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First post, by Kerr Avon

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I've been playing Seleco recently, and I was pleased to find that the brilliant Ashes 2063 has been updated with more content. So here is a topic about new, or not so new, but really good first person shooters that you might not have heard about but would probably enjoy. Free or commercial, science fiction or military, console or PC, please post good FPS games that might not be too well known about.

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Firstly, there is Selaco, a commercial game, released on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1592280/Selaco/

The game runs on the GDZoom engine (supplied, it's a standalone game), though you wouldn't think it to look at the game, and despite being in Early Access, it plays and feels like a full game. It really is excellent

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Next, is Ashes 2063. This excellent game has recently been updated. It's set in a post apocalyptic dystopia - yep, yet another game set in a post nuclear war USA, but don't let the so-common-it's-boring setting put you off. It's been called the best Doom total conversion ever, though I don't know how accurate that is since I don't keep up with the Doom mod scene, but it really is fantastic, and does non-Doomy stuff, such as neutral NPCs, drivable vehicles, and the ability to craft and upgrade your stuff.

Download the complete package, which includes Episodes 1 and 2, and the expansions Hard Reset, and Dead Man Walking, from:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/ashes-2063/downloads

if you just want to play the game, then download the 'Stand Alone' version.

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A game I've heard a lot of good about, but haven't yet tried it myself, is Fallen Aces:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1411910/Fallen_Aces/

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Blade of Agony is a free game based around the Wolfenstein series of games. I've not played this one either, but I've seen it recommended a few times.

https://boa.realm667.com/

Reply 1 of 8, by ratfink

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Ashes 2063 looks very Duke Nukem-like (not in a bad way).

Reply 4 of 8, by DracoNihil

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Cruelty Squad is still the best FPS I ever played this decade, it has a very decent balance the level design is intricate for what it is and the soundtrack is amazingly well composed for a single man job. (Though I think Ville had someone actually submit some sounds to him and some of the sound effects are from freesound dot org)

There's even a fish tank at Cruelty Squad Headquarters to keep track of which fish you've found in the game thus far:
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Reply 5 of 8, by Kerr Avon

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rain wrote on 2024-06-28, 14:29:

Awol

thats a great game also uses great Build engine..

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1740150/AWOL/

I've not seen this before, but it does look interesting, thanks.

rain wrote on 2024-06-28, 14:47:

Ion Fury is superb, isn't it? Also it's expansion pack, Aftershock:

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1588720/Io … ury_Aftershock/

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That reminds me of Phantom Fury, which some people really like, some people really consider disappointing, and I personally found to be mediocre. Despite the similarity in the games' names (Ion Fury, and both games starring the same protagonist, Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733240/Phantom_Fury/

ratfink wrote on 2024-06-28, 12:40:

Ashes 2063 looks very Duke Nukem-like (not in a bad way).

It does have a similar feel, yes.

Last edited by Kerr Avon on 2024-06-28, 20:30. Edited 1 time in total.

Reply 6 of 8, by DracoNihil

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rain wrote on 2024-06-28, 14:47:

ion fury. Uses build engine.

Supplice also has spritework done by the same artist that worked on Ion Fury.

It's also a GZDoom standalone game but unlike Selaco it doesn't really have a whole lot of technical bells and whistles to it, it's more "vanilla" in terms of gameplay features. (Atleast, what you can already do and expect in mainline GZDoom)

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Reply 8 of 8, by PD2JK

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I have a FP without the S title. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. Very strange 'maze' game, lots of humor.

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