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Which military-themed FPS this gen has the best single-player campaign?
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The end of the sniper mission has finite enemies. But the part where
The IW COD games have some of the best campaigns. Always finish them in one setting cause they are that good. I haven't tried MW3 yet so I dunno if that's still good.
Also Bad Company has the worst FPS campaign I played this gen. I don't even know how they thought that trash was fun.
Also Bad Company has the worst FPS campaign I played this gen. I don't even know how they thought that trash was fun.
See You Next Wednesday
Banned
Not even close.
TacticalFox88
Banned
Modern Warfare. "Scripting Done Right"
Modern Warfare 1 was good
Modern Warfare 2 was some of the worst trash I've played this gen (seriously)
Modern Warfare 3 was surprisingly good. Better, even, than 1 in my opinion.
World at War was pretty good, though the American missions were dull. Russian ones were wicked.
Black Ops, I personally really really enjoyed, despite being completely bananas. I mean, hell, all the CODs, save for maybe United Offensive (still the best in the whole lot), were total batshit insanity.
I loved Bad Company 1, and it gets my vote for best military campaign this gen. It's just as batshit as MW, but it's not hyper linear and scripted out the ass, and it refuses to take itself seriously in any capacity whatsoever. It's hilarious and just a lot of dumb fun. Bad Company 2 was great as well, but it lost a lot of the open world flavor from the first game. Still wasn't as linear as a COD though, and it was still a ton of fun and had excellent writing.
Killzone 2 was fun, but it had a lot of dumb moments (Visari Academy) and the story was total bullshit, despite having all the makings of goodness. Killzone 3 was more of the same, but played better overall in my opinion.
Gears is cool I guess. Stop and pop gameplay got real old real fast, and the story is some of the worst trash this generation, but it's good for what it is.
I loved MGS4 with all my heart, excellent game with an excellent story with a not-so-excellent ending.
I thought Medal of Honor was sincerely underrated. It had a lot of dullness to it, don't get me wrong, but the stealth missions were fantastic, it actually had a good, realistic story behind it (the scene where the commander and the senator are having their disagreement was excellently done) and the mission where you're holding out with a few other dudes in the tiny house that's slowly getting torn apart by enemy fire as you get rushed from a mountainside was one of the single most intense moments of any campaign this generation.
The Saboteur was a ton of fun. It had a lot of "off" elements about it, like it's poor attempt at AssCreed traversal, but it was certainly greater than the sum of its parts. It was just a blast run around Paris as an Irish badass, murdering Nazis. Great artstyle and titties, titties everywhere made it a 30 hours well spent.
Ace Combat count? Haven't played Assault Horizon, but I loved AC6. Beautiful graphics, hectic combat. Great stuff. I've found myself jumping into free flight missions with no combat and just flying for hours. No, seriously. But I'm a bit of an aviation nut. I used to load up BF1942 lan games with no players/bots and just fly planes around.
Resistance 1 was a great mix of modern console and classic PC design mentality, as well as a great mashup of sci fi and real world storytelling. Resistance 2 was awful. Haven't played 3.
Halo 3 was boring, ODST was excellent, and Reach was fantastic.
That's all I can think off the top of my head. Overall best singleplayer campaign was probably Bad Company 1. Sorry for the tl;dr post.
Modern Warfare 2 was some of the worst trash I've played this gen (seriously)
Modern Warfare 3 was surprisingly good. Better, even, than 1 in my opinion.
World at War was pretty good, though the American missions were dull. Russian ones were wicked.
Black Ops, I personally really really enjoyed, despite being completely bananas. I mean, hell, all the CODs, save for maybe United Offensive (still the best in the whole lot), were total batshit insanity.
I loved Bad Company 1, and it gets my vote for best military campaign this gen. It's just as batshit as MW, but it's not hyper linear and scripted out the ass, and it refuses to take itself seriously in any capacity whatsoever. It's hilarious and just a lot of dumb fun. Bad Company 2 was great as well, but it lost a lot of the open world flavor from the first game. Still wasn't as linear as a COD though, and it was still a ton of fun and had excellent writing.
Killzone 2 was fun, but it had a lot of dumb moments (Visari Academy) and the story was total bullshit, despite having all the makings of goodness. Killzone 3 was more of the same, but played better overall in my opinion.
Gears is cool I guess. Stop and pop gameplay got real old real fast, and the story is some of the worst trash this generation, but it's good for what it is.
I loved MGS4 with all my heart, excellent game with an excellent story with a not-so-excellent ending.
I thought Medal of Honor was sincerely underrated. It had a lot of dullness to it, don't get me wrong, but the stealth missions were fantastic, it actually had a good, realistic story behind it (the scene where the commander and the senator are having their disagreement was excellently done) and the mission where you're holding out with a few other dudes in the tiny house that's slowly getting torn apart by enemy fire as you get rushed from a mountainside was one of the single most intense moments of any campaign this generation.
The Saboteur was a ton of fun. It had a lot of "off" elements about it, like it's poor attempt at AssCreed traversal, but it was certainly greater than the sum of its parts. It was just a blast run around Paris as an Irish badass, murdering Nazis. Great artstyle and titties, titties everywhere made it a 30 hours well spent.
Ace Combat count? Haven't played Assault Horizon, but I loved AC6. Beautiful graphics, hectic combat. Great stuff. I've found myself jumping into free flight missions with no combat and just flying for hours. No, seriously. But I'm a bit of an aviation nut. I used to load up BF1942 lan games with no players/bots and just fly planes around.
Resistance 1 was a great mix of modern console and classic PC design mentality, as well as a great mashup of sci fi and real world storytelling. Resistance 2 was awful. Haven't played 3.
Halo 3 was boring, ODST was excellent, and Reach was fantastic.
That's all I can think off the top of my head. Overall best singleplayer campaign was probably Bad Company 1. Sorry for the tl;dr post.
industrian
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CoD4 for sure. It had the right content, characters and set-pieces before they were forced to make it over-the-top for the sequel.
I'm not sure if Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl counts, but it has the most desolate atmosphere of any game I've ever played. Nothing encapsulates the "single-player" experience such as the crushing loneliness of the Zone.
I'm not sure if Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl counts, but it has the most desolate atmosphere of any game I've ever played. Nothing encapsulates the "single-player" experience such as the crushing loneliness of the Zone.
Yeah, if you bros count STALKER, which I don't see why you would but whatever, then that's it, easily.
Fuck, STALKER is next to Demon's/Dark Souls as my favorite series/franchise/IP/whatever to come out during this generation. So goddamn good. Makes Fallout 3 look like nonsense in terms of oppressive, post-apocalyptic goodness.
Fuck, STALKER is next to Demon's/Dark Souls as my favorite series/franchise/IP/whatever to come out during this generation. So goddamn good. Makes Fallout 3 look like nonsense in terms of oppressive, post-apocalyptic goodness.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I don't think they count as "military shooters" but I'll be damned if they aren't the best shooters I've ever played in my life.
Even though I've gone on record to say that BF3 has the worst SP campaign I've played in an FPS, it must be said that the sound design is nothing but top-notch. There's nothing more aurally pleasing than the crack and pop of bullets missing their target.
NinjaBoiX
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No. Plus, that game is awful.
I'd say CoD4 is still your best bet, for all the reasons mentioned in the OP. Medal of Honor is good too, but has it's share of bugs and scripting issues.
Medal of Honor for its authentic feel (meaning the story itself, not the gameplay). It had a more small scale focus with still some good level variety, but one mission in particular made me love it where you keep thinking you're going to get overrun and die and just when you think it's game over, support comes in and gives you and "Oh thank God" moment.
The gameplay was good but not great or unique by any stretch, but the story made it a lot of fun to keep going. Every other game's campaign is just over-the-top Hollywood action which is okay if done right, but can feel like it's pieced together just for the setpieces and the story is so far out there that it makes it hard to draw you in like the Modern Warfare games in particular.
The gameplay was good but not great or unique by any stretch, but the story made it a lot of fun to keep going. Every other game's campaign is just over-the-top Hollywood action which is okay if done right, but can feel like it's pieced together just for the setpieces and the story is so far out there that it makes it hard to draw you in like the Modern Warfare games in particular.
CrankyKong
Member
Well definitely not Battlefield 3.
The levels with the Russian dudes were kinda fun but over all I can barely remember what it was even about.
The levels with the Russian dudes were kinda fun but over all I can barely remember what it was even about.
MW1 is my favorite, by a wide margin. Even with the repeated use of bullshit elements like respawning enemies until you cross an invisible line in the ground.
When your guy died I had a moment where I stared at the screen and thought "shit just got real". Sure, the rest of the game kind of fell apart but that feeling was unique to COD4 but it feels like every new COD game has tried to replicate it and all have failed.
The Battlefield and Crysis games haven't interested me too much from a SP perspective and I've played so little Killzone that I wouldn't feel too bad saying "I've never played a Killzone game".
What else is there?
When your guy died I had a moment where I stared at the screen and thought "shit just got real". Sure, the rest of the game kind of fell apart but that feeling was unique to COD4 but it feels like every new COD game has tried to replicate it and all have failed.
The Battlefield and Crysis games haven't interested me too much from a SP perspective and I've played so little Killzone that I wouldn't feel too bad saying "I've never played a Killzone game".
What else is there?
Does this count? If it does then this wins, handidly. I figure it doesn't count since it predates all of the modern hardware.
angular graphics
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Call of Duty 2 of course.
Modern Warfare 3 is probably the best designed COD game with no grenade spam, no infinite spawns (or no obvious/annoying ones) and well designed levels with well placed cover. It also wraps up the Modern Warfare story nicely, with the last moment of the game being the most memorable and badass of the entire series imo.
So yeah, I'd go with MW3.
So yeah, I'd go with MW3.
COD 4 (veteran, no cross hair)
Dragon Rising (hardcore)
BTW, why do people hate Dragon Rising? As far as realism and immersiveness is concerned, it's among the best.
Of course it lacks the scripted set pieces of other games, it just drops you into a gigantic battle zone with no HUD. No regenerating health. When you die, you restart the mission from the beginning. I love this game.
Dragon Rising (hardcore)
BTW, why do people hate Dragon Rising? As far as realism and immersiveness is concerned, it's among the best.
Of course it lacks the scripted set pieces of other games, it just drops you into a gigantic battle zone with no HUD. No regenerating health. When you die, you restart the mission from the beginning. I love this game.
. Just did MP in ArmA 2 
. Great game though.industrian
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Am I the only one who sees Bad Company 1 as more a "buddy cop" game than a military one?
Brother in Arms Hells Highway has a good sp campaign.
Vietcong 1 is probably my most favorite military FPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0iR7CsgLnA
Vietcong 1 is probably my most favorite military FPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0iR7CsgLnA
InvincibleAgent
Member
No aliens? But that knocks the top 4 games off the roster: Metroid Prime 3, Halo 3, Halo ODST and Halo Reach.
legacyzero
Banned
COD4 all day, son.
Littleberu
Banned
It's basically Three Kings the video game, but it is set in front of war themed backdrop.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
MW1/2/3 are terrific rides if you think you can dig the love-child of Michael Bay and Tom Clancy.
Medal of Honor was poorly scripted, but started to shine in the second half.... which came after about 2 hours of play.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2/3 are just pure shit and tedious. Awfully scripted as well.
Rainbow Six: Vegas 1/2 have fantastic gunplay and simplified the tactics from the earlier incarnations decently. The level design leaves something to be desired though.
Black Ops and World at War never really get crazy enough to be exciting.
Medal of Honor was poorly scripted, but started to shine in the second half.... which came after about 2 hours of play.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2/3 are just pure shit and tedious. Awfully scripted as well.
Rainbow Six: Vegas 1/2 have fantastic gunplay and simplified the tactics from the earlier incarnations decently. The level design leaves something to be desired though.
Black Ops and World at War never really get crazy enough to be exciting.
Rahxephon91
Banned
Modern Warfare 3 was surprisingly good. Sure it's CoD and well you know what it is, but it lacked any frustrating aspects unlike the other MW games(respawning in 4, the Favela in MW2) and offered variety in the levels. Plus CoD is just cinematic action that is very simple and cool to experience.
The Call of Duty games truly nail the military theme, complete with bombastic and Michael Bay-ish spectacles. But I don't find them particularly engaging due to the lack of dynamics in the firefights, mainly because of the dumb-as-shit AI.
And if you expand on that theme, I think I'll follow Y2Kev's lead; both the Crysis games and Killzone 2 and 3 do it very well, since the gun combat in those games is fantastic.
And if you expand on that theme, I think I'll follow Y2Kev's lead; both the Crysis games and Killzone 2 and 3 do it very well, since the gun combat in those games is fantastic.
PetriP-TNT
Member
Wolfenstein has the best one. Military themed enough?