5 reasons why its not cool to be a gamer

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[mandatory05]

console fps also pioneered the whole 'get shot and hide for a few seconds to fully heal' style of gameplay which I find unappealing.

companies made that, not the consoles. It was inevitable by the way, it is a good idea in theory.
Most other games are like that anyway, think of PR, you get shot, you hide and wait to get healed. I get what your aiming at though, the simplicity of most FPS's these days are mind-numbing, and with MW3 being MW2 repackaged with a few new weapons, the console age is slowly crumbling. That is until the next consoles come out.

[DonutKing]

companies made that, not the consoles

Well that's just really arguing semantics but the fact is that starting with Halo, there's been a strong tend in all console FPS's for auto heal, as part of a larger-scale simplifying of gameplay. I much prefer the older style where health is a resource, either using healing items that you've stockpiled in your inventory, or going back to the days of Doom and Wolf 3D where you had to make a note of where the health pickups were on the level for when you needed them later. It adds an extra element to the gameplay rather than just mindlessly shooting everything, sitting still for a few seconds and rinse/repeat.

[mandatory05]

true that but halo was primarily designed for the PC, more people played on the PC because the original xbox sucked ass. but yeah, most games nowadays that have that gameplay feature are primarily for consoles, because its the teenage gamer industry with people who own consoles that dont know a GPU from a mouse with an itchy trigger finger. If it sells games it works..... for the companies.
Us little guys who like proper fucking gaming dont really get much of a say in what goes on, if there is less demand for a product (e.g. ARMA2) less companies will develop games with a similar style.
Call of duty on the other hand has companies trying to copy its style so they can make billions of a larger market. nuf said.

[DonutKing]

true that but halo was primarily designed for the PC, more people played on the PC

Huh? Halo came out as an xbox launch title and didn't come out for PC for like 2 years...
agree with your other points though

[mandatory05]

true that but halo was primarily designed for the PC, more people played on the PC

Huh? Halo came out as an xbox launch title and didn't come out for PC for like 2 years...
agree with your other points though

lol fail my bad, didnt realise, derp

[cowcar]

i forgive your fail mandatory, because you have a Strangers with Candy avatar... and thats just awesome...