Looking for slow paced FPS games

[bart1975]

Something that is good for beginners to FPS games.

 

[toyota]

Half Life 2 is probably the easiest game I have come across.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Doom 3 was fairly easy and slow paced.

Most games should be fairly accommodating once on easy:

 

[Necc]

Prey

 

[Sulaco]

BioShock?

I never found it to be too challenging. Not too fast paced either, and great atmosphere and story-telling.

 

[biostud]

Borderlands

 

[Borealis7]

Sniper: Ghost Warrior.
its all about getting the shots, sneaking from one spot to the other.
good graphics, a bit consolized and not more than 15 hours on it, but a nice game nevertheless.
hoping for more games like it.

 

[wuliheron]

Prey

Yeah, very slow paced and easy to play, yet entertaining. The graphics are somewhat outdated, but they're coming out with a sequel.

 

[Ben90]

Well if you want to get good as a beginner I recommend Quake Live. Otherwise I'd imagine every other first person shooter wouldn't be too demanding on its easy setting.

 

[shortylickens]

Serious Sam on Easy.
Doom 1 and 2, on easy.
FEAR.
Fallout 3 (which is more shooter than RPG)

 

[Emultra]

Unreal 2, it's on GoG.

 

[shortylickens]

Oh yeah, Unreal 2.
And Unreal.
And Aliens Vs Predator.
and No One Lives Forever.
And Tron 2.0.

Incidentally, all of the above were made by Monolith and use different versions of the same engine. And most of them use the same gameplay mechanics for gaining XP and such.

 

[Texashiker]

Half-life, and not half-life 2, but the original half-life.

Portal - move at your own pace.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - play on the lowest difficulty. This game has lots of areas to explore.

 

[paperfist]

Medal of Honor (the original) was the best

 

[frozentundra123456]

Modern Warfare 2 (COD 4) is not slow paced, but it is fairly easy on the lowest difficulty and I really liked the game a lot. The sequels went progressively downhill.
I also enjoyed Borderlands. It is easy if you level sufficiently, but very difficult if you are under-levelled. If you are having difficulty, just do more side missions to level up.

Half Life 2 I dont recall being that easy, especially the final battle where you are sort of swarmed by striders. Half Life one was probably easier. Both games were fun though, with more puzzles than the normal shooter if you like that kind of thing.

And I thought Fallout 3 was just plain difficult on the easiest setting. Weak guns and never seemed to have enough ammo. Maybe I just did not get the hang of it or was missing something.

 

[HeXen]

Halo

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[toyota]

Modern Warfare 2 (COD 4) is not slow paced, but it is fairly easy on the lowest difficulty and I really liked the game a lot. The sequels went progressively downhill.
I also enjoyed Borderlands. It is easy if you level sufficiently, but very difficult if you are under-levelled. If you are having difficulty, just do more side missions to level up.

Half Life 2 I dont recall being that easy, especially the final battle where you are sort of swarmed by striders. Half Life one was probably easier. Both games were fun though, with more puzzles than the normal shooter if you like that kind of thing.

And I thought Fallout 3 was just plain difficult on the easiest setting. Weak guns and never seemed to have enough ammo. Maybe I just did not get the hang of it or was missing something.

Half Life 2 was insanely easy on easy difficulty. it was the first pc game I played and finished and only the very end of the game was more than a cakewalk. I played the original Half Life afterwards and it was way harder for me.

 

[manimal]

try AVP

 

[Tristicus]

FEAR, Portal 1/2.

 

[toyota]

FEAR, Portal 1/2.

FEAR is not a good slow paced game for a beginner by any means. Portal is pretty easy but its not really a fps as its just puzzles.

 

[SithSolo1]

Counter-Strike with easy bots or a friend that doesn't mind getting shot down for a few hours. Or really any FPS with LAN hosting or lockable servers.

Thats how I use to teach my friends how to play. I'd just start a game either 1 v me or multiple vs me and I'd just run around and let them try to kill me. Just make sure to shoot at them and don't let them kill you all the time or they'll get bored. Training like that seemed to work well enough.

 

[bart1975]

A lot of good suggestions. I will try the demos for the games mentioned.

 

[Karstein]

Are any modern FPSes not slow? I'd say you'll be fine if you stay out of Quake Live territory.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Metro 2033 is pretty slow but it's not easy.

 

[Chriscross3234]

Fallout 3 or Fallout NV. They seem pretty "slow" paced when compared to other shooters, especially if you use VATS the entire game.