The modern setting has been overused as of late, and it's been talked about by almost every gamer and game journalist alike. But, I have yet to give my opinion on this subject. But, now is probably the best time for my opinion. I will talk about why I think it's been overused, who's overused it, and which setting I think will overused next. This is just my opinion, so please don't take this for a fact. Enjoy!
First off, I will talk about why I think that it's been overused. But, to do that, I must bring up the other setting that FPS games have overused and is now just not wanted by most of the gaming community; the WWII setting. After the great movie Saving Private Ryan, games set in the WWII time period started popping up everywhere. And at first, we were okay with that. But, after a while, the gaming community started growing tired of the WWII FPS, and that setting is now just sighed upon when announced. But, has the modern setting been used to that extent? I don't think so quite yet, although it is getting there. With the new MOH series, COD, and Battlefield, to name a few, there is no shortage of shooters based in the modern times. But, I think that we are still in that phase of the overusage where we don't notice too much, or if we do, we don't care too much, to really say anything about it to get it changed. I think that in about another 2 years, we will start to get onto devs for how much use is being gotten out of the modern time period.
Next is who I think has overused it. COD has obviously used it for a good while now(with three game in the Modern Warfare series), although I can't tell for sure if COD has gotten away from the modern times, with Black Ops II and the soon to be released Ghosts to be set in the near future. Battlefield has used it for some time now as well. With Battlefield: Bad Company 1 and 2, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3, and the upcoming Battlefield 4, they have really used this time setting to the extent of its potential. And then there have been a lot of other games that have used it that were one offs or just aren't currently in my memory.
Lastly is which setting I think will be overused next. That, I think, is the easiest one to answer. I think that it will be the near future setting. With COD: Black Ops II, COD: Ghosts, Homefront, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, plus many others, have already used or are currently about to release with this setting. And we all know that Homefront 2 will be near future, along with a sequel to Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. And that's not even mentioning all of the other shooters that we haven't heard about yet that's going to use it.
I hope that you've enjoyed this. I will have the last part of my 31/31 up today, on schedule. Tell me in the comments below how you feel about the modern setting, whether you think that it's overused or not, whether you feel that the near future setting will or will not become overused, or just how you liked the blog. I will write my last part later today about video game endings. Have a nice day!