Simviation Forum - Best First Person Shooter

Oct 5^th, 2007 at 6:35pm

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What is the best FPS? Just lookind for some input because I want to get a new one.

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Reply #1 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 6:46pm

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Castle Wolfenstein 3D. All the others are just cheap rip-offs!! Tongue

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Reply #2 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 6:47pm

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It varies depending on what you want;

WW2 id say Call Of Duty 2

Modern id say if you want a simulation like game go with ArmA, but if you want a game with no learning curve, go BF2 for sure. Future id say BF2142. I have all of these and love them all Cool

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Reply #3 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 7:23pm

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Sytse wrote on Oct 5^th, 2007 at 6:46pm:

Castle Wolfenstein 3D. All the others are just cheap rip-offs!! Tongue

Wolfenstein Enemy Territory is good too... Cool

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Reply #4 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 7:26pm

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Sci-fi Halo/Halo 2
Modern: BF2/ America's Army
WWII: Call Of Duty 2
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Reply #5 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 7:41pm

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i think ~~Doom 3~~ is up there with Castle Wolfenstein. i cant really say that because i've never played CW 3D. But still, Doom 3, awesome FPS. For WWII CoD series. For Sci-Fi, what Ravang said, Halo and Halo 2

Edit: actually the original Doom games are up there with Castle Wolfenstein 3D

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Reply #6 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 9:26pm

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nf22a wrote on Oct 5^th, 2007 at 7:41pm:

i think Doom 3 is up there with Castle Wolfenstein. i cant really say that because i've never played CW 3D. But still, Doom 3, awesome FPS. For WWII CoD series. For Sci-Fi, what Ravang said, Halo and Halo 2

LMAO! Did you just compare CW 3D with Doom 3?? Shocked

Edit: Al Qaeda Hunting is pretty good too. The game play is very 'Challenging'! Grin

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Reply #7 - Oct 5^th, 2007 at 10:30pm

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Sci Fi: Halo 3
Modern: ArmA: Armed Assault or wait for ArmA 2
Fantasy: Don't use fantasy Grin

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Reply #8 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 2:49am

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In my opinion, Armed Assault is not really a first person shooter, as such. Sure, you can play in first person and shoot things, but it isn't as much of a "shooter" compared to the Battlefield series. I do NOT recommend, if you want a first person shooter, I DO however, recommend it if you have enough patience to play it. Example, instead of running into the town and capturing it, you slowly crawl to the first building you see in the town. You pop around the corner, and eyeball the path for OPFOR. No one there? If you answered yes to that question, you may slowly proceed. Guard on patrol? Then switch your weapon to the appropriate firing mode, and fire at his torso. Several soldiers having a meeting? Switch to your grenades, and chuck one into their group. You could probably say that this happens in BF2 as well, and BF2 DOES have the capability for this, but people are more preoccupied on getting some fast action.

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Reply #9 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 6:31am

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In my opinion, Armed Assault is not really a first person shooter, as such. Sure, you can play in first person and shoot things, but it isn't as much of a "shooter" compared to the Battlefield series. I do NOT recommend, if you want a first person shooter, I DO however, recommend it if you have enough patience to play it. Example, instead of running into the town and capturing it, you slowly crawl to the first building you see in the town. You pop around the corner, and eyeball the path for OPFOR. No one there? If you answered yes to that question, you may slowly proceed. Guard on patrol? Then switch your weapon to the appropriate firing mode, and fire at his torso. Several soldiers having a meeting? Switch to your grenades, and chuck one into their group. You could probably say that this happens in BF2 as well, and BF2 DOES have the capability for this, but people are more preoccupied on getting some fast action.

either way ArmA is still a FPS, just like FS9 is still a game, and not a professional level simulation as my old CO use to think.

asking for a general shooter to play is a bit broad, as you can see from these replies many games mentioned. what are you looking for, what area interestes you e.g. ww2, modern day, futureistic?? MP, SP or both?

for some good strategic online action try Americas Army a good balanced game, and the training mission take out any difficulty curve, unlike ArmA the training missions are about as useful as a kick in the balls.

for MP try Counter Strike Source, Day of Defeat Source, Team Fortres 2 (which is awesome good fun) CoD2, any of the battlefield series plus mods, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is a good balance beween fast action and start., Call of Duty + expansions, Call of Duty 2

for SP, try Call of duty + expansions, Call of Duty 2, Half life 2 or Half life, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, bioshock (although bioshock is a bit BS), Stalker (an excellent and deep game)

ohh plus another Oblivion, although not realy an shooter game with guns its good fun and you can do what ever you want.

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(ofcourse everything i said is my own opinion)

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Reply #10 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 7:36am

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First Person Shooters:

...forget you not, the variations of Quake, Unreal, Doom, Gloom, etc, etc.... Wink

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A "Blast from the past!"....and still lots of fun....

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Reply #11 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 8:00am

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I'd say Rainbow Six: Vegas, I've had a couple of weeks playing joy out of that.

And Nightfire of course Tongue

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Reply #12 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 10:09am

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whats the system it is to be played on? (Xbox, X360, PS3, windows etc)

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Reply #13 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 10:13am

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Mees wrote on Oct 6^th, 2007 at 8:00am:

And Nightfire of course Tongue

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Could it be...a fellow 007 Nightfire fan? Shocked

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Reply #14 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 1:20pm

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Hell yeah, despite the shitty graphics and easy gameplay its simply awesome,we should play online sometime! Grin

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Reply #15 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 4:53pm

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Red Orchestra is the BEST ! Cool

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Reply #16 - Oct 6^th, 2007 at 6:08pm

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M.R.Maiornikov wrote on Oct 6^th, 2007 at 4:53pm:

Red Orchestra is the BEST ! Cool

thats an awesome game, shame its such a small bunch of players, just beacause its not run and gun people are not to keen on it Sad

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Reply #17 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 2:48pm

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Another good good sci-fi shooter is Unreal Tournament 2004 Cool

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Reply #18 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 5:30pm

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Ok, I'm missing some games here... (more serious this time Tongue

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Newer:

F.E.A.R. Bioshock Half Life II Prey Max Payne 2 Hitman Blood Money

Older (but still great games):

Half Life Aliens vs Predator 2

Also look at anythin from the Tom Clancy Series (rainbow six, ghost recon, splinter cell... etc).

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Reply #19 - Oct 7^th, 2007 at 6:46pm

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how could i of forgot FEAR and far cry.

F.E.A.R is amazing, but playing it at night may cause lack of sleep. its creepy as hell. the best atmosphere ever created in a game.

Far Cry is awesome good fun, good physics and good graphics, gameplay is pretty good to all in all brilliant. and the best part, it is now FREEEE! [url=http://www.gamershell.com/download_20867.shtml]Far Cry download Page here[/center]

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Reply #20 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 7:25am

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Best FPS EVER is 007: Goldeneye for the N64. Cool

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Reply #21 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 10:26am

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Did somebody mention STALKER?

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Reply #22 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 10:28am

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Sytse wrote on Oct 11^th, 2007 at 10:26am:

Did somebody mention STALKER?

i did indeed.

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Reply #23 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 10:53am

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elite marksman wrote on Oct 11^th, 2007 at 7:25am:

Best FPS EVER is 007: Goldeneye for the N64. Cool

Now there's a GREAT game Shocked

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Reply #24 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 10:58am

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No-one else here plays Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory? Undecided

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Reply #25 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 11:03am

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Me! Me!

I do!

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Reply #26 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 12:39pm

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Me! Me!

I do!

Yay!

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Reply #27 - Oct 11^th, 2007 at 5:34pm

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Heres some more great ones!

1. Gears of war (SP & MP)
2. Call of Duty 4 (Modernized version = AWESOME!!!)

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Reply #28 - Oct 12^th, 2007 at 12:54pm

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If it's an FPS I own it.....almost all of them.. Anyone remember Soldier Of Fortune II Double Helix? One of my all time favorites! Nothing like GHOUL II technology. A pump shotty to the arm, leg,or head was always great in that game! Grin

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Reply #29 - Oct 17^th, 2007 at 2:36pm

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Sorry to dig up an ancient thread, but...

Before you buy anything download America's Army. It's free. It's MP only. And it's easily the most realistic first person shooter I've ever played, perhaps by a factor of 10.

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Reply #30 - Oct 17^th, 2007 at 2:52pm

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007: goldeneye is not a game. its a GOD!

Chris_F wrote on Oct 17^th, 2007 at 2:36pm:

Sorry to dig up an ancient thread, but...

Before you buy anything download America's Army. It's free. It's MP only. And it's easily the most realistic first person shooter I've ever played, perhaps by a factor of 10.

AA is good, but the training missions are some of the msot tedious moments i have ever endured in any game!

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Reply #31 - Oct 17^th, 2007 at 9:43pm

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AA is good, but official servers tend to be hacked quite a bit. Need to get on one of the clan servers to get a clean game.

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Reply #32 - Oct 17^th, 2007 at 9:46pm

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Am I the only person who likes Hitman? Undecided

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Reply #33 - Oct 18^th, 2007 at 8:50am

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beaky wrote on Oct 17^th, 2007 at 9:46pm:

Am I the only person who likes Hitman? Undecided

Ooh Hitman is fun! I played the Blood Money demo a while ago and it was very enjoyable, but I don't think it's a good FPS. For me, it isn't serious enough.

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Reply #34 - Oct 18^th, 2007 at 10:56am

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AA is good, but the training missions are some of the msot tedious moments i have ever endured in any game!

How many tries did you need to pass the Shoot House?

I lost count of mine...

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Reply #35 - Oct 18^th, 2007 at 12:44pm

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I have all the Hitman games but don't recall them being FPS. I thought that was concidered a third person shooter. My 2 cents. Great games though.

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Reply #36 - Oct 19^th, 2007 at 6:09pm

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elite marksman wrote on Oct 11^th, 2007 at 7:25am:

Best FPS EVER is 007: Goldeneye for the N64. Cool

That Is Legendary and True!!!!!!!!

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Reply #37 - Oct 19^th, 2007 at 7:01pm

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Mike.. wrote on Oct 18^th, 2007 at 12:44pm:

I have all the Hitman games but don't recall them being FPS. I thought that was concidered a third person shooter. My 2 cents. Great games though.

Mike

Ah yes! 3rd person! Just goes to show you can't rely on memory for a lot of things... Wink

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Reply #38 - Oct 19^th, 2007 at 9:09pm

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COD4 is going to be the best FPS when it comes out i gaurentee it.

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Reply #39 - Oct 20^th, 2007 at 12:40am

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Mike.. wrote on Oct 18^th, 2007 at 12:44pm:

I have all the Hitman games but don't recall them being FPS. I thought that was concidered a third person shooter. My 2 cents. Great games though.

Mike

Depends on the view you choose, I guess. Wink

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Reply #40 - Oct 20^th, 2007 at 12:41am