“I think that single-player shooters are getting better. I think they’re finally coming out from under the shadow of the Hollywood movie, overblown “I’m on a rail” linear shooter. I’m talking about Call of Duty-style shooters,” Tripwire president John Gibson told PC Gamer.

“The melding of RPG elements and shooter elements has been great. I’ve seen this reflected in a lot of the reviews, it’s like, “Okay guys, we’re tired of this on-rails experience.”

“On the flip side, I’m really discouraged by the current state of multiplayer shooters. I think that, and I hate to mention names, because it sounds like ‘I’m just jealous of their success,’ but I’m really, I feel like Call of Duty has almost ruined a generation of FPS players.

“I know that’s a bold statement, but I won’t just throw stones without backing it up. When I was developing Action Mode [for RO2], I got a group of people that I know that are pretty hardcore Call of Duty players. And my goal was to create something that was accessible enough for them to enjoy the game—not turn it into Call of Duty, but try to make something that I thought was casual enough but with the Red Orchestra gameplay style that they would enjoy.

“And we iterated on it a lot. And just listening to all the niggling, pedantic things that they would complain about, that made them not want to play the game, I just thought, “I give up. Call of Duty has ruined this whole generation of gamers.”

Well a lot of people will agree with what he has to say but blaming a game for ruining the market is incorrect because you can also say Call of Duty expanded the market.

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Tripwire Interactive presents Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad which has been delayed but only until September 13th.  The game will only be available for the PC as a digital download or in retail.  Above is the slightly humorous and latest trailer called ‘Remembering’.

Steam store page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/35450/
Official Site: http://www.heroesofstalingrad.com/