First Person with a good single player?

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Mekanic01

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They get harder to find it seems...

I usually like to get something like a CoD or Battlefield game and run the single-player first. Is there anything out there that isn't a run n gun, more more of a tactical mission-based game? I like the multiplayer, but sometimes I just don't want to deal with it.
 
Single Player: Fallout 3 with DLC; Fallout: New Vegas with DLC and there are many, many mods available to alter the stock gameplay to your liking.
 
fallout series. (mainly 3 and new vegas) tactile if thats the way you prefer to go.

bioshock infinite was ok to me. a little on the run and gun side to me.
 
I cant believe no one has mentioned the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games yet. Very fun and lots of mods for all three of them
 
I really enjoyed Far Cry 3 and Far Cry Blood Dragon, Bioshock Infinite, Metro Last Light, and Crysis 3.
 
Cryostasis
+1 for stalker series
Darkest of days
Fear 1 & 2
Dishonored
Dead space series (3rd person)

Thosd all have good storylines
 
SticKx911 said:
fallout series. (mainly 3 and new vegas) tactile if thats the way you prefer to go.

bioshock infinite was ok to me. a little on the run and gun side to me.
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I'll have to replay those games for the tactile experience :p
 
almost forgot, what about borderlands 2???? Much better on PC than consoles.
 
Eshelmen said:
One of the more enjoyable SP that came out last year.
I know its not truly first person, but I did enjoy Max Payne 3 and Tomb Raider a whole bunch.
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Tomb Raider pretty much rocked. Best game I've played this year I think. QTEs are a little annoying, but they're not hard- much easier than this kid's game I've been playing the last couple of days (Rayman Legends, platformer, originally a Wii U title but came out on PC and I think 360 & PS3, demo available on Steam if you're curious).

IMHO run & gun needs to be all-out to be good. Serious Sam, that sort of thing. I am a badass so I am going to bunny hop and run sideways while holding a cannon and shooting you with it! Ridiculous? Yes. Fun? That too.

I haven't gotten into Far Cry 3 yet, but the little bit I've played looks promising. The first far Cry was great. I never got into 2, but it didn't seem like it was run & gun.

Fallout's great but I'm not sure I'd really call it a tactical first person game. VATS + skills changes the game a lot. Once you get your skills up and get that perk that recharges your points when you kill something you can pretty much slaughter stuff with VATS. Kill 5 guys in 1 second of game time, etc. It's an RPG. Towards the end of the game you start getting uber. That said, it's a great game.
 
+1 for Dishonored and STALKER series.

The original Far Cry I thought was a great game. I don't remember exactly how 'tactical' it was, but I remember it as having a great 'balance'... missions, weapons, enemies, etc.

Assassins Creed II and Brotherhood were fun single player games. But not shooters, of course.
 
Just as a warning if you're going to play Dishonored: it'll ruin you for running. Blinking makes running around seem so plebeian.
 
Oh, and Dead Space 1 and 2 were fun, decent single player run-thrus.

Just in case it wasn't mentioned =/
 
Eshelmen said:
almost forgot, what about borderlands 2???? Much better on PC than consoles.
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Borderlands 2 is great, and Borderlands 1 even moreso. And that coming from someone that played Borderlands 2 first so its not nostalgia talking. PC version in both cases. There's a lone, desolate feeling to playing through Borderlands 1 that is hard to describe and has to be experienced--a feeling that kinda got lost in Borderlands 2 because they mainstreamed it with oversaturated colors for the halo kid crowd, taking it from a Mad Max feeling in BL1 to Space Cowboy with toy guns in BL2.

I also really dug Far Cry 3 as far as more recent titles go.
 
the new Shadow Warrior - not a perfect game, and it's basically run and gun, but a game rarely comes along these days with such satisfying weapons and combat. The environments,story and most importantly corny humor are also nice. I hope we get more FPS like this in the future
 
Here are the last first person games I've played and enjoyed

Crysis
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
Skyrim
Deus Ex Human Revolution

For Fallout 3 and New Vegas get version with all the DLCs. The DLCs really enhance both games.
 
What about Skyrim? Technically CAN be a first person shooter. Hehe
 
DPI said:
Borderlands 2 is great, and Borderlands 1 even moreso. And that coming from someone that played Borderlands 2 first so its not nostalgia talking. PC version in both cases. There's a lone, desolate feeling to playing through Borderlands 1 that is hard to describe and has to be experienced--a feeling that kinda got lost in Borderlands 2 because they mainstreamed it with oversaturated colors for the halo kid crowd, taking it from a Mad Max feeling in BL1 to Space Cowboy with toy guns in BL2.
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I agree, I didn't get near the amount of enjoyment from the BL2 as I did with the first one. I got halfway through it and haven't gone back to it since.
 
Krenum said:
Metro 2033 & Metro Last Light
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These. Just played metro 2033 this year (yeah, i know, late to the game) and immediately bought last light once i finished. Great story, and decent FPS. Last light improved the shooting a good bit, and added the non-lethal takedowns (so much more satisfying). Plus excellent stealth gameplay.
 
Oh, and Dead Space 1 and 2 were fun, decent single player run-thrus.lol


but seriously Far cry 3 and Fallout New vegas were lots of fun
 
Also Dead island and dead island riptide are sort of fps games. I say sort of because guns are not available (except through mods) until you finish half of the game. they are fun loads of fun though.
 
Oh, and Dead Space 1 and 2 were fun, decent single player run-thrus
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It's white and longer than your average cloak or cape.

Wait, wrong website. *slowly walks out*
 
Serious Sam before first encounter for sure, even playing it coop is fun as hell
 
jojo69 said:
I don't think they make these anymore, sucks
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Because call of doody and battlefield single player campaigns suck people keep saying this but there are tons of great single player shooters.
 
My personal SP games:

HL - 1/2 + Mods
HL Blue Shift
HL Opposing Force
S.T.A.L.K.E.R - All of them
Fall Out: GOTY/New Vegas + mods
F.E.A.R
Serious Sam fist and second encounter
Serious Sam 3
Borderlands 1/2

I'm going to toss Minecraft with Mods into the mix as well.

Best part about most of the games I listed is I STILL play them... MODS man, best part of being a PC gamer are the mods.
 
Like many others, I still replay Half-Life 2 on occasion.
Far Cry 3 was a great game. Crysis 2 isn't bad either. The first Crysis is okay until the aliens show up. No clue if the first Far Cry is easy to run and/or mod, but it's a classic.
I never touched MP in either Borderlands 1 or 2 and had a blast.
Condemned is a great psuedo-FPS/horror hybrid.
 
I picked up Borderlands 2 on the Steam sale this past summer. I find it to be very good, and a very good "sequel" to the original BL. Same stupid sense of humor, kicked up a notch. Even more nods to nerd culture.

The menu makes it really feel like a console port, but if you can get past the in-game menu clunkiness, the game is a solid FPS. And if you do nothing else, get the Tiny Tina dlc. Tiny Tina is my favorite bestie of all time. she my boo. she all cra-cra. and girl loves dem badonkadonks.
 
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