dteowner
Shoegazer
I think you're seeing a little topic drift that's reflecting the rpg-centric population we've got here, JDR13.
I'm playing F.E.A.R. right now(2nd time) and loving it. You must have missed something if you didn't understand the purpose of the Replica soldiers, they were definitely part of the story. I can't wait to start playing the Extraction Point expansion.
I'm a little confused about this thread though. The title says "First-Person Shooters" but there are some titles being mentioned that are more RPG-Adventure than shooter.
Did you mean any game featuring a first-person view?
I think you're seeing a little topic drift that's reflecting the rpg-centric population we've got here, JDR13.
I would add 'Boiling Point' to the list. Sure it has RPG elements, and is mission based, but ultimately it is a sandbox shooter. It does a nice job of putting you in the role of Saul and immersing you into the fictional South American country.
As for the Jedi Knight series, I was confused at first when JemyM said 'especially JKII and Jedi Academy', but the problem you mention with 1995 - 2000 seems to explain that. Regardless, I think that the story of the original Jedi Knight is one of the best in a FPS - the novelization of the combined Dark Forces & Jedi Knight worked very well.
I also think that the setting of Return to Castle Wolfenstein was quite good - the story was pretty trite, but it was a nice environment juxtaposing WWII and the occult stuff.
Also liked Tron 2.0's story and game world.
I thought the first Max Payne game had great atmosphere and game play. It was very gritty and the bullet-time effect (one of the first uses of it in a pc game) was great.
Max Payne 1 & 2 are brilliant. I wouldnt count them as FPS though.
You're right... I forgot that they were 3rd person games... oops
Yeah, I was also hard on the game - but only because it was a buggy mess and ran like a pig on high-end systems.I would love to add it, if it had not been for every website I know ripping the game apart. Better hope for the "sequel", "White Gold: War in Paradise".
Boiling Point is a highly ambitious attempt at this genre-bridging game type.
Unfortunately, as a whole this is only a fair game. It's plagued by bugs that cause occasional crashes, what seem like memory leaks, some scripting and AI issues, obvious script translation artifacts, and some more serious problems with quests and non-player characters. In addition, the computer requirements are gargantuan. Even on a high-end system the game sometimes has issues.
For all of the problems though, there is an enjoyable and lengthy game to play if you can make it through.
I loved the original game on my Apple ][+, and eagerly gobbled up Wolf 3D when it came around, so this was one I was definitely looking forward to ... but it clearly doesn't hold up over time as well as many other games.Return of Castle Wolfenstein is one of thoose FPS'es that made me frustrated over the lack of comments from the protagonist.
The role of the Replica Soldiers are confusing at best for me. Reading the plot analysis, Paxton was trained to be a military commander and he took control over the Replica Soldiers cloned by ATC. However, there are too many of them to make sense and they are absolutely everywhere. The main character of F.E.A.R is afterall an agent working for the US government along with Delta Force, shouldnt they call in the US Army? A single US specop facing a whole hostile army on US soil sounds a bit over the edge. That the Replica Soldiers are in fact telephatically controlled is a fact that isnt as obvious as it should be.
But yes, Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor: Underground and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
Sadly, I couldn't stand MoHAA, mainly because of the voices.