How many people here have first-person shooters as their favorite genre?

[Joust Williams]

"Would be even better if someone could design a controller for the **********consoles*****************"

[JM]

If you don't mind, I'm gonna derail the thread for a moment with a question you folks can answer for me.

Can someone outline the pros/cons of the PS2 rev of Deus Ex? I can't seem to find a copy of the PC game anywhere in town, while EB has the PS2 rev for $12.99. Should I go for it or wait until I can find it on the PC?

Thanks

JM

[Frogacuda]

Originally posted by diffusionx
Bwahhaa, you fools, there WAS such a controller for the PC, the SpaceOrb 360. While it didnt make a huge impact, people to this day swear by it. From what I hear, it's excellent if you take the time to warm up to it.

Here's a pic:

The space orb is totally different than what they were talking about, but a cool console, and the only truly 3d contoller ever.

[NeoZeedeater]

JM, are you serious? Deus Ex is available everywhere that has PC games.

The only advantage of the PS2 version from what I hear is that the characters have a higher polygon count. They also reworked the interface to be controller-friendly. And they had to break up the levels a bit so there's more loading. Personally, I would try and get the PC version if you can. It won't be any more expensive and you'll get proper mouse/keyboard control.

[Gohron]

I wouldn't really consider any genres my favorite but I've definately played some great FPS (Deus Ex, BF1942 (Desert Combat), Half-Life (Firearms), and Unreal Tournament to name a few). I don't care for RTS games much...I suck at them:P Realistically though, I probaly play way more FPS then anything else with RPGs most likely being my second.

[MechDeus]

Hmm... Spaceorb, you say? Looks interesting, I wonder if any are still floating around for sale.

Originally posted by BoBVila
"Would be even better if someone could design a controller for the **********consoles*****************"

You could look into reverse-engineering the XBox USB port and slap a gamepad adapter on the other end. That would be damned cool, and could properly identify what that extra black wire in XBox pads is.

[Eightbitbreaks]

Originally posted by Gohron
Half-Life (Firearms)

Woohoo!! Firearms!!

Vampire Slayer is still my favorite Half-Life mod though.

[Viper]

I'm not really an FPS fan, but I do enjoy playing the odd FPS occasionally. I do most of my gaming on my own, so I appreciate an FPS with a good single player mode more than one geared towards death matching. Half-Life, Goldeneye 007, Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Underground are probably my personal favourite games in the genre.

[JM]

Thanks Neo.

JM

[JM]

Hey, I don't know if you guys have seen this or not, but since there is so much System Shock 2 love here, check this out.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/etienne.aube...ck_rebirth.htm
This willmake the ingame character models look much nicer, when it is complete.

Here is a screen shot.


I just thought Neo & Xs would be interested.

JM