http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:39:50 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/11/085338.php#comment-79265 actually, although i may well get people arguing against me about this, FPSes that add RPG elements don't really add all that much to the play experience either. the reason is because they try to give the player far more freedom (Deus Ex, I'm looking at *you*), but unfortunately the average pc gamer's setup just doesn't have the clout to run an FPS that really has a good level of freedom of gameplay. This then leads to the realisation that actually the game you're playing is not much less restrictive than a standard fully-on-rails FPS, and through this, disappointment. The best game, freedom-wise, that i have played so far is GTA 3 but there's still a long way to go. Hopefully, though, the technology will continue advancing at near-light speed and so it won't be that many more years before we see truly immersive games. 79265@blogcritics.org Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:39:50 EDT