PALGN writes: "Winter can often prove to be a barren time in this industry. Most developers will be waiting to cash-in on the pre-Christmas rush, and understandably so. That's why we need the likes of Raven Software to release something that won't be jockeying for any awards, but could provide the FPS fix needed to mantain your sanity. Past efforts, including the 2009 version of Wolfenstein, don't suggest that Singularity will bring international acclaim to the developer; because it won't. But does that mean Singularity isn't worthy of your attention? Not necessarily. This is a game that borrows a lot of ideas from the past five years, and doesn't do anything to improve upon them, as it sees you running around a Russian island in two different centuries, killing lots of freakish enemies. It's not original, and it probably wasn't intended to be; Singularity is trying to mix a lot of different things, but does this concoction of influences prove to be a worthwhile investment?"
Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.
Popularized by Doom in 1993 and still making video game haters gnash their teeth today, first-person shooter games are the best thing to happen to gamers since pizza rolls. So here are 15 underrated first-person shooter games you may have missed.
Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.
Lol
All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.
XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games
I played them all, they are all good in their own way
I used to be obsessed with FPS games
As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.
Another Prototype would be awesome.
As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.
That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.
As great as that would be the deal wont finalize until end of fiscal year 2023. Until after that date MS wont really have a say as to where resources will be spent. So we wont realistically see anything until perhaps 2026 or later.
I think that’s a point that so many people are missing. Things will not change this year or next year at all. Maybe some changes might be apparent in 2024 but 2025/2026 is a good estimate of when things will really start happening. And I don’t think we will see as big a set of changes as some are suggesting.
Those teams having not worked on anything, the employees find jobs at other companies, they don't just remain unemployed till someone at the publisher decides to revive the team, they need to eat lol
That said, this list of games makes me unexcited for anything outside of CoD that Activision has to offer. All games are in stale genres, like Guitar Hero, Simpsons Hit and Run, these are long surpassed genres that are going to be difficult to revive.
@gamer75 if it is a combination it has to have my seal of approval. Such as a new Warcraft game or a new Warcraft mmo, or an action game based off the night elves orcs and humans if it’s a new IP. I’ll let you know after I talk with Microsoft
Man I’ve been waiting for Protoype since the last one. Protoype could seriously be MS’ answer to Infamous (freaking loved that game as well, hope Sony make a new one soon).
I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.
You deserve a 1000 likes haha 😂. It’s a shame High Moon didn’t get to continue making Transformers. If they got a decent budget i think most of us TF fans would be excited.
Ms bought Activision and everybody dancing for what? For cod? Ms want to atleast earn some money Back from those 70 billion dollars.... The only thing they count on is more gamepass subscribers via Activision cod, diablo and over watch 2 1st Day free at gamepass. If they decide to make them exclusive to xbox they Will lose profit from ps4 and 5 sales. As For a New ip or an existing ip like over watch 3,diablo 5 or anything else like a New transformers Dont you think that developers need at least 3 years to Do something decent?
Anyway my opinion is that ms want to make videogaming Just a subscription a la netflix and that ps5 will beat xboxsx in sales like ps4 beat xbox and xbox one x..... All the money ms spending It Will defentily make more gamepass subscribers as for games we all must wait at least 3 more years... And thats why ps5 will get ahead in sales they have more AAA in the pipeline already plus lets see their answer for gamepass... P. S i Dont support subscriptions from neither company and i didnt buy switch plus for n64. If they give me the option to buy n64 games then yes i Will buy them but i am not paying for a rental.
Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.
in my opinion, this is a wasted game. even though i enjoyed the story very much, i felt the overall experience was a huge step back. it had lots of issues
outdate graphics & poor use of UE3
sloppy shooting
puzzles were wasted, TMD is such a cool feature, but never got creative
no map/compass + extreme linearity + no back tracking = miss stuff easily
having to stand next to audio tapes to listen gets annoying
no audio subtitles or menu or ability to collect any data, tapes, etc
plot is good but doesn't unfold well, dialog needs better work
note reading doesn't pause game, i accidentally got killed reading a note when i meant to pick ammo up instead(using TMD Grab works better)
MP has only one player on...you...lol & thats like 10% of trophies/achievements
But with all this, the game is a must rent title. It's the poor soviet's bioshock, but still a kick ass game. A game that really would of been amazing in 2007, is just good. not an award winner, but something to scratch the Rapture itch until other shooters arrive. it definitely a nice change in the FPS genre, than war though. I enjoyed this game & recommend a rent
7/10