The Best Single Player FPS Games of the Last 10-ish Years (post Crysis)

[Liquid Cool]

Modern Warfare 2 is why I stopped playing the Call of Duty titles. I couldn't make heads or tails as to why they would have put the "airport massacre" in the game...and thought they'd lost their flippin' minds. Game or not....my conscious didn't care for it in the least. I turned it off and never turned it back on. To me...nothing short of creepy.

I had a helluva time getting my money back from Steam...but they caved sooner or later.

I voted for Metro:LL, but I also liked New Order quite a bit...it just made me VERY dizzy when I was playing. So much so...that I had to stop. The original Borderlands as well. Although...I had no problems with Borderlands 2 or the Pre-Sequel.

After looking over this list...I do have to admit none of my favorites from the last 10 years are on here. I guess deep down in my heart I'm an RPG guy who likes first person capabilities. I never really put two and two together until today.

Best,

LC

 

[64K]

Modern Warfare 2 is why I stopped playing the Call of Duty titles. I couldn't make heads or tails as to why they would have put the "airport massacre" in the game...and thought they'd lost their flippin' minds. Game or not....my conscious didn't care for it in the least. I turned it off and never turned it back on. To me...nothing short of creepy.

I had a helluva time getting my money back from Steam...but they caved sooner or later.

I voted for Metro:LL, but I also liked New Order quite a bit...it just made me VERY dizzy when I was playing. So much so...that I had to stop. The original Borderlands as well. Although...I had no problems with Borderlands 2 or the Pre-Sequel.

After looking over this list...I do have to admit none of my favorites from the last 10 years are on here. I guess deep down in my heart I'm an RPG guy who likes first person capabilities. I never really put two and two together until today.

Best,

LC

I turned the airport massacre scene off too. I like killing the bad guys but not the innocent and unarmed even if they are just NPCs in a video game. It has no appeal to me.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

To consider RAGE is a great shooter while skipping out on Metro LL (a very different experience from 2033 in a way, I'd recommend playing it at some point) and viewing Far Cry as an action game because it has 'stealth' elements (very poorly done at that)... is strange to me. On top of that, speaking of stealth, Metro actually does that a whole lot better IMO than FC3 did; especially on high difficulty where you simply need to save resources. Metro actually does work with light/shadow sensitivity and sound for stealth, FC3 is far more basic at that. I'm left here wondering 'what did I miss in RAGE?!' Did you play some super advanced developers' cut or?

Nightmare difficulty, perhaps? Shooters aren't fun unless they challenge you but not to the point of frustration. RAGE did exactly that for me.

Sneaking != Shooting so any game that has an emphasis on not shooting is an action game, not a shooter in my book so Metro Last Light shouldn't be on this list either.

I think in the whole Far Cry 3 game, they never managed to set off the alarm. I always went in with bow, suppressed AR, and a suppressed sniper rifle. I played all of the Far Cry games on the hardest difficulty which means your character is super squishy; hence, game pushing you into a stealthy approach to minimize resistance.

Come to think of it, played Deus Ex on the hardest difficulty as well and that forces you into the non-confrontational approach too...

Beat The New Order on "ÜBER" difficulty...game has more sneaking mechanics than I'd like in a shooter. Was surprisingly easy at that difficulty too. Perhaps combined is the reason why I elevate RAGE above it.



...the more I think about it, the more Red Faction: Armageddon climbs the list.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I quite liked Prey but not even a mention

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I quite liked Prey but not even a mention

Whoever makes the poll, gets to pick the games on it, which are his faves etc

 

[Vayra86]

Nightmare difficulty, perhaps? Shooters aren't fun unless they challenge you but not to the point of frustration. RAGE did exactly that for me.

Sneaking != Shooting so any game that has an emphasis on not shooting is an action game, not a shooter in my book so Metro Last Light shouldn't be on this list either.

I think in the whole Far Cry 3 game, they never managed to set off the alarm. I always went in with bow, suppressed AR, and a suppressed sniper rifle. I played all of the Far Cry games on the hardest difficulty which means your character is super squishy; hence, game pushing you into a stealthy approach to minimize resistance.

Come to think of it, played Deus Ex on the hardest difficulty as well and that forces you into the non-confrontational approach too...

Beat The New Order on "ÜBER" difficulty...game has more sneaking mechanics than I'd like in a shooter. Was surprisingly easy at that difficulty too. Perhaps combined is the reason why I elevate RAGE above it.



...the more I think about it, the more Red Faction: Armageddon climbs the list.

Point taken, nice that you find such fun and challenge at top difficulty. Respect

 

[ChristTheGreat]

I would say Doom and Bioshock Infinite.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Best FPS I played in recent times is Titanfall 2, the story and gameplay is amazing and managed to incorporate good FPS ingredients from other game (like time manipulation ala Singularity) into one game and done it correctly, a big surprise for a game that previously have no single player.

But for post Crysis I would nominate the original Metro 2033. The story, the atmosphere, and the amazing graphics gets my vote. I didn't really like Last Light to be honest, if the graphics are more like the original game perhaps I would enjoy it more. Sure it was clunky and stealth is a bit broken, but that's the beauty of it.

Honourable mention is Wolfenstein TNO and Doom 2016, I thought the alternate 'modern post WWII Nazi' won't work but it did for me. Sad the sequel falls flat in comparison. Doom 2016 is the first game I ever bought at launch day, and it was well worth it. Stick to original ingredients like no reload and incorporate some modern touch like weapon mods (but not the gore, those are from Brutal Doom which is a mod).

 

[Athlonite]

Fallout 4, Prey, Fallout New Vegas

 

[Vario]

I get you, the original had a more raw, gritty feel to it right?

Agreed.
I think people assume Redux is better because it came later but I think it was a worse version for both games.

If you want to play a gripping SP shooter game, I recommend Spec Ops The Line. It is a 3rd person game so it might not count for this discussion, still warrants a mention in my book though. https://store.steampowered.com/app/50300/Spec_Ops_The_Line/

Also, I really hated Doom 2016.

I voted Far Cry 3 because it was the best of the options in the Poll.

 

[Splinterdog]

Although DOOM is clearly formulaic, it does exactly what it promises. In fact, it's probably the purest shooter out there, not to mention the new (relatively) game engine and performance on Vulkan setting.
It's the kind of game I go back to when I simply want to blast shit to death, purely for the hell of it.

 

[Deleted member 158293]

Well I love Doom 3 though it’s not a popular opinion.

It might just be too much game for a lot of people, it can be quite intense at higher difficulty levels,
so that's kinda to be expected it would appeal to a more hardcore audience.
That would be part of why it stands on its own. Similar to a Quake style audience.

 

[Vario]

I love Doom 3 as well. F.E.A.R. too. Metro 2033 for same reasons. Going back a bit further, Thief the Dark Project.

Did not like Doom 2016 because I hated the bland arena levels, the kill everything in the room to continue repetitive nature, the fact that you can push a button to one shot melee, especially with the chainsaw, the shittiness of the plot (yes, doom guy doesnt' care about plot at beginning, 10 minutes later: hey lets trap you in an elevator with a robot for 5 minutes while he explains plot), the dumb collectibles everywhere. I really hated the knockoff metal music and if you turned off the music there was no sound effects at all save for some vacuum cleaner noises from a few demons. They were really lazy with the sound design. The doom guy is a total edgelord that every 13 year old desires to be. I grew out of that phase 2 decades ago so no thanks. The graphics were pretty uninteresting. The AI is a joke. Circle and strafe. If I wanted to play an arena game in singleplayer I'd go back to UT99's campaign.

 

[dirtyferret]

I quite liked Prey but not even a mention

I mentioned it in a previous post, it lost out to Borderlands IMHO.

I do believe CoD MW 1 is a superior game to MW 2 bust as mentioned it came over ten years ago so missed the window.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I quite liked Prey but not even a mention

I definitely would have given it my vote.

 

[Tomgang]

The best fps ever is called "Real life".


Joke a side, i chose metro last light out of these one.

But i will say far cry 5, metro exodus and off cause the crysis series has given me some great play throw.

 

[cucker tarlson]

no cysis 2 or 3 ? I thought they were good

 

[Apocalypsee]

I love Doom 3 as well. F.E.A.R. too. Metro 2033 for same reasons. Going back a bit further, Thief the Dark Project.

Did not like Doom 2016 because I hated the bland arena levels, the kill everything in the room to continue repetitive nature, the fact that you can push a button to one shot melee, especially with the chainsaw, the shittiness of the plot (yes, doom guy doesnt' care about plot at beginning, 10 minutes later: hey lets trap you in an elevator with a robot for 5 minutes while he explains plot), the dumb collectibles everywhere. I really hated the knockoff metal music and if you turned off the music there was no sound effects at all save for some vacuum cleaner noises from a few demons. They were really lazy with the sound design. The doom guy is a total edgelord that every 13 year old desires to be. I grew out of that phase 2 decades ago so no thanks. The graphics were pretty uninteresting. The AI is a joke. Circle and strafe. If I wanted to play an arena game in singleplayer I'd go back to UT99's campaign.

Wow, I'm surprised to see someone who actually love Doom3! People kept saying its not 'Doom' because these people play way too much Brutal Doom. IMO Doom3 is moving with time, it introduces new way of telling stories (through PDA messages and voice message) plus interfacing terminal screens for punching codes and moving cranes etc. which back then in 2004 was pretty spectacular. Not to mention its dark and state of the art shadowing tech, coupled with EAX 4.0 sound effects really makes up the atmosphere. Stark contrast of Doom 2016 which was bright and colorful, not at all feels like Doom. And the arena style you mentioned is really not my cup of tea either. That is why the 2016 only comes in honorable mention for being the best FPS of recent times.

 

[bug]

Imho what made Doom3 a failure was that because of high system requirements it couldn't handle more than a handful of enemies on screen at the same time. This was in stark contrast to previous Doom titles.
Then, there was the "little" things like the inability to use the flashlight and a weapon at the same time (eventually fixed), the heavy reliance of the scare element (that grew really tired, really quick) or that you could kill enemies faster with the flashlight than with the shotgun if you got up close.
The title was a showcase for things to come at the time, bu tot me it had no connection to Doom and it was pretty crappy game overall.

 

[64K]

Wow, I'm surprised to see someone who actually love Doom3! People kept saying its not 'Doom' because these people play way too much Brutal Doom. IMO Doom3 is moving with time, it introduces new way of telling stories (through PDA messages and voice message) plus interfacing terminal screens for punching codes and moving cranes etc. which back then in 2004 was pretty spectacular. Not to mention its dark and state of the art shadowing tech, coupled with EAX 4.0 sound effects really makes up the atmosphere. Stark contrast of Doom 2016 which was bright and colorful, not at all feels like Doom. And the arena style you mentioned is really not my cup of tea either. That is why the 2016 only comes in honorable mention for being the best FPS of recent times.

Doom 3 was a lot of fun for me. Best to play it late at night when everyone is in bed, turn all the lights off and crank up the volume. It had some really cool weapons also. My favorite was the Plasma Rifle.

 

[Vario]

Doom 3 was a lot of fun for me. Best to play it late at night when everyone is in bed, turn all the lights off and crank up the volume. It had some really cool weapons also. My favorite was the Plasma Rifle.

I loved the Plasma rifle. The sound effects for it were impressive. Probably my favorite weapon of any game.
The Hell sections of the game were amazing with the floating walls. Really otherworldly.
I also liked the flashlight versus gun.
I usually playthrough Doom 3 and RoE on Veteran or Nightmare once a year. I have the disk copies of the original not the BFG garbage.

 

[biffzinker]

Fallout 4, Prey, Fallout New Vegas

Your right on two out of the three you picked, and yes I played all three. The one I disagree with is Fallout 4 and the repetitive drag it turned into for me with the fetch quests.

 

[Vayra86]

Come to think of it... I actually have a new submission for best fps of the last decade, this one definitely does enter my personal top 3...

 

[cucker tarlson]

Come to think of it... I actually have a new submission for best fps of the last decade, this one definitely does enter my personal top 3...

this made me buy a 144hz monitor and 980ti frankly.

 

[AsRock]

None of them but to just pick one i enjoyed Bioshock but that was much more about the story than any thing else.

Arma 1/2/3 be my favorite pick for a 1st person shooter, which i have enjoyed playing since original Operation Flashpoint was released. Only other would have to be Ghost Recon

As for Fallout i liked 3 until it came to playing the story lol.

Far Cry 3 was alright, ever since the Ghost Recon thing which happened some years ago now UBI have avoided giving people what they want.

TBH i am having a hard time finding what i would call a good game these days even more so when it comes to 1st person shooters.

Come to think of it... I actually have a new submission for best fps of the last decade, this one definitely does enter my personal top 3...

Now there's one i enjoyed and actually was worth a second play though at least.