Switch brain off (need a PC game)

[tenohfive]

Have got an evening free and want something PC based and reasonably cheap (max £15) in which I can switch my brain off and shoot things or blow them up. Fancy a (brief) break from Rocket League (an amazing game btw.) At a stretch I could be persuaded to trying something strategy based, but fast paced - no Civ-a-like's.

Anything spring to mind?

[nellystew]

Painkiller or Postal from GOG?

[Altrezia]

Not as cheap, but The Witness is very relaxing and interesting

Not a shooter, though.

Just Cause 3 is a right laugh if you just want to make things go bang.

[papercup]

Just Cause 2 is about 4 quid on steam and is a tremendous laugh.

[Monty Python]

Retro and free:

https://www.atari.com/arcade#!/arcade/atari-promo

[MyVTECGoesBwaaah]

I quite like Beam NG Drive for that sort of stuff. You can spawn some cars and crash them into each other watching the realistic deformation which is great fun.

[Arklight]

This should keep you busy

http://store.steampowered.com/app/212680/

[tenohfive]

Some decent suggestions there but not quite what I'm after - although I intend to revisit some of them when I'm more interested in brain engagement.
I've already got Just Cause 2 (great fun), JC3 is a good shout but a bit more than I want to spend. Not really into the whole 'retro' style games, or top down type stuff - I much prefer modern-ish shooters. Wolfenstein The New Order is probably the last example of the sort of thing I bought.

I should probably have a look through 100+ games in my library, at least 50% of which were bought in sales or bundles and never played too.

[jb2410]

Serious Sam

[tenohfive]

jb2410 said:

Serious Sam

Got that, played it to death, haven't picked it up since.

[daddy cool]

tenohfive said:

Wolfenstein The New Order is probably the last example of the sort of thing I bought.

I was just going to suggest that actually - seemed to fit the bill of your request. Nice visuals, big guns, lovely set-pieces. Of course, never have I played a game so "on-rails" in terms of guiding me through the maps and objectives, but really enjoyed it. Theres a follow up - the Old Blood, which is more of the same.

[conkerman]

FPS Games - Bulletsrorm,Singularity. Metro Games are Excellent, but not exactly brain off. I can heartily recommend Postal 2 for stress relief purposes, it's not for the easily offended/outraged.

Check out the current Humble bundle some decent stuff there for not a lot of cash. I like Grow Home, but it's more of a relaxing puzzler than brain out game.

Tomb raider is currently on sale on Steam. It is excellent.

[FunkyNige]

Borderlands 2 / The Pre-sequel is my brain-off FPS shooter game, couple of years old but wouldn't describe it as retro and the whole environment is more cartoony than realistic. Stuff appears in front of you, you hold down fire and jump around a bit until it dies, hours of fun