h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Couple of suggested changes made, with another on the way for tomorrow... what does everyone think so far?

By the way, which one is it? Wolfenstien or Wolfenstein? I can never remember.

It could really do with a conclusion to close the entry off.

It is wolfenstein.

This is good but IMHO you really must mention "System Shock" and "Deus Ex". These were a bit more RPGish than your average FPS and thus merit a mention in their own right.

For the record I think Deus Ex had the best storyline of any FPS, I was genuinely on the edge of my seat about the plot twists.

I was going to do a paragraph on RPG-FPS (as the main focus is on straight-up FPS). System Shock was an ace game! Bloody scary in places!

Deus Ex was a groundbreaking game from what I recall. I did not play it myself, but I know tha pcGamer gave it some of the highest reviews of any game they have ever reviewed. I haven't any details on the game myself however.

There's a Deus Ex Edited Entry at A486209. And yes, it is brilliant.

I'm having real problems getting the paragraph on deathmatch and multiplayer out of my head and on the screen... mostly because I haven't had much experience of deathmatch since Doom. Help!

General dynamics? Stuff like respawning & standard victory conditions (i.e. frag count).

Other modes? Straight deathmatch, capture the flag, and more sophisticated team-based stuff like Team Fortress and Counterstrike.

Quake 3 & Unreal Tournament?

Nice!

I prefer puzzle games myself -- but I heard a great comment on the violence aspect on Comedy Central the other day:

"Of course you shouldn't let kids play these; but I'm a grown lady, and sometimes I need to shoot sh!t. And I think it's better that it happens in fantasy."

I keep trying to finish this but have hit a major rut... I just cannot maintain a sufficient level of interest in the entry.

Well, you have an ideal excuse to play some games: 'I need to entice the Muse...'

Nice entry, but a few pointers...

Firstly, there's a few dodgy bits of punctuation (and spelling and grammar as well, but I notice punctuation). I'll detail them in a later comment.

Secondly, could you link to the official websites for these games, especially the newer ones? Older ones may not have them (although I'll guarantee you find fan sites), but even a link to the companies (assuming they're still around, which I know most of them are) could be nice.

Thirdly, I'm very disappointed that TimeSplitters isn't mentioned in there. Mainly 'cos I'm a massive fan. I can provide some details for the three installments if you want. The original Splitters was really quite an important step (first FPS designed specially for PS2, put emphasis on speed and fluidity, and I think - though am not sure - the control system, regarding the dual analogue sticks - where one stick moves your body, the other moves your view - was invented for it, and has been copied in basically every console FPS since). TS2 and TS3 are also probably regarded as the greatest multiplayer FPS games on the PS2 as well.

Fourthly, maybe a bit more about the Half-Life incarnations? By which I mean the variations, such as Blue Shift, Opposing Force, Decay (released on the PS2 version, where you play through the events as two female scientists, either co-op with another player, or with the ability to switch between characters while the AI controls the one you're not using), and of course Counter Strike.

But otherwise, good entry!

Oh, and as for a lack of interest...happened with me with my improvements for the FF entry (A3482769), but I got through it eventually.

keep it up.

i nitpicked through the entry and apart from the unwritten paragraph there is only 1 fault i found which is a space just before the 17th footnote.

and i agree with the others about some of the other games: i've played a few, especially deus ex which is brilliant, its based on the glide system from unreal.

It's all very well saying "you've missed this game and that game" but I'm not trying to provide an exhaustive list, otherwise the entry would be far too long!

In for a penny . . .

...in for a pound. Yep, there's a phrase I've heard a few times.

What I meant by the entry being far too long was I didn't want to do all that work only to be told that it should be shorter, which is why I'm sticking to the games which I consider to be the major players in the 'straight' (no roleplay, etc) FPS genre.

If you find it to bee too long then you could cut it into two or three entries.

Now there's an idea... Hmm...