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10 features we want in online shooters

How the next crop of multiplayer bloodbaths can be even better than the last

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US
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5) Doors that work

Doors, we used to have so many doors, and now they’ve all been nailed shut or propped open and somehow rendered immobile. Several recent multiplayer shooters have done away with the concept of the hinge, and what for? Doors are immensely useful multiplayer tools. Shut one behind you and go to the window to pick off a few helmets, and at the slightest creak, spin around and whip out your pistol to bring down the intruder. With no doors, there is no privacy, and we like privacy when we’re lining up perfect headshots.

Above: Beautiful as it is, we grow tired of bombed out beige buildings

4) Modern urban settings

Most will agree that it’s about time for non-sci-fi shooters to move away from WWII and Vietnam. Unfortunately, it seems that the old standbys have been replaced with war-torn Middle Eastern cities and abandoned warehouses. Yippee.

Why can’t we throw down in the middle of San Francisco, New York, London or Paris? Make up a fake war (no terrorists, please, they’re getting tired faster than Nazis) and let us loose in our own neighborhoods. Worry about what Jack Thompson will say later.

What’s that you say - “Rainbow Six: Vegas?” Look, we’re just trying to make a point here. Shoo.

 
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