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Now I have my new rig up and running I'm after getting a new FPS to run on it with all the eye candy maxed out.

I really enjoy FPS's like System Shock 2, Half Life, Unreal, Far Cry, FEAR etc best of all where you are just an individual, not a squad leader. I can't be doing with issuing orders to my AI buddies. I just want to get stuck in on my own.

Only interested in single player as I don't have the time to dedicate to multiplayer gaming.

Based on the above, what's likely to be my ideal purchase?

PS If it's on Steam so much the better.

Well you've just listed the best ones.

I dont beleive any of the modern games are really any good. Games like COD and MoH feature too much scripting and i never felt i was really in control most of the time. Felt more like an interactive movie. Games focus too much on multiplayer now as well so i think were seeing the decline in decent single player games. I like to take my time when playing and try to explore as much as possible and try and make sure i've killed everyone before i move on. The speed and pace online is rediculous.

The early Moh and COD are brilliant. Metro 2033 is the best game ever. Just finshed HL ep1 and am stuck at the end of ep2

I'm currently trying to look back over the last few years to find games to play now as i now have plenty of time to play! Have spent loads of time looking on gamespots reviews trying to find something to play.

I always thought Far Cry was one of the best and most varied FPS games I ever played.

True. Shame Far Cry 2 sucked

Not heard of this one but having just watched the trail on Play.com it does look good  :o

Dead Space 2 has just come out. I played the first one and it was a nice single player FPS with excellent use of sound and lighting to set the scary mood. From what I hear, number 2 is more of the same and has some nice eye candy, especially if you are willing to turn the brightness levels down to where they should be.

Grand Theft Auto 4 also has very nice GFX on the PC and is actually a very good game that will keep you entertained for a much longer time than most traditional styled FPS games IMO.

Thanks for that H@L. I had been looking at the original Dead space.

Anyone have an opinion on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series?

Decided to try Crysis as it's by the same people who did Far Cry.

After a long postal dispute with the online retailer Gameplay, I finally received my copy of Crysis. Actually have the "Maximum" version which includes a follow up single player game plus the multiplayer extra's.

Like the graphics a lot and the action is enough to keep making you try out different stategies after the previous one fails.

Only minor gripe is with the AI. Sometimes a single good headshot will take them down, other times they refuse to drop even after multiple hits. Minor gripe tho and with a good storyline, excellent weaponry and not to many cut scenes, I think I'm going to enjoy finishing this. BTW I've started not on my usual "Normal" skill level but on the next hardest which probably explains why I'm getting killed so often.

STALKER is good, Crysis is good.

Get the Cuban Config for Crysis, makes it look 100x better and run smoother.

Watch out for the heavy armored Koreans, headshots wont kill them as they're wearing head armor.
I find the AK is a bit better as it will pack some more punch.

Nothing is more fun than going into strength mode, jumping on a roof - punching through the roof, picking someone up by the throat and throwing them into their buddy while unloading with a shotgun, then grabbing a Garbage bin and throwing it at a Hum Vee


Bad Company 2 is good
It's not an FPS, but Just Cause 2 is a ton of fun and looks GREAT at max settings.

Cheers Jeb  8)

here's a link to the config

http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23117 (http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=23117)

it works for Warhead and it should work fine for vanilla crysis (at least I think i remember running it for Vanilla Crysis)

here's a nice giant panoramic with the config installed

(http://obsidian-fire.net/cuban_legend/TripleC_OMGSHOT.jpg)

Crysis 2 comes out tomorrow, you need to hurry and beat Crysis 1 and Warhead!

I know but the trouble with playing on hard level is ..............you keep getting killed.

Currently I'm up to the mission to get on board the Korean Cruiser that's moored at he docks.

Yea and they are real sneaky.

Too many distractions and insufficient time.  Current time waster on iPad and smart phone is Angry Birds - quick burst when you've got 5 mins, usually turns into 15 - don't need to fire up computer just leave router on.

I noticed that your characters voice is done by the same guy in Far Cry

(In case your were wondering  ::))

Jason Statham does Psycho

See for info:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-2-performance-best-graphics-card-multiplayer,2901.html

Anyone playing Crysis 2 or Homefront at the mo?

I'm on the last level of Crysis and will then go on to Crysis Warhead.

Added a 2nd ATI HD5870 into my rig so now I have CrossfireX capability.

I plan to get Crysis 2 eventually but am playing homefront. Got because of the story, gameplay is no differnet to most nowadays, an on rails shooter.

Sorry, all the reviews i've seen of Xfire and SLI show its too random, 1.3x at best or 0.5x at worst.

Yes, I'm playing Crysis 2. Awesome. Don't care what the multiplayer is like, not interested, but love the single player (and yes I bought it, as it's worth £25!). Graphics are amazing, shows what can be acheived with DX9.

And a developer that cares about people like me with FPS motion sickness as there is a view bob slider, which helps a lot, although I still can't play it for more than an hour, or 20-30 mins if it's indoors. But that's better than the 2 minutes I get with COD or anything else.

Sorry to hear about that Shark. Yet driving games are fine?

Is it only DX9? I dont get the current fascination with multiplayer, to me its a completely different pace of game, too quick which i dont like.
I think this and Duke Nukem Forever seem to be the only ones with a decent length story.

Yes only DX9, not even DX10 or DX11. There is talk of a patch to add DX11, but I don't think it will happen personally, they don't really gain anything by doing it (financially). Whatever they've done with DX9 it does look stunning and isn't the machine killer that Crysis was.

There are 3 graphics settings and they all look good. Gamer, Hardcore and Extreme (or something like that). I have it on Gamer. Extreme has more special effects which make it look even better, but my machine isn't quite capable of running it as it only gets about 20fps, which just isn't enough. The middle one is about 30fps which is ok, but still not really smooth enough to be fully playable and then the Gamer one I get 40-50fps which is nearly enough and certainly plenty playable.

I have to say also that the sound in the game is the best I've ever heard in any game on any platform, it's truely incredible.

The story is good.

The gameplay has been a bit consolified, but to me that just means there are too many controls and too many things you can do with the controls which over complicates it unncessarily, but you can just stick to the normal FPS stuff for the most part so that's ok. I'm too old to learn all these new slides and whatnot. ;)

I like the fact that you have to employ a bit of everything in your tactics. Stealth, guns blazing and so on.

It takes quite a while to get past all the human opponents to get to the aliens and they are scary cause they come at you so quickly and you have to be quick. I haven't finished the game yet as I've been playing Star Wars Lego III on the PS3 nearly constantly for 2 weeks and I'm still only 60% complete of the entire game ;D.

Do any other latest FPS games for the PC provide for triple screens in the same way iRacing does?  ie. with independent rendering so you don't get massive stretch effects on the side screens?  Would be handy to use my iRacing rig for the occasional FPS game.

Cheers, Ross.

Crysis 2 looks phenomenal maxed out, and it's getting a much better framerate than Crysis 1/Warhead even with configs.


Ross, if you have an ATI card with EYEFiniti, you should be able to run multiple monitors without stretching - otherwise it would be down to each game and it's settings, but most should be good.

Just finished Crysis. On the whole not a bad FPS although I did find the levels in the alien mountain (core) a bit dull. Also the whole end on board the ship was week. Probably not one I'll bother doing again unlike Far Cry which I've played through about four time now. Anyways onto Crysis Warhead which is loading now.

I am using an ATI card but I perhaps wasn't clear - it's not stretching I'm referring to, it's the warping that you get as a result of the wider FOV that only goes away if the game you're playing knows to render the side screens from the correct perspective like iRacing does.  It's probably not that big an issue really I suspect, but it's what makes iRacing so good to run with triple screens.

Cheers, Ross.

Anyone played Metro 2033?

Steam have if for £9.99 for this weekend only and I'm tempted

No idea about the game but if you're quick you can get it for a fiver

http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/DD-M2033/metro-2033

Still playing metro 2033, i like its so much i dont play it because i dont want it to end!
Best single player game ever, really good scifi story. graphics are amazing. Hope the second one will be as good.

Just done exactly that  8)

Just bought at Gamersgate.  ;D

What level are you playing at?

The middle one! normally on the middle level level one.

Effectively finished Half-Life: Source , well, upto the part you cross over to the alien world and its far too bizzare after that! I decided to play it as i never actually got very far in the original HL, the soldeirs were just to hard!

Decided to re-install Far Cry 2 and though the story is the same as i remember it, it looks bloody good on my system. Going to try and go through all the side missions and explore a bit more!

I downloaded Battlefield 2 from Steam a while back and have quite enjoyed the single player experience. The battle sequences are very vivid what with the sounds of explosions, bullets and shells whizzing past you etc. In fact I passed the Game store in town this afternoon and bought Battlefield 3 for when I've finished 2  8)

err you bought it for single player only...... :wetfish:

Yep! I've never ventured into multiplayer with a FPS. Maybe one day..............

I received Far Cry 3 for Christmas. Anyone else played this yet?

Only played about 20mins of it but tbh a little disapointed. I hope it does allow you some freedom of movement as it seesm to be quite rigid early on. The map is badly done as it kinda looks like your limited on travel, enemy can randomly just turn up if your doing something and all i have is a pistol! trying to pick up a weapon while fired on isnt easy, dont like the hold a button to do something, why cant i just press it once! You can see FC2 in aspects of it at times. Feels like you need to craft alot of things so you can carry ammo, weapons and loot straight away.

One i have been enjoying is Dishonoured though, more stealth than shooter, interesting story, world as well.

The start is very "on rails" but that's just the training stuff. I've completed the first mission where you stealth attack a village with five enemy in it (took three attempts tho). Take weapons from fallen enemy. After that you can pretty much choose do do what you want (side missions/explore/ main mission etc). The game mechanics seem much like FC2 but in a different form e.g. first aid packs are syringes that you fill with health giving plants that you collect. Extra carrying ability enabled by using animal hides from critters you kill etc. But watch out for Monitor lizards, their mean.

Ok, i think FC3 is THE best FPS game ever!!! Its certainly the longest i've ever played, the save game says 18-19 hours and i dont think i'm a 3rd in. I'm addicted to it, i hvent played any other FPS since getting it and being that i was playing Dishonored which was the best thing i've played. If i'm not driving i'm playing this! I have been quite leisurely and done as many as the side missions as i can and wandered around to collect the relics and stashes. Its quite addictive collecting everything on the maps!  The Bow is my favoirte weapon as its the only stealthy way, though its pretty difficult to aim it at distance means you end up warning them!

the main annoyance is that money is too easy to come by to buy weapons but the list is limited. I probably should not have rushed to craft everything at the beggining either. Its definately more of an exploration game than a shooter. Havent even touched the multiplayer side.

Damn now what... ???

Having been preety much obsessed with playing it over all other things, i've finally finished the game. I think my last look on the save game said just over 40hours! Which is amazing for a modern game to give you that length of single player playing. I did make a habbbit of doing as much stuff as possible of the side stuff, collected most of the trophies, but there is far too many treasure boxes around and money was too plentiful.

I have to say it worked superbly with triple screens, with it just using the middle one when it needed to, need to find a FPS that does the same.

I'm still playing so no spoilers please  ;) I'm also getting anal about collecting all the idols and opening all of the crates. Did you search the bodies too? and collecting the memory cards and war letters. Also do the trial where you have to deliver the meds along a route in time. Haven't bothered with some of the other trials tho, bit pointless IMO. But thouroughly enjoying the whole concept and gameplay.

quake!
yes the original
the "brown" game.....
gotta love it :)

Those first moments venturing in there really were quite scary!  [it's probably nothing like any modern game now of course!]

And to answer the initial question - can't say as I'm not qualified to answer.   Don't know why I dropped by here at all really, seeing as I don't even play/live FPS!

My first FPS was Doom 2. Classic. :)

Recently I have been mostly playing Dayz. Its a zombie survival mod for Arma2.
Some vid of gameplay here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPJ37khFJWI
The vid is quite old now and many of the bugs mentioned have been sorted out now.
That youtube channel is good for BF3 as well. Info on weapon choice and upgrades in particular.


To play DayZ you need Arma 2 and the Arma 2 DLC 'Operation Arrowhead'. And of course the mod its self:
http://dayzmod.com/

The mod is also available on steam now but, I do no know if installing DayZ through steam will allow the use of the community maps. Some of them are very good. I use a 3rd party app called 'DayzCommander' to handle installation of mods and for server browsing in DayZ:
http://www.dayzcommander.com/

DayZ is Zombie survival using the more simulator style engine of Arma 2. Quite a breath of fresh air after all other FPS are becoming COD clones. It is a new style of gameplay that is like a FPS with a sort of MMORPG element to it. It is death match style so anyone can kill anyone but, the game has a communication system that allows you to 'talk' to any other player in a realistic hearing range of your character. The idea being that people can use the in game comms to team up against zombies and non friendly players.  It is usually just kill on site with no use of comms however.

DayZ has been very popular from word of mouth advertising alone until it was recently added to steam. So popular in fact that the creators have been hired by the people that make Arma to produce 'DayZ standalone'. A full game based on the mod but using a modified version of the Arma 2 engine. The creators of DayZ being modders themselves, are dedicated to making a good game with no restrictions on creativity. Unlike almost all other current game development, which follows certain trends in order to protect profits. DayZ standalone is due out this year some time. No official Deadline has been set as of yet.

DayZ does have some issues such as bugs as its still only a mod, and hacking. There are ways around the hacking like joining a whitelisted, private server and by going on very low populated servers only. If you play it and start to enjoy it then you will need to start looking for ways to avoid the hackers sooner or later. The issues with hacking are being addressed in the standalone. Don't let it put you off playing the mod.

If you already have Arma 2 and the Operation Arrowhead DLC then you should definitely try out DayZ. I recommend that EVERYONE gets DayZ standalone when it comes out for sure. :)

Here are a couple more vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF3HQI6wJLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaRqHhfiqLM

So what should I be buying to help me through my "I've finished Far Cry 3" moments? (not finished yet but it won't be too long now).

Bioshock Infinite possibly?

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon looks a likely candidate, available for download from May 1st from Steam

I recommend Borderlands 2, especially if you team up with 2-3 other players (best played with people you know).

I've just received Hard Reset Extended Edition from Amazon for £3.90 including postage!

It describes itself thus

A haunting cyberpunk/dark sci-fi setting
Fast paced, old school shooter gameplay
Hordes of enemies to destroy
Epic boss fights
A deep experienced based weapons upgrade system
Hi Fi Graphics with full dynamic lighting
Extensive use of physics and dynamic environments

Hope it lives up to all that. I'll let you know.

Oh and it's 18 Cert.  :2guns: :death:

I thought it was an online only type game, or was that HR2.

I bought BLood Dragon but dont really like it at all, For one the machine gun doesnt do accurate fire.

Shame about Blood Dragon Mark  :(

BTW I see Steam has System Shock 2 on offer for under £4  :o

OK so it came out in 1999 so it looks old by comparison to todays eye candy but I've never played a FPS that had so much atmosphere. You may brown your nethers, it's that scary.

I think if i hadnt played FC3 i would think its quite good but the first bit feels a bit too on rails as what you need to do. So it feels strange to then be let loose. It does feel like you can just wander anywhere, for one theres no real map!

I've been eying up SS2 on Steam as well. I do remember playing the original and did enjoy it at the time though i struggle with any kind of role-playing game now. Luckily you can install it to W7, alot of old games are on steam but they wont run on W7. You need to check the system reqs. carefully at times.

Mark, I wouldn't think of SS2 as a role player? But each to their own I guess.

BTW Hard Reset 2 is still on my HD but probably won't get much use. The story line is just about OK. The voice acting is OTT. The action is quite often too manic. There's no crouch toggle so you can't sneek, duck etc. The landscapes are right out of Bladerunner, there very good. The cut scenes are a series of comic book frames with narration. Bit like someone reading you a Marvel comic with you turning the pages. The big let down for me is the repetitive action. You usually get attacked by swarms of small robots which can be dispatched fairly easily, then you get some bigger bots turn up and they are quite hard to kill. You can shoot various sits of scenery to cause electrical short circuits which arc to the bots and kill them. There's loads of power ups and weapon mods, armour mods etc etc. But my biggest gripe is the inconsistent hardness in the battles. I usually play on the middle difficulty but in this even the "easy" setting can be very tricky to clear certain levels. If I want a quick shoot fest I'll probably return to HR2 but I recently bought the original Bioshock on Steam. Now that's a whole different FPS. I'm loving it.

I found Bioshock quite hard, those big daddys are rock hard. And once into it the story a bit complicated. Bought Bioshock 2 ages in a steam sale but its not much different to B1. The new one looks interesting though.

SS2 had you managing your 'luggage space' so had to decide what you could and couldnt carry. when you have to mange resource to me is a role-playing game.

I would like to put a good word in for Wolfenstein New Order. You will need a good graphics card and up to date drivers and some of the keys will need re-configuring but once you get up and running it's a fine story with great combat and visuals. Ticks my boxes.

Ooh, just found this, again!

Far cry 4, another brilliant game as per FC3. enjoying the relatively free roaming aspect to it rather than your on rails shooters. I guess its a change to play a console style game, earning XP, the obsession finding all the crates aroud the world!

Battlefiled Hardline is an interesting take on the Battlefiled series. I have made a short vid explaining one of the new game modes, 'blood money':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufE2BjMMVnk

Shameless promotion of my new youtube channel :whistling:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiObSo1QImrSVIvxY50XEDw

There is another Hardline video, a BF4 video and a Arma 3 Battleroyale mod video on there as well. I was planning on starting a sim racing youtube channel as well but, working on my first person shooter channel is taking up more time than expected so far.

The next Star Wars Battlefront game, due out later this year looks pretty tasty as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWLns7-xN8

It is by the same people that make Battlefiled and the Frostbite game engine.

GTA 5 is out now on PC. Great game. I played on the Xbox360 and had to get it for the PC as well. It was a horrible blurred out mess on 360 and the 30 frames per second was aweful. No such nonsense on the PC version.

I would go as far as saying that the main single player game is the best single player game that I have played for years.

Far Cry Primal now 50% off at Steam

never played it, didnt sound apealing.

Currently playing Dishonoured 2 and Titanfall 2.

Noticed the latest Deus Ex is half price.....

I've bought it as I've enjoyed all previous Far Cry releases (not Blood Dragon). Not played yet tho.

Tried Dishonoured and Deus Ex but never bothered finishing them.