What's your favorite FPS game?

CookieMAC 2018-02-09 02:52:57 UTC #1

Tell me your favorite fps games, I need recommendations

Viral_Frog 2018-02-09 03:56:19 UTC #2

Pretty broad question. Online, single player, both?

Multiplayer: Overwatch, Plunkbat (Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds), Killing Floor 2, Dead by Daylight (well, it’s third person for survivors, FPS for killers, so it loosely fits), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Single player: DOOM (2016), BioShock franchise, Arma 3 (also online, but I play SP only), Portal / Portal 2.

Just a few. I’ve got more that I enjoy but I can’t think of them off the top of my head right now.

I cannot recommend DOOM (2016) enough. It’s pretty much an essential part of any gamer’s library from the last few years IMO.

PiiSmith 2018-02-09 10:37:58 UTC #3

Favourite Multiplayer FPS of all time: Enemy Territory
Still playable and also has some active Servers.

Favourite current Multiplayer FPS: Quake Champions
I never was and still I am not very good at Quake, but I like it when I am in the zone and things are easy, which are hard normally.

Favourite Single Player FPS of all Time: Half-Life 2
The reason I made a Steam account and boy it was a good reason.

Favourite current Single Player FPS: Doom (2016)
It is a well crafted game and gave me similar flow experiences like Quake can do, but in a single player package.

Favourite Coop FPS of all Time: Left4Dead 2
It also can be played alone or competitive, but in Coop it really shines.

Favourite current Coop FPS: Maybe Payday2?
I would like to have a really strong current entry in this category to play with my son, but there is non. Payday2 is already 4 years old and it is far from perfect.

theantmeister 2018-02-09 10:48:58 UTC #4

All good suggestions so far, I’ll add Far Cry 2. A brilliant game, only marginally spoiled by the whole malaria thing. I spend hours driving around the savannah shooting guys, setting fires and marvelling at the wildlife.

MaskedDave 2018-02-09 10:59:35 UTC #5

I played a few levels and was enjoying it, but it never got it’s hooks into me. When I go back to my machine that’s never the game I want to fire up.

Does Dishonoured count as an FPS? I mean, its a first person action game, but you technically don’t need to shoot anything. But regardless I’m a huge fan of those games, and Deus Ex (both original and modern) of course.

Wolfenstein: The New Order was excellent, not played it’s sequel yet, but heard good things.

theantmeister 2018-02-09 11:10:36 UTC #6

Wolfenstain: The Old Blood is also excellent.

MantisTobogganM.D.4 2018-02-09 12:08:15 UTC #7

Tough call, I’d probably go shadow warrior 1 or 2 for single player (2 has co op but it’s a little buggy). For multiplayer I’d say titanfall 2.

BillButNotBen 2018-02-09 13:13:11 UTC #8

(Suspicious of broad single-line questions by new users who have only posted once on the forum, but…)

Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith
Terminator: Future Shock and Terminator: Skynet
Doom 2 and Quake 1.
Bioshock.

Not really FPS, but: Deus Ex, Portal, Thief.

There aren’t many modern FPS that I rate that highly.

PiiSmith 2018-02-09 13:17:25 UTC #9

Which newer FPS do you rate highly

BillButNotBen 2018-02-09 13:18:35 UTC #10

The ones I can get to run on my PC, generally…

Viral_Frog 2018-02-09 15:11:13 UTC #11

Not sure of your son’s age, but Killing Floor 2 is exceptional for co-op. There’s a PvP mode too, but I’ve never played it. But if your son is younger, KF2 is probably not the best choice. If you’re gore adverse, you can minimize (or disable, I believe) it in the settings.

Understandable. May not be for everyone. I was actually the same way. But once I shook off the conditioning from modern shooters, I was able to get into it and now it’s one of my favorites of all time.

MaskedDave 2018-02-09 15:15:27 UTC #12

Oh, that’s definitely what I liked about it. Fuck all the normal “modern” ways to play, just run around and blast away. But that just felt a bit empty after a while.

Qazinsky 2018-02-09 15:36:53 UTC #13

Agreeing with Viral_Frog here, Killing Floor 2 is a great coop game. When I first saw it in the Steam store (well, Killing Floor 1), it sounded like my least liked kind of coop , wave defence. And it is that, but it is good. Then Killing Floor 2 came out and I switched to that and I find it better.

The guns feels great, there is classes that excel at different weapons, but the skills are passive, firing guns is the main course and any class can buy any weapon, they just wont be as good with them. There is very good feedback in the game if you hit or not, the zeds lose limbs and get decapitated, which could of course be a problem, depending on the age of your son.

All in all, if you’re looking for a good coop game of the “play a map for 20-60 min with a set amount of waves that culminates in a boss fight” variety, Killing Floor 2 is worth looking into, at least giving it a chance if it ever have a free weekend.

LTK 2018-02-09 15:40:51 UTC #14

Some of my favourite classics that haven’t already been mentioned: Painkiller Black, Unreal Gold, and Quake: Arcane Dimensions. Hard Reset is not usually included in the classics but it’s got the spirit of one. Receiver is a concept FPS that’s excellent in its own way, and I wouldn’t hesistate to include it among my favourites.

Viral_Frog 2018-02-09 15:42:29 UTC #15

Oh, also of note regarding KF2. I checked isthereanydeal.com and it is currently 50% off at the link below.

Zephro 2018-02-09 17:05:08 UTC #16

Noone Lives Forever. Have fun!

MD 2018-02-10 02:38:27 UTC #17

For multiplayer, various Quakes and Quakelikes: Quake 3 and CPMA, Warsow, Reflex.
For singleplayer, a few that come to mind: Doom (the recent one), the Half-Life series, No One Lives Forever (the first one), and of course Deus Ex (the first one) if that counts.

icemann 2018-02-10 12:08:37 UTC #18

The original Doom from the 90s. That game just blew me away completely like no other FPS has. I still play it to this day thanks to continued wad and mod fan projects. No other FPS has that sort of longevity for me.

Unreal would be my second favourite. That game is just perfection. Such a beautiful game, even today.

DanMan 2018-02-10 13:44:52 UTC #19

Titanfall 2 is pretty good.

BillButNotBen 2018-02-10 14:30:54 UTC #20

Doh! I forgot half-life.

Not hugely into multi-player, but had lots of fun with the original Quake deathmatch (plus various mods) and with the original UT.
Also have a soft spot for AvP multiplayer.

The modern FPS game I want to play, but my PC can’t run is Titanfall 2.