Recommend Me A Pc Action Game

Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Please?</div>Requirements - Not FPS. It's okay if it uses FPS style controls but doesn't play much like an FPS (i.e. Jedi Knight II after lightsaber works fine because it's more hack & slash, but something like Max Payne is no good). I'm rediculously bored with all my FPS games x.x

So basically, if it's a quality action game that's NOT a shooter with standard FPS controls (i.e. Resident Evil 4), it should be good. My PC library primarily consists of FPS games and PC ports of console games, so odds are if you're thinking of a non-FPS game, I don't have it. As a matter of fact, the only 2 non-FPS action games I do recall having are Oni and Hevay Metal: FAKK2, so go wild :P

Also, I do have a 13 button gamepad with 2 analog sticks and a D-pad that acts as a POV hat, as well as a few joysticks, so it doesn't need to be a keyboard-friendly game.

Games I'm already thinking about:
PoP: Warrior Within
Jedi Knight II

And that's basically it x.x
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    edited June 2005
    -EDIT- I need to read -EDIT-

    That said, you can't go wrong with Freespace 2

    Or Darwinia.

    Also use this oppertunity to play games you usually wouldn't.

    Play something like Freedom Force Vs The Third Reich or Evil Genius.


    -EDIT2- You also can't go wrong with Cannon Fodder. If you can "aqquire" it somehow -EDIT2-
  • Status_QuoStatus_Quo Join Date: 2004-01-30 Member: 25749Members
    You could try Die by the Sword. Old game, you move your sword around with your mouse basically, and hack your way through a dungeon of kobolds (looks like small dogs for some reason), orcs (looks like pigs for some other reason) and a bunch of other stuff (that overall doesn't look anything like I would've imagined them to look).

    Deus Ex is another good one. Deus Ex 2 as well, to a lesser extent. Both are sort of futuristic, RPG/FPS mix, though you can theoretically go around without shooting anyone and especially the first game relies more on your in-game skills than on your dexterity with a mouse.

    That's all I can think of right now.
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I just picked up San Andreas for the PC(came out today). Great action game for sure. But wait until the first patch comes, as there are a few VERY bad bugs(no primary sound effects, no mission speak sound).
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    Maybe Sid Meier's Pirates!?

    *cough* the exclamation mark is part of the title; I'm not being aggressively interrogative <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    edited June 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Quaunaut+Jun 7 2005, 08:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Jun 7 2005, 08:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I just picked up San Andreas for the PC(came out today). Great action game for sure. But wait until the first patch comes, as there are a few VERY bad bugs(no primary sound effects, no mission speak sound). <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Already have it for PS2 =X

    Venmoch - I was initially thinking no RTS, though Freedom Forve vs. The Third Reich seems interesting. Darwinia seems interesting as well but I'm not sure if it's my type of game. EDIT: Guess I'll play the Darwinia demo

    Status Quo - Die by the Sword looks neat. Downloading the demo. EDIT: Demo's pretty cool. Seems like a port of an old Playstation or Saturn game.
    And I forgot all about Deus Ex; guess I'll get that demo as well

    EDIT: Pirates!, eh? Seems like an RTS but Gamespot says it also has a lot of action... Guess I'll download that demo, too. EDIT II* Erp, seems DLX doesn't have that demo/there <i>is</i> no demo *

    Good thing I got a 120 GB drive last weekend <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    edited June 2005
    Deus Ex isn't really a first person shooter. I mean, the argument can be made that it is a first perspective game in which you may or may not shoot people (possibly with a gun) but you could say the same thing about Metal Gear Solid 2 (you shoot people from a first person perspective). [edit]You might as well check out MGS2 while you're at it[/edit]

    Bear in mind that it still uses the controls of a first person shooter, so if you want to get away from that... actually, don't bear that in mind, just play it. Yesterday.
  • V_MANV_MAN V-MAN Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6217Members, Constellation
    I would recomend this game

    Thief 3: Deady Shadows, kind of a 1st or 3rd person sneak and hack em up.

    Other games I'm currently playing on the PC atm are

    Rome Total War = civilization/RTS hybrid type gameplay
    Silent Hunter 3 = WW2 U-boat sim, awsome graphics and nice scaleable difficulty level.
  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Darwinia's odd.

    But it gets big props for having a Dev team of about 5.
  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    edited June 2005
    [edit - damn, I got beaten <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->]

    Have you played Thief before? It's all about sneaking swiping and eavesdropping. I'd recommend Thief 1 to start with even though it is quite old, but it is a very good game still. Basically the gameplay is sneak about not making much noise, avoid guards/beasties by distracting them/knocking them out/shooting out lights/exploring/finding secrets and observing the world around you (eavesdropping, reading scrolls/books...the Thief world is quite rich in information). Oh, and stealing stuff <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    <a href='http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/demos/' target='_blank'>http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/demos/</a>

    You can download the demos there.
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Merkaba+Jun 7 2005, 08:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Merkaba @ Jun 7 2005, 08:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> [edit - damn, I got beaten <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Your edit lacks the text at the bottom that mentions you edited o.o
  • docchimpydocchimpy Join Date: 2003-07-19 Member: 18266Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Venmoch+Jun 7 2005, 07:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jun 7 2005, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    -EDIT2- You also can't go wrong with Cannon Fodder. If you can "aqquire" it somehow -EDIT2- <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Agreed. Godspeed, Captain Jools. Godspeed.

    6/28/04 NEVAR FORGET!(Oh god I wish we had that SA "Crying Eagle" emoticon)

    It's got a weird little control scheme, but I reccomend you at least try it out once.


    Freedom Force was fun for a while, especially with the mods.
  • DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
    deus ex is an fps i thought....

    I was really addicted to the demo way back in the day, i never had much money, so I never bought it.

    If you want something with FPS controls, a decent story, and some cool graphics, go splinter cell. Most is 3rd person, and the effects in the new one (Chaos Theory) are amazing even with relitively little computing power.
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    Deus Ex is pretty cool, definentley not like (m)any other FPS games I've played in that I think it's pretty cool and haven't even actually shot anybody yet... I've also been entertained throughout the whole demo so far with shooting being one of the less entertaining bits. (Just barely started the first level, training level was fun, which is good as most training levels generally aren't)

    I have yet to play the Theif demo but I've been hearing about it for some time.

    The idea here is arcadey-type action a la Contra: Hard Corps or something similarly action-packed, though Deus Ex is really really cool. It's probably like, $5, too...

    <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B00003OPES/all/ref=dp_pb_a/002-1362499-2510411?s=software' target='_blank'>Yup...</a>

    Supposing it's as good as I've been hearing, doesn't look like <a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/offering/list/-/B00001YVIB/all/ref=dp_pb_a/002-1362499-2510411?s=videogames' target='_blank'>Theif</a>'ll exactly break the bank either, so I'm still open to ideas.

    So Theif and Deus Ex are officially done with :P

    Games I'm currently still considering:
    Die by the Sword
    Freedom Force (seeing as how vs. The Third Reich is ~$40)
    PoP: Warrior Within
    <a href='http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-7s-70-2uf-4-6.html' target='_blank'>Guilty Gear X</a>
  • 2_of_Eight2_of_Eight Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
    Hitman, especially Contracts (3) is almost not a shooter - you can go through the whole game without firing a single bullet. I fired about 5 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Try Psychonauts
    Or Beyond Good and Evil
    Maybe Splinter Cell
  • Har_Har_the_PirateHar_Har_the_Pirate Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19388Members, Constellation
    Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast kicks so much ****
  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    edited June 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-2 of Eight+Jun 7 2005, 11:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (2 of Eight @ Jun 7 2005, 11:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hitman, especially Contracts (3) is almost not a shooter - you can go through the whole game without firing a single bullet. I fired about 5 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    But once you go through the game as a Silent Assassin, you sure as hell want to go back and kill people with the the armory you've unlocked. Minigun ftw.

    Edit: Oh, and try Splinter Cell 3, San Andreas (just came out!), and Battlefield 2 (when it comes out!).
  • NurotNurot Join Date: 2003-12-04 Member: 23932Members, Constellation
    Your already thinking about PoP:within and that is indeed a good game, one I would recommend I recently found out about is Pariah, very well done game.
  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Crono5+Jun 8 2005, 09:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Crono5 @ Jun 8 2005, 09:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> EDIT: Pirates!, eh? Seems like an RTS but Gamespot says it also has a lot of action... Guess I'll download that demo, too. EDIT II* Erp, seems DLX doesn't have that demo/there <i>is</i> no demo * <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's not an RTS. It's really hard to pin down the genre at all, actually - let's just say it's an adventure. You're a pirate - you sail the carribean, attacking ships, plundering booty, attacking ports, wooing wenches and (here's the action part) crossing swords with honest sailors and scurvy pilferers alike.

    Although, as far as I know, it's probably not nearly as much pure "action" as you were thinking it's a good game anyway.
  • PulsePulse To create, to create and escape. Join Date: 2002-08-29 Member: 1248Members, Constellation
    You might also try

    <img src='http://img294.echo.cx/img294/125/pso4zr.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
  • SpacerSpacer Invented dogs Join Date: 2003-05-02 Member: 16008Members
    How about... American McGee's Alice?
  • torquetorque Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20035Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited June 2005
    I'm playing Cold Fear right now, which is like.. 3rd person action, more or less RE zombie/possession horror style. Pretty simplistic, but I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit (maybe because it IS simple). Good atmosphere, nice graphics.
  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    PSO's an MMO, and the whole series seems a little slow-paced as far as the action goes.

    Cold Fear looks kinda like RE4, but since I already have RE4 I think I'll skip it for right now :P

    The Alice demo felt like a mediocre game, but was an interesting re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland.

    Btw, not to say that games of this type are inherentley bad, but please refrain from using a WWII-themed game unless you play as some sort of non-aligned badass ninja (i.e. Ryu Hayabusa). I currently own Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Return to Castle Wolfenstien, which is more than enough WWII for me.

    So right now, the considering list is such:<ul><li>Theif III (Really fun demo, I felt like Legato from Trigun whenever I snuck behind and killed someone (note I killed everyone in the castle). Cue Legato music and a crackly, evil laugh)</li><li>Deus Ex: Invisible War</li><li>Prince of Persia: Warrior Within</li><li>Die by the Sword</li></ul>
    Please keep 'em coming!

    (Btw, Venmoch, the Darwinia demo was cool, but RTS games aren't by bag. Definentley looked neat and had some cool bits to it, like the gesture recognition; really cool, but not my thing)
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Jun 7 2005, 08:10 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Jun 7 2005, 08:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Maybe Sid Meier's Pirates!?

    *cough* the exclamation mark is part of the title; I'm not being aggressively interrogative <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I concurr. Piracy is win.
  • Quantum_MooseQuantum_Moose Join Date: 2005-03-05 Member: 43643Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-docchimpy+Jun 7 2005, 09:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (docchimpy @ Jun 7 2005, 09:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Venmoch+Jun 7 2005, 07:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jun 7 2005, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    -EDIT2- You also can't go wrong with Cannon Fodder. If you can "aqquire" it somehow -EDIT2- <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Agreed. Godspeed, Captain Jools. Godspeed.

    6/28/04 NEVAR FORGET!(Oh god I wish we had that SA "Crying Eagle" emoticon)

    It's got a weird little control scheme, but I reccomend you at least try it out once.


    Freedom Force was fun for a while, especially with the mods. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Here we go...

    : |

    <img src='http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Deploro%20Amor/eagle.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
  • TrevelyanTrevelyan Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14834Members
    F&#$... if you haven't played JK:II You should get it... find a cheat to give yourself a lightsaber and lvl 1 force powers... and forget about the guns.
  • Fog_cartoonsFog_cartoons Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20658Members
    Hows about IL-Sturmovik, as long as you have a decent joystick and your into flight sims, this game is amazing!
  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    edited June 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Trevelyan+Jun 9 2005, 04:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Trevelyan @ Jun 9 2005, 04:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> F&#$... if you haven't played JK:II You should get it... find a cheat to give yourself a lightsaber and lvl 1 force powers... and forget about the guns. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Am I seriously the only person in the world that not only didn't hate the gun levels, but thought they were pretty neat?

    Edit: And play No One Lives Forever 2. One of the best games I've ever played - great humour, and core gameplay very similar to that of Deus Ex.
  • AlienCowAlienCow Join Date: 2003-09-20 Member: 21040Members
    Hey the first couple of levels of JK2 are great, blasting enemies to crap with all sorts of odd weaponry and the good ol' blasters; the only level that sucked is the find-the-light-saber level.

    I borrowed it off a mate last week, finished it coupla days ago - not the best of endings, really, but its a damn great game all the way through. Having said I like the blasters, once you get the lightsaber you won't go back <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->


    I also recomend <b>The Thing</b>. Thats probably my favourite single player game ever. Great fun having squads of marines following you around then suddenly turning into aliens or just generally not liking you and having a huge accidental fight during which the dude with the flamethrower kills EVERYBODY including you. You really have to play it to know what I mean. I suck at scary stuff, and while this isn't amazingly scary i found it was at the level where I really had problems stepping around each corner.

    If you've seen either of the films/read the story, this is for you <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    edited June 2005
    Some screenies of "Pirates!" to persuade you (taken by yours truly in the course of a normal game):

    <img src='http://img293.echo.cx/img293/1959/pirates20050309210206930nb.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Sword fighting! (which starts off insanely easy but gets progressively harder as your pirate ages and loses his agility)

    <img src='http://img293.echo.cx/img293/7186/pirates20050309210125060zh.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Naval battles! (with battles which slowly fade into night-time as the battle wears on, with your men cheering when you land a hit on the enemy and screaming when you take a hit yourself)

    <img src='http://img293.echo.cx/img293/6143/pirates20050309201754170xr.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Wooing! (with hawt governor's daughters and some which are.... less than hawt... but easier to woo!)

    And finally (if this doesn't win you over I don't know what will.....)

    <img src='http://img292.echo.cx/img292/5821/boobies7jq.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    Boobies! Ahem, yes, I'm looking at your face, really. (no there is no actual nudity...)


    The game goes for a sort of nice PC, *almost* cartoony feel, with the swordfights being actiony rather than realistic (kicking people through windows and banisters, sliding down bannisters Legolas-style e.t.c), and with defeated enemy crews being put ashore in lifeboats rather than brutally slaughtered.... but then quite honestly if I wanted mass slaughter i'd play Rome Total war. The game is short; you'll finish your first pirate's career in a weekend, but there's a lot of replayability in the ability to choose different time periods (which will in turn effect who owns which ports, and what ships are more easily available), difficulty settings and factions. And don't forget there's boobies.
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