Tempest is a blast. The tutorial is minimal and there's no documentation but the core game play is intuitive enough and there are many YouTube videos to help learn the details. Once you do, it's great looking and fun to explore and accept missions. Fully recommended.
There are plenty of sim games that allow you to fly in space. Some newer ones, like Rebel Galaxy, even let the player command a capital ship in third person perspective. But if you want to experience being the master of a space naval vessel, Star Trek Bridge Commander is the only game to suit. Here the player sits in the command chair and issues orders through a convenient menu system. This is the opposite to most spaceflight games where you zip around in one-man fighters or pilot a cargo ship from outside. For added immersion, Star Trek Bridge Commander lets you play as yourself rather than as a character from television or the movies. The in-game tutorial featuring Captain Picard is part of the campaign's first mission and helpfully introduces the player to the basics. After that, you set off to fulfill assignments along the way to solving a mystery. My old existing version runs like a dog in Windows 7 and Windows 10, so it's a pleasant surprise that Good Old Games has picked up this and the other early 2000s Star Trek games.
Upon launching, TimeShift opens a small window at upper left corner of the screen and crashes Windows. System - Core i5-11400 / Intel UHD Graphics 730 / 8 GB RAM / Windows 10 Home The game looks like it's a great FPS but the only way I can experience it is through YouTube long plays.
With the Far Cry franchise increasingly burdened with RPG elements and politics, it's refreshing to revisit the original game that set the standard for realistic open-world first-person shooters. Bright, colorful, and challenging to say the least. Huge selection of locations, vehicles, and weapons. Play on the easiest difficulty if necessary because, even then, it'll rough you up plenty along the way. Any graphics solution from the past 10 years will be able to play it at 1080p with high frame rates. A straight-up and challenging FPS for only $10 US. Hard to beat that.
Strictly of interest to first person shooter fans, IGI 2's only merits are the player's movement is smooth and his weapons are varied and powerful. Everything else is low quality and frustrating. Although this game is by a reputable studio, Codemasters, it's far behind the graphics and game play of other titles from this era. The objectives are unreasonably difficult, the bots are clueless but lethal, and the player is allowed only limited saves. The voice acting is amateurish, to say the least. There's no comparing IGI 2 to the likes of Halo Combat Evolved, James Bond 007 Nightfire, or Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, all of which are now abandonware and thus freely available. If only GOG would invest its time and effort into bringing us those kinds of titles instead of pale imitators like IGI 2. Don't buy this game unless you are a hardcore first person shooter collector and have nothing new to play. Make sure it's on sale, too, because you will be disappointed before finishing the first few missions.
I can't say for certain that Immortal Redneck will become a FPS fan favorite but it should be. With all the dull new titles being cranked out by the major studios, this indie game stands out. I've just spent the weekend playing it on my brother's laptop and am deciding on whether to buy it for my gaming desktop. Immortal Redneck is fun and addictive but be warned. It's brutally difficult, even for a player like me who has over 20 yrs. of FPS experience. The theme is clever and gives us a chance to play as a cool and tough anti-hero who quips funny dialog along the way through fictional Egyptian pyramids. The matching music is upbeat and charming. But the star of the show is the visuals. Bright colors, randomly generated rooms, and the game runs as smooth as silk. Beautiful to see. The single player bots are well designed and come at you like in Serious Sam, including from behind and above. That's what makes Immortal Redneck so challenging and, at times, frustrating. I haven't yet completed a pyramid. So for you hardcore FPS guys, this game is a must-buy. For more casual FPS fans, give it a shot and see how far you can go in it. From the viewpoint of presentation, though, I thoroughly recommend it.
The concept of indie games is good for players but generally you get what you pay for. TAG is a perfect example of this. It appears polished and easy to approach but it doesn't take long for it to unravel. The humor is somewhat amusing at first, but when combined with the juvenile dialog as you progress through it, it becomes annoying. The player's death animation also seems clever at first, but after several viewings, it's tiresome. The story is confusing and were it not for online walkthroughs, it's hard to see how most players would know what to do and how some of the mechanics work. Worst of all, about half an hour into TAG, the difficulty steeply climbs into nearly impossible. Although the controls are solid for keyboard and mouse, this game is no Super Mario despite the obvious imitation of that game's art and audio. If you're seriously into platformers or just want to play a free title in between real games, give TAG a shot. But I expect most of you will uninstall it well before finishing it.
Bought this, at full price, and so far I'm pleased with it. It's why I like FPSs from the late 90s through late 2000s, before graphics became indistinguishable from movies and required massive desktop rendering power. Interestingly, I hadn't heard of Chaser until browsing at GOG. It's like James Bond 007 NIghtfire meets Halo Combat Evolved. For guys who like straightforward missions, good but not excessive amounts of action, easy to learn yet satisfying weapons, and exciting soundtrack and effects, this is definitely a game you ought to consider.
This is a good classic FPS but be warned. If you're running Windows 7 you probably won't be able to adjust the resolution. It will remain at 800 x 600, of course stretched on widescreen monitors, no matter how often you set the resolution in the launcher or even in the config. file. Apparently this is a common problem. Like others, I used all the tricks found on various forums, incl. the Steam ones, and nothing has corrected this issue. I'm disappointed because until now GOG has provided optimized versions for newer OSs (Windows XP through 10) of all the games I've purchased.
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While the UNIX inspired AI is amusing for awhile, the dialog you'll have with him becomes quickly tiresome. Honestly, the conversations in the game HuniePop are far more convincing and entertaining than found here. As to the visuals, this game looks like a quick rip of No Man's Sky. The short length, about 2 hrs., makes this more a demo than a commercial release.
