Spec me a dumb shooter

BUDFORCE said:
I wouldn't quite class that as a dumb shooter, I get where your coming from though. You ever finished it on nightmare? I did, lost count how many times I died particularly the last few areas. Bloody brilliant game though.

Shane the one that followed was pretty awful.
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I think our definitions of a "dumb" shooter are just different.

Dumb shooter for me doesn't equal easy, it's a game that doesn't requite any significant mastery of mechanics, solving puzzles, following logs or complicated quests, storylines etc.

It's something pretty much focused on shooting and 2016 fits that perfectly. By the same token, you can put Serious Sam on the highest difficulty and struggle with it, yet it's probably one of the dumbest shooter series I can think of and one of my favs in the "genre":p It doesn't change the nature of the game.

Also, I think Eternal is better and more engaging than 2016 and the reason why many people bounce off it is precisely because it's not a dumb shooter like 2016 and that's the reason I didn't recommend it here.

It requires mastering the systems, constant thinking about weapon switching, optimal weapon combos, positioning etc. It's way faster and mechanically demanding. When you get good at it, it absolutely flies but it might not be something people associate with Doom - simple "dumb" shooting demons in atmospheric levels, hence the reception from some.

I've completed quite a few hard games, most of the mainstream From catalogue etc. and I played some competitive fighting games and from my perspective 2016 is absolutely a "dumb" shooter (that's not a criticism).

I'd rather complete it five times over on Nightmare than play Tekken online or in tournament again with constant thinking about framedata, reading the opponent's patterns and properly executing mechanically demanding split-second decisions:p
 
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Titanfall 2. While it does have some slightly more advanced mechanics to get used to (particularly a section in one of the later levels), it's essentially a run & gun on-rails shooter where you get to ride a giant mech :D .

Definitely one of the best SP campaigns i've played through in recent years.
 
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