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I hear you, Clint.It's hard for me to play a game unless I'm already convinced that I'll get something out of it. And when a game isn't meeting you halfway, it can be very frustrating.I think pacing i...

@onemanarmyy: That's fair. I think the feminist humour is a bit on the nose, but I can appreciate the contrast between the stupidity and rashness of a lot of the henchmen, and the occasional shrewdnes...

I don't think the NOLF games are good. Good concept, poor execution.But I love that 2000 was a year of first-person, action-adventure games with female protagonists. I liked the subtlety of Medal of H...

@arbitrarywater: Very sad and unfortunate; I would love to play a decent Underworld-style game!Wishing them all the best in this troubling time.

Appologies if I don't address your questions directly and the arguments below are unclear, you raised a lot of good questions.I agree that fun isn't about making players feel good; at least not entire...

Didn't get around to GoldenEye until 2000 and I was already playing shooters on PC. The singleplayer still has a special place in my heart :-) That game made me realise that tactical shooters didn't h...

@thebalch: You're welcome :-) I hope you find games that work for you.Incidentally, GoldenEye would've been perfect: left hand was used for aiming, shooting and moving, and you could get through 99% o...

+1 for the original Doom, +1 for mouse & keyboard if possible.Half-Life 2 is a great teaching game.You'll need to find a group to play with, but you might like Sub Rosa (you can download it here)....

@flashflood_29: @retris: That was pretty much the vibe of early "shooters" like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and SEAL Team. For a while there after, it seemed like a lot of violent games were designed to be n...