With the Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3 2011), the largest annual gaming convention, just over, a new wave of games were released and this is where we get to catch a glimpse of the next generation of games and/or notice some jarring trends.
Cracked.com did the latter and have made a quick graphic to highlight one particularly outstanding trend in recent First-Person Shooter games. "Read more" to check out the image.
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| Spot the similarities? All the games shown here are the future FPS games. |
As shown, the First-Person Shooters games have been moving towards a similar style of aiming down the gun sights. The aiming-down-the-sights mechanics have been popularised by big games such as Call of Duty, and have since been copied over and over by pretty much all the shooters games out there now and what's there to come.
While I admit it makes the game more realistic, I hate that the gun actually covers up to a quarter of the screen, adding unnecessary difficulty of spotting your enemies. Gone are the days of a simple crosshair with full unobstructed view whilst aiming. Instead now, you get to appreciate the details on the back of your gun while you pop your targets with bullets, cause you know in games, its all about the graphics now..
