I am doing a research paper on first person shooters and I want some public opinion. I am an avid gamer myself and have my own views but this is about you, what do you feel is missing in current games? Do you think the story lines are all clones, are the weapons all the same (machine gun, shotgun, rocket launcher, blah blah blah) I do, what do you love most about your games, what makes u want to play them over and over. Do you like a lot of choices, do you enjoy cutscenes or would you rather just have action? Do you think most games are too short like I do (10-20 hrs max on most games) ? Feel free to go into detail the more the merrier, if you would like to email me instead you all are more than welcome and thank you for taking the time

I Feel halflife 2 is perfect, I can fuck around during the cut scenes, and the weapons are cool, like a glue gun, and a gravity gun. Whats better than blasting a laundry machine at a zombie? Or blasting a saw blade and cuttin the fucker in 2.

One thing I think a lot of fps are missing is fun music. Half-life 2 used music in a great way, how you'll be running into an area fragging guys all over with your volume cranked and the bass starts pumpin a good beat and you just feel good.

Another thing I'd like to see in more fps is non-linear gameplay. The hitman series had the right idea with this - there were usually several ways to beat a mission and you could run all over the place, not just through some corridor.

I miss the old grappling hooks from quake 2 - and jump jets...everyone needs to be able to jump around more...