It was another few years after that when microtransactions got into the mix.
Only seasoned gamers can thrive in these FPS titles.
Turn the clock back twenty years and none of that was a part of the conversation.
It makes the games listed below so refreshing to play again.
The series eventually looked back to its roots in 2016, leaving Doom 3 as an enjoyable outlier.
Slow Motion, Horror, And Lots Of Blood
F.E.A.R.
manages to combine bombastic action with spine-tingling horror.
Where a lot of first-person horror experiences are slow and methodical, F.E.A.R.
lets you gib enemies with a shotgun and slow down time as bullets whiz by.
The enemy AI is particularly smart here and ensures each firefight feels unique.
They flank you and vault over parts of the environment.
It helps distract from the game’s major weakness: its repetitive environments.
Trepang 2 feels a lot like a spiritual successor to F.E.A.R.
It similarly lets you slow down time during gunfights.
Making King Kong an FPS seemed less obvious, but it worked.
The short adventure is split between first-person levels and third-person segments, where you control the titular Kong.
Don’t sleep on these video game adapted movies.
While they have some shortcomings, there is greatness to appreciate in each of them.
The first-person levels manage to create an increased sense of immersion as you explore Skull Island.
One mechanic involves investigating crime scenes with various forensic tools.
The series wasstill exclusively set in World War 2at this point.
As a PS2 exclusive, Cold Winter did not have this problem.
It managed to pull off some impressive visuals from the console as well.
The dismemberment is particularly brutal, and you might interact with various objects in the environment.
you’ve got the option to even search dead enemy bodies for ammo and health.
Using automatic weapons and shotguns leaves bodies in pieces in both single-player and multiplayer.
The single-player has a fully developed story thatconnects the various time periodsand characters.
