Kid? Modern Warfare 2?
Oh man how did I get so old
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Every other not so much futuristic COD? Battlefield? Ubisoft did made their own COD called XDefiant but they already shut it down.
Idk what COD is these days tbh. do they make non-futuristic COD anymore? I thought it was just all Black Ops 14 set in the year 289384 these days.
Battlefield always seemed like it was about huge maps and matches that last 7 years where you walk 3 miles, get sniped by some guy lying in a bush, and then repeat
Idk what COD is these days tbh. do they make non-futuristic COD anymore? I thought it was just all Black Ops 14 set in the year 289384 these days.
After the failure of IW they got back at the more grounded COD, don't know how it is nowadays but wallrun and double jump are gone
Battlefield always seemed like it was about huge maps and matches that last 7 years where you walk 3 miles, get sniped by some guy lying in a bush, and then repeat
Yeah basically and I don't even like to play BF but is the one closer to gamefeel of COD
I played Battlefield 6 beta and the 3 miles and sniped feeling has been drastically reduced. This one might be up your ally.
The new battlefield (battlefield 6) looks promising in that regard. There's quite a bit of focus on smaller maps and infantry gameplay, which has upset the die hard battlefield fans, but is going over well with the general audience. The call of duty modern warfare series was also rebooted in the last few years, as a return to the gameplay mechanics of the original modern warfare games, some of the original characters returned. But it's not as good as the originals, and the plot is even worse than before. But modern warfare 2019 shouldn't be that expensive if you just want to have a try at the modern warfare reboots and see if you like it.
I was so disappointed with it.
If it actually played like BF3/4 I would love it but it absolutely does not, it definitely played like a call of duty.
Bring back suppression mechanics.
I might have to try battlefield 6 then, that does sound like my kind of thing
And honestly I'm not interested in playing a reboot of a game I like. the game I like still exists, I'll just play that one
The reboot is a different game, it's not as if they remastered the old modern warfare games and called it a day (those also do exist seperate to the reboots). It's just a return to a modern real world setting with some classic characters (Captain Price, Ghost) to reuse the modern warfare branding. But not a sequel or prequel, the plot line is different.
Yeah not the biggest fan of that either, but it's probably the closest to the classic call of duty formula.
Well, turns out they don't want linux players on battlefield 6. Guess I'm gonna keep on playing the games from 2011 
FEAR is the only game that comes to mind for what you describe, it's nothing super fast paced not too tactical and slow like ARMA. It's got bullet time, guns feel good to use, maps are alright, lot of civil infrastructure, warehouses, and office spaces.
I play a lot of half life mods and could recommend some of those, but there's a handful on steam so it's easy enough to check them out. Not that half life is super tactical but it's never required any super fast moves.
Arma 3 is kind of a maybe. I say it with years of muscle memory for the controls and only really play with friends vs ai.
If you meant for multiplayer I got nothing. I liked battlefield, the combined arms took a lot of pressure off having to be super good.
the kind of shooter I like
Thought you meant this at first
That's the vibe I've had for a while. I'm not a fan of battle royales (I'm bad at video games, so a high ratio of chores to action just means I'm barely getting any action) so ever since Fortnite blew up it's pretty much been a desert for me.Might be a hot take but I also loved and played the crap out of the original cod4 and mw2. Like a lot, and was really good at it with a great group of friends. Closest I got to that feel (and in some ways it even surpassed it) was the mw2 remake (not mw3 with OG mw2, but mw2 from a few years ago). The pace was much slower, maps were solid, and the gunplay and connection all felt like the originals I grew up on. And shotguns were actually viable but that’s just a thing I like
I put in as much time into that game as I did any of the original ones and it brought back a bunch of my friends too. We played for almost the whole year it was out and even met some new friends. It’s a bit of an older title but it’s under the cod umbrella game now and there’s still a player base. Was the highest peak player count cod ever had too, which goes to show how prevalent it was and how many people it probably brought back. There is mtx but it’s generally tame I think, just avoid buying skins
Closest thing I can think of might be something like insurgency sandstorm, which is pretty old at this point but is still receiving updates.
Squad/hell let loose are good, but are a different format entirely than why you’re talking about.
Battlebit was good for a bit but I get the impression that things have gone a bit haywire there.
Possibly battlefield 6 will be good, hasn’t been released yet.
honestly as someone who loved the games you were talking about back then, nothing scratches the itch for me quite the same. the best games i've found are battlefield. bf6 is coming out soon, the open beta was pretty good so i'm looking forward to it
a big issue in a lot of online shooters these days is that people with high refresh rates have a huge advantage over other players. you can have a 60hz monitor and get 60fps and get beat out really easily by someone on a 244hz display just cause they basically saw you first due to their higher framerate. back in the mw2/3 days we were all at the same frame rate and refresh rate.
amazed to see no one said hell let loose
Isonzo, Italian Front. I’m an old school CS:Source, Halo CE - 3, Battlefield Bad Company 2 guy and this is the only shooter that’s been tolerable for me in years. Shame it has a small community but you can play with bots, which frankly in this day and age I’d almost prefer given the shit online communities. To me it’s a nice balance between full milsims like HLL which I don’t have the time or patience for anymore or the nightmare that is modern CoD.
Other than that I play BF1 and BF5. Pretty much all I can stand.
yes
if you’re open to a non-war-sim, ratchet and clank is about as arcadey pew pew as it gets