[quote name='Parathod']I'm not into the FPS scene at all so I won't even bother voting on this one, but if I was "forced" to play one, it would be Metroid Prime 2. I didn't like the first one (and disliked Halo even more), but the exploration elements would at least keep me interested. I wonder why American/European gamers love FPSs while Japanese gamers kind of ignore them.[/quote]
I dunno, I guess its the same way how Japanese gamers loved RPG's during the 16-bit days more than N. American and European gamers. Then RPG's got huge. It will probably get like that in Japan at some point. I think another thing is that in Japan arcades still seem to be kicking. A lot of player competition is live in the arcade. In the US, arcades are dying and most player vs. player competition is online. FPS just lend themselves better to online competition. An online FPS deathmatch is comparable to a Street Fighter competion in the arcade in terms of excitement IMO.