FPS Games really tick me off.

[punkman2]

Why can't there be any FPS games where you don't have to be an ACROBAT! I was trying to play Atomic Heart and I can't get past this area where you have jump, catch a pole then jump on a ledge, then immediately jump to another ledge. It's a shooter for god's sake! I want to shoot not pretend I'm Lara Croft!!

 

[Frindis]

The best tip I can give is to avoid shooters with RPG elements as those will most likely have something like what you just mentioned. You need to be looking for pure FPS games like Counterstrike or older ones like Doom 1/2 (original), Hexen, Heretic, Blood, Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior (original) and so on. Also, I know exactly what place you are talking about in Atomic Heart and I was also annoyed about it😅

 

[Brian Boru]

I want to shoot not pretend I'm Lara Croft

I'm with you there, have made the same complaint many times. So many devs seem to think it isn't stupid and player-unfriendly to intro a chess puzzle in the middle of a checkers game!

Try the Far Cry games. There's annoying climbing in 3 and 4, and annoying multi-grappling in 4 and later, but they're not too prevalent and are doable even for a platforming klutz like me.

Sniper Ghost Warrior and Sniper Elite games are also low on the stupidity meter, and if I recall correctly, Ghost Recon Wildlands doesn't have any/much silly stuff either.

 

[punkman2]

I'm with you there, have made the same complaint many times. So many devs seem to think it isn't stupid and player-unfriendly to intro a chess puzzle in the middle of a checkers game!

Try the Far Cry games. There's annoying climbing in 3 and 4, and annoying multi-grappling in 4 and later, but they're not too prevalent and are doable even for a platforming klutz like me.

Sniper Ghost Warrior and Sniper Elite games are also low on the stupidity meter, and if I recall correctly, Ghost Recon Wildlands doesn't have any/much silly stuff either.

Thanks for the info. I'll give them a shot.

 

[punkman2]

The best tip I can give is to avoid shooters with RPG elements as those will most likely have something like what you just mentioned. You need to be looking for pure FPS games like Counterstrike or older ones like Doom 1/2 (original), Hexen, Heretic, Blood, Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior (original) and so on. Also, I know exactly what place you are talking about in Atomic Heart and I was also annoyed about it😅

Thanks for the info. I'll give them a shot.

 

[Zloth]

It's a shooter for god's sake! I want to shoot not pretend I'm Lara Croft!!

That's exactly what I said in Doom Eternal! The fancy jumping things did get fun eventually in that game. I don't think Doom 2016 had any issues with that.

 

[Pifanjr]

That's exactly what I said in Doom Eternal! The fancy jumping things did get fun eventually in that game. I don't think Doom 2016 had any issues with that.

I do think there's a difference between fancy jumping and platforming. I don't mind moving around a lot while shooting, I loved playing the Scout in Team Fortress 2. But I dislike having to perfectly time a jump or immediately die.

 

[Zloth]

I do think there's a difference between fancy jumping and platforming.

Doom Eternal had some flat-out platforming. In fact, I've got a screenshot of one of them, right at the end of the (third?) level:

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Some of the jumping to platform to platform outside of the combat in Doom Eternal was difficult and frustrating. Jumping around the arenas while shooting was fun as hell though.

 

[DXCHASE]

I agree!

One of the MOST obnoxious things about the mechanics in Destiny 2 is all the jumping around Bungie makes you do when completing pretty much ANY content. On top of that they give each class a unique type of jump that you have to get used to using. Its frustrating to play it esp. with people that arent good at jumping around a lot and im pretty good and it even annoys me to no end.

 

[DPSIIGames]

Why can't there be any FPS games where you don't have to be an ACROBAT! I was trying to play Atomic Heart and I can't get past this area where you have jump, catch a pole then jump on a ledge, then immediately jump to another ledge. It's a shooter for god's sake! I want to shoot not pretend I'm Lara Croft!!

The issue is game developers think complexity means more entertainment. They don't realize that sometimes the simple point and click format of a real FPS is all some people want. I rarely finish FPS games because I find them boring. So they make these FPS platformers for ADHD riddling people like me. Sadly those of you with a calmer brain tend to pay the price.

 

[January's Ghost]

Why can't there be any FPS games where you don't have to be an ACROBAT! I was trying to play Atomic Heart and I can't get past this area where you have jump, catch a pole then jump on a ledge, then immediately jump to another ledge. It's a shooter for god's sake! I want to shoot not pretend I'm Lara Croft!!

Thank you!

I was totally turned off from Doom Eternal because of its stupid jumping sections.

Really, you'll need to turn to indie shooters that reflect old school style for just pure shooting fun withough a lot of nonsense.

I do not like pure FPS games in general, but there are exceptions. Doom Eternal would have been such an exception until it became apparent that platforming was going to be a big part of the game. In a blatant case or irony, Titanfall 2 is an exception because of the jumping!

 

[red_5ive]

I forgot all about Titanfall 2! So I went to Steam to see if it might be part of the Autumn Sale, and it is! 80% off at $5.99!

Except I won't be buying it because it's already in my Steam Library.

 

[January's Ghost]

Except I won't be buying it because it's already in my Steam Library.

You had truly forgotten about it then.

 

[red_5ive]

You had truly forgotten about it then.

Indeed. I'll buy a handful of games when they drop below $10, and then I forget about them. The downside of Steam sales. I love 'em and hate 'em.