Recommend for me a single-player FPS

[Schadenfreude]

I already have:

- Borderlands + exp. packs
- Team Fortress 2
- CS:S
- L4D 1/2

So I'm fairly good on multiplayer FPS games - but I do prefer the single player/co-op games as opposed to head-to-head; recommend any single player FPS's that are fun to play (that's been released in the last few years)!

 

[-Slacker-]

Fun?

Painkiller.

 

[KaOTiK]

Depends on what you find fun, I find the Stalker games with the complete mods to be quite a bit of fun.

 

[Red Storm]

Crysis 1 is a pretty good SP game. Never tried Warhead, but I heard it was okay too.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Definitely STALKER. It's FPS / RPG, but a lot of fun. Metro 2033 was pretty good too, as is Bioshock.

Mass Effect isn't a FPS, but if you enjoy the games above, that might be worth a look in the future.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Fun?

Painkiller.

I might give that a shot - I've heard good things about it.

Depends on what you find fun, I find the Stalker games with the complete mods to be quite a bit of fun.

I do have that, but as I'm playing on a laptop with a med-level GPU (Nvidia GT 230M) it chugs along even at medium settings.

Crysis 1 is a pretty good SP game. Never tried Warhead, but I heard it was okay too.

One word: SecuROM. I'd love to try it even with lower settings, but no thanks.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Try the demo for Painkiller first - I bought it off Steam without realizing there was a demo solely because I had heard good things, and I didn't like it at all. It's basically just a Quake 3 mod.

I'd try BioShock. Should run okay if you turn the settings down a bit. The Call of Duty games have decent single player as well, although they are a bit short. Mass Effect 1 is an RPG that plays like a third person shooter, while Mass Effect 2 is more like a third person shooter with some light RPG elements.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Singularity had a good story, and was fun IMO.

The half life series is excellent as well, just in case you have been living under a rock and haven't played them yet.

And of course, there is always return to castle wolfenstein. An oldie but a goodie.

 

[Red Storm]

Another "L4D'ish" co-op game to look into is Killing Floor, though I personally have not tried it yet so I don't know what the gameplay is actually like other than being a co-op/MP game (give me another free weekend Steam!).

 

[Nik]

FEAR games are great.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, it is like Deus Ex with better graphics, sexier women and you are a vampire instead of a cyborg. But, it is linear (which, IMO, is a good thing).

If you want non-linear, check out STALKER: SOC, but install the Oblivion Lost mod first, the game without mods is garbage.

 

[Veliko]

Metro 2033 is good for a while but I got fed up with all the mutant werewolf sections.
STALKER is an unfinished pile of embarrassing nonsense. I got this for £10 on Steam the other month and it's shoddiness actually offended me.
FEAR gets very repetitive very quickly.
Crysis 1 is pretty average.
Crysis 2 is quite good.
Bioshock is mostly excellent.

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

They're certainly older than "the last few years" but the Max Payne games are great for single player, though 3rd person not 1st. Certainly would run fine on your GPU.

 

[Texashiker]

Ravenholm - its a free add-on for the Valve Source engine. I think I downloaded it from filefront.

Portal 2 unlocks next week. If you pre-purchase portal 2, you get portal 1 for free.

Quake II - some of the maps can get confusing, the weapons are iffy, one of the most over hyped games of all time, but still worth a play through.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - very difficult game, Steam has it on sale from time to time.

Half-Life - graphics are dated, but story plot is great

Half-Life 2 - good, but not great like the original.

Half-Life 2: Episode 2 - lots of action, good story plot.

Doom - get the zdoom add-on to improve graphics.

 

[Wyndru]

I actually liked far cry 2 a lot, it was a short game, but I had fun playing it.

STALKER is an unfinished pile of embarrassing nonsense. I got this for £10 on Steam the other month and it's shoddiness actually offended me.

Which STALKER? SoC I thought was awful, even with the mods. The UI felt awkward, like when you clicked on things they didn't respond correctly or something. I figured it was just my computer. I could never get the hang of it either, I needed to shoot the enemies 20 times in the head just to get a kill, yet they were destroying me, even after upgrading my gear as much as I could. I've never played CoP though.

 

[Rhezuss]

I've finished Singularity some weeks ago.
Awesome experience from a FPS. Excellent story and atmosphere, freaking scary at times. Nice gameplay.

A must have.

 

[MentalIlness]

I've finished Singularity some weeks ago.
Awesome experience from a FPS. Excellent story and atmosphere, freaking scary at times. Nice gameplay.

A must have.

I agree 100%. :thumbsup:

I figure I am about 1/3 way through it. But so far, it has been excellent. :thumbsup:

 

[MentalIlness]

Oh, and I also have the Painkiller Black Edition set I think its called. It has all 3 Painkiller games on it. It is excellent as well.

Some people just dont like Painkiller. But I find it very fun, looks good, good game play. Good all around games. I think I paid like $20 for the 3-game set. Worth it.

Give it a look. It has some of the biggest giant boss battles I have seen. Almost skyscraper size bosses. Lot's of fun.

If you know nothing about Painkiller, here are some trailers.

http://www.gametrailers.com/search.php?s=painkiller

And its available on STEAM.

http://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/3200/

PREY is also very good. Should run OK on your lappy, and is an excellent shooter.

I also enjoyed Hells Highway.

 

[Soccerman06]

Fallout 3/NV? May be your kinda game if you liked borderlands

 

[Dankk]

Try the demo for Painkiller first - I bought it off Steam without realizing there was a demo solely because I had heard good things, and I didn't like it at all. It's basically just a Quake 3 mod.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK.

In all honesty, yeah, Painkiller is fantastic. If you're into the "mindless, fast-paced, shoot-everything-that-moves" type of FPS, then get Painkiller. Serious Sam is very similar and is equally fun.

But I don't know what kind of FPS you're looking for. If you want something with a more serious, dramatic tone, then may I suggest Metro 2033. My favorite singleplayer shooter of 2010.

 

[Maximilian]

Duckhunt.

 

[Veliko]

Which STALKER? SoC I thought was awful, even with the mods. The UI felt awkward, like when you clicked on things they didn't respond correctly or something. I figured it was just my computer. I could never get the hang of it either, I needed to shoot the enemies 20 times in the head just to get a kill, yet they were destroying me, even after upgrading my gear as much as I could. I've never played CoP though.

I have never, ever had any kind of motion sickness from an FPS before but SoC gave me a bizarre feeling with that ridiculous headbobbing. The UI was horrendous, the mouse pointer painfully slow, the run speed was like driving a car, and the map was the one of the worst I have ever seen.

The 2009 Complete Mod helped with some of it but it was an abortion of a release.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I've tried to get into STALKER SoC but I've never been able to get far. I've completed Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat (and I liked BOTH of them), but the first game (even with the Complete mod) just hasn't been able to hold my attention.

 

[orbster556]

I recommend Metro 2033; if you have a powerful rig then the game can be really attractive. It has a serious, interesting story with some very chilling and somber moments/environments; the gameplay is more deliberate than other FPSs which provides a nice change of pace.

 

[vrait]

Bioshock 1 & 2 are both on sale for $5 each on steam.

Only played the first one was really good. The second one is suppose to be even better, I'll be getting it tonight.