What is the best shoot 'em up?

[Zevico]

[cue barbara streisand] Meemoriees....

Heretic, Blood I, Doom (original), Thief, there was one made by Apogee (where have they gone off to?)....so many of them, all so good.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Sandman


I suppose you'd call it a flight sim?

I call it a joke.

[Zero]

For some odd reason, I suck at ALL FPS except Quake series and Half life Mods.

[monolith94]

"As in, Max?"

"You're in a computer game, Max."

"Funny thing was, it was the most horrible thing I could think of".

[General Ludd]

Actually, Starfox is a prime example of a 'shoot em up'. You are moved through the play field at a rate out of your control and must dodge obsticles and shoot things as they apear.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Verto


I call it a joke.

[Dr Strangelove]

Don't forget System Shock and System Shock 2! Both were truely ground-breaking games, and had spooky atmospheres that other FPS and RPGs can't match.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Verto
I call it a joke.

So games which involve shooting things up are not shoot 'em ups? Fascinating.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Sandman


So games which involve shooting things up are not shoot 'em ups? Fascinating.

No, games that involve rodents flying spacecraft are jokes. As are most games found on Nintendo platforms.


I'm still sticking with Wolf3D. The one and only.

[monolith94]

Dude, leave Starfox alone. The original was an almighty cool game.

[Zero]

I find 2 kinds of gamers extremlyannoying.

1. Gaphic too obsessed gamers. You can give the ****tiest game in the world but if it looks pretty they'll praise it. OTOH if the game has the best gameplay but done in 320X240, they'll **** talk the game to death.

2. Gamers who care too much about the image that the game/character portrays. There's too many of those in my favorite game, soul calibur II. Fanboys going "OMG OMG SPAWN OWNZ JOO HE GOT A KICK ASS AXE AND HARDCORE BAD ASS LOOKS" and "Link SuCkS, hE iS tEh GaY TitE wEaRiN eLf... etc"

Who the **** cares if the game has rodents piloting the plane? It was the most fun game for snes. I dont think Wolf3D would be automatically craptastic if u were shooting rodents not nazis. Oh wait, it would have. Cause only thing good about Wolf 3D was that you got to shoot nazis. Gameplay sucked, AI was retarded and way too easily abusable and it was waaaaaaay too easy.

P.S Link does suck

[Sandman]

No, games that involve rodents flying spacecraft are jokes. As are most games found on Nintendo platforms.

They're just frickin pictures in the corner of the screen. Not a reason to dismiss the game as a joke.

[Ted Striker]

battlefield 1942

[st_swithin]

Return to Castle Wolfenstein was good on PC, but sucked big time on PS2. Crappy interface, 'nuff said. I think the console pad will never top the keyboard and mouse for shooter ergonomics.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by st_swithin
Return to Castle Wolfenstein was good on PC, but sucked big time on PS2. Crappy interface, 'nuff said. I think the console pad will never top the keyboard and mouse for shooter ergonomics.

but my computer stool and 19' monitor will never top my big, comfy armchair and 36' TV