps procedural generation.

Mod74 wrote:

Vaguely related http://www.oxm.co.uk/49008/features/best-xbox-fps-our-top-10-first-person-shooters/

Diluted Dante wrote:

Refused to play MW3 because 2 was fuckawful. COD 4 however is a thing of beauty.

I_R wrote:

That list does a great job of illustrating how divisive the genre is. It's miles away from what I'd think of as a top 10 and I'd guess most people here would come up with completely different lists.

Jacuzzi_Jackson wrote:

Apart from Splinter Cell's Spies v Mercs, I struggle to think of smaller map MP that doesn't decend into frantic action pretty quickly. .

The now extinct Halo 2v2 games were on tiny maps and weren't frantic at all when played well. They were very considered, tactical and stand off ish. The weapon balance made it almost like chess and the tactical cohesion was essential to winning.

I don't know if I'd describe it as being played well. I'll grant you it was a slower pace, and I'll grant you it could be very "considered," but "stand offish" is a dangerous feel to aim for. In both H2 all the way to Reach, I always found 2v2 had a bit of a fun plateau. It'd be fine early as you rinse through muppets, it'd be at it's best ranks 20-30 where it didn't just decend into a camp fest, and then once you cracked 30+ just wake me when it's done. Part of the problem being that if bungie hadn't tweaked the map specifically for 2v2, there was too much reliance on powerweapons. Could definitely be awesome, no doubt, but needed TLC that it didn't always get. FYI: H4 doubles will be in rotation in one of the upcoming weekly updates.

I'm a die hard 2v2 fan. I found 2v2 at rank 45-50 really good fun. I know alot of people find periods of play with no shots fired dull but i find it adds to the tension - building tension then explosions of action rather than persistent carnage. I also preferred all the smaller maps on h3, 2v2 meant i'd get nothing but my favorite maps. It could mainly be down to the fact that often i'd just be playing with my housemate and we enjoy applying game changing tactics or doing little moves together where as 4v4 you'd often have 2 mindless idiots running in on their own again and again and losing the match. 4v4 if everyone is on the same page is as fun but it didn't happen as much for me.

Brooks wrote:

I'd quite like to try Splatoon since I instinctively grav toward wandering around doing cunning support stuff more than being a no-scope-leetfuck but I am not buying an entire console for the opportunity.

Brooks wrote:

I'm sure Splatoon also attracts some quantity of racist teenagers but I'm going to imagine Nintendo have made their channel harder to exploit than most can be arsed with.