Any good FPSs out there

[TinCow]

STALKER sounds very deus-exie, I loved that game! All of them sound good actually, its going to be hard to choose!

If you get STALKER, I highly recommend that you installed the STALKER Complete mod before you play it the first time. It keeps the basic gameplay (which other mods don't do) and fixes a ton of bugs and other annoyances that detracted from the original game. STALKER is a really great series, but it's had technical problems holding it back. Only the third game (Call of Pripyat) is really of 'finished' quality OOB. I actually recommend that you play the first game with the Complete mod, then skip right to the third game. Don't bother with the second (it's a prequel anyway and not a continuous part of the storyline).

If the above discourages you, let me say that STALKER is one of the best FPS experiences I've ever had. A great original setting, very challenging gameplay, and lots of good rewards.

[Reenk Roink]

I just recently bought Bioshock. I had never payed attention to the hype, nor had that much time to play games, but now that things are winding down I've played a bit and it is really fun, if somewhat overwhelming at first with the amount of information.

It's not really a traditional FPS, more like a FPS/RPG hybrid but because of that, it meets all your stated criteria (the bullet shells, and bodies are all perfect too).

Definitely worth a look because you can get it for cheap now.

[A Nerd]

STALKER from what I've heard thru this thread is sounding more and more appealling. I saw a preview for I think it was Bioshock 3 in PC Gamer, looked interesting. Probably would be better to start the series from the beginning. I might even be able to buy more than one with the prices lower due to their past releases! Hooray!

[Jolt]

Well, Half Life 2 Ep. 2 has some sort of "boss" battles if you can call them that:

- The Antlion Queen in the caves
- The Combine mine dropship
- The ambush in the house (The final and biggest one)
- The final battle

But these aren't your ordinary boss battles where you have a huge monster that kills you easily and which simply won't die unless you do a dozen things.

[Veho Nex]

If you get STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl I definitely recommend getting the Stalker complete 2012 mod. If you want immersion that mod does it for you. I've had it sitting on my computer for almost a year and I havent touched it, I just started playing it a few days ago and I must say that it sets the bar for Survival FPS... Just wish there was a Zombie outbreak mod for it.

[A Nerd]

I'm leaning toward STALKER now, the mod would probably be a good addition to it as well. I haven't searched any webpages related to the game as of yet though. What is the premise? Do you fight men or hordes of mutants? If the game is good, can I look forward to sequels?

[Veho Nex]

I'm leaning toward STALKER now, the mod would probably be a good addition to it as well. I haven't searched any webpages related to the game as of yet though. What is the premise? Do you fight men or hordes of mutants? If the game is good, can I look forward to sequels?

Well thats whats great about stalker, is that there is already a prequel, Clear Sky, and sequel, Call of Pripyat.

As to what you fight, its a mix. The mutants are tough to kill though 2 or so shots to the head will do them in, while you got zombies which go down pretty quickly but they shoot back, idk why. Then there are factions and bandits vying for control over The Zone. So you could be walking along doing some random mission for some random person and come across two factions duking it out. The fire fights get really intense and sometimes you get lucky enough to watch one of your guys go up to a wounded enemy, say something dirty in Ukrainian to him then give him a one way ticket to the head. Like so...