100 Reasons fanboys hate shooters (2009)
Classic Hate continues with our scathing dissection of gaming's most popular genre
3 things we’d add: Fight Against Grenade Spam, L4D2 “boycott,” ODST ad campaign oversold the game
Your guide to the entries:
1.does not aim right
2.does not aim right
3.does not aim right
4.inverted y-axis
5.non-inverted y-axis
6.spawn camping
7.team killing
8.cheap weapons
9.lag
10.glitches
11.aim assist
12.wall hacks
13.can it run Crysis?
14.headsets
15.full servers
16.empty servers
17.Start. The. Fucking. Game.
18."shiny" items to pick up
19.find the red key
20.collectible briefcases
21.shoot the glowing part
22.monster closets
23.dumb squad ai
24.endlessly respawning enemies
25.boring meathead characters
26.crap vehicle controls
27.RPG elements
28.non-fatal headshots
29.fatal melee attacks
30.grenade spam
31.jumping puzzles
32.bullet time
33.closet camping
34.BOOM - HEADSHOT!!!
35.warehouses
36.corridors
37.sewers
38.catwalks
39.ships
40.temples
41.castles
42.grates you crawl through
43.WWII shooters (nazis)
44.Omaha Beach
45.Sci-fi shooters (aliens)
46.exploding barrels
47.regenerating health
48.health packs
49.can't jump
50.bunny hoppers
51.Chocolate Milk kid
52.racists
53.trash talking 12-year-olds
54.heavy metal
55.Postal 2
56.frag dolls
57.overly realistic tactical shooters
58.gruff sergeants
59.crates
60.hunting games
61.short campaigns
62.splash damage
63.Tom Clancy
64.head bob
65.nausea/dizziness
66.boring stories
67.pointless minigames
68.teabagging
69.on rails
70.games that end with a "last stand"
71.Socom on PS2 - network adapter
72.scarce ammo
73.real life halo stuff: armor/guns/warthog
74.John Romero
75.Cliffy B
76.John Carmack
77.Doom movie
78.halo-killer
79.the next goldeneye
80.snipers
81.stealth classes
82.the Flood
83.CoDW@W's dogs
84.boomer bile
85.Angry German Kid - UT3
86.shitty default weapons
87.CTF
88.King of the Hill
89.Deathmatch
90.Control Points
91.bland female characters (sexy support voice or half-assed love interest)
92.the fisheye effect
93.helmeted heroes
94.cigars
95.Library levels
96.achievement farming
97.flashbangs
98.smoke grenades
99.camera with gun attached
100.CO-OP
Mar 25, 2010
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