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2004PEGI 16PlayStation

A grim sci-fi first-person shooter set in the war between the Helghast and the ISA, letting you switch between four heroes with different strengths. It also offered 16-player online multiplayer, though the servers are now shut down.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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Quake 4

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2005USK 18PC, Xbox88 % positive

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A linear sci-fi shooter on the Doom 3 engine where marine Matthew Kane takes the fight to the Strogg homeworld, featuring the infamous stroggification twist. Squad missions, vehicle sections and fast arena multiplayer round it out.

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Unreal Tournament III

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A fast-paced arena shooter built around frantic firefights, futuristic weapons and vehicles. The focus is on online matches and bot battles across many game modes.

Haze

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A 2008 first-person shooter in which you play a soldier for a private military corporation, using the drug Nectar to boost your abilities until you realize you are fighting for the wrong side. The drug mechanic alters perception and combat, but the game fell short of expectations.

Farpoint

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A linear PlayStation VR shooter in which you get stranded on a hostile alien planet after an accident near Jupiter. Played with the Aim Controller, fighting off giant insectoid creatures feels especially immediate.

Gears of War

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A brutal third-person shooter that defined cover-based combat, pairing the chainsaw-bayonet Lancer and active reloads with a grim, ruined world overrun by the Locust. The campaign shines in two-player co-op, backed by tense competitive multiplayer.

Area 51

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A linear first-person shooter where you play HAZMAT soldier Ethan Cole investigating a viral outbreak inside the secret Area 51 facility. Mutants, aliens and a conspiracy create a dark sci-fi horror mood.

Red Faction

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A first-person shooter set on Mars where you play a miner joining a rebellion. Its Geo-Mod tech lets you blast through walls and terrain in real time, which made for standout moments back then.

F.E.A.R.

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A first-person shooter that pairs explosive slow-motion firefights against remarkably smart enemy AI with unsettling psychological horror built around the eerie girl Alma. Its destructible gunfights are still held up as a genre benchmark.

F.E.A.R. 3

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A linear horror shooter where you fight as the slow-mo-wielding Point Man or the body-possessing ghost Paxton Fettel, best played in co-op with a friend. Combat is more action-heavy than its predecessors, with the scares somewhat toned down.

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

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Fast-paced online deathmatch in the Half-Life 2 universe where the Gravity Gun and physics engine turn barrels, sawblades and toilets into lethal projectiles. Play free-for-all or Combine vs. Resistance team matches.

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