Dear mommy, do you really want me to blow up that crazy ugly ass looking thing?

Interesting.

I hold exactly the opposite opinion as you, apparently. I like my enemies far-out. For example, I don't like all these "ultra-real" shooters that are the rage now where you shoot real people. I prefer games like Half-Life, Unreal, etc. where there are "supernatural" enemies to defeat. I really enjoy the "humans vs. other" scenario, whether it is humans vs. aliens, humans vs. supernatural monsters, humans vs. mutants, etc.

In fact, I would like a game where you truly play a "hero" type, where aliens invade or something, and instead of just shooting everything that moves, you run across pockets of resistance and interact with them, and also rescue people. Half-Life 2 had some of this, in that you encountered resistance. I am also fine with HL2's idea that some humans might join forces with the "enemy," and if this is the case then I am fine with them being the enemy in a game.

For me, I enjoy games as art, instead of as realism, so I like it when the enemies are "otherworldly" because it allows artists a chance to render their vision of what those enemies might look like.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Spatula

From what I've seen so far, you might be interested in Resistance: Fall of Man for the PS3. It's set in the 1950's where it seems Aliens are invading Earth, while the US and Britain join forces to combat them. This game looks alright so far, as its an alternative history/sci-fi type shooter, and I might consider picking it up. Don't get me wrong that I don't like alien like enemies, as sometimes I find them more creative to fight instead of human enemies. It's just that I prefer the enemies tend to have characteristics similar to that of a homo sapien ie, 2 arms, 2 legs, a torso and a body. One thing that helps a shooter featuring alien like enemies is that you can get more creative with their attacks and defense ratings. If you were to shoot a human and basically have to unload multiple clips on the human, it'd seem pretty fake, however, with the bodies of alien like species, they can have greater and more creative attacks and defense abilities. If an alien can survive multiple clips, perhaps it's still in the realm of possibility, as we have no idea of how durable such creative resistance can be.

That is another good point. Sometimes I launch a rocket at someone and it blows up right next to them, yet doesn't kill them. :doh: Thanks for suggesting that PS2 title, I'll check it out!

There's nowhere I can't reach.