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[The_Observer]

I just impulse bought Quake on PS5 as I felt nostalgic thanks to watching a video yesterday about the DNF Restoration project. Quake 1 never clicked to me and I never finisihed it, despite being an FPS fan ever since I started gaming but I quite enjoy this new version.

And the above made me wonder, why aren’t there AAA FPS games nowadays? You know, the kind where there cool and unique levels, weapons, enemies, sounds and music were the stars of the games. Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Turok, Half-Life, Quake 2, Soldier of Fortune (sort of a black sheep in this list but still), Far Cry, FEAR, Prey, Crysis, Bioshock, The Darkness and so on. Back then these games were the milestones in graphics and physics technology. And I think the FPS genre was the most popular. And then at once around 2010 they just ceased to exist besides CoD, Halo and BF. What happened?

I really miss these games. We have the new Dooms (which are awesome) but nothing else like that. Or if anyone knows some sleeping hit then feel free to recommend. I’d also like to play modern versions of said games (a la Quake) but it seems most of them can only be played on PC only.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The abyss and replaced with boring open world exploration games.

 

[SHA]

Online.

 

[Punished Miku]

Kinda coming back this year.

1. Atomic Heart
2. Ken Levine 2: Clown Cars
3. Redfall
4. Bethesda's next games may be announced at some point.
5. Halo hit not long ago.
6. Sony has new studios working.

The main thing that changed is GAAS games lasting forever like Destiny, Apex and Fortnite. The good news is that indie FPS games are starting to come into their own, like Prodeus and Metal Hellsinger, among others.

 

[rofif]

Kinda coming back this year.

1. Atomic Heart
2. Ken Levine 2: Clown Cars
3. Redfall
4. Bethesda's next games may be announced at some point.
5. Halo hit not long ago.
6. Sony has new studios working.

The main thing that changed is GAAS games lasting forever like Destiny, Apex and Fortnite. The good news is that indie FPS games are starting to come into their own, like Prodeus and Metal Hellsinger, among others.

no. None of these is that

 

[Spaceman292]

You know Wolfenstein and Doom still exist right? Doom Eternal rocked. Also there's about five thousand indie boomer shooters on Steam which are fantastic.

 

[Ogbert]

They don’t sell enough copies to justify the development costs. That’s why Arkane are a bit of an anomaly, although it was a pity that Deathloop sucked.

Everything is multiplayer / battle pass these days.

 

[SHA]

Online.

I'm dead serious and not sarcastic as much as you.

 

[Punished Miku]

no. None of these is that

 

[Ogbert]

You know Wolfenstein and Doom still exist right? Doom Eternal rocked. Also there's about five thousand indie boomer shooters on Steam which are fantastic.

But the boomer shooters are are low cost, indie games.

Love them and they’re great games, but they’re not AAA.

 

[TintoConCasera]

imho Half-Life kinda killed the genre with it's focus on linear progression and bombastic scenes. After than came the Medal of Honors and Call of Dutys which were the nail in the coffin.

Thankfully we got the indie scene nowadays with all the retro shooters, and even some AAA stufd with games like DOOM 06 and Eternal or the Wolfensteins.

 

[Spaceman292]

But the boomer shooters are are low cost, indie games.

Love them and they’re great games, but they’re not AAA.

No, they're much more fun than AAA games. What's the difference aside from realistic graphics?

 

[SHA]

You know Wolfenstein and Doom still exist right? Doom Eternal rocked. Also there's about five thousand indie boomer shooters on Steam which are fantastic.

It's the alternative, that's the whole point, when you don't find something new you switch back to older games.

 

[Hendrick's]

id makes them

 

[64bitmodels]

id makes them

last one they made was in 2020

 

[SmokedMeat]

But the boomer shooters are are low cost, indie games.

Love them and they’re great games, but they’re not AAA.

You’re right, they’re better.

 

[ungalo]

It's not dead but the golden age was during the 360 era, there's nothing more to it. It's less relevant commercially to make a single player focused FPS (or at least decently split between solo and multiplayer).

 

[Orta]

Consoles ruined first person shooters. They were dumbed down to accommodate shitty controllers and a new audience who had never played them. Anyone who says otherwise only needs ask when the golden age of shooters was, it was when they were developed primarily for pc's.

 

[Guilty_AI]

these threads always go the same way

"Where's X type of game?"
"Here are some X type of games"
"Those don't count because [insert arbitrary reason]!"

 

[The_Observer]

You know Wolfenstein and Doom still exist right? Doom Eternal rocked. Also there's about five thousand indie boomer shooters on Steam which are fantastic.

Yes, I even highlighted modern Dooms. And I know there are a lot of indie shooters, but I’m wondering about the AAA space with its cutting edge technologies.

 

[Ogbert]

No, they're much more fun than AAA games. What's the difference aside from realistic graphics?

No, I agree.

But the OP is talking about AAA shooters that were the flagship for graphical fidelity and showing off what a PC or Console could do.

Those games have disappeared, especially single player ones, as they cost too much and wouldn’t sell enough copies.

 

[Chukhopops]

I think the pure FPS genre is no longer popular enough to justify large budgets and is one of the victims of AAA inflation (with the exception of Doom I guess).

On the bright side there’s Prodeus if you like the genre without the budget.

 

[The_Observer]

these threads always go the same way

"Where's X type of game?"
"Here are some X type of games"
"Those don't count because [insert arbitrary reason]!"

Okay, please read the OP and then list these AAA FPS games that you know of.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Must suck imposing limitations on your choices by requiring the marketing budget to be so high that "low budget" stuff like titanfall 2, battlefronts, rage 2, ghostwire tokyo, deathloop, and borderlands doesnt even count when theres decent stuff like turbo overkill, high on life, shadow warrior 3, warstride challenges, prodeus, serious sam, selaco and simultaneously pretend like far cry 6, half life vr and wolfenstein 2 TNC are too old. Limiting choices by marketing budget and not quality makes sense for investors and not consumers.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Controllers ruined first person shooters.

Ftfy.

 

[The_Observer]

Must suck limiting your choices by requiring the marketing budget to be so high that "low budget" stuff like titanfall 2 and borderlands doesnt count had when theres good stuff like turbo overkill, warstride challenges, prodeus, serious sam and selaco

Titanfall 2 might work, I still have to play this. But Borderlands is nothing like those uniquely handcrafted singleplayer campaigns.

 

[Wildebeest]

Loot boxes don't work in single player FPS. Can't see what pretty dress your character is wearing, and there are no other players to notice you have changed your hair to the latest loot box fashion and are wearing an exceptionally pretty dress.

 

[rodrigolfp]

but I’m wondering about the AAA space with its cutting edge technologies.

Wants AAA only, wait 5+ years of development for every single one of them.

 

[Klik]

I miss Battlefield i wish right now we could have upgraded Battlefield 5 with modern weapons, maps and destruction for current gen consoles/pc..

 

[NightmareFarm]

Try shadow warrior 3. Basically chinese DOOM eternal. There's also Splitgate a f2p portal hopping online arena shooter.

 

[Kacho]

Remember during the 360 era when people complained every time a game dropped and didn’t have multiplayer? Then we started seeing half baked multiplayer modes in games? This is why we don’t see many AAA FPS games these days. The mass market wants to hop online and pwn other people and that’s where the money is.

If you want more traditional style FPSes then you’ll have to settle for indie boomer shooters.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Okay, please read the OP and then list these AAA FPS games that you know of.

Metro Exodus
DOOM Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Half Life Alyx
Far Cry 6
High on Life
Halo Infinite
Deathloop

 

[SmokedMeat]

Yes, I even highlighted modern Dooms. And I know there are a lot of indie shooters, but I’m wondering about the AAA space with its cutting edge technologies.

They’re chained to the CoD machine, making maps.

 

[rodrigolfp]

I miss Battlefield i wish right now we could have upgraded Battlefield 5 with modern weapons, maps and destruction for current gen consoles/pc..

3 and 4 still going on PC. Why then upgrade 5?

 

[tusharngf]

they dont sell well this is why no one is making SP fps games.

 

[Topher]

FPS are more popular on PC, I think

 

[Drizzlehell]

They vanished because of all those cucks who kept whining about games being "only" 10 hours long, and just saturation of the genre in the 2000s.

The only place you can find those kinds of games these days is Steam store page for "boomer shooter" and "indie FPS" tags.

 

[lh032]

destiny 2.

 

[The_Mike]

Op there's still some gems, I'll post it here :

1. Call of Duty.

 

[Jimmyisback]

Halo infinite.

 

[fart town usa]

I can't speak for modern shooters but get the Powerslave remaster if you want some quality/fresh FPS gameplay.

 

[analog_future]

DOOM, DOOM Eternal, Halo Infinite, Titanfall 2, Metro Exodus, Half-Life: Alyx, Borderlands 3, etc..

They're still out there, just not at the rate that they used to be because there's so many competing genres now.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Metro Exodus - OPEN WORLD
Cyberpunk 2077 - OPEN WORLD RPG
Half Life Alyx - VR
Far Cry 6 - OPEN WORLD
High on Life - OPEN WORLD
Halo Infinite - OPEN WORLD
Deathloop - OPEN WORLD

The only non-open world, traditional, linear FPS on that list was Doom Eternal. Arguably H-L Alyx too but since that's a VR game, it's not really accessible to anyone without a 400 dollar hardware required to play it, so this barrier of entry also disqualifies it from being the kind of game that I assume OP is looking for.

And I assume that he's referring to those 8-10 hour linear shooters that were common throughout the 2000s, and early 2010s, of which I'm a big fan as well. Sometimes I just wanna play a game that's on a shorter side and is packed with well-scripted and well directed action set pieces that don't waste 50+ hours of your life by making you wander around a giant-ass map to collect crafting materials or do a laundry list of chores.

 

[TintoConCasera]

If you really want AAA FPS games you should light up some candles in honor to Phil Spencer and pray that he'll free Raven from the claws of Activision and Call of Duty.

 

[The_Observer]

The only non-open world, traditional, linear FPS on that list was Doom Eternal. Arguably H-L Alyx too but since that's a VR game, it's not really accessible to anyone without a 400 dollar hardware required to play it, so this barrier of entry also disqualifies it from being the kind of game that I assume OP is looking for.

And I assume that he's referring to those 8-10 hour linear shooters that were common throughout the 2000s, and early 2010s, of which I'm a big fan as well. Sometimes I just wanna play a game that's on a shorter side and is packed with well-scripted and well directed action set pieces that don't waste 50+ hours of your life by making you wander around a giant-ass map to collect crafting materials or do a laundry list of chores.

Thanks, exactly what I’m talking about!

 

[Guilty_AI]

The only non-open world, traditional, linear FPS on that list was Doom Eternal. Arguably H-L Alyx too but since that's a VR game, it's not really accessible to anyone without a 400 dollar hardware required to play it, so this barrier of entry also disqualifies it from being the kind of game that I assume OP is looking for.

And I assume that he's referring to those 8-10 hour linear shooters that were common throughout the 2000s, and early 2010s, of which I'm a big fan as well. Sometimes I just wanna play a game that's on a shorter side and is packed with well-scripted and well directed action set pieces that don't waste 50+ hours of your life by making you wander around a giant-ass map to collect crafting materials or do a laundry list of chores.

"Those don't count because [insert arbitrary reason]!"

as the prophecies foretold

 

[The_Observer]

Try shadow warrior 3. Basically chinese DOOM eternal. There's also Splitgate a f2p portal hopping online arena shooter.

I tried the first (I mean the remake) but the gunplay was horribly lame. But I will take a look maybe, it might got better.

 

[The_Observer]

as the prophecies foretold

Mate, that you didn’t get what was meant in the OP doesn’t mean that arbitrary reasons were inserted. It’s on you.

 

[NightmareFarm]

I tried the first (I mean the remake) but the gunplay was horribly lame. But I will take a look maybe, it might got better.

It's completely different than the first can hardly be considered the same series as far as gameplay is concerned. It functions a lot like the modern DOOM games gunplay wise.

 

[Kacho]

If you really want AAA FPS games you should light up some candles in honor to Phil Spencer and pray that he'll free Raven from the claws of Activision and Call of Duty.

Raven is sadly nothing but QA testers now