Hello. The past few months Ive been almost exclusively playing fantasy and survival games, so much so that I need a break from them.
Looking for single player FPS recommendations with controller support from the last decade. A good story is preferred.
Games Ive played:
- Warframe (dont ask. The lore is okay-ish. I stayed for friends).
- Titanfall 2. (PEAK)
- Apex Legends (Briefly. The sweatiness and timed lore turned me off).
- Doom 2016 (Dropped this, sadly. Gunplay and parkour was AWESOME, but the whole devil worship thing really turned me off. Edit: The devil Worshippers themselves turned me off. You do not worship devils ingame. More details in comments).
- Dying Light 1. (Okay Story. Awesome fighting. Never played 2 because of the whole controversy with the
story director. EDIT: Story writer, not director) - The Metro Series. 1, 2 and Exodus. (Slightly weak lore. Still alot of fun).
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: regarding Dying Light:
https://screenrant.com/dying-light-2-developer-techland-loses-another-writer/
https://screenrant.com/dying-light-2-developers-frustration-bad-management/
Edit: Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Currently gonna try:
- The Half Life Series.
- Halo
- Wolfenstein: New Order.
Far Cry 5. you blaspheme your way across montana, killing and pillaging, to a kick-ass soundtrack.
Probably the best of the Far Cry’s, which to me otherwise mostly feel like the same game.
3, 4, 5 are the same game, but Far Cry Primal stands out, with smilodon ride on trippy shamanic juice, very enjoyable.
The bioshock games (1, 2 and infinity) are all really good fps games with a good story and the best part of it, is really easy to buy all of them for dirty cheap on steam when they are on sale
Doom 2016 (Dropped this, sadly. Gunplay and parkour was AWESOME, but the whole devil worship thing really turned me off).
Off topic, but this game is the exact opposite of devil worship. The primary gameplay is to travel to Hell and kill demons.
Should have been clearer. The devil worshippers themselves creeped me out way too much for me to continue.
In-game or real life? Lol
I don’t remember any controversy surrounding DOOM and satanists irl
I get really invested in what I play. So long as background lore is consistent, I end making my own char lore and having a blast with it. The cult, as shown ingame, just really creeped me out.
Dishonored, Dishonored 2, Deathloop, and Prey.
Half Life 2 is excellent.
FEAR 2 is good and scary enough for me.
Cyberpunk 2077
Trepang2
Black Mesa is a remake of HL1 and very good
Devil worship? In DOOM? I remember interacting with lots of demons but I definitely wasn’t worshipping them.
One of the main level designers for original Doom “Sandy of Cthulu” was a pretty serious mormon christian.
“I have no problems with the demons in the game. They’re just cartoons. And, anyway, they’re the bad guys.”
The Half-Life series
- Black Mesa instead of Half-Life. It’s an extremely faithful remake that’s absolute joy and I would play it instead of the original now that it exists. Not only the graphics are updated, but also the last chapter of the original game which got rushed to meet deadlines is masterfully completed in Black Mesa
- Half-Life 2 and it’s subsequent episodes
I didn’t see it suggested yet, but you should check out Selaco. It’s a fairly new FPS with tight gunplay and retro graphics. The enemies AI is well made, they will work together to hunt you and try to flank you. The weapons are a mix of standard fare with some new stuff, and you can modify them with upgrade packs similar to how Doom 2016 does it. The upgrades give each weapon a good variety for different play styles.
The first chapter is released and playable, and there are 2 more chapters coming. The first chapter has a good amount of gameplay, I put 35 hours in it.
I second this recommendation 👍 Generally it should work better with a controller as well.
Control is pretty good. I’m stuck at a part though and refuse to look up the solution.
I’ve played the beginning of atomic heart and it seems fun as hell.
Both games have telekinetic abilities which apparently I like.
Portal 1&2, for a change of pace.
Halo
This should be the top answer for anyone asking for FPS recommendations.
Also there’s no need to justify playing Warframe. It’s fun as hell. Also, you do realize in DOOM that you’re killing the demons and devil worshippers, right? And what controversy with the director for DL2? I played both Dying Light games but the first one is way better anyway.
Specifically, the Halo Master Chief Collection is one of the best values in gaming at full price before any sales you might find, and it released on steam in 2015 so i’m counting it.
Maybe the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise? OG and call of pripyat might be kind of old and thus have too much jank, but 2 just came out, and it promised to bring a similar vibe, and I LOVED that vibe.
There’s also some boomer shooters that combine the Doom FPS style with a bit of roguelike, like : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1229490/ULTRAKILL/
Tangent: maybe we should classify FPS by more vectors, such as progression of gunplay (Doom 2016 is a masterpiece there, Titanfall 2 a failure), strength of story (most military-themed FPS are cringe-fests in terms of story), Lore/Tech (Bioshock’s Steampunk theme always turned me off, for example), suspense (Prey excels there, COD bores) … and many more.
This way, we might actually find decent FPS that each of us enjoy based on our tastes. <3
Prey (2017) was so fucking good and cool and innovative that I can’t even be mad that it completely overshadows Prey (2006) which was also a really cool and innovative game from my memory of the time, although i haven’t replayed it recently to see if it holds up.
Prey is not an FPS, it’s an immersive sim. Yes there is shooting in Prey, but not nearly to the level an actual FPS has it.
If you want an unorthodox suggestion, Metal:Hellsinger is a rhythm-FPS that’s not like GOTY material, but it’s a lot of fun. Great for turning your brain off and just going vibe mode while you shoot a bunch of demons.
Borderlands?
