5. War
I swear to God that I and a lot of gamers are completely desensitised to the harsh realities of war. If the majority of gamers werent all fat, bone-idle, weak, glasses wearing cowards, theyd make the perfect soldiers. Okay, that was uncalled for, some gamers are incredibly thin and dont need glasses. War is a great topic to base a title on because there are not really a good side and bad side meaning there are diffident winners and losers. Basing a game on war means you have a plethora of locations to visit and inevitably destroy; you have a meek understandable plot to walk the protagonist through, and an array of subtle ideals to implant in the young minds of today. We even get so weary of our own real wars that we create fictional battles in the past, present and future to desperately try re-capture that feeling of horror and excitement. My main issue with it is, theyre incredibly boring. I dont find shooting yet another Arab gentleman entertaining, because its all I seem to do in FPSs now-a-days. Hopefully sooner rather than later we'll be over this whole war trend and maybe try create something more like Spec Ops: The Line which while admittedly having war focuses on the character development and narrative behind war. Regrettably, there will always be gun nuts who cant fall asleep without a hearty widowing and, until that day ends, well always have games about war.