What's the multiplayer FPS I need?

[FnG]magnolia · 28 Sep 2021 at 09:56

What are the cool kids playing these days when it comes to multiplayer FPS games? I'm thinking deathmatch, team deathmatch, CTF - basically my brain has stagnated to UT2003/4 and needs what is now, I suppose, a retro and probably unfashionable hit of the good stuff.

I don't care about and actually avoid:

battle royale
games where realism trumps enjoyment
'war' type games (I tried COD MW and bounced off it ... hard)

I saw a piece on Eurogamer this morning about whatever the new Halo is called and it featured, in part, the PC port, and it probably sparked this longing for more simple, more to the point, fun. Even watching the guys play a beta was enjoyable. I'll keep an eye on it.

I know it's not healthy or even practical to look to the past too much but if any of the above makes sense and you have some suggestions I am all ears.

mags x

[FnG]magnolia · 28 Sep 2021 at 10:39

^ Thank you for that, I'll have a look. It seems the wall/rocket jumps and that type of older school mechanic are replaced by (literal) portals? Nice

e: for clarity, I'm responding to post #5 by Junglist.

[FnG]magnolia · 28 Sep 2021 at 10:50

Zefan said:
Give quake champions a go. Get ready to get very rekt but if you have half decent arena FPS experience you'll be the rekker as opposed to the rekker sooner rather than later. Population count is low but it's free and the menu music is killer

Good call Zefan and thank you. The last update I had on that from Steam was 'Quake Champions 2021 Summer Update' which was good; the traversal is there, the movement is almost there, but it still feels very WIP. I realise that might be unfair given their backing and resource. Thank you though

Keep them coming gang

[FnG]magnolia · 30 Sep 2021 at 21:47

Quick update: thanks to all who recommended Splitgate. I am having a ton of fun with this and it's definitely scratching the UT/Quake itch I had. Some of the additional game types - and there are lots for newbs like me - are a bit hit and miss (not a huge fan of the 'one in the chamber' or whatever, and the zombie/survivor game type) but love that they're stretching out what is traditionally done with this type of game.

Still got my eye on Halo Infinite but Splitgate is fragalicious so far