Best modern FPS?

[GtoRA2]

I want a FPS, modern based, not like doom3 though real weapons not fantasy crap.


I played the Joint ops demo and liked it, is there something better? One that  has some single player to practice in as well?

[Creamo]

Operation Flashpoint GOTY Edition ($20 on Amazon) with the Y2K3 Mod.(free)

That’s all I have, and I’m sure there will be posts what I am missing to make it even better, but for pure tactical FPS play, it is a blast. And you can host your own LAN game and practice alone. Then when you get into Multiplayer, you have learned how to use a lot of the weapons and tried tactics with AI.

It’s getting dated, but I have got that $20 back tenfold over the last 2 months. It’s really that good.

[Estes]

Originally posted by GtoRA2
I want a FPS, modern based, not like doom3 though real weapons not fantasy crap.


I played the Joint ops demo and liked it, is there something better? One that  has some single player to practice in as well?

I like Red Orchestra. No bunny hoppin crap.

[-tronski-]

Originally posted by Estes
I like Red Orchestra. No bunny hoppin crap.

RO is not modern, but WW2 - however I play it and it's bloody great...the new 3.2 MG42 really cooks those rounds fast!

I'd agree with OPFlashpoint...maybe Americas Army but prefer OPF

 Tronsky

[Pooh21]

Is Joint Ops and RO like OPF, where when you shoot a guy in the torso he is going down? I got vietcong, going through the jungle when a VC pops up 5 ft in front of me, I use my tommy gun and empty the clip into him making him do the chicago jitterbug, and the stupid game makes him crouch down and he gets back up and shoots me dead.

[thrila]

I recently reinstalled joint ops and generally they go down pretty quick, unless you hit them in the arms/legs.  One thing that is annoying me is people strfaing left, right, left, right, left, right, while firing and hitting me while i'm crouched trying to hit him but missing.  I tried doing it myself to see how effective it is.  Well you survive for much longer doing it:(   They need to up the dispersion for strafing IMO.

[thrila]

That's my fave gscholz.   Though it could change depending if Ghost recon 2 is any good.

[Kegger26]

Americas Army. So far it is as real as I have seen a game get.

[Kegger26]

Yes I have. 16th MP bge 42nd MP det (Airborne), Fort Bragg NC. I am currently a reservist with the 3d Military Police group at Fort McPherson, GA. I served in Kosovo in 1999 as part of Task Force Falcon. In mid  2002 I went to  Afghanistan as part of Task Force Devil. I went attached to the 1st Brigade 82nd Airborne Division 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Devil Brigade.
 Americas Army was made by the Army for the Army. It has done such a great job teaching civis about combat, the Army has started using it as a training tool. The clan I play with is full of current Army and Marines, so we apply the same tactics we would in real life. If we didnt have the little icons next to our names showing we were real soldiers we would be called cheaters more often. It still happens. Most of what we do is use a program like teamspeak so we have voice commo. Then we just move and communicate like we would in real life.
 I can see why the Army is so damn intrested in it now, more so than just some recruiting tool. Fighting is AA is much harder due to a few factors, first is the lack of SA. Second is the boldness in which emy troops fight with. And third, is the simple fact you have no idea what the bad guy is going to do next. In real life we have some idea what the emy is going to do. If you see a sudden surge is frontal fire  then you better start watching your flanks. That is a key indcator someone is about to flank you. However in AA if someone starts pouring on the fire at your fighting position, they most likely caught a glimps of you and are spamming your area with all the fire they have. And why not? Bullets are free and lives come and go quickly. This factor keeps you on your toes. Back when I was with the 42nd MP detachments SRT unit, we had a saying. It is not the professionals you have to worry about. It is the amateurs, you never know what they are going to do next.

[rabbidrabbit]

So how is AA now?  I liked the game except for the lack of tactics with bunches of pubescent punks running around cheating etc..  Would be a much better game otherwise.

I haven't tried it in about a year.  Worth coming back to?

[Kegger26]

It is alot better. Both the Army and PB are cracking down hard on the cheaters. There are still alot of kiddys running around. More so now becuase of Spring Break. So there is a surge in bunny hopping, trashtalking and TKing. It will go away soon though. As for the cheats I have seen more PB updates in this last two months then I have seen durring the whole game devo. There is a new cheat though. It allows them to fire with a higher ROF, no recoil and no reloads. This doesnt really help them much on some of the out door maps. In CQB maps it is nasty, but on maps like radio tower quick reaction time and good accuracy can save your hide. They normaly get pissed and leave once they see there cheat doesnt "Pwn joo a11"

[Gunslinger]

yup what kegger said.

The wierdest thing about AAO that I've noticed is when you see civilians employing the same fire and manuver tactics that you'd see soldiers/marines do in real life.

Myself, I play the game balls to the walls.  No camping for me.  As kegger said lives and bullets are free.  I have more fun killing 5 guys in a row in 3 out of 10 missions than I would helping my fragrate by staying a live and getting 1 to 2 kills every mission.  After all it is a game.

What most impressed me is the realism on some of the maps.  If a grenade or RPG hits close to you and you are standing too close to a wall you will die from the cuncussion blast as you would in real life.  Some of the other physics are a little odd.  I don't agree with the use of the M-203 half the time.  People know the angles and the position and they take everyone out at spawn during start of the mission.  This to me is unrealistic.  

I play mostly SF hospital and bridge crossing.  The game has gotten so much more interesting since adding the Special Forces varient.

[Kegger26]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
yup what kegger said.

The wierdest thing about AAO that I've noticed is when you see civilians employing the same fire and manuver tactics that you'd see soldiers/marines do in real life.

Some times there not civilians. I played for a long time without the icon next to my name. I got tired of being called a cheater so I put my icon up. I still get called a cheater, but most of the time when I take out four or five guys quickly they see the icon and just shrug it off. The only thing that sucks about having the Army icon next to your name is getting bombarded with questions about the Army. I try to help out as much as I can..just so long as there not being asses, asking me questions like "Hey Kegger26 you ever kill anyone?" I just ignore those types.

[Dinky2003]

Originally posted by GScholz
cc, I'm looking forward to GR2.

GR2 bombed, was rushed out the door, and is a generally terrible game.

Plus, they shifted away from the type of combat and pacing GR had, and moved it towards a third-personish fast paced action game with little to no realism.

[Hawklore]

MG34 800 rpm

MG42 1500 rpm...

Nearly double..

MG42 is a beast to watch fire live!

Now imagine listening to 3 of them along with an m60.. the m60 is almost identical in sound..