Muzman on 27/3/2011 at 07:07
Probably would agree. Which ones do you mean?
nicked on 27/3/2011 at 08:08
The worst feature of RtCW I remember was the horrendous bullet-soak enemies near the end. Yes, we get it, they're super-soldiers. You don't need to keep ramming the point home by making me empty three whole clips into one every time I turn a corner.
Another recommendation for No-One Lives Forever here! It's one of the funniest games I've ever played, and is a very good (albeit quite old-school) shooter, made by Monolith before they went all serious. The sequel's not quite as good, but worth checking out if you like the first.
Also, if you liked Unreal Tournament, you may also like the sequels. Although the singleplayer in the latest one is like Gears of Unreal, with lower quality writing, if you can believe that.
Shadowcat on 27/3/2011 at 08:30
TRON 2.0 -- A superb take on the shooter genre, with beautiful presentation, light RPG elements, good length, and some fairly unique elements. It also still looks great, thanks to its virtual-reality setting. Highly recommended.
Tribes: Vengeance -- Almost worth it just for the freedom of movement (the jet-pack + skiing combination really is tremendous fun), but the campaign is also very decent. Not flawless, but still very much recommended as a single-player game.
No One Lives Forever -- Not quite so great as it's often made out to be, but still a classic of the genre, with loads of style and some really memorable levels.
Some other maybes:
Dark Messiah -- I'd recommend it, but it's languishing on my "to finish" list.
Mirror's Edge -- Yet to play. Sounds like it scores high for the "FP", and relatively poorly for the "S", but I'm looking forward to playing it.
Vietcong -- Very much in the tactical-shooter camp, but one of my all-time favourites.
Realms of the Haunting -- Old, with awkward controls, and cheesy FMV, but it remains a high-point in the sparsely-populated first-person horror genre.
Outlaws -- Another favourite from back in the day. Graphics are long in the tooth, but it still packs some atmosphere, and the gameplay never gets old. Just make sure you play it on "Ugly" difficulty.
edit: Apologies for the duplicates. I didn't get around to reading this for a while, and didn't reload the tab before hitting reply.
Shadowcat on 27/3/2011 at 09:01
Quote Posted by nicked
The worst feature of RtCW I remember was the horrendous bullet-soak enemies near the end.
I only played the demo of RTCW, but I thought that all the zombies bricked up in the walls, waiting for you to walk by, was the worst feature. I presume it was just a bizarre intersection of old-school monster spawning, and improving architectural possibilities, but it sure did make the game dumber.
Koki on 27/3/2011 at 09:50
Remember when this thread was about games in which you are "blasting stuff into bloody chunks with a backpack's worth of futuristic weaponry"? Guys?
Speaking of which, did anyone mention Singularity yet? Quite overlooked game. Oh, and Borderlands
Thirith on 27/3/2011 at 10:00
Borderlands has been on my list of games to get once I've depleted my to-play list. Which means that by the time I get it, no one else will be playing the game anymore... Which is okay, I guess, because I have this knack of getting quite a lot of fun out of singleplayer modes of games designed to be multiplayer, such as Battlefield 1942. Probably because I can beat AIs whereas real people keep kicking my arse. :D
Melan on 27/3/2011 at 13:06
Thanks for the recommendations, folks! :D
On your advice, I visited the neighbourhood game store after lunch and bought the HL2 Orange Box (for the safe bet) and Necrovision (for the weird title). I'll also look into the others; there are some I have already played as a demo (e.g. RtCW, which didn't feel like a proper Wolf game, or Red Faction, which was nice for the geomod stuff, a bit like Duke3d except more boring), or in full (NOLF 1-2). Plus some, like Metro 2033, which would probably massacre my PC. Still, a lot of helpful suggestions, so I think I'll be set for a while. :cool:
Also, what about Gears of War? It apparently sold like hotcakes, it has the heavily armed assholes with shoulder plates aspect of Warhammer, and some of the architecture looks fancy with the decaying cities and such. But I've also heard it was a horrible game, and the post-processing is maybe a bit too much. How is it?
Sulphur on 27/3/2011 at 13:13
Gears of War is grey. Very grey. One of the front-runners of the 'next-gen' palette, and quite possibly the game that started it all.
Having said that, it's a good challenge if you don't mind sticky-cover based shooting, and would run quite well on a 3200+ - that's what I played it on last time. There's not much of a story worth talking about, but the art design's quite accomplished (if grey), and the gameplay is generally quite solid. I found it a little tough - and that end of game boss encounter's going to make you want to snap your keyboard in two - but overall it's worth a playthrough.
Bakerman on 27/3/2011 at 13:34
I'd second Red Faction (the original) - very similar to Half Life, but with less monsters. What little I've played of the sequel did not make me want to play any more of it. Guerilla was great for procedural destruction, but might not fare too well on your PC.
Dresden on 27/3/2011 at 15:59
Oh that reminds me, Wolfenstein 2009 was pretty good.
