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Best PC FPS In Your Opinion

SkyshiroSkyshiro
edited October 2008 in Everything Else
Just wanted to know what you think are the best PC FPS. I'm looking for some new games to play and I now got a way to get them uber fast (Less than an hour!).

EDIT: I don't care if it's multiplayer or single player.
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  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    Half-Life
    Half-Life 2
  • SailSail
    Half-Life
    Half-Life 2
  • Mr. EricMr. Eric
    edited October 2008
    If you are going for free and realistic, get Insurgency (you need a source engine game to play it). If you don't have one, get Half-life 1 and 2, then download it through Steam.
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  • TyashkiTyashki
    Call of Duty 4
  • NorvuNorvu
    Half-Life
    Half-Life 2
    For online, however, I really like Fallen Empire: Legions. I'm pretty hooked.
  • TyashkiTyashki
    best PC FPS
    Wait, multiplayer or singleplayer?
  • AprecheApreche
    In this order:

    Tribes 2
    Natural Selection
    Counter-Strike (any version)
    Half-Life (any)
  • MosquitoboyMosquitoboy
    Tribes 1, since I have yet to play tribes 2 sufficiently.
  • SkyshiroSkyshiro
    Wait, multiplayer or singleplayer?
    Um either one.
  • The BurritoThe Burrito
    Depends on what you're looking for really.

    Portal is good, but isn't exactly a shooter.
    Half Life games do a nice blend of puzzle and action.
    Crysis would be fun if it didn't break all the time. (I've heard the expansion / sequel fixed many of the issues)
    Bioshock is good.
    Farcry 2 looks like it will be good.

    ... just buy orange box and install a few sourcemods and you'll be set for a while.
  • SkyshiroSkyshiro
    Depends on what you're looking for really.

    Portal is good, but isn't exactly a shooter.
    Half Life games do a nice blend of puzzle and action.
    Crysis would be fun if it didn't break all the time. (I've heard the expansion / sequel fixed many of the issues)
    Bioshock is good.
    Farcry 2 looks like it will be good.

    ... just buy orange box and install a few sourcemods and you'll be set for a while.
    LOL, who doesn't have the Orange Box by now?! Also I don't wanna brag, but I have every Valve game, and I know bout the mods.
  • GreatTeacherMacRossGreatTeacherMacRoss
    Quake 1.
    Yes, I am Methuselah.
  • The BurritoThe Burrito

    LOL, who doesn't have the Orange Box by now?! Also I don't wanna brag, but I have every Valve game, and I know bout the mods.
    Well you could have mentioned that, but if we're excluding Valve games and mods, that's sort of most of the recent good PC FPS action. Also I randomly came across a PC gamer who didn't have orange box like 2 weeks ago, so to answer your question: some random guy.
  • WalkerWalker
    Half-Life
    Half-Life 2
    For multiplayer, I've really been getting into Natural Selection recently.

    And my (somewhat) less popular favorites: Half Life 2: Ep. 2 and Bioshock.
  • AndrewAndrew
    For awesome vehicular action, grab BF2. And then when you get sick of vanilla BF2, get Project Reality.
  • FunfetusFunfetus
    Also I randomly came across a PC gamer who didn't have orange box like 2 weeks ago, so to answer your question: some random guy.
    I will actually be purchasing the Orange Box within the week, when I will finally have a computer capable of playing those games.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    UT 2004. Many people may rag on me about this but it really boosts your twitch skills.
  • TyashkiTyashki
    UT 2004
    Agreed. That's a LAN staple in my circles.
  • Li_AkahiLi_Akahi
    LOL, who doesn't have the Orange Box by now?!
    I don't! I would really like to play it though, but I don't have a gaming ready PC or an XBox 360.
  • LusankyaLusankya
    LOL, who doesn't have the Orange Box by now?!
    I don't! I would really like to play it though, but I don't have a gaming ready PC or an XBox 360.
    I hear ya. Thank FSM that Portal is short; I had to play the entire game on a friend's X360.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    When will there be a cross platform FPS so it can finally be decided (read: proven) that PC gamers are superior FPS-ers.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    The problem with that is that console FPSs are about moving and PC FPSs are about aiming. A game in the middle would need to use limited movement and slow projectiles to gimp both of them into the middle ground.
  • AprecheApreche
    The problem with that is that console FPSs are about moving and PC FPSs are about aiming. A game in the middle would need to use limited movement and slow projectiles to gimp both of them into the middle ground.
    Who says? Surely if the game required precise aiming and quick changes in aim, the people using analog sticks would be at a disadvantage. Even if they cranked the sensitivity settings all the way up, and got used to it, it would still be difficult to compete with a mouse.

    An analog stick allows a little bit finer control than four movement buttons. It makes it a little bit easier to go in a direction somewhere between the eight cardinal directions. It also makes it easier to move at a speed other than slow, normal and fast. Despite this, I fail to see how people using the PC would have a significant disadvantage in movement. Considering the fact that the controls for aiming and facing are tied into the controls for movement, PC gamers actually have an advantage in this department. Also, if you think console fpses are about movement, you haven't played PC fpses, or watched many of the videos we've posted in the past. I'll post a video here to illustrate the point again.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    edited October 2008
    By gimping them into the middle ground, I meant that PCs would need a lot more gimping. I'm talking about the ratios of moving to shooting in comparison.

    Also, who plays games like that any more? Could you try asking around to see if someone wants to host a Tr2 server?
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  • AndrewAndrew
    A game in the middle would need to use limited movement and slow projectiles to gimp both of them into the middle ground.
    You mean TF2?
  • The BurritoThe Burrito
    Main issue with a cross platform FPS is that the console maker has to be for it, and it needs to be updateable, which is less of a problem on consoles than it was a few years ago, but still is a limitation. The easier solution for deciding which is the better control scheme is to hook an Xbox controller to a PC and configure it to match the console setup as much as possible.

    I'd love to see some Tribes 2 action, I'm moving in like 2 weeks, maybe I can get a static ip.
  • ......
    edited October 2008
    The easier solution for deciding which is the better control scheme is to hook an Xbox controller to a PC and configure it to match the console setup as much as possible.
    *facepalm* How can you find out which is the better control scheme if both the PC and the console are using the SAME control scheme?
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  • CremlianCremlian
    In sheer amounts of hours played,

    QUAKE 2 (and mods, Action Quake).
  • The BurritoThe Burrito
    The easier solution for deciding which is the better control scheme is to hook an Xbox controller to a PC and configure it to match the console setup as much as possible.
    *facepalm* How can you find out which is the better control scheme if both the PC and the console are using the SAME control scheme?
    The idea is to configure some with a console like setup to play against those with a normal setup.
  • OmnutiaOmnutia
    A game in the middle would need to use limited movement and slow projectiles to gimp both of them into the middle ground.
    You mean TF2?
    More than that.
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