Aren't all RPG's just you choosing abilities to kill other dudes? Aren't all RTS's just you building dudes to kill other dudes? Aren't all platformer's just you jumping on dudes (and things)? Face it, you can generalize any genre -- it doesn't make it true though. Trying to say an entire genre is overrated? Play some Half Life, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Quake, Unreal Tournament, No one Lives forever, STALKER, Crysis, Left4Dead and Team Fortress 2. All vastly different games and different experiences in their own rights. The two closest games I listed to being the same are Quake and UT, but I think they have enough notable differences. You might not just like them which is fine. Certainly does not mean they are even close to being the same kind of experience. That's true. I guess I thought that because the only first person shooter's I've really played are halo, call of duty, gears of war and left4dead. All completely different games, and Gears of War isn't even first person.