FPS shooters are bad...and "evil"

[Wheezer]

Forbes quotes Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli expressing the opinion that Europeans tend to regard first-person shooters as "evil" (thanks Mike Martinez and Computer and Video Games). Here's a bit from the latest comparison between the tastes of European and North American game players, which seems like the gaming equivalent of rap's east coast/west coast rivalry, hopefully with fewer actual shootings:

"Across the pond, consumers prefer racing and soccer games to blockbuster action, adventure and first-person shooter games that are the staple of the U.S. diet. Indeed, Europeans view such games as "evil," says Cevat Yerli, chief executive of Crytek, a German game developer that specializes in first-person shooters."

Guns and gore also don't sell as well in Europe because Europeans like short, so-called casual games, rather than the long, epic tales that keep gamers pounding on their consoles for hours at a stretch. Casual games also fit the European lifestyle better: People can play these short games on trains and subways on their way to work.

 

[40Hands]

They're afraid of our twitch reflexes.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I have cat like reflexes.

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I have cat like reflexes.

I have better then cat like reflexes. My cat is actually jealous.

 

[Xavier434]

Is it just me, or has this guy had nothing but negative POVs on just about everything since the issues with Crysis? I'm not saying he is wrong about the average European's opinion regarding FPS games. I don't know anything about that subject. It's just that whenever I read an article with quotes by him he is either complaining or trying to justify something negative with excuses. Keep in mind that I have nothing against Crytek or Crysis. This is just an observation.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I have cat like reflexes.

Bot reflexes > cat reflexes.