JS> Max Payne isn't like the Doom/Duke/Quake FPS type of thing.
  So how would you really characterize it?  After all, it's still a guy on 
foot (at least, most of the time) who's shooting enemies.  Even if it's a 
more "realistic" game like Outlaws (reloading, 1-2 hits kill you), it still 
could be shoehorned into the genre.
 JS> Yeah, they do sims mainly now.
  If you consider driving 5-ton trucks with oversized wheels through some 
farmer's yard a sim.  :-)
 JS> Ewww..  No way.  We did that once already anyway.   
 JS> Fighting games bite.  All
 JS> of them.  If there's ever a genre that's more 
 JS> repetitive than the FPS scene,
 JS> it's the fighting game scene.
  No one ever said you had to follow the "rules of the game" when it comes to 
the genre.  What about a fighting game where the physics dictate the outcome? 
 For example, a person doing a sweep kick might get different results 
depending on just what part of the body he/she hits, and the fall is 
calculated appropriately.  Then the fighting would depend less on combos and 
secret moves, and more on just learning how to fight well.  You could have 
weapons that do more than just augment the hit count; imagine hooking an 
opponent's leg with nunchakus and pulling them off-balance.
  What about Bushido Blade, anyways?  From what I hear, it was about as close 
to a fighting simulator as you could get.  It had a more realistic portrayal 
of swordfighting - a defensive approach at heart - and rewarded the cautious 
player who waited for the right opportunity.
  As for Xenophage, while I wasn't TOO excited about it, there's one thing I 
definitely enjoyed: beating up on people well after they're dead.  I think I 
kept going for a minute or more afterwards, once or twice!
 JS> What of it?  I know Tom better than most people here.  
 JS> He was a groomseman in
 JS> my wedding.
  I guess the "heeee" thing is more a reflection of Tom's off-kilter nature, 
that's all.  :-)
  Any other gaming personalities at the wedding?  I can picture it now... 
"Levelord" Gray is the minister, Scott Miller the best man, and the list goes 
on. 
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