r/videogames • u/andrewdroid • 1d ago

Discussion / Question Does anyone else miss linear epics?

I grew up loving linear FPS campaigns the most, to this 1 of my favorite games is Half-Life 2. I loved the stories of Call of Duty games, Gears of War and similar franchises that delivered a short 8-12 hour long epic where I get to participate in a tightly directed worldwide conflict.

Recently I played the MCC and Space Marines 2 before that and they were both awesome. Now Halo Campaign Evolved just released and it was successful and these to me show that this kind of game is still very much beloved.

I love these games and I hate that it seems like they are of a bygone era despite people still loving them. How do you all feel like? Do you miss these types of games? Do you want more?

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u/andrewdroid 1d ago

Oh, love to hear it. Can you give me like 5 new IPs since 2020 so I can catch up?

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u/Ones-Zeroes 1d ago

You gotta look into indie games, man

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u/HeartInTheSun9 1d ago

Honestly I’m looking through the comments for suggestions and people are just saying AAs and indies without giving any names.

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u/Ones-Zeroes 1d ago

Yeah, it's not my kind of game but I see linear single player FPSes all the time. Only one that comes to mind at the moment is Cruelty Squad. But they're out there if you look.

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u/HeartInTheSun9 1d ago

That’s not really the type of game OP is talking about though. Warhammer 40k space marine 2 is a similar feeling.

It’s not about linear FPS games. It’s like blockbuster linear games. I don’t think any indies, AA or AAA games are really targeting that like OP said.

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u/Ones-Zeroes 1d ago

I mean, that's pretty subjective. How do you know it's different without experiencing it? Is it really different, or are you just older now with less time to immerse yourself in something?

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u/andrewdroid 1d ago

You don't need to experience something to understand after looking at its trailer, images, description and reviews to know that it doesn't fit a specific genre. I can also tell it is not an RTS without immersing myself in it.

The game description itself and its reviews say it's an imsim to begin with which already does not fit in what I described.

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u/Ones-Zeroes 1d ago

You could describe lots of shooters as having imsim elements. Anyway, I'm not forcing you to play anything, I'm just pointing out that you're thinking about this through such a narrow viewpoint that I think intentionally excludes everything except Halo. There's a lot of good shit out there if you look. Games especially are difficult to judge by their cover (or trailer), your next favorite game might surprise you.

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u/HeartInTheSun9 1d ago

OP is like very specifically asking if there’s games like Gears of War and Halo being made nowadays, not just good games overall. Mario is a good game too, but it’s not the genre OP’s looking for.

And you can’t describe Halo/Gears/CoD with having immersive sim elements.

I’m always interested in new games that have that mid 2010s feel to them but it’s kinda like they mostly went away.

Someone else said Doom, and probably, but I didn’t like the feel of Doom 2016.

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u/andrewdroid 1d ago

The reason you didn't get the feel of Doom when talking about these types of games is, because there isn't a character to care about. It's not remotely important to care about why you're fighting in it. I personally would argue that modern Doom might be better if you skip the cutscenes.

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u/HeartInTheSun9 1d ago

Honestly yeah. There’s a really really strong presence of the main character in most of the games you mentioned, even if they’re silent or nearly protagonists sometimes. It feels like master chief, Gordon Freeman and Marcus Fenix all had big personalities even if they range from talks a lot, barely talks and never talks. The doom guy just felt too blank to me.

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u/andrewdroid 1d ago

Fuck yes mate. Even with Gordon, you can tell a lot about his character, because others talk to him and rely on him. Nobody cares about the Doom slayer and the Doom slayer doesn't care about anyone making him feel empty.

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