Mind if you help a Steam noob?

[Pokeylope]

TF2- is a must buy if you like shooting stuff
or the orange box or the valve pack Omnomnom mentioned
My comp's hardly a powerhouse, 3gigs ram, 2.5gh dual core, basically non-existant graphics card and i can run tf2 and halflife2 fine.

aside from that steam has ALOT of really great <10$ games, but they usually aren't shooters.

 

[Reynaerdinjo]

Buy Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl and install the Complete 2009 mod. Thank me later.

 

[Sacman]

Alright stupid question(and I know I will be crucified for it), but can I play shooters like TF2 and killing floor with a 360 controller? Im just used to a controller than a keyboard really, and I already have the software and the wireless receiver for the controller.

yeah you can but trust me unless you get used to the keyboard and mouse you will be constantly owned...
Also The Stalker Series is nice and cheap try them out... and Deus Ex it's my favorite game ever and it's only $5 but use the Shifter Mod [http://www.moddb.com/mods/shifter1] and HDTP [http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-hdtp] if the dated graphics bother you...

Edit: Buy the second Deus Ex only if it's on sale cause it's a fuggin joke compared to the first...

 

[Irridium]

While your waiting for Team Fortress 2, join the TF2 PC group! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Team-Fortress-2-Group-PC]

Shameless plugs aside, I say go with the first F.E.A.R.

 

[Marik2]

Alright stupid question(and I know I will be crucified for it), but can I play shooters like TF2 and killing floor with a 360 controller? Im just used to a controller than a keyboard really, and I already have the software and the wireless receiver for the controller.

yeah you can but trust me unless you get used to the keyboard and mouse you will be constantly owned...
Also The Stalker Series is nice and cheap try them out... and Deus Ex it's my favorite game ever and it's only $5 but use the Shifter Mod [http://www.moddb.com/mods/shifter1] and HDTP [http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-hdtp] if the dated graphics bother you...

Edit: Buy the second Deus Ex only if it's on sale cause it's a fuggin joke compared to the first...

Cant i just make the thumbsticks as sensitive as a mouse?

 

[tehroc]

Don't just buy anything, wait for it to be on sale.

 

[Marik2]

Don't just buy anything, wait for it to be on sale.

And when will that be?

 

[Bravo 21]

I enjoy the original splinter cell games, fairly entertaining and only $10

 

[Sacman]

Alright stupid question(and I know I will be crucified for it), but can I play shooters like TF2 and killing floor with a 360 controller? Im just used to a controller than a keyboard really, and I already have the software and the wireless receiver for the controller.

yeah you can but trust me unless you get used to the keyboard and mouse you will be constantly owned...
Also The Stalker Series is nice and cheap try them out... and Deus Ex it's my favorite game ever and it's only $5 but use the Shifter Mod [http://www.moddb.com/mods/shifter1] and HDTP [http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-hdtp] if the dated graphics bother you...

Edit: Buy the second Deus Ex only if it's on sale cause it's a fuggin joke compared to the first...

Cant i just make the thumbsticks as sensitive as a mouse?

controllers don't work that way...

Don't just buy anything, wait for it to be on sale.

And when will that be?

I dunno they have huge sales like every other week *exaggeration* plus they have a weekly deal and mid week madness and stuff on the weekend...

 

[RooftopAssassin]

Try Alien Swarm. It's free!

Dude I just checked it out, looks awesome! Do people play it often online, or did it go the way of World in Conflict?

 

[RooftopAssassin]

Don't just buy anything, wait for it to be on sale.

And when will that be?

Things on Steam go on sale often, and by often I mean all the friggin' time.

Killing Floor

Day of Defeat

Both cheap, 20 bucks or so for KF, 10-20 for DoD I think.

DoD is on sale for 5 bucks right now.

 

[Volafortis]

Alright stupid question(and I know I will be crucified for it), but can I play shooters like TF2 and killing floor with a 360 controller? Im just used to a controller than a keyboard really, and I already have the software and the wireless receiver for the controller.

yeah you can but trust me unless you get used to the keyboard and mouse you will be constantly owned...
Also The Stalker Series is nice and cheap try them out... and Deus Ex it's my favorite game ever and it's only $5 but use the Shifter Mod [http://www.moddb.com/mods/shifter1] and HDTP [http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-hdtp] if the dated graphics bother you...

Edit: Buy the second Deus Ex only if it's on sale cause it's a fuggin joke compared to the first...

Just so the OP and this guys knows. The Steam version of Deus Ex is incompatible with mods. I don't know why they chose to take them out.

 

[Sacman]

Alright stupid question(and I know I will be crucified for it), but can I play shooters like TF2 and killing floor with a 360 controller? Im just used to a controller than a keyboard really, and I already have the software and the wireless receiver for the controller.

yeah you can but trust me unless you get used to the keyboard and mouse you will be constantly owned...
Also The Stalker Series is nice and cheap try them out... and Deus Ex it's my favorite game ever and it's only $5 but use the Shifter Mod [http://www.moddb.com/mods/shifter1] and HDTP [http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-hdtp] if the dated graphics bother you...

Edit: Buy the second Deus Ex only if it's on sale cause it's a fuggin joke compared to the first...

Just so the OP and this guys knows. The Steam version of Deus Ex is incompatible with mods. I don't know why they chose to take them out.

what really?! I got mine off of amazon so I could have the box...

 

[tehroc]

Don't just buy anything, wait for it to be on sale.

And when will that be?

Every weekend. Steam offers so many deals I feel ashamed paying full price, patience is your friend. Too bad you didnt ask that question two weeks ago.

 

[Om Nom Nom]

Cant i just make the thumbsticks as sensitive as a mouse?

You might, depending if the game settings allow it... but that would make the game almost unplayable, where the slightest touch on the sticks would jerk your view around and make fine aiming completely impossible.

It's very worth while getting used to a keyboard+mouse for FPS games.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Don't buy Deus Ex, it has aged terribly. Please, please, don't listen to any nostalgic people stuck in the past and thinking this game at all holds up to modern shooters. It does some things well, and it deserves its place in history, but in terms of actual gameplay quality and intuitiveness compared to modern first-person games it basically pales in comparison.

Pick up Half-Life: Source, I know you said 'besides the Half-Life series' but this will play on pretty much any PC. You should post your system specs or something so we know what the limit is in terms of what we can recommend you

 

[CobraX]

The Ship, Killing Floor, Left 4 Dead 2, The Ship, Painkiller, Bioshock, and AVP Classic.

Also get America's Army - It's free!

Also Alien Swarm is free.

 

[Marik2]

Pick up Half-Life: Source, I know you said 'besides the Half-Life series' but this will play on pretty much any PC. You should post your system specs or something so we know what the limit is in terms of what we can recommend you

Yeah but I dont know what my specs are for my laptop

And Im waiting for the remake of Half Life (Im a very patient person and when it does come out I will have a good desktop) I dont wanna buy it and then a couple of months later the remake comes out for free.