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    Games Overly Complicated? Simple FPS Recommendations.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by jarvmeister, Jul 5, 2011.

  1. jarvmeister

    jarvmeister Notebook Consultant

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    First off - I'm 35 years old.

    I enjoyed games back in about 2004, you simply ran around, picked up guns and used them. I'm talking about Doom3, Quake4 and Half Life type games. There was a little bit of strategy involved, but for the most part you'd just run around and enjoy the scenery.

    These days, you seem to need to grasp games on a whole new level. I'd like recommendations on FPS type games that are pretty much point and shoot, like Doom3 or Quake4.

    I'm not critisizing these new games, as obviously most people love them, but they down't do it for me.

    Cheers.
     
    jarvmeister, Jul 5, 2011
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  2. svl7

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    Do you know OpenArena? It's like Quake, it's based on the Quake 3 source code but it's open source and free, there are a lot of great maps available and it's fun to play, single player, online or LAN.

    Otherwise Unreal Tournament is also pretty much point and shoot. Left4Dead 2 is very simple too... get a gun and kill zombies.
     
    svl7, Jul 5, 2011
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  3. xeroxide

    xeroxide Notebook Deity

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    been a pc gamer since 1995, these few fps games give me a feeling of nostalgia

    left 4 dead
    homefront
    serious sam
     
    xeroxide, Jul 5, 2011
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  4. logan801

    logan801 Notebook Consultant

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    Duke nuk, crisis2, bullet storm, those are all pretty basic point and shoot. If I was trapped on a desert island and could only pick from those three games I'd pick bulletstorm.
     
    logan801, Jul 5, 2011
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  5. LawyerLynn

    LawyerLynn Notebook Guru

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    I'm 50, started gaming (if you could call it that) by playing "Space Invaders" on a TI99-4A in 1983. Had the original Doom 1.0 and played in on a 386 in 1991 or so. Nothing beat Duke Nukem 3D and Quake II though IMO, though the new Duke Nukem is growing on me and Redneck Rampage had an awesome attitude.

    However, I do also find I enjoy Rift and World of Warcraft since they never end - they can't be beat, there is always something more to try and do.
     
    LawyerLynn, Jul 5, 2011
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  6. xeroxide

    xeroxide Notebook Deity

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    haha it's awesome fun to look back at the console's/pc's of the past.
    that indie game vvvvvv brought back so many C64 memories... i half expected to have to type Load"*",8,1

    i didn't add duke nukem to the list purely because it has regen health, a console-ish thing. it is great fun though, and is not ashamed to poke fun at itself. besides it's not health, its an "ego meter" lol.
     
    xeroxide, Jul 6, 2011
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  7. grimreefer1967

    grimreefer1967 Notebook Evangelist

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    LOL... I had a C64 with the 1541 floppy disc drive. Staid up long hours playing Ultima :cool: :eek:
     
    grimreefer1967, Jul 6, 2011
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    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Serious Sam HD is what you want.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jul 6, 2011
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    The Half Life laser guided rocket launcher is still the best gun ever. I'd recommend Borderlands and will throw in another vote for the Serious Sam series.
     
    Smeggit, Jul 6, 2011
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  10. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Battlefield 2 is all you need. 64 players, run around and kill people...
     
    ejohnson, Jul 6, 2011
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    i remember playing tyrian back in high school it was awesome, recommend boarderland and team fortress 2 fun games
     
    Mexic00ls, Jul 6, 2011
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  12. kevinmajere

    kevinmajere Notebook Consultant

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    Heck yea! I just installed bf2 on my rig, need to patch and get the fix for wide screen support.

    Any good servers out there?
     
    kevinmajere, Jul 6, 2011
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  13. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I like going on the 24/7 wake island ones. or else I forget the name of it, but in the search field type in "beta" and it comes up with a really active server that rotates maps.

    my username is crap_you_killed_me
     
    ejohnson, Jul 6, 2011
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