Looking For a Good FPS game

[Tristrem]

Ok after a couple of years on the total war kick, I think I need to try something else. I used to play all the old novologic delta force games, but left them because everyone who played online was a hacker. ( my recent veiwing of call of duty 3 brought back some old memories.)

So after a long stretch of no FPS games, I want to try my hand at a new game. I am open to any and all suggestions, but I am looking for a game with the following qualities,

1. It's a PC game no console crap for me
2. a well supported multiplayer community
3. little or no hackers
4. I would prefer no monthly fee, but will not rule out a quality game because of it.

any help would be great.

[Bijo]

I'd say wait for Crysis to come out.

Another suggestion I have is Counterstrike Source.

[Phatose]

Red Orchestra? UT2k4?

[pevergreen]

BF2142.

Unbeatable.

You play on servers were hackers are banned, reported to EA and have their CD keys banned. And no, you must have a legit CD key to even play Single Player.

[sapi]

Day of Defeat: Source. There's really no contest.

Don't even consider 2142, imo - the BF series has degenerated into a collection of games created primarily for, or at least populated by, stat cuddles

[TB666]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is good.
Also Red Orchestra is a must if you love wargame and don't wanna play the horrible BF series.

[caravel]

I'd say wait for Crysis to come out.

Another suggestion I have is Counterstrike Source.

I would have said Counterstrike myself, but I stopped playing back at v1.5 which was the last version without Steam...

[Bob the Insane]

BF 2 was a lot of fun while I was into it... Finding a few good servers (or joining a clan, though I could not commit to that) is vital... But a lot of FPS fun with vehicles thrown in...

Trying to get into Armed Assault to (I really liked OFP) but it is still in need of more patching...

SP games you could try Dark Messiah (FPS but swords, bows and magic rather then guns), Oblivion has finally been released (just awating delievery)... Did you do CoD2? If not it is a must... GRAW was good on the PC and not just a console port... FEAR was short but a lot of fun... Prey was another one that was short but fun...

[The Foolish Horseman]

Prey FTW. It is an absolutely amazing FPS, great online and great single player

[Lehesu]

Prey rubbed me wrong, for some reason.

[Sjakihata]

America's Army

• It's completely free
• Have over 1 million players
• The game is only Multi player based
• Gets regularly updated with patches and new versions

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

America's Army is fun and free, and though it can be difficult to get into, you won't regret the learning curve.

[Lorenzo_H]

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter.

[sapi]

Oh, and if you haven't played it already, Half-Life 2

[Tristrem]

After Looking at a couple of the games online, I think red orcestra looks pretty good, so I think I will Go look at it at Best Buy. I am still open to suggestions, and I never thought of Half Life 2, so who knows

[Whacker]

Prey was an incredibly letdown for me. Yes it was incredibly pretty and shiny, but the story was very lame and short. If all you want is nice graphics and a mindless run jump and shoot, Prey will fit the bill nicely.

Half-life 2 is also great for the first runthrough, but the ending is the exact same as Half-life 1; lame. No replay value for me, except for modding it so I can have the blue gravity gun from the start.

Quake 4 is ok, in terms of multiplayer they really fixed the netcode and functionality that was sorely missing from Doom 3. The base single player game is also not very inspired and straightforward, but it felt a bit more involved to me than Prey, but that's only because I liked the story better, so i guess personal preference there. Q4 has more of a replay value in single player, IMO, but it's still pretty sparse. One of those "I play it once a year" games.

I haven't played BF2 or BF2142 so no comment.

If you want stuff that's ... FPS-ish with heavy RPG elements, try Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Oblivion. Hell if you haven't, try Morrowind too, you can get the whole Morrowind Gold pack (has both expansions) for $10 at Bestbuy and Compusa.

My $0.02.

[Fragony]

Maybe Project Snowblind, it's deus ex without deus-esque, all the gadgets, tons of interesting weaponry, great fun.

[edyzmedieval]

Day of Defeat: Source.

Period. One of the best FPS around here.

www.dayofdefeat.com

[Bob the Insane]

Real classics if a little dated now (but great humour) where No One Lives for Ever and it's sequel imaginatively titled "No One Lives Forever 2" (escaping the Mimes haunts me still)...

70's Spy action in the Men from UNCLE style (with extra humour)...

[TevashSzat]

Counterstrike Source is still the best online FPS around IMHO. There is always a crazy number of people on and there is always a server you could get on even if you aren't in a clan. Just make sure you find a couple of good reliable servers with proper restrictions like no magnums...Seriously every time just starts going crazy with sniping on every server i play with magnums allowed.

[sapi]

I hate to burst your bubble, but CSS has to rate as one of the worst online shooters, period.

On a scale from one to ten, its community would be in the negatives; its hitboxes are iffy and its balancing is non existant.

Either play a decent one (such as dods as eddy suggested) or get a sp game where these issues dont' matter, like Half Life 2, which has to be one of the best games ever made.

[TevashSzat]

Sapi, as for community I personally tend to play with friends as most people have Half Life 2 and it wouldn't be too hard to get a couple of friends get it.

As for balancing, there is a reason why most servers ban magnums and tactical shields due to their cheapness. Magnum is the big offender here. After all of the time that I have played using scout where head shots are needed for 1 shot kills, I can almost guarantee a one shot one kill every time I play, but again most servers don't allow it.

The noob cannon is pretty cheap indoors, but it gets owned by longer range weapons easily and I would stick to an AK anyday.

[Lehesu]

And I still hold to the opinion that Half-Life 2 is a lukewarm game at best and a poor successor to the previous series.

[Fragony]

And I still hold to the opinion that Half-Life 2 is a lukewarm game at best and a poor successor to the previous series.

Yeah, the whole game I was thinking 'hey that is pretty neat so why am I not having fun'. Finished it in the hope of a grand finale, the futility

[doc_bean]

As long as we're bashing HL2: I don't even remember if I ever finished the demo...

...and the gravity gun ? Seen things like that before in Quake mods, got a big meh from me.

[BDC]

Stalker!

[sapi]

I really don't get the negative views on hl2.

It may have suffered from the curse of attempting to be the jack of all trades, but it was a hell of a lot of fun and the variety helped make it so

[Fragony]

I can see what it does right but I just didn't enjoy it.

adds recommendation: Chronicles of Riddick. Supurb blend of action stealth and adventure. Yes the movies suck, no the game doesn't.

[Bijo]

HL2 was a good technological leap from HL1, but I also didn't enjoy it so much. I mean... HL1, like... you know... I mean, it's like... you know. HL2 lost the charm 1 had. They should just remake HL1 *properly* with the Source engine.

[Vuk]

Day of Defeat: Source.

Period. One of the best FPS around here.

www.dayofdefeat.com

After reading this I must assume that you have never played any of the BF's, or better yet, Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theatre.

I hope that I am correct ;)