Looking for a good First Person Shooter game

[Sharpe]

I am looking for another good FPS game.

I was thinking about either Deus Ex or Half Life , favouring Half Life somewhat as I am not sure whether Deus Ex will work on my 266 Mhz computer.

I have or have played:

- Duke Nukem 3D
- A demo with that successor game to Duke Nukem 3D with that Chinese guy (can't remember the name of it)
- No One Lives Forever
- System Shock 2

Also looking for a good computer chess game that isn't too expensive.

Also, was Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine good or not? Looking for a good adventure game.

Any suggestions ?

[General Ludd]

Deus Ex for single player (although it's a bit more of a "first person sneaker")

Half-Life for multiplayer, but it's got a good singleplayer game too.

[Skanky Burns]

It depends really on what type of FPS style you enjoy or want to play now. Deus Ex is closer to SS2 in gameplay, while Half-Life is more similar to Duke Nukem, etc.

Thief 1 & 2 are always good FPS games, but you won't be going around killing too many people in either of those. They are fairly old too, so very very cheap. Deus Ex is also excellent for this type of gameplay.

For pure adrenalin rush, Quake 2 can't be beaten in single-player mode. Best SP campaign out of any FPS.

[Moral Hazard]

Are you looking for multiplayer or singleplayer?

For singleplayer. Thief 1 or 2 would be good if you enjoyed the sneaking missions in NOLF(primarily the office). If not avoid them.

Avoid Quake2 if your looking for a single player game (one of the worst campaigns I've ever played), it's MP is all right but I'd recommend Unreal Tournament. Back to SP, Heretic 2 (if you can find it) is better for adrenalin, as is Serious Sam but it's above your requirements.

About Deus Ex, if you've got a voodoo you should be alright if you have a Nvidia expect problems (it's directX capabilities are inferior to it's glide) I had problems with my Geforce 2 mx on my old 500 mhz in wide open spaces (sub pen, and statue. The patch did nothing to resolve the problems either) I think you'll enjoy the game though.

Half-life is a good choice, the AI is quite good, and the missions are fun up until the last few. The game is enjoyable for both SP and MP (with CS). Overall I'd recommend this game. There are better games now, but I'm not sure if they'd be playable with your computer.

About chess games, I don't play em but if you can find an old Chessmaster I understand they're top notch.

I don't play adventure games. but if I remember Indiana Jones being panned when it came out.

[DinoDoc]

Re: Looking for a good First Person Shooter game

Originally posted by Sharpe
... my 266 Mhz computer.

It's time to upgrade if you want to play any recent FPS game reasonablly well.

[Eroberer]

I think what Moral Hazard said about Deus Ex is true about the original game. However there is a patch that fixes some video problems. I played through the entire game with only one crash after the patch (which was probably vid driver related anyway).


I suggest Deus Ex for single player over anything there. This game will not get repetitive. I've played through it about five times and I've done different things each time. However, you probably will not have much success with this game on your system.

[Moral Hazard]

The Patch didn't fix my problems, and the FAQ stated that there was sorting problems with Geforce cards. I never could fix it. Updated drivers etc.
Actually when I started it up on my new computer it ran smoothly, same video card but with an athlon 1200.

[Eroberer]

Are you sure you had Direct3D rendering selected, instead of Software or, I think, Glide?

I've run the game on a GF2 Go (GF2 MX), and a Riva 128 based card, nothing seems to go wrong, but that definitely doesn't mean that it's problem-free.

[pg]

you didn't mention that you've played doom. if you haven't played doom get it. doom single player is better than serious sam because you aren't as slow as a snail(which gives you many more options tactically), you can make monsters fight each other a lot, you can traverse doom levels in many more different ways than serious sam, and the gameplay is just more intense. you can find doom/doom2/expansion packs, and literally hundreds of high quality maps if you search the net/warez. if you do check out doom i recommend downloading either jdoom(if you have a 3d card) or doom legacy since they are nicer than the old doom client which is really old. btw, doom isn't anything like half-life, nolf, or even q2. it's more about heart renching action, and hoards of enemies like serious sam.

also worth checking out are hexen/heretic and their sequels.

[Lemmy]

good FPS and 266Mhz don't mix very well

[Space05us]

Ghost Recon - its so cool
((Like my explanation?))

its more of a challenge than all those other FPS, but its not a typical FPS either its more of a militery strategy game. You dont just walk around with a really big gun and shoot stuff, you have missions that have an actual objective and enemies that will actually track you (stealthfully too). And THE COOLEST thing of all, you can have snipers

I dont know about its multiplayer mode though, never played it.


If this doesnt makes sense to you than


I didnt sleep last night

[Pavlov]

me thinks Ghost Recon (which is a very kewl game) wouldn't even install on a 266.

I'd recommend thief/thief 2 just because you'll get them cheap and they'll definately run on your comp. And if they don't you cans end them to me.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Pavlov
I'd recommend thief/thief 2 ...

Good luck finding them.

[CapitanGarlic]

btw, that game with the chinese guy is 'Shadow Warrior' I believe.

[Pavlov]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Good luck finding them.

Well I've seen Thief 1 in budget version (Soldout or something) in many game stores. Of course, that's in Sweden, so....

Surely they can be bought somewhere on the net?