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Old 28-08-2012, 08:44 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Japo View Post
But are Half-Life or BioShock shooters to you? (To cite the usual paradigms of the "smart shooter" genre, although I haven't played them myself; but I think they may be closer to SS than any of the games you mentioned, specially BioShock.)
Well, actually, I know nothing about "smart shooter paradigm". What games are falling into this cathegory? Obvious Deus Exes, System Shocks/Bioshocks and... well, what else?

Yes, I think, HL is shooter in general. Sometimes (like GTA, for example) it's more "action" suited to it than "shooter", bit in general, yes, it's shooter.

BioShock is different beast. I still didn't played it, but AFAIK, it's "streamlined" System Shock - without free world, but with quite free levels, some puzzles and thick plot inside. It still can be "action-adventure", but can be shooter too, I am not sure. Depends (for me) of amount of streamlining.
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