Sulphur on 26/3/2011 at 18:35
Crysis would have been great for you as long as you leave any expectations of a story behind, but your processor isn't going to cut it, I'm afraid.
Since you liked Max Payne, I'm going to assume a third person perspective isn't a disqualifier for your purposes: try Dead Space 1 and 2. DS1 is like Doom 3 and SS2 had a bastard child that suckled at Resident Evil's bleeding, pustulated survival-horror teat. Play it on Hard. DS2 is, for all intents and purposes, Jim Cameron's Aliens to Ridley Scott's Alien, so take that as you will.
Also consider Riddick, though it's not quite a futuristic military FPS, it does have awesome gunplay and melee action mixed with a little predator-prey stealth.
june gloom on 26/3/2011 at 18:43
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The HL2 episodes may be interesting. How do they compare to the main game? I heard they were really short.
They're about 4-6 hours each. The HL1 expansions are about 3-4 hours for Blue Shift, 6-8 hours for Opposing Force.
All are better than their base games. The HL2 episodes are essentially the best parts of HL2 without the shitty parts (though you probably won't like most of the antlion caves, most people don't, the only reason I do is because they remind me of the old Starship Troopers mod for Duke 3D.)
Melan on 26/3/2011 at 18:43
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edit: What about Blood? If you're not too burnt out on Duke3D, it's a great title to consider.
Played them, liked them, but a bit too old.
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I've probably recommended this game ten times by now, but check out SiN. It is one of my all-time favorites.
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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.
How does it work with modern Windows? I never played the game; it was a bug-ridden mess when it came out. (Keykard-hunting doesn't bother me that much as long as it isn't freakishly hard.)
My config looks weird because I did my upgrades piecemeal and the RAM/video card had priority because of TDM. I'll wait with the CPU until at least DX:HR or, if I buy it, DNF.
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They're about 4-6 hours each. The HL1 expansions are about 3-4 hours for Blue Shift, 6-8 hours for Opposing Force.
Thanks. That's very short, but I see the game store in the neighbourhood has the Orange Box real cheap... I'll look into them. I've already played Opposing Force; good stuff.
Briareos H on 26/3/2011 at 19:40
Baal over at the TDM forums recommended Clive Barker's Undying and I can get fully behind that. It's rather linear but interesting enough. A textbook FPS exploring an original environment, with many monsters to shoot with cool weapons, a few traditional 1920's horror tropes and some good ideas.
Bluegrime on 26/3/2011 at 22:06
Have you played Far Cry? We seem to have kinda similar tastes in FPS' from the list you wrote out and I enjoyed it quite a bit, aside from those pain in the ass checkpoints.
june gloom on 26/3/2011 at 22:08
No. Undying is overrated. It's got atmosphere out the wazoo until you realize there's no 'exploring' at all, you're simply funneled down one hallway after another, with every single fucking door locked unless/until the game requires you to go through it. The level design is obtuse and it loooves its fucking monster spam. This is completely the exact opposite of what the setting suggests: big, creepy old mansion and grounds! First person survival horror with exploration, like a Lovecraftian System Shock! Right? Right?
NOPE
Fuck that game.
ZylonBane on 26/3/2011 at 22:24
Yeah, fuck Undying for not being what you thought it would be! Fuck it for somehow being both linear and obtuse at the same time! Fight the power!
Jason Moyer on 26/3/2011 at 22:35
If you want a good linear FPS I'd go with Metro 2033. Not really my cup of tea but it has a lot of visceral set pieces combined with great atmosphere and some creative level design (considering you're exploring a series of goddamn train tunnels).
If you want something more open, Stalker Call of Pripyat and Far Cry 2 (which is nothing at all like the first game aside from the gorgeous shrubbery) are probably the finest examples of open-world FPS IMHO.
catbarf on 26/3/2011 at 23:36
I second the suggestion of Metro. It's like Stalker's style with a ton of polish, and has atmosphere in spades.
