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LeftOfSelf-Centered

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5. I don't know if this will fit your bill

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 07:22 PM

Oct 2012

But you might want to check out the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games (Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Skies and Call of Prypiat).

I've played the first and the third and absolutely loved them. Graphics-wise they may not be the latest and greatest, but as far as immersion goes I haven't played much better. The world seems alive, with weather, fauna and a day/night cycle. And the night is actually *dark* (you might have to set the gamma right), so you need to use your torch to see anything (which means others can see you too). Also Shadow of Chernobyl has a model of the Chernobyl Power Plant that is downright eerie.

I don't know the first thing about guns, but from what I've read the ballistic model in the game is pretty good. Also the game doesn't have the trappings of many modern shooters like regenerating health, checkpoint save system etc. They are known to be buggy, but I hardly had any problems playing them.

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What's a good FPS these days? [View all] War Horse Oct 2012 OP

If you like to play online with others, and love lots of cool gadgets and traps, ZombieHorde Oct 2012 #1

Borderlands 2 has been sucking up all my time lately Ohio Joe Oct 2012 #2

Thanks, I'll check both out War Horse Oct 2012 #3

Funny you should mention this. I've been too busy with life to keep up over the last few years, Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #4

I don't know if this will fit your bill LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #5

If you're going to play the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series... AZCat Oct 2012 #6

I haven't used the complete mods yet... LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #9

Cool and thank you, I'll check it out. Honestly, the best game I've ever played through was 11 years Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #7

You know what? I *really* wanted to like Deus Ex. LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #8

Man, I'd love for another N.O.L.F. title. AZCat Oct 2012 #10

Yeah, that'd be great. LeftOfSelf-Centered Oct 2012 #13

You are right. The tech was not really up to it yet and the graphics left much to be desired. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #15

Im still occasionally playing MW3 argiel1234 Oct 2012 #11

TF2 on steam. MichaelMcGuire Oct 2012 #12

TF2's the best for "I've got twenty minutes to kill" Posteritatis Nov 2012 #14

Pretty much except hours is more likely MichaelMcGuire Nov 2012 #16

Halo 4 will give you tons of shootin-up. chknltl Nov 2012 #17

Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 will give you lots of FPS zombie-killing fun! n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #18

Rage is a lot of fun lovemydog Nov 2012 #19

For FPS Solo play, CoD (Call of Duty) is hard to beat. bvar22 Jan 2013 #20

Amnesia: Dark Descent! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #21