Offline FPS with instant action like Star Wars Battlefront I and II.

[balloonshark]

Hi again. I'm looking for FPS's with an offline instant action mode like Star Wars Battlefront I and II. It would be great if I could find something with large maps like Battlefield 3 except with bots. At this point I'm not really looking to play online and campaign modes are fun but give no replay value.

The only thing I could find with a quick google search is this thread which is 2 1/2 years old. http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/27560085

Which of those games do you like and fit my criteria the best? Do you have any newer recommendations? By battlefield 2 which do they mean. I just found out there are 2 different versions.

I will be using the new rig in my sig.

 

[Craig234]

Top of my head, there was an old game Command & Conquer Renegade...

Remake is in beta.

 

[mrwindta]

i would go with far cry 3

 

[pontifex]

so OP wants a game like BF3 but can play offline with bots?

I don't think you're going to find much. I think BF2 had a mode you could play with bots.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Battlefield 2. It's the exact same thing as multiplayer except with bots.

 

[Mushkins]

Top of my head, there was an old game Command & Conquer Renegade...

Remake is in beta.

Bwuh?!?!

Is it a real remake, or some lame kickstarter thing? I think I was one of ten people in the world who actually liked C&C Renegated.

 

[rifken2]

I am in the same boat as the OP. I was looking in to this last night. It appears that there are several mods for BF2 (Battlefield 2) that change the behavior of the bots and extend the fun of the game. There are a ton of mods from the looks of it.

I am looking for something that I can play using a 360 controller and I dug up where they said it does work, but no one commented on how well. I have my HTPC setup with Steam Big Screen mode and so far all the games I tried have been just fine using a controller. I want to continue this with a game that has local bot play. I want the controller because of the WAF appeal. She doesn't take kindly to a keyboard and mouse in the living room.

 

[Craig234]

Bwuh?!?!

Is it a real remake, or some lame kickstarter thing? I think I was one of ten people in the world who actually liked C&C Renegated.

Don't know the quality, it's an independent remake.

http://renegade-x.com/forums/

 

[Josh123]

Bwuh?!?!

Is it a real remake, or some lame kickstarter thing? I think I was one of ten people in the world who actually liked C&C Renegated.

Even if it is a real remake, EA would turn it into a lame kickstarter thing.

 

[balloonshark]

Thanks all! Just to be clear you're suggesting Battlefield 2 and not Battlefield Bad Company 2 correct?

Also, from that topic I linked to do any of the mentioned games below stand out?

UT 2k4
Team Fortress 2
Counterstrike Source
Red Faction 2
Quake 3 arena
unreal tournament 3
bf2142
painkiller: ressurection
serious sam HD: TSE/TFE
duke nukem forever
Shattered Horizon

 

[thestrangebrew1]

BF2 has bots, I think 8vs8 and the map sizes are shrunk down. I used to play it all the time at my parents because they had horrible internet at the time. You can still fly the helos & I believe there was only 1 map you could fly jets (the night map with all the islands). This was vanilla, didn't load any mods.

 

[DaveSimmons]

UT2K4 was somewhat fun with bots.

 

[JeffMD]

I played ut2k4 mostly only with bots. Tons and tons of great maps, low requirements, and yea the bots were good death match wise.

Unfortunately you are kind of out of luck, namely with the gamepad (let alone solid xbox controller) support. If you are looking for a couch game, look for something on the consoles.

 

[ThinClient]

Thanks all! Just to be clear you're suggesting Battlefield 2 and not Battlefield Bad Company 2 correct?

Also, from that topic I linked to do any of the mentioned games below stand out?

UT 2k4
Team Fortress 2
Counterstrike Source
Red Faction 2
Quake 3 arena
unreal tournament 3
bf2142
painkiller: ressurection
serious sam HD: TSE/TFE
duke nukem forever
Shattered Horizon

You're forgetting the original Unreal Tournament. No UT is better than UT1.

 

[toughtrasher]

I'd recommend CS series, they have offline play with bots and it's pretty fun (albeit easy).

If not just try Battlefield 2 like others said.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

I know for sure Counter Strike Source and GO have bots. At high difficulty levels the ones in CSS cheat quite a bit.

 

[toughtrasher]

I know for sure Counter Strike Source and GO have bots. At high difficulty levels the ones in CSS cheat quite a bit.

Yes, that's the only way they win. But even so, it does get a bit predictable for me.

If OP doesn't mind the cheating, predictability, and almost stupid AI of CS bots, by all means play it