Let's Design an Actually good FPS

[Bells]

So, of all the genres of gaming out today i think we can agree that First Person Shooters are right near the top on "Most Stale Genre" or "Most beaten Horse"... and i can even include a slice of Third Person Shooters in this too.

So, just out of fun, instead of talking about what makes bad games bad or what is a good game, help me out design the "framework" of an actual good FPS that you would buy and play.

Just to keep an structure in place, let's design by "Take a feature, leave a feature" . Feature here being a loose term... in essence, Remove something from the game, something that it will not have, and then place in something that it could have, something that would make it good.

Like this:

Won't have: Russians as Main badguys.
Could have: 2010 Poland as a scenario.

Won't have: german as Main badguys.
Could have: Canadians as Main badguys.

Every page or so i'll come by and compile your picks, just to see what this game would look like.

Give it a go guys.

[Kerensky287]

Won't have: Shitty AI squadmates who shout plot and/or orders at you and then stand in front of you absorbing your bullets.
Could have: AI squadmates you can order around, a la Star Wars Republic Commando.

IF THE ABOVE:

Won't have: "Realistic" blood splatters when you get shot.
Could have: "Realistic" body damage that slows you or impedes your aiming, for example, until you apply first aid. (Wouldn't be any fun if you're just a lone soldier, though...)

REGARDLESS OF EITHER:

Won't have: Any sort of movie as source material.
Could have: Firefly as source material.

[Azisien]

I would totally love a solid shooter with Canadians as the bad guys. I mean we ARE the bad guys in the real world, so why deviate so much in video games?

[Marc v4.0]

Won't have: Press "X" Rapidly to not die!!!
Could Have: Press "X" Rapidly to Die!!! Snuck in

[Kerensky287]

Originally Posted by Azisien

I would totally love a solid shooter with Canadians as the bad guys. I mean we ARE the bad guys in the real world, so why deviate so much in video games?

Oh god yes, a level where you have to fight Canadian Ninjas (caninjas... they throw maple leaf shaped throwing stars and attack you with razor sharp hockey sticks) while running up the stairs of the CN Tower, which was actually a massive ballistic missile all along, to prevent Stephen Harper from pressing the button on the world? I'd play it.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Won't have: Blam blam blam gun sound effects
Could have: Pew pew pew gun sound effects

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Won't have; The same 10 identikit main guns as seen in every other modern FPS.
Could have; Ridiculously awesome, over the top guns ala Painkiller and Unreal.

[Krylo]

Won't Have: Realistic War Scenarios.
Could Have: Time Traveling Dinosaur Nazis.

Won't Have: Regenerating Health and Red Screen.
Could Have: Fuck you, bring back medpacks, you motherfuckers. And armor pick ups.

Won't Have: Assault Rifle.
Could Have: Freeze Ray.

Won't Have: Brown.
Could Have: Bright Pink.

Won't Have: Plucky Female Side Kick with Triple D's
Could Have: Female main character with biceps bigger than her breasts. Which are A-Cups.

Won't Have: Ridiculous Moral Choices That Don't Matter Anyway.
Could Have: Ridiculous enemy that you never actually stop to talk to.

Won't Have: Grenades.
Could Have: Care Bear Stare.

[Marc v4.0]

Won't Have: Assault Rifle.

Go screw off a mountain, the AR/MG is FPS Bread and Butter going way back. It has proudly served alongside a small nation of freeze rays and shrink guns and rebar crossbows and alien dongle throwers.

The Grandfather of all FPS games had a machine gun weapon for craps sake!

[Gregness]

Which is why, I think, he's motioning for it's dismissal. I love me an assault rifle as much as the next guy, but let's face it: it's time for it to take some time off.