# Help!  Need game recommendations.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 2, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-game-recommendations/287893 "2005-02-02T00:40:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-game-recommendations/287893/1 "2005-02-02T00:40:27Z")

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As my unemployment status grinds on into its fourth month, I need to entertain myself. So far, I’ve finished Doom3, Half-Life (Platinum), Medal of Honor, and Half-Life 2.

What else is good in the FPS genre?

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**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-game-recommendations/287893/2 "2005-02-02T01:45:45Z")

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There’s Star Trek: Voyayer:Elite Force, which is a rather good FPS with a fairly interesting plot. It’s a bit short, but good while it lasts. There’s also a sequel, that I haven’t got.

Max payne isn’t a FPS, but is an action game. It’s rather good, although I don’t think it’s the classic that some people think it is. It’s sort of a cross between the action of the Matrix, and John Woo, and a sort of parody of film noir. Again there is a sequel out.

Also the Grand Theft Auto series are not FPS (I don’t think), but are actions games. You can get the first two free from [the Rockstar games website](http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/), although the last time I tried I couldn’t get through, so it might be as well to buy them.

The first one is really good for getting the adrenaline pumping, and the second one seems similarly good. I can’t really comment on GTA3 and it’s sequels, as I’ve not played them, although they do seem to have a good reputation.

Also you might like Deus Ex, a rather more plot based FPS, set in the near future, full of sinister organisations and conspiracies. I didn’t really get on with it myself, but it seems to have quite a following, and you should be able to pick it up cheaply.

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**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-game-recommendations/287893/3 "2005-02-02T02:34:18Z")

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System Shock 2 is the only FPS you need. It’s not a strict shooter like Doom, but its other puzzle and RPG elements make it probably the best computer game (any genre) that I’ve played.

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**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-need-game-recommendations/287893/4 "2005-02-02T03:19:40Z")

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If you’re willing to venture into somewhat foreign territory, Morrowind is many many hours of entertainment. It’s an RPG instead of a shooter, but it’s first-person. I enjoyed the heck out of it, playing all the way through twice.

I’ll second the recommendation for System Shock 2 – great game.

If you like fast-paced action more than suspenseful, story-driven stuff, then Far Cry may be the ticket. Also, Halo is available for PC, and is simple FPS goodness with a cool story.