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#1 Essian
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When he's gotten bored of MW2, didn't like BF3, played all the old CoD games and BC2, done with GoW3, and tried Crysis 2 but wasn't into it... I think I've pretty much run the gambit, and there isn't anything (other than Halo, which I refuse to get, because I ****ing hate that series) else for me to try. I guess my best bet is to try and get back into one of the games I mentioned... Any thoughts or suggestions?

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#2 firefox59
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Singularity and Bioshock. Not pure war shooters but amazing games. Also, try Operation Flashpoint: Red River for a game no one has played but is incredibly solid with a fun campaign and "spec ops" like missions on the side.

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#3 sukraj
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Have you tried Rage or Crysis HD.

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#4 tjricardo089
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Bioshock Bioshock Bioshock Bioshock.

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#5 spike6958
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How about moving onto a different/better Genre of games? Take some time off from the shooters, play an RPG or a Platformer (Rayman: Origins is really good), or anything just make sure it's not a shooter, and then after a couple of weeks or so go back to the shooters and see how they feel then. It's easy to get burned out when you stick to one genre.
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#6 Patrickbrown56
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Borderlands - FPS w/ rpg elements. And it'll get you ready to play Borderlands 2. Or try BF3 again, don't know how you couldn't like that game. It takes some time to get used to, but MAN is it good.

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#7 Ghost_702
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Team Fortress 2 on PC, which is free.
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#8 RoslindaleOne
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Why not give Halo another shot and focus on its positives instead of the negatives. You seem spiteful towards it with the way you put it. I used to hate Call of Duty online (for dumb reasons), then eventually gave in and now am enjoying it. I usually mix it up with Halo and the CoD series. Keeps me happy.
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#9 Gen007
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umm play other games that aren't shooters? There are other genres ya know.

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#10 Essian
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Why not give Halo another shot and focus on its positives instead of the negatives. You seem spiteful towards it with the way you put it. I used to hate Call of Duty online (for dumb reasons), then eventually gave in and now am enjoying it. I usually mix it up with Halo and the CoD series. Keeps me happy.RoslindaleOne
the problems I have are: No unlockables to keep me coming back (Gears pulled this off, Halo didn't) SMALL game types (max of 8 players? I feel like 12 in CoD TDM is tiny) weapons that I don't find fun to play with it just didn't work for me, thats all. And to everyone else, I meant for this to be a multiplayer focused thread, not a SP one. In terms of Single Player, I don't need any more games (as I am focused on FFXIII in prep for the sequel, Dark Souls and Space Marine atm)
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#11 RoslindaleOne
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I see, well not sure what to recommend...maybe play Left 4 Dead? If there's still people playing it online.
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#12 soapman72
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..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

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#13 soapman72
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..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

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or try playing a better genre:shock:

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..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

soapman72
Essian was talking about playing online.
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[QUOTE="soapman72"]

..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

RoslindaleOne

Essian was talking about playing online.

Were did he say that young man?

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#16 firefox59
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[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"]Why not give Halo another shot and focus on its positives instead of the negatives. You seem spiteful towards it with the way you put it. I used to hate Call of Duty online (for dumb reasons), then eventually gave in and now am enjoying it. I usually mix it up with Halo and the CoD series. Keeps me happy.Essian
the problems I have are: No unlockables to keep me coming back (Gears pulled this off, Halo didn't) SMALL game types (max of 8 players? I feel like 12 in CoD TDM is tiny) weapons that I don't find fun to play with it just didn't work for me, thats all. And to everyone else, I meant for this to be a multiplayer focused thread, not a SP one. In terms of Single Player, I don't need any more games (as I am focused on FFXIII in prep for the sequel, Dark Souls and Space Marine atm)

Doesn't Gears have a max of 10 players or something? And Halo has modes with 16 players...
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[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"][QUOTE="soapman72"]Were did he say that young man?

soapman72

[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"]Why not give Halo another shot and focus on its positives instead of the negatives. You seem spiteful towards it with the way you put it. I used to hate Call of Duty online (for dumb reasons), then eventually gave in and now am enjoying it. I usually mix it up with Halo and the CoD series. Keeps me happy.Essian
the problems I have are: No unlockables to keep me coming back (Gears pulled this off, Halo didn't) SMALL game types (max of 8 players? I feel like 12 in CoD TDM is tiny) weapons that I don't find fun to play with it just didn't work for me, thats all. And to everyone else, I meant for this to be a multiplayer focused thread, not a SP one. In terms of Single Player, I don't need any more games (as I am focused on FFXIII in prep for the sequel, Dark Souls and Space Marine atm)

There u go.

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[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"][QUOTE="soapman72"]

..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

soapman72

Essian was talking about playing online.

Were did he say that young man?

Kids calling me young man. :lol: I was just letting you know he was talking about online games. No need to get mad. Oh check HilbillyRokstar's post. He points out to where Essian mentioned online games.
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#19 supergamer217
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Borderlands - FPS w/ rpg elements. And it'll get you ready to play Borderlands 2. Or try BF3 again, don't know how you couldn't like that game. It takes some time to get used to, but MAN is it good.

Patrickbrown56

Borderlands has great shooting. Constantly finding new guns made it incredibly addicting to play

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#20 Vari3ty
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Definitely check out Borderlands. The sheer amount of guns you can get is mind-blowing.

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#21 Essian
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[QUOTE="Essian"][QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"]Why not give Halo another shot and focus on its positives instead of the negatives. You seem spiteful towards it with the way you put it. I used to hate Call of Duty online (for dumb reasons), then eventually gave in and now am enjoying it. I usually mix it up with Halo and the CoD series. Keeps me happy.firefox59
the problems I have are: No unlockables to keep me coming back (Gears pulled this off, Halo didn't) SMALL game types (max of 8 players? I feel like 12 in CoD TDM is tiny) weapons that I don't find fun to play with it just didn't work for me, thats all. And to everyone else, I meant for this to be a multiplayer focused thread, not a SP one. In terms of Single Player, I don't need any more games (as I am focused on FFXIII in prep for the sequel, Dark Souls and Space Marine atm)

Doesn't Gears have a max of 10 players or something? And Halo has modes with 16 players...

Gears is a very different game from Halo and CoD. The pace is different as is the gameplay. Players have a bit more health and a bit less wep dmg in Halo than CoD, but its the same general gameplay mechanics imo. Gears is a whole different ballgame. Also, the 16 player mode "Big Team Battle" makes me want to kill small animals. The maps are too big for the number of players, snipers just rule the maps unless you are in a vehicle, and don't get me started on those... like I said, Halo isn't my thing
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#22 MW2ismygame
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Bioshock Bioshock Bioshock Bioshock.

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you forgot bioshock ;)
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#23 firefox59
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[QUOTE="firefox59"][QUOTE="Essian"] the problems I have are: No unlockables to keep me coming back (Gears pulled this off, Halo didn't) SMALL game types (max of 8 players? I feel like 12 in CoD TDM is tiny) weapons that I don't find fun to play with it just didn't work for me, thats all. And to everyone else, I meant for this to be a multiplayer focused thread, not a SP one. In terms of Single Player, I don't need any more games (as I am focused on FFXIII in prep for the sequel, Dark Souls and Space Marine atm)Essian
Doesn't Gears have a max of 10 players or something? And Halo has modes with 16 players...

Gears is a very different game from Halo and CoD. The pace is different as is the gameplay. Players have a bit more health and a bit less wep dmg in Halo than CoD, but its the same general gameplay mechanics imo. Gears is a whole different ballgame. Also, the 16 player mode "Big Team Battle" makes me want to kill small animals. The maps are too big for the number of players, snipers just rule the maps unless you are in a vehicle, and don't get me started on those... like I said, Halo isn't my thing

Well to each his own but honestly if you think Halo is in any way similar to COD than I guess that isn't the game for you, as you said. I'm not a personal fan of BTB in Halo either but it does exist. Halo is much closer to Gears than COD is to either of them.
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#24 sukraj
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Have you tried Red Dead Redemption.

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#25 scotty992
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You seem easily dislike a lot of big shooting games considering your a shooter fan.
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#26 Blueresident87
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Definitely check out Borderlands. The sheer amount of guns you can get is mind-blowing.

Vari3ty

Sure, you can find a huge number of guns but most are useless...Borderlands is a fun game though.

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dead island 1-2,bioshok 1-2-infinite,borderlands,rainbow six vegas,home front,bullet storm,dead space 1-2,postal 3,fear 1-2-3,the orange box,fallout series,medal of honor and much more xD
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Medal of Honour.
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#29 soapman72
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[QUOTE="soapman72"]

[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"] Essian was talking about playing online.RoslindaleOne

Were did he say that young man?

Kids calling me young man. :lol: I was just letting you know he was talking about online games. No need to get mad. Oh check HilbillyRokstar's post. He points out to where Essian mentioned online games.

Wow someone took something way to serious...

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#30 zombehhhhh
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Not surprised that you're sick of COD, because I'm sick of that series. I hope Activision stops pumping out these crappy games for 60 bucks and DLC for almost twenty bucks for three maps. I hate cod and all the people that say its better than battlefield. In answer to your question, I dont know what you dont like about bf3 because its by far my favorite shooter. I dont know what to tell you if you dont like the games you mentioned because the rest of the games out are way worse. I dont know maybe try homefront, ghost recon, or the new rainbow six this year.

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#31 Essian
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You seem easily dislike a lot of big shooting games considering your a shooter fan. scotty992
the only game I don't like is Halo, and I tried Crysis but didn't love it... the problem is that I already played through all the CoD games and BF games... and I have an on again off again relationship with Gears. I like plenty of them... looking for something outside the box is just a result of me playing them all
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#32 insane_metalist
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Try Left 4 Dead? Team Fortress 2?

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#33 MathMattS
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Let's see...RAGE is a reasonably solid, newer shooter (although the story is lacking). It's worth at least a rental. Then there are older shooters like Bioshock and Bioshock 2. Other than that, if you're into 3rd person shooters at all, I'd recommend Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Alan Wake, Red Dead Redemption, and L.A. Noire.

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#34 doubalfa
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in bioshock 2 you unlock stuff, but if that is the only reason that keeps you coming, then you'll have a hard time enjoying most games for long, oh and also I forgot, the Rainbow Six Vegas games also have unlockables and are really good games online
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#35 soapman72
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[QUOTE="soapman72"]

..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

RoslindaleOne

Essian was talking about playing online.

oh and the majority of those had multiplayer

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#36 RoslindaleOne
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[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"][QUOTE="soapman72"] That must've been really bugging you for a while to quote me again on that. You could have just said that earlier instead of taking a few days thinking about it. Anyways, those that have multiplayer are pretty much non existent online. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone other then for playing single player.[QUOTE="soapman72"]

[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"][QUOTE="soapman72"]

..."SIGH"...No one knows about good shooters anymore...well here it goes!!!!!!! WOLFENSTEIN, SINGULARITY, BIOSHOCK 1 and 2, BODERLANDS, DOOM, WOLFENSTEIN 3d, DUKE NUKEM 3d, BF 1942!!!!!!!!! THERE IS SO MANY MORE!!! COME ON PEOPLE CALL OF DUTY IS NOT THE ONLY SHOOTER OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

soapman72

Essian was talking about playing online.

oh and the majority of those had multiplayer

Wow, took you a few days to think about that one, huh? Not sure why it would be bothering you so much. Anyways, those games that you mentioned that have multiplayer are pretty much dead online. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone who is looking for competitive online gaming.