Melan on 26/3/2011 at 17:18
(Crossposted ffrom the TDM forums since I figured there'd be more response here)
I have suddenly realised I am missing blasting stuff into bloody chunks with a backpack's worth of futuristic weaponry, and the most recent games from that category I actually own are Half-Life 2 and FEAR. So, could you recommend me some nice, classical, single player FPS games based on my preferences below?
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Games I liked:Original Unreal: large levels, fantasy-meets-technology aspect, music from the best of the modscene
Unreal Tournament and various mods (Operation Na Pali!)
Half-Life / Half-Life 2: good balance of environments and gameplay gimmicks. HL2 started to become a bit overbearing, though, if that makes sense.
Painkiller: a modern Quake-like game!
Max Payne: bullet time, badass clichés and villains (okay, not really an FPS)
Games I have not been impressed with:FEAR: generic, repetitive, horror story trite and uninteresting
HALO: played the start at a friend, entirely forgettable
Max Payne 2: embarrasing love story, pity porn, too hard
Doom 3: had its moments, but monster closet design was a bit of a letdown - plus it didn't feel properly doomy without hordes of enemies rushing you
Games I am not looking for: Bulletstorm, anything involving WW2 (incl. modern Wolfenstein-clones), Far Cry (liked it, but not interested in the sequel), Quake 4, Serious Sam
My system specs are:
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AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.00 GHz
6.00 GB RAM
Windows 7
ATI Radeon HD 4800
If there are good full Doom3 campaigns out there that are better than the original game (and I mean significantly better), I may be interested in them as well.
june gloom on 26/3/2011 at 17:41
If you liked Half-Life/2, get the expansions and episodes.
It's too bad you didn't like FEAR, though- I love that game and its sequel, though I recognize it's very much a love-or-hate situation.
Max Payne 2 being too hard? What? It's easier than the original. Try sucking less.
Why haven't you played Stalker yet?
Dresden on 26/3/2011 at 17:52
Duke Nukem 3D and the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series, you Philistine.
Briareos H on 26/3/2011 at 17:54
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Why haven't you played Stalker yet?^
Melan on 26/3/2011 at 17:54
Renzatic: I specifically wrote I am not interested in Serious Sam! :laff:
dethtoll: I own Stalker, but it's not the kind of game I'm currently looking for. I'd like something I can play for a few hours when I am home from work, not something so fiddly.
The HL2 episodes may be interesting. How do they compare to the main game? I heard they were really short.
Also, someone on the TDM forums recommended Necrovision, which is by the same guys who did Painkiller, and I liked Painkiller. How about that?
Dresden: Those are too old. Besides, I've already played through Duke 3d several times, and hundreds of fanmade levels. They were great, but I'd like something new.
ZylonBane on 26/3/2011 at 18:03
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Renzatic on 26/3/2011 at 18:14
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Renzatic: I specifically wrote I am not interested in Serious Sam! :laff:
Oh yeah, at the very end. Like I'm supposed to see that. :mad:
edit: What about Blood? If you're not too burnt out on Duke3D, it's a great title to consider.
lost_soul on 26/3/2011 at 18:20
I've probably recommended this game ten times by now, but check out SiN. It is one of my all-time favorites. The reasons are:
*lengthy SP game
*very interactive environment: you can use command-lines on computers in the game world!
*every level is drastically different from the last
*lots of good dialogue, some of which made me laugh
*ABO "action based outcomes" that will affect future levels and/or your path through the said levels based on the things you do
*an awesome training level (probably the best in any game ever)
*tuns of weapons, including a great sniper rifle
*not a world war II game!
I'm surprised at your system specs though. It seems like that CPU is really holding you back. My old box has a 3200+ with a geforce 7600 GS and 1.2 gigs of RAM, but of course that machine will still run through SiN at hundreds of FPS.
ZylonBane on 26/3/2011 at 18:25
Don't forget:
* Tedious pre-Half-Life key hunt level design
