first person shooters

Rodina - (2014 game)

2017-05-06

dead, disliked, first person shooters, flight simulators, games, Glances, offline games, oldschool games, open-world games, payware, proprietary software, software, steam games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/314230/
https://elliptic-games.com/

A space simulator fps thingy.

While it looked quite good at a glance, when actually trying it it fell flat. When a game cannot lean on cutting-edge technology, it has to have solid gameplay. It didn't feel good at all to me. I guess No Man's Sky spoiled me.

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Ember

2016-07-29

first person shooters, games, GUI software, multiplayer games, online software, payware, proprietary software, software, Windows software, zombie

This is not (yet?) in development, but is something I will keep an eye on.

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http://emberthegame.com/

The spiritual successor to Firefall

Crowdfunded with small step milestones
Unreal Engine 4
A shooter first, with great movement, guns and abilities. Skill matters. Progression is horizontal, opening up more options, abilities, and gameplay
Mining and gathering resources with the aid of huge, autonomous mechs. Resources matter, and finding and gathering them is fun
Build and customize your own "omniframe" suit and weapons system. Customize them to your unique needs and the role you want to fulfill
Sandbox world. Terraform the planet over time, create pockets of habitable areas and build refineries, defenses, and bases of operation
Play a simulated world, with dynamic events. Go anywhere, do anything. Events will unfold around you as you play -- perhaps even war

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No Man's Sky

2016-05-12

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DO NOT BUY. DO NOT TRY.

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(on Wikipedia)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/
http://no-mans-sky.com/

Explore, survive, gather and trade while making your way to the galactic core.

Every single described goal of this game has failed. It is a bad flight-simulator, with bad crafting, bad technology, and bad survival mechanics. It is set on procedurally generated planets so vast that nothing matters, in a procedurally-generated universe so vast that nothing matters. What's worse is that it is so godawfully crowded with hand-holding that it becomes both easy and repetitive. Being ugly and with abysmal performance, it's not even an exploration time-waster.

Perhaps in some years they will change/fix many of its issues, but I believe it has a fundamental casualness to it that anchors its core gameplay problems. This is not a game made for gamers.

2017-05-07 update: I tried it again, and it just isn't worth it. If its graphics were the same as before (they're busted now) then maybe. I have another video card but I'm not going to swap things around or fiddle with installing an old version of my card's drivers. I just don't want to bother any more.

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