Ever since getting into gaming, I have noticed the growing trend of the  1st person shooter genre, the trend set by those wonderfull guys at ID  software.  Ever since Doom, each new game seems to be related to it  somehow, all of them set in space or in the future, having you battle it  out with hell spawn, or outlandish aliens.  With weapons consisting of  nothing more then hyper blasters and rocket launchers.  I got sick of this  overdone theme fast and longed for a 1st person shooter with a story, one  that captured me and consisted of more then just blowing up crap.