A bit late to the party........

[Filton-flyer]

Hi All

I haven't been in to gaming for the last 20+ years, I used to love Colin McRae rally on PC and my absolute favorite was Duke Nukem 3D!
That's how up to date I am, I kid you not!

My son has just acquired an X Box One S (Mine-craft special edition apparently) and it got me thinking, what games might I like when he's reluctantly sent off to bed?

I fancy a "shoot 'em up" type game and I'm so out of touch I don't know what (or where) to start.
I appreciate it's a bit "how long is a piece of string" but any advice gratefully received.

TIA

F-F

[Snubs]

Were you looking to play solo campaign-style games offline, online player vs. player, or both?

[Filton-flyer]

Ooh, good question.
Offline solo to begin with I think.

[Snubs]

Given your comment about Duke Nukem, the two that come to mind are the most recent Doom (2016) and Wolfenstein II - The New Colossus. I have Doom on the PS4 and it's a great game. I've not played Wolfenstein II as I haven't had a chance, but i played Wolfenstein - The New Order released in 2014 and ended up completing it a few times over, which is unusual for me these days.

Most importantly, both are modern interpretations of gaming from back in the day

[Filton-flyer]

Brilliant, thank you.
I have heard of Doom (I remember it on PC from years ago) so I'm tempted to give it a try.
I'll look out for the others too.

[DocJock]

Gears Of War 4. You should be able to pick up one with 1-3 included.

[soad]

COD?

[weeboot]

I'm enjoying Titanfall 2, in between extended bouts of Forza Horizon 3

[Zod]

Wolfenstein New Order and New Colossus are great games.

[Filton-flyer]

So after a bit of trawling a well known online auction site I've bought this:



Thanks for the advice, hopefully the first of many.

[chris285]

Yep i think there are a few on the list to wet your appitite there, in terms of colin macrae i'd look at dirt rally if you wanted something along those lines as well

[parabolica]

Filton-flyer said:

So after a bit of trawling a well known online auction site I've bought this:



Thanks for the advice, hopefully the first of many.

Good choice; New Order (+ the Old Blood DLC) is the closest thing to old-school run and shooters - it is tremendous fun. 2016's DOOM is also a worthy contender but it has a skill tree which some annoys purists. The Far Cry games are also a good shout, but they too have a lot of bolted on "progression tools" such as skill trees and crafting - fine if you can get your head around those things.

When you're ready to go online I'd recommend PlayerUnknown's Battle Grounds - although I'm not sure how much the xbox version has improved since launch; it was a little janky on release day.

[Dog Star]

I love the Battlefield series on Xbox - just amazing. There's even a WW1 variant, Battlefield 1 which is amazing.

However I am now totally addicted to Grant Theft Auto V and playing it online - the scale and scope of the thing is simply incredible; it's another world. You can go round shooting police, buying clothes and getting haircuts (playing as a female is better for this), buying cars, racing other players, blowing up other players, flying planes, parachuting, sailing, jetskiing blah blah. It's ace!

[vonuber]

Life is Strange, to show you what the media can do now.

[parabolica]

vonuber said:

Life is Strange, to show you what the media can do now.

I know you and I are LIS's biggest promoters on PH, but it's not exactly a shooter

[vonuber]

parabolica said:

I know you and I are LIS's biggest promoters on PH, but it's not exactly a shooter

He needs to break out of his comfort zone and learn to cry over his keyboard

[thatguy11]

Since you've not been into gaming for the past 20 years i'd recommend catching up on some of what you've missed. If you're into first person shooters, you could do a lot worse than playing the gold standard of FPS and picking up a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. This has Halo 1, 2, 3, and 4 all rolled into one package, and you can pick it up used for about £20 quid. Can't say no to four amazing games at £5 each!