A handful of games to consider, if you're waiting out this FPS drought:
- Raven Software's recent releases, Wolfenstein and Singularity (360, PS3, and PC). While both have similar core gunplay to most modern FPS's - iron sights, etc. - they offer unique enemies and a lot of neat gimmicks and twists. I haven't played Wolfenstein, but I know Singularity has stuff like weapon upgrades, various powers, etc.
- Painkiller (PC) is very much a descendant of the original Quake, with a similarly gritty medieval atmosphere, and a similarly brown color palette. It's not a pretty game to look at, but it's pretty fun. Personally was a bit too repetitive for me. Stay away from its sequels and expansions at all costs, though.
- Serious Sam HD (PC, 360) is tons of fun and hard as hell, with massive amounts of enemies in every level and a lot of massive, beautiful, and most of all colorful arenas. While The First Encounter and The Second Encounter originally came out on PC and Xbox 1, you should check out the recent HD remakes (on Steam and on Xbox Live Arcade) instead. And stay away from Serious Sam 2 (not to be confused with The Second Encounter) at all costs; it's not a good game. On the other hand, Serious Sam 3 comes out next week and seems promising.
- Hard Reset (PC) is a recent indie FPS that has gunplay similar to Painkiller and Serious Sam, but with an ultra-cool cyberpunk aesthetic. It also has more depth, with there being two weapons that can be upgraded in a variety of ways. However, it's somewhat short and has no multiplayer component (though they recently added a solo survival mode), so even though it's only $30, you may want to wait for it to be on sale. There's a demo available on Steam.
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A handful of games to consider, if you're waiting out this FPS drought:
- Raven Software's recent releases, Wolfenstein and Singularity (360, PS3, and PC). While both have similar core gunplay to most modern FPS's - iron sights, etc. - they offer unique enemies and a lot of neat gimmicks and twists. I haven't played Wolfenstein, but I know Singularity has stuff like weapon upgrades, various powers, etc.
- Painkiller (PC) is very much a descendant of the original Quake, with a similarly gritty medieval atmosphere, and a similarly brown color palette. It's not a pretty game to look at, but it's pretty fun. Personally was a bit too repetitive for me. Stay away from its sequels and expansions at all costs, though.
- Serious Sam HD (PC, 360) is tons of fun and hard as hell, with massive amounts of enemies in every level and a lot of massive, beautiful, and most of all colorful arenas. While The First Encounter and The Second Encounter originally came out on PC and Xbox 1, you should check out the recent HD remakes (on Steam and on Xbox Live Arcade) instead. And stay away from Serious Sam 2 (not to be confused with The Second Encounter) at all costs; it's not a good game. On the other hand, Serious Sam 3 comes out next week and seems promising.
- Hard Reset (PC) is a recent indie FPS that has gunplay similar to Painkiller and Serious Sam, but with an ultra-cool cyberpunk aesthetic. It also has more depth, with there being two weapons that can be upgraded in a variety of ways. However, it's somewhat short and has no multiplayer component (though they recently added a solo survival mode), so even though it's only $30, you may want to wait for it to be on sale. There's a demo available on Steam.