Do you play First Person Shooter games? Do you feel that your 7.1 speakers is not enough? Do you feel your three 32″ LED multi-monitors setup with 3D Vision is not immersive? Do you duck, evade, and (hoping that you can) jump when you play these games? Do you feel the need of having – literally – “bullets” flying by your ears as you play Battlefield 3?

Well, throw out your gaming chair and get rid of your monitors. And play in one of these bad boys, Kotaku article: FPS Simulator.

Video below.

*squeeee*… is pretty much all I can say.

If I may, I like to announce that I’m NOT a big gaming aficionados. Sure, I tried many games, enjoyed many of them, and love the idea of immersing myself in a fantasy of my choice. Imagine watching a movie you like AND you can interact in it. (Not to mention it’s $50 or so for 20-60 hours of entertainment. Much better than movies.) But I don’t spent 20+ hours a week on them, nor can I recite all the new releases for the next 8-months, nor do I sleep dreaming the perfect configuration for Diablo 3. Or at least, not anymore.

That said, there are 6 games that I can safely say define my gaming experience. 3 of them are short-lived, but extremely memorable nonetheless: Deus Ex, Duke Nukem Forever, and Splinter Cell. They are the games that are able to pull the player in and redefine the whole genre for generations. The other 3 are games that I spent months (if not years) on EACH of them, perfecting my character development, engaging the community, and competing (semi-)professionally. They redefine how I describe gaming in general and taught me many things I wouldn’t learn elsewhere. They are Star Wars Galaxies, Battlefield 2, and Lord Of The Rings Online. Now on these 3, I can safely say I’m an aficionados.
But I’ve moved on. I’ve played them to death (nearly literally) and I’ve grown out of them. I’ve enjoyed them, but unlike most dedicated gamers I met in those games, I know there’s more to life than inside Middle-Earth.

However, in one week’s time, I will be getting my gaming instinct rekindled. Battlefield 3 Beta is out. If you notice, Battlefield is the only FPS (First Person Shooter) game in the second category of games mentioned above, and it’s rarity should be noted. In this MMO-heavy (Massively Multiplayer Online) category, not many people stay on FPS games for years. With the exception of the quick-pick-up-and-play Counter-Strike, Battlefield 2 is probably the only other long-standing game. And it’s for a good reason: It has character progression, great gameplay mechanics, and large maps with various combat vehicles in it. Really, what else do you need in a good FPS game? Good story, sure. But good story doesn’t always implies re-playability values. Enjoy it once, and you’re done. But great game play with permanent progression? Formula of success.

You can always just Google Battlefield 3, but to summarize, it it an FPS team-based game where they pit 2 teams of a maximum 64-people in total in 5 different game modes on large maps that include a huge variety of vehicles. Or you can just watch the video below.

Well what are you waiting for? Go sign-up for the BETA!

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