/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8168063
I said hidden gems not aborted turds

>>8168073

Painkiller

>>8168042
Fuck you OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QPJoRWz8Sc
Use the FPS general next time, you asshole. Thanks.

>>8168096
based barnyard prog

>>8168103
>the fps general where everybody talks about only the games I just described

>>8168063
>>8168073
It is a hidden gem don’t believe the naysayers

Try the Riddick games. If not, maybe just FPS aren't you kind of game, because I can't think of a single console-only FPS that's better than anything the PC has to offer, save for maybe Goldeneye (which is also better on PC because 60fps and mouse controls).

>hidden jams
Marathon trilogy
Strife
Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series

>>8168042
NOLF 2?
Alien vs predator 1 & 2
Serious sam
Vivisector isn't as bad as it seems to be when you first try it.
Wolfenstein whatever its name (the one that also came on consoles), after enemy territory.
Speaking of enemy territory, quake wars.
Turok.

Hidden gems is a lot to ask. Many gems, few hidden.

>>8168042
I'm sort of in a similar situation. You expect to encounter so many classics and seems like outside of the big names the selection is weirdly kind of eh. The genre took a nose dive in the early 2000s.

>>8168096
This is the most 90s thing I've ever seen.

>>8168042
> grow tiresome
what in the frick does that even mean? What about those games is "tiresome"? Be more specific, puto

>>8168694
Game is a mild disaster. Music is the best of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li5mXnHyg9w

>>8168495
Yeah, I just don't enjoy a lot of the bigger games like Unreal and Half-Life. They feel like complete garbage compared to the actual good shooters like Quake. Ironically I've enjoyed the PC port of Combat Evolved more than most native PC shooters as of late.

>>8168865
>be more specific
well, you see--
>beanspeak
pennjillette.jpg

>>8168042
>Quake series is great, but the other usual suspects like Duke and Half-Life grow tiresome.
you like quake 1 and 2 but not dook and HL? what the fuck, why?
try unreal

>>8168915
Half-Life is a terrible game. There is no reason you's inherently like Half-Life just because you like Quake, given that they have an entirely different design and focus. Half-Life is very stilted and awkward and the cinematic elements make it less replayable. It's also sinfully ugly outside of some decent environmental animations.

>>8168937
>Half-Life is a terrible game
opinion disregarded

>>8168991
>cinematic shooter
no u

>>8168937
i don't like half life either but it's not so different to quake 2

>>8169002
I can literally clear multiple levels of Quake II in the time it takes to even shoot your first gun in HL1. They are totally different outside of being shooters with scifi themes.

>>8168937
>Half-Life is a terrible game
opinion regarded

>>8169021
sure but i tend to compare games from the average level rather than the first 10 minutes
and the average level of both games is running through buildings shooting aliens in a modified quake engine

>>8169083
yeah, except one is linear, filled with unskippable pauses for story segments, has shit weapons, has slow movement speed, and looks depressing.

>>8168042

>>8168042
>hidden gem
>Chasm

NO ONE calls that a "hidden gem". It's always brought up in the context of being more like "overlooked, but still kinda mediocre".

>>8168042
halo

>>8168042
You didn't say why they fail to capture you so any recommendations will probably be dismissed. Fuck you op and eat shit.

>>8168042
>verbal diarrhea: the post

Have you try'd these?

F.E.A.R.
Tron 2.0
Call of Juarez
Star Wars Republic Commando
Painkiller
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter
Cryostasis

thats as much as I can remember, maybe I'll post a few more when I'm home since I have everything on there

>>8169241
Okay, shill me on this. It looks cool.

>>8168495
I wouldn't say the genre took a nosedive in the early 2000s. More like the second half where seemingly every other PC game was a FPS. In hindsight you could see the trend starting in the early 2000s, but it didn't really become apparent until 2006 or so where there were so many uninspiring FPS games being pumped out.

>>8168406
>Wolfenstein whatever its name (the one that also came on consoles), after enemy territory.

return to castle wolfenkek

>>8169657
>Star Wars Republic Commando
This game was so good. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 was also pretty good team shooter. Shame what happened to the series.

>>8168042
Heretic
Hexen
Strife
AvP
Bioshock
Battlefield
CoD
Borderlands
Brink
Chrome
Call of Juarez
Crysis
Doom
Duke Nukem
Far Cry
Fear
Hard Reset
Homefront
Just Cause
Lost Planet
Max Payne
Medal of Honor
Metro
Painkiller
Postal
Prey
Prototype
Rage
Red Faction
Serious Sam
Timeshift
Project Warlock
Sniper Elite
Zombie Army

>>8168042
Chaser, from JoWood
Project IGI was good too back in the day
Hidden & Dangerous 2
Vietcong
Men of Valor
Red Faction
Chrome
Sin
Kingpin
Undying
Kiss: The nightmare child
Soldier of Fortune
Joint Operations
Delta Force
SWAT 3
Rainbow Six Raven Shield
Carnivores 2

>>8169702
>Soldier of Fortune
I'd missed that one at the time so I've been playing through it lately, and it's really awesome. The closest we'll ever get to a good Commando/Predator 2 licensed game.

>>8168937
HL is definitely one those "you had to be there" games to really love it, it had serious wow factor at the time which drew a lot of people in plus all the multiplayer mods that nobody plays anymore so a bunch of the appeal is lost on people playing it in later years.

>>8168073
Deathmatch in Daikatana can be fun. It's just the campaign that sucks.

>>8169735
>all the multiplayer mods that nobody plays anymore
>tfw Natural Selection only had two dedicated servers in my country
>tfw it was some of the best fun I ever had
>tfw those servers are long gone by now
>tfw Natural Selection 2 is dead and it isn't the same anyway

>>8169702
KISS had a shooter wtf lol

>>8168042
>fail to capture me
aids will

just play quake mods if you don't like anything else, there's enough to last you a lifetime.
quake fucking sucks, but whatever

>>8168042
Strife and Outlaws.

>>8169683
I think he meant the (barely retro) one that was just called wolfenstein. It was actually pretty good.

>>8168042
what about Prey 2006 or Singularity

>>8169241
isn't this game a huge bitch to get running properly?

>>8168042
Quake Arcane dimensions is a mustplay

>>8169883
Man I loved strife as a kid. That part where you go into that palace area or whatever and there is a huge battle going on was amazing to me.

Ever played Kiss: psycho circus? Also pic related.

>>8168095
There's nothing interesting at all about that game. Garbage level design and boring enemies that all just run toward you.

This game was supposed to be a throwback to DOOM, Quake etc. but is nothing at all like those games.

>>8170265
>Kiss: psycho circus
Got it back in the day. Not as good as I hoped it would turn out.

>pic related
Proper shit, but the Cuss Pack belongs in the trash

>>8170278
I'm sorry to hear that you are gay, anon.

>>8168042
>like Quake 2
>not Duke
Do you like Shadow Warrior or Blood?Do you know what you want out of a shooter?

>>8170387
I can't imagine someone who prefers Quake 2 would get much joy out of the extravagance and excess of Shadow Warrior or Blood. Quake 2 is like a big bowl of unflavoured oatmeal compared to Build engine games.

>>8170278
>This game was supposed to be a throwback to DOOM, Quake
I really don't think it was. I remember thinking that Painkiller was clearly a Serious-Sam-like at the time, i.e., a game where you spend the entirety of your time running backwards.

>>8170265
>>8169768
>KISS shooter
>on a slightly improved Lithtech engine i.e. Blood 2
Wow
>>8170437
>a game where you spend the entirety of your time running backwards.
Here is where I have to give the Sam games some credit: You can't just 'movement tech' yourself away from the enemies in Sam, unlike Painkiller's simple "bunny hopping" that makes you faster than everything.

>>8170278
Show me on the doll where did the painkiller touch you.

>>8170278
>but is nothing at all like those games.
You are right, it proved to be better than that.

>>8170278
They hate us cause they aint us!
serious sam / painkiller level mechanic is soo much worse than DooM / Quake level mechanic

>>8168937
>starts game at unforseen consequences
>has fun
whats the problem

>>8170585
It's okay to have a shitty taste.
https://youtu.be/weypUIJHhwM

>>8170278
>>8168042
show us what you'd call a interesting game, or what you think makes a game good

Project Snowblind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvQZQsNgW8A

>>8168937
STOP SPAMMING YOUR GODDAM THREADS ON /v/ YOU GODDAM ARGENTINIAN MORON >>>/v/572083982

>>8168042
Rebel Moon/Rebel Moon Rising

>>8171630
based Vox Day

>>8170585
A bit strange to do a direct comparison of titles so far apart and since both games were done by people who loved Doom

>>8168109
the only thing they talk about there is doom. but there are some with more knowledge than that

>>8171002
Oh no no no
>>>/v/572115836

>>8168042
Renegade is fucking jank and rushed to all hell* but it has one of the most unique multiplayer concepts I've ever witnessed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9PeSdlZgp0

*It was heavily rushed. About 6 months out from launch they made a commando stealth game where you could control units to cause distractions or clear blockages, but then EA demanded it become more like Call of Duty once it showed its popularity. It still has some remnants, there are a few missions where if you go pistol only, you can literally do the entire mission as a stealth mission. Chateau and Stowaways are still designed as stealth missions, apparently never getting the redesign that other levels got.