the first person shooter game thread (eew fps)

Wonderbanana · Post by **Wonderbanana** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:33 am

The only fps mod we should all be playing is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdNCuwg ... r_embedded

Note: Skip to 2:20 for the actual in game action if you cant be arsed with the rest of it..

grovsnus · Post by **grovsnus** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:31 am

Haha, I don't know. I heard a lot about Far Cry 2 being this and that. I loved it though.

@Diabollokus: Yeah, I'd like to play more with you. Team doubles seems like a good idea.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:51 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:the duke nukem thing is run by a freeware port of the original game.

I'm still waiting for a good non-glitching, non-crashing port of the original, myself. Jonof's Duke 3D is neither yet, and last time I checked it had been years since it was updated

Someone hasn't been paying attention. JFDuke hasn't been touched in ages, it's all about Eduke32 these days. It plays the original game perfectly, supports mp3, models, new modding options (as well as running every mod ever made for the original game quite well), and now Shader Model 3.0 effects (in beta right now so it's not quite stable just yet). It's flat out awesome.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:05 pm

Duke Nukem 3D on the sega saturn ruled, I'm tempted to buy the version off xbox live.

@Grovnus, K I'll do some dubs this week.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:28 am

Had been playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and it was fun, until...

"Hey, team, this mission's success depends on me keeping you guys alive. Is there any way I can convince you to STAY SOMEWHERE SAFE AND NOT RUN AROUND LIKE IDIOTS WHILE I TRY TO KILL THE GODDAMN NAZI SNIPERS?!"

Seriously... ¬¬

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:29 pm

Hot new FPS;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYQhvW-tjNM

grovsnus · Post by **grovsnus** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:27 am

Stormwatch wrote:Had been playing Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and it was fun, until...

"Hey, team, this mission's success depends on me keeping you guys alive. Is there any way I can convince you to STAY SOMEWHERE SAFE AND NOT RUN AROUND LIKE IDIOTS WHILE I TRY TO KILL THE GODDAMN NAZI SNIPERS?!"

Seriously... ¬¬

I remember getting to that part. I never played it again.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:36 am

Hmm, I don't remember that part. Beat the game long ago too.

0ccamsRazor · Post by **0ccamsRazor** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:06 am

I've been playing Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory on and off for quite some time now. Fun objective-based team game.

hermosaguy · Post by **hermosaguy** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:31 am

I've been playing KZ2 for a while, but grinding to get different kits has gotten old. I still fall back on Halo 2 every Saturday...not really for fun anymore, just out of habit.

Zaarock · Post by **Zaarock** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:25 pm

Free Left 4 Dead DLC came out today. I played it on my 360. the survival mode can be a lot of fun, I like the new "melee limit --> timer" system which sure felt necessary for the mode.. didnt try out the new versus campaigns enough to say much.

dcharlie · Post by **dcharlie** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:27 pm

new L4D content?

that's the next few nights lost then

funnest multi FPS out there, full on howling with laughter the first time we played it.

daf911 · Post by **daf911** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:46 am

been playing KZ2 lately, and so far i really enjoy the MP part of it very much.
The SP is kinda 'meh'.

Khan · Post by **Khan** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:57 am

Been playing L4D on PC quite a lot clocked up around 67 hrs lol last 2 weeks, new content came out and yes the melee limiter was already implemented in the PC version in VS mode I think it only got introduced into the 360 version with the update, also the last stand mode is fun as hell!

taking on 3 tanks at the same time is madness! couple that with like 4 smokers and hunters and boomers....its pure carnage!

definantly one of the best multi games ive ever played and believe me ive played most, its just a shame they couldnt fix the voting system and add another weapon.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:32 am

get some thumpers in there

I'm kind of considering buying Zeno Clash...I dunno, seems better than Dark Messiah M&M was, maybe prettier but without the epic architecture, but should have more variety. Sounds short though.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:55 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:
John845 wrote:For over 5 years I played a mod for Half-Life called The Specialists. Brilliant game for its time.
Never liked it much but my brother played it for a while. It sure had potential though! That and Action Half-Life, which I guess is the "original" specialists, or something.

I liked The Opera, a mod which died a loong while ago. It was basically the same game except with some glitchy offline stuff. I loved Mook Arcade maps

The Specialists was fucking excellent. After I backflip 3 guys in a row and got 15 frags for that, I never came back.

damakable · Post by **damakable** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:37 am

Just played my first versus match of Left 4 Dead and died horribly. I've never been any good at FPS... it's a lot of fun, though, that's for sure.

That aside I also just completed Dead Space. I guess it's third-person strictly speaking but really, close enough. It can be quite hard on the higher difficulties and there are one or two
good ways to die. Probably not as many as in RE4, though.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat May 02, 2009 8:12 am

I just rented Quantum of Solace...mostly because I had a free rental at Blockbuster.

As it turns out, it's about as compelling as I thought it would be. Not very. It's "OK" but highlights why I hate cover systems. They're fine when you're dealing with squares, but odd shapes play hell with that mechanic. I have yet to try MP, but word is that it's a cheap imitation of COD4. Feckin Treyarch.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sat May 02, 2009 7:06 pm

Sort of speaking of Medal of Honor games, I was playing the original Medal of Honor a few days ago, it seems pretty dated now I guess but its still really good. I remember it causing quite a stir when it first came out. Something deep inside me tells me I shouldn't like Medal of Honor games but I just can't help myself. Is it just me?

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun May 03, 2009 7:45 am

I take back part of what I said about QOS. MP is rather fun, and quite fast. I'm not so sure about weapon balance, however.

Major negative: The M14 (oddly the only gun to keep it's original name) blows ass. Maybe I'm not using the right perks...I mean gadgets, but that thing is useless.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Sun May 03, 2009 3:04 pm

Vokatse wrote:The Medal of Honor series used to be really good. However, now it got worse and the Call of Duty series just got more popular...probably because it's better.

However, some of the earlier MoH games are pretty good.

I read the guys who made the earlier MoH games are the same guys who make the CoD games.

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:37 pm

Shatterhand wrote:
Ed Oscuro wrote:
John845 wrote:For over 5 years I played a mod for Half-Life called The Specialists. Brilliant game for its time.
Never liked it much but my brother played it for a while. It sure had potential though! That and Action Half-Life, which I guess is the "original" specialists, or something.

I liked The Opera, a mod which died a loong while ago. It was basically the same game except with some glitchy offline stuff. I loved Mook Arcade maps
The Specialists was fucking excellent. After I backflip 3 guys in a row and got 15 frags for that, I never came back.

Oh man, I remember that game... The Specialists was so good, I was in a clan for a while... Got pretty into it.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sun May 03, 2009 4:50 pm

Looking at Mobygames, Allied Assault and Frontline were the last games with the original design and production team, and most of them did seem to move on to do at least Call of Duty: Finest Hour. The team behind Allied Assault seem to have stayed with it right up to Modern Warfare.

DBH87 · Post by **DBH87** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:48 pm

2 new ones for the ds which are decent and atmospheric are Dementium and Moon.

versionfiv · Post by **versionfiv** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:05 pm

Diabollokus wrote:Duke Nukem 3D on the sega saturn ruled.

but there's no music!!

John845 · Post by **John845** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:42 am

robthebanks wrote:
Shatterhand wrote:
Ed Oscuro wrote: Never liked it much but my brother played it for a while. It sure had potential though! That and Action Half-Life, which I guess is the "original" specialists, or something.

I liked The Opera, a mod which died a loong while ago. It was basically the same game except with some glitchy offline stuff. I loved Mook Arcade maps
The Specialists was fucking excellent. After I backflip 3 guys in a row and got 15 frags for that, I never came back.
Oh man, I remember that game... The Specialists was so good, I was in a clan for a while... Got pretty into it.

/shameless pimping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDnh2KL1KVE

This was a stunt/tricking movie I made with another player called entik on TS 2.1, almost 3 years ago. If you played the game you'd realize how difficult the tricks are to pull off.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:59 am

No one here ever played Natural Selection? For shame.

It's a mod for Half-Life. In one side you have the aliens, who evolve and get new abilities and forms, and on the other side you have the marines.

The best part about this mod was the marine commander. He had a bird's eye view of the whole map, could construct buildings and give orders to the other players. Basically the commander plays a RTS, while everyone else plays a FPS. When someone who really knew how to play a commander showed up, the matches became truly epic. Having 10+ players working together as a team is something you don't see anywhere else.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed May 06, 2009 5:12 am

BREAKING NEWS

ZENO CLASH FREE DEMO STEAM GO

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed May 06, 2009 7:50 am

Quantum of Solace continues to grow on me. Deathmatch/Team Deathmatch is bog standard, but Golden Gun mode kicks all sorts of ass. I have two issues with it, however:

1.) Half the players are apparently just there for kills. As such, only 3-4 people actually go for the gun.

2.) It's rather easy to lock down an area by camping in a corner. They'll eventually chuck grenades at you, but not before 5-6 of them die.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:03 am

I'll be checking that out, then, Damocles.

I tried out the demo of Zeno Clash, eh, lots of good stuff in there but the combat system ain't quite for me. Lots of crazy art in there though. Almost wish for the next Elder Scrolls game to be set in that place instead ;)

On Left 4 Dead - people in the Forum are gonna have to get together sometime for Survival. I've yet to play it though.