Originally Posted by
Laughriot
The perks and weapons keep it from being truly even, though. That's actually another reason that I don't understand the appeal, although I forgot to mention it in my first post. One of the reasons why I've always stayed away from the CoDs (and games like Counterstrike) is because the primary goodness of FPS games is the equal playing field. You win or lose to skill alone. To use the Halo example again, the only thing that differs from player to player is knowledge of the maps, and individual skills. There aren't sweet perks that you can unlock that give you an advantage over people who don't have them.
---------- Post added 2011-06-20 at 02:06 AM ----------
Sorry, but this is clearly a pure opinion, with absolutely no substance to back it up. If getting the drop on someone is considered the height of skill, then I have to assume that I was outskilled by every lowbie rogue who one-shotted me with Ambush. After all, he took the time to carefully get the drop on me, am I right?
You then go on to say that a game that defined modern shooting games "ruined the genre." You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but in this case, I can't help but scratch my head at how clearly wrong your opinions seems. Having faster reflexes than someone is not a skill, and that is clearly demonstrated when a person gets the first shot on someone and then can't maintain their aim on that target long enough to kill them. The number of times that a person has popped around a corner on me and opened fire on one of the Halo games, only to fail to maintain their aim while I strafed and juked to kill them is astronomical. The number of times that happens on CoD games is... well, next to zero, since the first two shots kill.
Again, you are entitled to your opinion, and I will respect it even though I believe it to clearly be wrong. That being said... I can't see how you can even begin to tell yourself that one-hit kills somehow does less to encourage "spray and pray" than requiring a headshot to get a kill if you don't want to spend an entire clip.