Due to a combination of Amazon summer sales and the Steam sale, I'm currently attempting to plow through Binary Domain, the original Max Payne, and the original F.E.A.R.
Binary Domain I'd say is a pretty underrated cover-based third person shooter. I'm not sure if it's the most unique thing out there, and the voice acting can be silly at times, but so far the plot can be actually engaging at times and the game is just plain old fun. Just... be warned that the PC version is a pretty damn obvious console port.
Max Payne 1 is turning out to be one of those games I'm kinda kicking myself for not playing earlier. It really is just blowing me away how fun, engaging, and well made this game is. Plus, the crazy amounts of environmental-interaction and attention to little details makes my inner tiny-detail-nerd squee with delight...
And finally, F.E.A.R. is also turning out to be a game I wish I had tried earlier. The story is honestly not all that fantastic, it truly isn't a scary game, and the environments can look a little samey after a while. But dammit... slo-mo shotgunning people to the face NEVER gets old. Plus the game has some nice graphical effects that still look pretty impressive to this day (kinda crazy considering F.E.A.R. was released in 2005), so it's all just a big bag of awesomeness so far...
Binary Domain I'd say is a pretty underrated cover-based third person shooter. I'm not sure if it's the most unique thing out there, and the voice acting can be silly at times, but so far the plot can be actually engaging at times and the game is just plain old fun. Just... be warned that the PC version is a pretty damn obvious console port.
Max Payne 1 is turning out to be one of those games I'm kinda kicking myself for not playing earlier. It really is just blowing me away how fun, engaging, and well made this game is. Plus, the crazy amounts of environmental-interaction and attention to little details makes my inner tiny-detail-nerd squee with delight...
And finally, F.E.A.R. is also turning out to be a game I wish I had tried earlier. The story is honestly not all that fantastic, it truly isn't a scary game, and the environments can look a little samey after a while. But dammit... slo-mo shotgunning people to the face NEVER gets old. Plus the game has some nice graphical effects that still look pretty impressive to this day (kinda crazy considering F.E.A.R. was released in 2005), so it's all just a big bag of awesomeness so far...