Upon its release, Far Cry awed the world by beating Half Life 2 and Doom 3 (then most anticipated titles) by being the first of a series of “next gen” first person shooter’s. It was critically and publicly acclaimed for its cutting-edge graphics, AI, and environment, and won further praise for being the first game to support HDR.
A top-down third-person shooter. You are stationed on one of Jupiter's moons which was recently colonized, and are called in to investigate the cause of a power outage. Aliens threaten to overwhelm a nearby colony. Only you stand in their way.
Guild Wars is an online game with some resemblance to Roleplaying games. It's quite popular, no doubt due to having to pay no monthly fees. The game offers an MMO experience in the different town, where the "countryside" and missions are "instanced."
Giants: Citizen Kabuto is a third person shooter from Planet Moon and Interplay. Gameplay is unusually varied, and spans three campaigns with three characters - the heavily armed, high-tech meccaryn Baz and his squadmates, the sword-wielding, spellcasting sea reaper Delphi, and the enormous, village-trampling Kabuto himself.
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter is an FPS from Croteam and Gathering of Developers. You play as Sam "Serious" Stone, and do battle with thousands of alien nasties throughout various historical set-pieces, using an array of diverse and enormous weapons.
Civilization III is a turn based strategy game from Firaxis Games and Infogrames. The basis of Civ 3, like in the previous two, is building a civilization from a primitive tribe to a modern empire, developing cities, technology, and culture, and conquering weaker empires while making peace with stronger ones.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is an RTS from Westwood Studios and EA. In the alternate universe where Germany never rose to power, the Allies and Soviets are at it again, but this time the Soviets have launched a full scale invasion of the US. You can command Allied forces and repel the invasion, or command Soviet forces and lay waste to the US and its allies.
Quake 3 is an online FPS from Id Software and Activision. In a departure from its predecessors, it completely lacks a traditional singleplayer campaign, and the emphasis is mostly on deathmatch.
Half-Life 2 is an FPS from Valve Software, and was one of the most highly anticipated sequels of all time. You return as Gordon Freeman, the strong and silent-type physicist, and you must do battle with an alien race of enslavers to liberate the surviving remainder of humanity on earth.
Also applies to Half-Life 2 Lost Coast free downloadable level.
Unreal Tournament is an online FPS from Epic Games and GT Software. Its main competition being Quake 3, it distinguishes itself from the Quake games by focusing on team-based games such as team deathmatch, capture the flag, and assault, rather than free-for-all deathmatch.
