I want to play a classic pc game

lokiss said:
Even though FPS had been around for a mere 5-6 years, they were becoming a bit stale. The old adage of the red or blue key card find was prevalent in just about everything when talking single player first person regardless of whatever theme. I guess you had to be there to realise what a breath of fresh air the original was in a stagnating genre. Placing the game now with the awareness you have of it sitting in the subset genre is blinding, there was nothing like at the time.
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I suppose that's fair. I played shareware Doom when it came out, but never really 'got it' at the time so didn't get into FPS games until decades later. Re-playing Doom and discovering Quake over the last year after playing modern shooters, and it made me think how fun they were compared to a more orienteering type of modern shooter game. It helps that they update the games with modern resolutions. But like you say, if I was playing something that seemed formulaic for years, I'd likely welcome the innovation.
 
I love the first Unreal single-player game. Such a great FPS title, with the added charm of an interesting story and artistic flair. Mind-blowing for the time.
 
My absolute favourites are:
Deux Ex
Morrowind
Max Payne

Can't think of any more off the top of my head! Jesus my memory is terrible these days.
 
Not an FPS, but it's a brilliant forefather of dark souls - Ninja Gaiden Sigma1/Sigma2 (S2 must be modded to be enjoyed, as it lackss blood and enemy counts in its default state) The combat is insanely good, better than anything that followed imo
 
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