What 1st person shooter game should I buy?

[Brundlefly]

The last 1st-person shooter game I purchased was Quake II - when it came out. Got a lot of enjoyment there. Then I put it down and played Civ exclusively since then. I bored with Civ now - even as C3C is coming out. So what good 1st-person shooters have their been since Quake II? Any that combine a mystery to solve would be a plus.

[DrSpike]

If you want a decent plot a FPS/miniRPG hybrid like System Shock2 or Deus Ex would be my choice.

(tick tock)

clock ticking until Skanky turns up to commend Thief2.

Btw that is also a good choice.

[Solver]

There's one that's a bit different, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It's multiplayer-only, but it's a team-based and objective-based game. It requires some use of strategy and brains, which you probably like. And the good part is, that this game is free.

[General Ludd]

Half-Life. (or was that released before quake 2? )

[Maquiladora]

Naw it was released after Quake 2, i'd also recommend HL, all these new FPS dont bring anything new except fancy lighting effects /oldmanmode

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Naw it was released after Quake 2, i'd also recommend HL, all these new FPS dont bring anything new except fancy lighting effects /oldmanmode

Does HL have any weapon like BFG9000? That was awesome weapon

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Solver
There's one that's a bit different, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It's multiplayer-only, but it's a team-based and objective-based game. It requires some use of strategy and brains, which you probably like. And the good part is, that this game is free.

I remember playing Wolfenstein as a shareware game in the days before internet. It is still shareware? Where can I d/l for free?

[Maquiladora]

Does HL have any weapon like BFG9000?

It was quite impressive but HL doesnt have one, and its better for it. Its abit like the all-killing weapons you find in scrolling shootemups, its just a case of saving it and killing everything in sight, wheres the skill in that?

[BustaMike]

I would recommend getting:

Wolfenstein Enemy Territory - free download, loads of fun, multiplayer only
Halo PC - of all the great things about this game the best is the enemy speech and AI, the little guys that scream and run away from you terrified are awesome

or wait a few months and get

Doom 3 - first person survival horror, the leaked alpha I played was really cool
Halflife 2 - might be the best game ever, definitely the best looking

[Solver]

Halflife 2 looks suck compared to Doom 3. Doom 3 graphics are far better than anything else than HalfLife 2, but still better than that, too.

Also, it looks like Doom 3 will be a great FPS, just like Doom 1 and 2 were... HL2 will be a good game, but, IMO, not even close to Doom 3.


It might though be my nosalgia. I haven't really loved any shooters other than Doom 2...

[Maquiladora]

I would guess HL2 is going to be a more intelligent type of FPS compared to Doom3, so they wont be direct rivals and i see Doom 3 as Doom with better graphics and HL2 (hopefully) developing new gameplay elements to FPS's.

[Jaguar]

Play Half-Life, but try to get one that's bundled in with Blue Shift (one of the two expansions, and like C3C, includes the previous expansion.) Blue shift has graphics updates on its CD that bring the graphics up to 2001-ish levels. Halo PC is a good bet, but only if you have a good video card.

[BustaMike]

Those of you who are saying Doom 3 has better graphics must not have seen the same stuff I have. Download the 25 min HL2 graphics demonstration from fileplanet. There's a clip where they demo all the texture effects, camera effects, etc. There's a point where there's a camera on a tripod in front of you, and what the camera sees is projected on several TV's behind you. It looks crazy when that camera starts moving around. There's also a guy made entirely of water standing in a fire. That looks ridiculous. Doom 3 is absolutely a pretty game, but it does not have the same quality graphics as HL2.

[Verto]

Enemy Territory is, as previously mentioned, a great game.

Halo for PC is also wonderful(well, the demo is anyway...)

Not had much experience with the other ones.

[ravagon]

Chrome is supposed to be a bit like Deus Ex 1.5.
I've only just started with it so I can't really judge but the terrains look amazing. Trees actually look like trees.