What FPS would you recommend from the past 3-5 years ago, and maybe even 10 years ago, and would it still be a good experience today?

If this game has several sequels/prequels already, would you recommend playing the first one first and go thru the second, then the third, etc?

Please include how long it will take to finish the game.

Games that I have played since acquiring nVIDIA GTX295:

Crysis (finished)

Crysis: Warhead (finished)

Hellgate: LONDON

Gears of War 1 (finished) (Is there a Gears of War 2 for PC?)

Red Faction: Guerilla (finished) (The only thing that sucked about this game is that I finished it, including the Bonus Missions. They should make tons of Bonus Missions for this game)

My gosh...excellent replies you guys. Your input has made my OC mind a bit more decisive.

Thanks a lot.

Am making a new thread based on this one.

Should I buy the first part of a game before playing the sequel? Examples:

1. Should I play Mass Effect 1 before playing Mass Effect 2?

2. Should I play Left For Dead 1 before playing Left For Dead 2?

I'm not just taking into consideration of following the storyline, I'm also considering the cost in terms of time, money, and effort in finishing the first part of the game before playing the second part.

I have SUPREME COMMANDER and SUPREME COMMANDER Forged Alliance to finish before planning to get SC2.

I have to finish Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (just the Orc Campaign is left unfinished) and Dawn of War: Soul Storm to finish before planning to buy DOW2.

A few years back, I got X2 Reunion. I didn't know about the first part of the game, and when I started playing X2 Reunion, neither did I care about the first part. However, now that X3 Terran Conflict is out, I feel like I should have waited for X3 to come out instead of getting X2 first.

I need your advice people.

Yes...yes...must...calm...DOwnnn....

It just makes me...irritated when the geniuses in Microsoft changes things that have been S.O.P. for literally several generations. These changes they make, they are not improvements. Heck these changes aren't even necessary or beneficial: it just "changes" things. Its like them saying in Microsoft, "Hey, lets change these things for the sake of changing them! Screw the end-users, let them complain! They can't do anything so lets!"

VicGI

I'm being unfair to Microsoft. They are only to blame for the special "mini app-type" shortcuts for Games For Windows not showing the game address the way it traditionally showed. Some blame must also go to the game developers for making their games save files in a weird location. I started noticing that back in C&C Generals.

Also, I noticed that there is also a folder for Supreme Commander Forged Alliance. But it only contains a chache folder and game.prefs. If I want to backup my SCFA saved games, I don't need this, correct?

Neither of those will work on shortcuts created for/by the Games Explorer in Vista. The Games Explorer shortcuts are... special, and basically apps in themselves. To find out the install location for the game you need to open up the Games Explorer, right click the shortcut, and select customize. Then go to the Play item in the list box and select Edit to see where it is pointing to. Yes it is convoluted, but Windows 7 took even that away in the new Games Explorer.carlosjuero

Yeah, that's what I thought too, those shortcuts aren't just shortcuts. My first impression was that these were kinda like apps in themselves. The question is...why?

Or look in the box which says "Start In"

jun_aka_pekto

Box? Star in? What?

Right Click---->Properties

Open File Location shows the drive on mine. Of course, I have full path enabled in the folder options.

jun_aka_pekto

Right click what?

So, to continue, you save your saved files, and your profile is saved as well?

The saved games must be saved along with the profile (they go together) right?

First of all, calm down. It isn't a life or death situation, the caps aren't really needed. SupCom 1 puts its saved games in the Application Data folder (for some reason): C:\Users\[User Name]\AppData\Local\Gas Powered Games (Or, the quick way: Press WinKey + R, type in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Gas Powered Games and press enter)carlosjuero

Yes...yes...must...calm...DOwnnn....

It just makes me...irritated when the geniuses in Microsoft changes things that have been S.O.P. for literally several generations. These changes they make, they are not improvements. Heck these changes aren't even necessary or beneficial: it just "changes" things. Its like them saying in Microsoft, "Hey, lets change these things for the sake of changing them! Screw the end-users, let them complain! They can't do anything so lets!"