Games like Half-Life 1?

[Road to A+]

Looking for old school FPS games with (dark) atmosphere, brilliant level design and potato faces.

On my next to play list there is

Clive Barker's Undying
AVP 2000
Thief
Deus Ex
Black Mesa
Red Faction
Quake
Postal 2
Blood

Need suggestions (I didnt enjoy Metro and Bioshock)

[Sovereign]

I'd recommend SIN and Requiem: Avenging Angel. Unfortunately both are a bit tricky to get running on modern rigs.

[Ikagura]

Quake 1? System Shock?

[Road to A+]

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Quake 1? System Shock?

Hows the story in quake? I always thought it was a mindless shooter like doom?

I tried both system shock games but they aged poorly.

I just started Undying and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that game is on par with HL on so many levels so far. Glad I found this

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Road to A+:

Originally posted by Ikagura:

Quake 1? System Shock?

Hows the story in quake? I always thought it was a mindless shooter like doom?

I tried both system shock games but they aged poorly.

I just started Undying and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that game is on par with HL on so many levels so far. Glad I found this

Quake is just a DOOM style shooter, nothing like Half-Life.

SH1 has aged horribly but SH2 still holds up pretty well.

Yeah Undying's pretty damn good, very underrated game.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Originally posted by Road to A+:

Hows the story in quake? I always thought it was a mindless shooter like doom?

I tried both system shock games but they aged poorly.

I just started Undying and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that game is on par with HL on so many levels so far. Glad I found this

Quake is just a DOOM style shooter, nothing like Half-Life.

SH1 has aged horribly but SH2 still holds up pretty well.

Yeah Undying's pretty damn good, very underrated game.

I wanna say Quake had a dark atmosphere and a brilliant level design that's why I said it (also the Quake engine is in Half-Life as well)

Sys Shock 1 enhanced edition is good, the game is more like a point & click than a FPS. Check the remake of the first game then

I might check Undying

[SURVIVOR-DUP]

Quake.

[Agustín Ariel]

Hello there! Yes, Quake is the "must play" here.

I have also played Unreal (the first one, not U. Tournament) however mapping is not as good as Quake or HL, but it is still very good. I also suggest you to play Carnivores 1999, not sure where you can download it from but it has the old vintage grahics we all love.

[Road to A+]

Originally posted by Agustin Ariel:

Hello there! Yes, Quake is the "must play" here.

I have also played Unreal (the first one, not U. Tournament) however mapping is not as good as Quake or HL, but it is still very good. I also suggest you to play Carnivores 1999, not sure where you can download it from but it has the old vintage grahics we all love.

But how is the story? Level design? Is it just like collecting keycards to progress to the next level?

[Sovereign]

Originally posted by Road to A+:

Originally posted by Agustin Ariel:

Hello there! Yes, Quake is the "must play" here.

I have also played Unreal (the first one, not U. Tournament) however mapping is not as good as Quake or HL, but it is still very good. I also suggest you to play Carnivores 1999, not sure where you can download it from but it has the old vintage grahics we all love.

But how is the story? Level design? Is it just like collecting keycards to progress to the next level?

Unreal doesn't really have much of a story but the level design is pretty good and it's got a really good selection of weapons and enemies.

[Traxis-4]

System Shock 2

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Road to A+:

Originally posted by Agustin Ariel:

Hello there! Yes, Quake is the "must play" here.

I have also played Unreal (the first one, not U. Tournament) however mapping is not as good as Quake or HL, but it is still very good. I also suggest you to play Carnivores 1999, not sure where you can download it from but it has the old vintage grahics we all love.

But how is the story? Level design? Is it just like collecting keycards to progress to the next level?

The story itself isn't the most important thing here, it's the way it's told

[MightyFox]

If you've never played Red Faction, that is a must. Very good story, with old school shooter elements just like Half Life. Vehicles. Environment effects. And late game enemies that can one shot you if you suck.

There is also something to be said for Duke Nukem 3D. It's older than half-life but has a cult following. Avoid Duke Nukem forever. That studio rode the investors like a pony ride.

Having played Quake, I lump it in with the mindless shooters like Doom 2 and Castle Wolfenstien. It's not bad, I just prefer more story meat.

I think Unreal and Unreal 2 should also be mentioned. Both are great games, with a moderate amount of story, and are usually cheap and playable since the unreal engine still runs on a lot of machines.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by MightyFox:

If you've never played Red Faction, that is a must. Very good story, with old school shooter elements just like Half Life. Vehicles. Environment effects. And late game enemies that can one shot you if you suck.

I need to replay it soon

[shetohoy]

Perfect Dark is my #1 recommendation. Played it on Nintendo 64 back in the days...but its gotta be available for pc too.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by shetohoy:

Perfect Dark is my #1 recommendation. Played it on Nintendo 64 back in the days...but its gotta be available for pc too.

You know with modern emulators and mouse program that makes you play it with a keypad. It may be OP for the game but that could have easily been on PC (Considering how Rare belongs to Microsoft and how there was already a XBLA version of the game)

PS: and yes, Perfect Dark may be my #1 favorite Console FPS ever (yes, even more than Goldeneye 64)