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Looking for a FPS
Chrispy
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I recently came into possession a gift card to Gamestop and was debating on what to get. I own a DS, PS2, Wii, and a PC (That is a couple years old). I really don't want to get something for the PS2 as it being older and I want to spend money on something new (I also don't want to spend more than 20 bucks on an older game). There are, as far as I know, no new, good game for the DS, so that leaves it out. Now I know Brawl comes out next week so I probably will end up getting that.
Now you may be wondering: "Why did he make this thread about FPSs"? I was wondering if there was any good FPS that I may not know about. But not just any type of FPS will do. I want something that is like Area 51 (PS2), F.E.A.R. (PC), or something even in the vain of Silent Hill / Resident Evil (if they were FP and not third). Beggers can't be choosers, so something like Halo will possible do. What I don't want is something war. I think I'm almost to the point that there is enough War FPS.
The game can be older, or it can be newer, that doesn't bother me. Any help you guys can provide will be awesome.
Now you may be wondering: "Why did he make this thread about FPSs"? I was wondering if there was any good FPS that I may not know about. But not just any type of FPS will do. I want something that is like Area 51 (PS2), F.E.A.R. (PC), or something even in the vain of Silent Hill / Resident Evil (if they were FP and not third). Beggers can't be choosers, so something like Halo will possible do. What I don't want is something war. I think I'm almost to the point that there is enough War FPS.
The game can be older, or it can be newer, that doesn't bother me. Any help you guys can provide will be awesome.
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You get 5 phenomenal shooters. For some of the best class based combat around you've got Team Fortress 2 and then for a more story oriented shooter you have Half Life 2/Ep1/Ep2 and then you've got Portal
Ones I have:
Orange Box
Area 51
Prey
F.E.A.R.
Call of Duty 1, UO, 2, 3
Medal of Honor AA, a few others
I've played and didn't much like Halo
I'll add more as I think of them
Could always try Gears of War...but yea it's War.
I saw that House of the Dead 2 & 3 were coming out for the Wii but they don't sound all that great.
EDIT: I guess the reason I liked Area 51 so much was the things to find and the paranormal / weird things / cool things to shoot in the game. I guess that's also why Silent Hill / RE elements would be nice too. So stuff along that.
it's a lightgun game if you're into that sort of thing
Or try picking up GMOD from steam, provides plenty of hours of pure dicking around.
Oh, and you get 3 Half-Life games and Team Fortress 2 for free.
Failing that, The Darkness was a damned phenomenal shooter with a terrific story and really fun gameplay. You can find it pretty cheap now, too. C'mon, it's f'ing Starbreeze.
Edit: DOH. I thought The Darkness was ported to the PC. Sorry.
Ok, sounds like your video card can't handle SM3.0. That'd rule out badly done ports like R6:Vegas. I don't know what the latest patches added/fixed, but S.T.A.L.K.E.R. might be worth considering.
Dunno if such a game exists, honestly.
Now would you kindly buy Bioshock
He did. It doesn't run.
Also, get some taste.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is sounding like the best at the moment, and it sounded pretty good when I first heard about it.
To all those who keep saying OB and Bioshock. I have both. I just can't run Bioshock. Speaking of which, would anyone know what I can do other than getting a new rig to run it? VC is radion x800 (I think it was 800). I know my friend had a problem with it too, his VC is nVidia, and they released a patch just for Bioshock.
EDIT: I have all the Metroid Prime games.
I think it's about $60/year for over 1000 games
Still, you'd want at least a decent processor and RAM to run it, and unless your PC was super-stellar when it was built I'd say the chances of that are iffy.
Check www.systemrequirementslab.com to see exactly what's wrong with your computer and you'll see how much you need to upgrade.
edit re: gametap
I wouldn't say there's a ton. There's Serious Sam: First Encounter, Serious Sam: Second Encounter and Serious Sam 2, Jericho, Total Overdose, Ranbow Six (which doesn't really count) FarCry (which is good, but you can also get it free, albeit ad-supported, from Ubisoft). I think they're the only non-generic ones, aside from maybe Operation Flashpoint, which is a war game.
Still, aside from that there are some fantastic classics available, if you're into that sort of thing.
Anyone who doesn't like the orange box set hates freedom.
And that makes you a terrorist.
Yeah, you. I'm talking to you.
I'm not a big fan of pay to play (in the renting sense). I like owning my games and I don't think Gametap is my thing.
I like how some people post without reading the posts before them =P Very humorous...
If you can't run Bioshock, I'd be a bit wary of STALKER.
Edit: If you have an nVidia card, you're probably okay. Most of the problems seem to be for non SM 3.0 ATI users like me.
It's like no one around here can fucking read.
Is that before or after the patches?
Fully patched (1.005 STEAM version) and un-modded.
I was about done with it after that.
Also, uncompleteable quests ftl.
=( That really sucks. Maybe they should bring out 1.1 =P
EDIT: THQ, you're better than that
Let's say I had a 360, what options would I have there? What about PS3?
Hey!
Some of us are color blind Ok?
Halo 1-3, Bioshock, CoD4, and The Darkness. I highly recommend any of those.
All the games on there are really good, it's a good value.
Surprised it doesn't get more love around here.
Irony much? He already said that he has it
Anyway, supposedly the minimum reqs for COD4 are a 9800 or 6600, so you could try that if you liked the previous ones, but it might be a bit difficult to run
This man speaks the truth.
I played the campaign on regular and then on veteran, and put 24 hours into the online, and I'm a long way from done with this one.
There are online game types that I haven't even tried yet.
It's no darker than FEAR, it has the unique storyline, and you should be able to run it easily. The game's Multi. isn't much to talk about but the single player if fairly long for a FPS. I recommend you look into the Steam Id bundle. You can get dozens of FPS including Doom 3 for $70. This way, if you turn out to be one of those heathens who hates Doom 3, you have several other great games to try. Quake 4 is in there and it offers many of the same pluses that Doom has except it has less closet monsters and you needent worry about a flashlight mod. Finally the original Doom is always fun. There are plenty of WADs you can try. I'm pretty sure you can use a port for it to update the graphics.
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