Re: Favourite Computer Game

What's wrong with today's action games? Most action games released
today, specially those
belonging to the FPS genre, feel stale. Yesterday I played the demo of
a game called Chaser
and found that it didn't have anything new to offer. Apparently it is
a big budget game. They
must have licensed a really cool and expensive engine or made it
themselves(which is just as
expensive). And what do they do with this super cool engine? They go
right ahead and create
another half-life game. Have people stopped thinking creatively? Why
is it that every FPS is
happy to walk the same path? Sure we've heard that DOOM3 is going to
bring movie quality
experience to the videogames. But what about it's gameplay? Is it
going to be truly enjoyable?
SOF2 was made by giving the Quake3 engine a cosmetic uplift. But it's
gameplay sucked. A couple
of months down the lane, people won't even remember it. Why can't
developers focus as much
towards the gameplay as they do towards the graphics? This genre has
lost a lot of faithful fan
following due to such reasons. I have already started playing more
sports and racing games.
They are enjoyable as well as graphically well endowed. Action games
should take a cue from
them. Maybe STALKER will finally answer my prayers. Maybe it would
bring a breath of fresh air to
this otherwise stale genre. I know it's possible to exhibit innovation
in this genre- remember Op
Flashpoint? 
Vikram