What are the best tactical shooter games

[MAKOwner]

I could host a dedicated 8-player Allied Assault or possibly Spearhead server if anyone is interested. May handle 10 players, not sure. I ran a 8 player server for awhile and it worked fine, I have however since then pirated some RAM from that computer so I'll have to see how that effects things. The server will have dedicated bandwidth but it's capped low enough on the upload to limit it to 10 players max, most likely 8 will be better... Not ideal at only 8-10 but it's better than nothing. Gotta get the computer set back up and see how it runs for hosting.

 

[Nightcrawler]

System Shock 2...hell yeah

The Many sings to us...

That game scared the hell out of me. Instant classic.

Deus Ex wasn't a scary game, but it had an intriguing plot and many times you were doing things other than running around and shooting. My biggest beef with it were the weapons; they were WEAK. Took six solid hits from the little assault rifle to down a badguy. PLEASE.

 

[Dorrin79]

Nightcrawler -

yeah, I noticed the same thing. The assault rifle was probably the lamest firearm in the game (although I often kept one in my inventory so I could use the 20mm grenades). Most of the rest were capable of 1-shot kills, if you went for the head. You pretty much need Advanced skill in a weapon to get headshots at any distance above 10 ft, though.

Of course, once you have master skill in Rifles, all you really need is the sniper rifle.

Supposedly the game is beatable without killing anyone . I've tried this but couldn't get through the later levels.

George -

sucks to be in the boonies, I guess. Oh well, living even quasi-urban like me has its own list of problems (neighbors, for one)

 

[Nightcrawler]

Some of the weapon upgrades in Deus Ex could've been better researched. To begin with, the 10mm pistol started off with a 6 round magazine; you could use all the upgrades and get it up to 11 rounds, which is actually more realistic.

And a modification to control recoil? A bolt on modification to improve accuracy? Silencing a rifle so well that it only makes a tiny high-pitched "quip" sound?

I know why the game designers put these in, but I wish they've have let ME design the weapons instead. LOL. The shotgun was pretty cool, though.

The kicker about the lame-o assault rifle is that it was supposedly chambered for 7.62x51mm; I don't know too many guys that'll take more than one round of .308 through the sternum at point-blank range and require five more shots.

Oddly enough, the sniper rifle was chambered for .30-06. Cool, in a retro way.

I honestly can't wait for Deus Ex 2...

 

[Keeper]

I have burnt a lot of time on BF1942 and the Desert Combat mod. They are coming out with a Vietnam mod early next year. Plus there are a ton of other mods like Star Wars and Warhammer 40K

 

[Dorrin79]

yeah, the mag capacities were crap.

I gave them some leeway on the weapon upgrades, after all they had magic - er, I mean nanotechnology

The nano packages were neat, but I never really used most of them.

Regardless, I can't wait for DXII either. From the little snippets I've read it should be fantastic.

 

[ShaiVong]

Hehe, and the assault rifle would only make little black marks on a door, but the 30.06 sniper rifle would blast it right off of its hinges!