What are some of the best Singleplayer FPS games out there, /v/?
>>343247379
pic not related
>>343247458
Pleb.
Too bad it aged like crap despite the updates
Considering that 90 percent of /v/ is underage and all the good singleplayer FPS games came out over 10 years ago, you'll be hard pressed to find any good advice here friend-o.
>>343247379
/thread
>>343247706
I see, but what would you recommend to me anon?
doosex
>>343247379
he's right though
its the most bare bones game I've ever played
>>343247706
>10 years ago
try 20.
>>343247379
Duke Nukem 3D
Doom
Quake
Blood
>>343247865
Thank you for the suggestions, will definitely try these out!
GET SERIOUS
>>343247478
No, he's not a pleb, he's calling a spade a spade.
HL2 sucks and it always did. HL1 is great, HL2 is awful.
>>343247379
No One Lives Forever
Duke Nukem 3D
Descent (fuck you it's close enough)
>>343248024
>HURR HALF LIFE 2 IS SHIT AND HALF LIFE 1 IS BETTER XD
Can we stop with this meme? If anything, Half Life 2 only took what made Half Life 1 great and made it better. Name ONE thing that is wrong with Half Life 2 that wasn't in Half Life 1, and I can prove you wrong.
>>343247719
NOLF is so good it hurts.
What actually hurts is the fact that it's never getting released on GOG or remastered.
I really liked dead space 1 as a single player fps
don't really know anyone who said they didnt like it unless they were too much of a pussy for the scare of the game
>>343248017
I remember buying this back in like 2005. I thought it was pretty lame with the mostly egypt shit but they wouldn't accept any returns at the local game store (the one I bought it from) I always thought it was retarded how like you cant like return games and the guy at the ocunter was a smug nigger anyway. This is exactly the type of shit that happens letting minorities work with the common people they treat like shit. Nigger is lucky I didn't bust out my fucking niggerknocker and crack him over his stupid fucking nappy head. I swear something needs to be done about all these cocky niggers trying to act high soceity. It's about time someone they time to die.
>>343248417
Well I didn't get to explore any alien dimensions in HL2. XEN was fun.
The STALKER games are good if you lose yourself in them and really roleplay like true slav.
Deus Ex is great for all kinds of reasons, again best played while immersed in its cyberpunk conspiracy intrigue, sneaking about and hacking into people's emails and shit.
The first FEAR game is pretty damn good, and will make you feel like a force of nature with the way the AI baddies react to you. One of the coolest features in this game is that when an enemy squad spots you, they'll sometimes send one of their men ahead to scout for you and if they lose sight of him when you kill the scout, they'll ask stuff like "hey check in" and since they don't, they'll get on the radio and say stuff like "I think bravo-two is down, send backup" and whatnot. Just really fucking cool shit, it's also one of those weird games that combine spooky scares with awesome gunplay, which is one of my favorite little subgenres that don't seem to get made anymore.
A more modern singleplayer FPS I really liked was Wolfenstein the new order. Running around and dual-wielding assault rifles and shotguns sounds kind of silly at first, but the cool thing is that the game almost forces you to do this, especially on harder difficulties, since the enemies become really tough and numerous. Feels great to hulk out and mow through a group of future-nazis with two autoshotties. Also has a pretty awesome story, and is the only game I can think of that glorifies LSD use in a cutscene with not-Jimmy-Hendrix. It's great.
>>343247379
Heretic/Hexen
>>343248571
You know, most people hated Xen. But to each his own.
>>343248443
Young anons will never ever understand how great NOLF is. :(
The Metro and STALKER series are all you need. Engage the true power of the slav.
/thread
>>343248571
>Xen
>Completely rattles the entire gameplay despite not needing to at all.
>TERRIBLE level design.
>Implying the inside of the Nexus wasn't already pretty Alien.
>Implying the Antlion Tunnels also weren't alien.
Just because it isn't a separate dimension, doesn't mean it can't be alien.
>>343247379
Underhell. basically a FEAR game but with horror elements that rarely fall flat on their faces.
>>343248670
I would love to see a modern game that attempted to imitate Hexen's art style and some of the gameplay.
>>343248748
>Nexus
Citadel*
>>343248554
>dead space
>fps
Holy fuck /v/
I take a month or so off and come back and this is the first reply I see on the top of the page
What the fuck happened here
>>343247706
Metro 2033 and Last Light are the only good ones I can remember of the last 5 or so years.
>>343248862
Anon, it wasn't a month. Your spirit has been locked in there for... seven years.
>>343247706
>90% is underage
stop being a cry baby. its only 15%. Age doesnt stop people from having shit taste
>>343248417
HL2's biggest problem is that it's so uneven. The canals, airboat, citadel, and most of the antlion parts are either fun for a minute (and last hours) or just a slog. The only really great parts of the game are Ravenholm, most of the highway and the City 17 revisit.
>>343248443
>>343248692
Why wouldn't it be released on GOG? System Shock 2 for example was a..shock since the licenses for that were spread out.
>>343249128
Yeah but System Shock 2 was also able to stay in the general consciousness for 20 years or however long it was. Most hobbyist-tier gamers know what System Shock is, even if they never played it.
They don't know what NOLF is. Not in the same way they knew SS.
Don't forget this one. Fuck I want some more spoopy haunted house themed games. If anyone knows anymore with this kind of vibe pipe up please.
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/EzPSqog.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
>>343247719
>You look like you need a monkey.
Now I want to play it again.
>>343247379
The Darkness
Metro 2033
Republic Commando
Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series
Lucasart's Outlaws
MoH AA, Frontline
New Shadow Warrior
Call of Juarez Gunslinger
Most CoDs have had fairly decent campaigns. For less than 10 bucks they're enjoyable and production value is always high.
>>343249085
This is completely subjective to the person playing. If by "slog" you mean "Lack of ongoing content" then you must be thinking of a different game, cause at the very tip where it starts to get old, they throw something new into the equation, such as putting you under gunfire in airboat, or new puzzles such as Citadel, and even smaller things.
>>343247719
i feel like if NOLF was released today, people would accuse it of being pushing an SJW agenda.
>>343248443
>>343248692
There's a good Russian repack torrent. Works like a charm and holy shit, those games are amazing.
>>343249067
Well then.
Truly there has been a horrible mistake in the conception of this reality.
>>343249085
People shit on the canals but I like them, the atmosphere is cool especially when the chopper gets on you. Nova prospect is also cool.
Babbies are too young to remember but HL2 was such a success because it was a cool tech demo, laid out the foundations for fps and the physics were and still are top tier
>>343248862
Perhaps he was talking about that on-rails fps one
Return To Castle Wolfenstein is fun. Not nearly good enough to be the best but it's very enjoyable either way.
>>343249578
HL2 with the synergy mod is the way it was meant to be played. All that open space compared to the original and it hardly gets much use
>>343248024
>>343249258
Nightdive WAS going to remaster and re-release NOLF, but WB (or whoever was holding the rights) didn't feel like taking the time to dig up the paper work. There was an article about it a little ways back.
>>343249469
The SJW crowd makes me laugh the most at this. All the games they say they want have already been made but if they were made before being a gamer became a status symbol they might as well have never been made.
>>343248881
this. I enjoyed both of these FPS games.
dishonored I guess can get thrown in there. I really can't think of any singe player FPS game's i've enjoyed in the past few years.
>>343249827
Nightdive are too good for us
>>343249827
lol is that evan stone raging at a bowl of cereal
>>343249315
The best part is finishing the game and then running all the early missions with the bunny slippers and a Bacalov Corrector.
>>343249436
It switches it up, but it doesn't make it much more entertaining. At least, not for long. The citadel is really bad for it, tossing around combine elites is cool at first, especially as a climax to fighting them the whole game, but the puzzles are simple and punctuated by long, unexciting scenes where you're stuck in the metal thing. Then it ends with the worst boss in the series.
I sometimes can't believe Valve thought it would be a good idea to revisit the citadel levels in Episode 1.
The airboat gun is kind of a similar thing actually, it's absurdly powerful, which is briefly fun, but the lack of difficulty means it isn't entertaining for long. Then that area is ended by a helicopter boss, which is alright despite being the least original boss an FPS could ever have.
>>343250086
Yes. Yes it is.
>>343247458
this
It's good but it's not one of the best
>>343248748
Xen is obviously supposed to feel completely different from Black Mesa in every way, fuckhole. That's why the skybox looks like an acidhead's wall art, why the gameplay is all about vertical differences and open space instead of being corridor crawl like the entire rest of the game, why it's so organic and vibrant compared to the dull sterile textures of the rest of the game. It's full of bad platforming and bad fights but so is the rest of the game. Nobody played Half-Life because the combat and the jumping was so good, it's because it successfully projected the atmosphere of exploring hostile environments, and Xen dials that up way beyond 11. HL2 never really achieves anything as impressive as that "we're not in kansas anymore" moment.
>>343247379
Marathon 2
Dark Forces
Heretic
Quake
Unreal
Jedi Knight
Halo
FEAR
STALKER
EYE
>>343250805
>Dark Forces
Put it up on the big list!
STALKER
Hard Reset
Painkiller
Turok motherfucking dinosaur hunter
>>343250805
>Halo
Is Halo 3 supposed to be this terrible? I only played 2 hours in but its just been a cover shooter that made all the enemies bullet spunges and half the guns unable to hit the frontside of a barn and the few that can have only a few shots and are never seen again. I cant even dodge fire because of how slow captain king is
>>343250805
This this, that's why I enjoyed Xen.
>>343248024
Nah, it's fun but it's far from the best. HL1 is better.
>>343247865
I still consider Quake to be one of the top best FPS games. Doom and Quake still seem to stand out as god tier.
Duke is neat but not completely on par with Doom or Quake.
Also Max Payne is really good.
>>343251097
Why the fuck do people think Hard Reset is good
>>343248881
>Metro
Nah, too much time spent with shitty mutants and not enough time spent with killing tunnel nazis.
Postal 2 and the expansion, Paradise Lost.
>>343251426
I couldn't get into it because of all the special effects. couldn't see what I was killing half the time
>>343251147
>Enemies bullet sponges
Just noob-combo them all and pull only headshots
Also, the Halo gameplay trinity consists of melee, grenades and headshots. Master those and there's really no "bullet sponges". Except Heretic Leader and Tartarus in Halo 2, fuck those fags.
Halo has always had a sort of slow, floaty movement, that's why it emphasizes much on vehicle use. From 4 onward, sprint has been permanent addition, making it "faster".
>>343250615
lmao this pic
>>343250805
HL1 had solid combat though, my only real issue with the combat is how hard it is to avoid damage on the human enemies. All of the Xen creatures have movement based attacks and are fun to fight, but the soldiers can often hit you despite your best efforts.
Also Unreal 1 is underrated. Played it recently and the game was crazy fun. Diverse environments, some really solid level design, enemies that are fast and can dodge attacks. Shit's great.EYE is a bit overrated though
>Early id games like Doom and Quake
>literally Any build game that isn't NAM or WWII GI
>HL1 and it's expansions
>S.T.A.L.K.E.R
>pic related
Why is this mod so good /v/?
>>343251147
Halo 3 isn't very good in my opinion. The only levels which both look decent and are fun to play are The Ark and The Covenant. Most of the actual content in the Halo games is quite mediocre, but I have a soft spot for the first one. It's naively and sometimes lazily designed and the speed of play is pretty ponderous, but it's very beautiful game with a unique, lonely vibe and a decent variety of challenges. Its very minimally designed in a good way, it feels austere and restrained where every subsequent game had higher and higher production values and forgot how to actually be fun. In the first game every weapon and vehicle has a niche and shines in certain situations. In the latter games a lot of them are just basic shit never worth using.
>>343251803
HL1 has decent enemy AI, especially for the era, which makes it really hard to survive a prolonged firefight. But it doesn't give you very satisfying weaponry, it always feels underpowered relative to your enemies.
EYE is a seriously unfinished mess of a game but as an unfinished mess it's still about 1000% more fun to play than any AAA shooter released since that time. It's the kind of game that, unlike Halo for example, really stands to benefit from a potential sequel. The concepts and the bones of the gameplay are fantastic; it's everything else that is round the kink in its own ass.
>ITT: Contrarian faggot kiddies
>HURRRR HALF LIFE 2 IS A SHIIIIIIIT
Edgy.
>>343252414
I liked it but I felt the shooting was a little weak
>>343251647
Which Halo has the best single player? I only played CE but I enjoyed it a lot. My friends only really played Halo multi when we hung out and I honestly thought the multiplayer was boring so I didn't put a ton of stock into the single player but it does play out really well. Hard feels just right and elites are a noteworthy threat if you're not cautious around them, on legendary they really start to just feel like sponges.
Only the level "I could have been your daddy" is really bad in CE. Just samey rooms with enemies and samey bridges connecting them. Then at the end of the level they give you a ton of tough enemies to fight and no decent weapons to do the fighting with.
>>343249128
The problem is that Warner Bros, Activision, and 20th Century Fox don't give a shit about checking who actually owns the right, they won't even take the time to look in their archives.
Kotaku, but still
kotaku com/the-sad-story-behind-a-dead-pc-game-that-cant-come-back-1688358811
Just torrent these games.
>>343252253
when did modb start doing this?
>>343252253
>paranoia
my nigga
76 replies and not one single player game named that is better than OP.
>>343252628
1 and ODST
>>343252908
I'd rather watch snail's parts of monogatari over half life 2.
>>343252628
It peaks with the first one unfortunately. Halo 2 has some really good levels (including Gravemind, one of my favorites in any FPS) but in general puts a lot more constraint on how the player approaches fights and has a LOT of really bland filler. Halo 3 is short and mostly shit with a few good levels mixed in. ODST is unmitigated garbage. Reach ditto except for the space level. Post-Bungie Halo is aggressively unmemorable.
>>343247719
This actually looks pretty good, where can I get it?
>>343252414
It's a fact.
-Poor weapon design and no alien weapons
-Terrible vehicle segments
-Frequently locked into rooms and forced to listen to NPCs with no way to skip
-Retarded AI, particularly for the combine
-Annoying turret sections
-Insulting physics puzzles, including for the "final boss"
-Memory constraints of the engine results in small levels
-Alyx in general
FPS Games suck. Except for Doom 1 & 2.
>>343252982she's dead though
>>343252253
I really couldn't get into Paranoia. Is the sequel better? The part where you have to fight off zombies with a wrench is the worst and the firefights prior to that feel exceedingly clunky.
Mods like this make me realize how hard game development is.
>>343252275
Grunts just have too much health really. I remember using det packs on the black ops guys because traditional weapons leave you open to get shot.
Plus they have like next to no set up time so they spot you and instantly start shooting. Even marines in Quake take a whole to set up shots, and the ones with hitscan weapons are very quick to kill.
Really, the marines and Xen are the only mildly bad parts about HL1.
>>343253080
Doom 2 is bad
>>343253091I believe arararagi goes to hell and sees her so its ok.
Am I the only one on this board that prefers DOOM 3 to all the other DOOMs?
I liked the jumpscares and the horror element more than just running and around and shooting stuff just cause.
I haven't played the newest DOOM but it looks like the old DOOM games with great graphics.
>>343252982
Wow anon you're so unique and so much better than everyone else.
>>343253124
At least it doesn't suck.
>>343252791
Change your IP or delete your cookies, you can bypass that pretty easily.
>>343253224
thanks friend
>>343248819
This looks interesting
>>343252982
True, watching Half Life 2 would be boring compared to playing it.
>>343253189
Yes it does
>>343253174
Doom 4 isn't really much like Doom 1/2 in terms of gameplay. Bit closer to Quake
>>343253189
That much is true, it adds agitating skeleton man so i cant hate it
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a decent single player experience. Captures quite well the lovecraft ambiance for most of the game.
I wonder if Strife is any good by the way. Back then I thought it was shit when I played the demo, but looking back at it, I wonder if it got better past the beginning. Was completely overshadowed by Duke and Quake.
>>343253174
Yes you are
>>343247379
Portal 2
Loved Return to Castle Wolfenstein when it first came out, does it still hold up?
>>343253362
Strife is interesting as a footnote to history in re: shit you can do in Doom engine but as a shooter it's shitty. Unsatisfying combat, boring puzzling and looks like a cheap cartoon.
>>343252908
See
>>343250805
but somewhat related, does anyone else fucking love the setting of HL2? The way the city looks, the generally sleepy tone of the smaller areas, forest and swampy areas, they just hit me in a way. I hate to say comfy but that's probably the best word for it.
Like there's this small cache of equipment in the water hazard segment of the game, you can see were resistance members made a camp and there's a wind chime going off right as the sun is setting, it just nails this weird feeling that makes me really love the atmosphere of HL2.
Also this mod is fucking great, would recommend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzzI13C2Sb0
>>343252628
I played them all on release, so my opinions are full of nostalgia. I've liked them all, but maybe the weakest campaign might be Halo 2. Arbiter segments are hit-and-miss, boss battles feel like a chore and there was too much cut content that leaves the plot just hanging around there.
I'll get shit on for this, but Reach had a very good campaign and enemy AI is actually credible, boasting the best iteration of Elites. They will use cover, try and flank you or generally just slap your shit if you get too close, they're bigger and stronger than you and they know it. Stick after the credits too. It also has the best aesthetic design, next to H3.
.
4 isn't so bad as a standalone, though plot, lore and enemy AI took a serious hit; it's just not as fun to play. It has some neat variety in gameplay and has one of the best Death Star Trench runs made in a game, only that it's too short of a segment. Prometheans and Elites in this game suck balls, enemy design was not their strong point.
3 only has "Cortana" as a bad level in my opinion. There's you going around fleshy ugly rooms and anal sphincters while never actually fighting the main boss and eventually backtracking.
ODST is fine because it's short and doesn't overstay its welcome. Shame night Mombasa is so empty: if you like open world and exploration, it feels like lost potential.
Heroic is the best way to play Halo. Also, co-op is always welcome, you can do some crazy shit. Of course, 343 decided no one has friends or siblings, so they cut it out in 5.
Halo Wars is maximum comfy. Get it cheap and it guarantees a fairly decent single player with a good OST. No alien campaign, though, which is a missed opportunity.
>>343253795
There are some good games in there but none of them are better than hl2.
>>343250615
>Pic
I used to do this as a teenager but as I've found better stuff I take more time to enjoy it.
>>343253489
Definitely. It does have some issues though (enemies don't flinch when shot, resulting in you easily taking damage from the paratrooper soldiers) but it's still a lot of fun.
>>343252414
excellent arguement
>>343253865
HL2 is better than Quake? As what, a movie?
>>343247379
Brutal Doom
>>343254051
>Quake
That's not one of the good games on the list.
>>343253865
>There are some good games in there
All of them are good you fucking pleb, and most of them kick the shit out of HL2
>>343250615
Why is this true?
>>343254160
>>343254160
ebin
>>343253847
I tried Halo wars and god damn that framerate just sits at the bottom of the lake. the only time it is above 20 is when I am zoomed up to a unitless part of land
>>343254160
>Doesn't like Quake
Factually incorrect opinions. Quake 1 is genuinely amazing. Unreal is also better than HL2. Stalker CoP has better shooting mechanics and more interesting mutants than HL2 as a whole.FEAR is kind of a bummer though. The game has superb shooting mechanics but it's almost wasted on the poor level design, the limited enemy pool, and the way they dole out weapons over the game.
Episode 2 is fucking fantastic though, it alone is probably one of my favorite FPS games.
>>343253847
I thought Reach caught a lot of praise? I know people reference that whole "mission: survive" thing a lot and how it was a well executed scene.
Been thinking of getting System Shock 2.
Is it hard?
I like FPS games, but I'm a bit hesitant on some of the older ones, namely System Shock 2 and Deus Ex. I guess it's the RPG elements that throw me off because it's not just about shooting and getting to your next objective, but it seems like it would require lots of planning and strategy.
Holy shit, nobody have mentioned Time Splitters, fuck this thread.
>>343254591
FEAR's lackluster level design and weapon variety wouldn't be problems if the game was balanced around the slow-mo and was at least somewhat challenging. As is there's nothing to the game besides spectacle.
>>343254597
As an FPS, SS2 is terrible. The first game has rather more to do with dungeon crawlers and first person adventure games than it does with standard FPS gameplay. It's an interesting game, but not successful as an FPS. It is decently challenging.
>>343254597
System Shock 2 is like barely a shooter, it's much more of an RPG than anything. Same with Deus Ex, if you go in expecting a shooter you're going to be disappointed.
>>343254660
I still need to play Future Perfect. Time Splitters 2 is an amazing game though, it's pretty much what all console shooters should strive to be like.
>>343247508
i'd say it's the oldest FPS that still plays as good as most modern FPS
>>343253795
Once I figured out that HL2 was a tech demo, it pretty much killed the atmosphere and I had to just plough through every level like it was single-player Quake 3
It was so blatant from the start, and even now I'm mad that my beloved PC Zone fell all over it because it was a sequel to Half-Life
>>343253281
Look into it, but not too much about story stuff because the game holds a big mystery that could be spoiled. The overworld hub is the house, and where you piece together the mystery of your wife's death. All the while there's a day/night cycle. During the say her spirit will haunt the house, but to a lesser degree than the scary shit that happens at night. Theres puzzles all over the place and hidden things. Then there are the FPS FEAR style missions where you play as a a swat team member killing terrorist scum. The combat is great too. The game is just such an original and unique blend. Haven't seen a mod like it.
>>343254597
It's old hard. The challenge is going to be derived more from not making massive fucking mistakes.
But armed with the knowledge of a modern gamer you'll be able to get through it reasonably easily and start gaming the AI soon after starting.
>>343254815
They really needed to toss those fast moving guys and robots at you more often, and mix their encounters in with the normal soldiers.
It's still a great game but it could have been so much more. Also you get that revolving canon and lazer gun like at the end of the game, shit's so annoying.
>>343255032
Every media thing fell for HL2. Not that I didn't enjoy the game but it's far from a revolution in FPS.
>>343254591
Reach is my favorite hands down
>>343247719
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20_mjTAaP28
Still has not been surpassed. Best FPS.
>>343252253
Slavanon here. How do Americans pronounce the word "paranoia". For me it's "pahrahnyoya"
>>343256064
para-noy-uh
>>343256064
Pear a noy a. I think
>>343255964
I forgot how on-point their music was. Is it dynamic? Seems like it.
>>343256064
Mayonyez, Blin
>>343248417
HL2 had no real enemy or weapon variety, though.
None of the puzzles were any good, either.
>>343255204
PC Zone didn't just fall over HL2, they went mental in getting the exclusive away from PC Gamer's hands
Which is a good thing, but fuck me, why bother?
>>343247458
NOLF 2
MOHAA
>>343257023
NOLF 2 is a okay game but ultimately a inferior sequel. Play NOLF instead.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is pretty fucking perfect outside of the forced stealth bits which have a habit of bugging out.
>>343248741
How was Metro redux? Metro 2033 ran like fucking hot garbage. No matter what you did, frame drops still happened.
>>343256796
You just named the two biggest flaws with HL2, and definitely the reason it's weaker than the first.
Damn shame really.
>>343257263
Yeah I haven't played Nolf 1.
I remember 2 fondly because of the cooperative campaign. Do games that anymore?
Serious Sam and Nolf 2 were so much fun on LAN parties.
>>343248417
>wepons
>there just has to be a crossbow yeah? no matter how shoehorned
>there must be everlasting ammo crates in every combat set-piece for some reason
>we have to have the crowbar, the basic pistol, the revolver, a shotgun, a sub-machine gun that alt-fires grenades, the crossbow again just because physics, the RPG launcher that also does the exact same thing
That's just the main weapons
>>343257527
Don't forget that they made the hand grenades suck and didn't let you carry a decent number.
>>343258005
Unless it was a set-piece that gives you an unlimited grenade crate, like the Combine garage in the airboat chapter.
>>343250615
I don't get it.
>>343248676
Sorry non native here
Who is he in "his" and his own what?
>>343260725
his refers to the general population. that statement just means that everyone has different opinions
>>343248558
>niggers trying to false flag
System Shock 2
>>343248417
>no shoehorned physics
>more weapon variety
>more enemy variety
>too many gimmick mechanics that were either overused or underused
>>343247706
I agree with you, every time i play a new vyda i usually play it for a day and then go back to games that are 10 yrs old. From what ive ehard the new doom might actually be a pretty good single player experience, havent played it so i cant confirm it.
