6. America’s Army: Proving Grounds

The US military actually created and published the America’s Army series, as a way for young people to engage in a closer-to-realistic manner with the idea of becoming a soldier. The game stays true to genuine war needs, such as teamwork and forward planning.

You are a trainee for the Long Range Combined Arms- Recon (LRCA- Recon) unit in the American Army. Placed into small teams, each with your own job and each other’s survival in your best interests, your abilities are put to the test in this excellent cooperative FPS. Why is there a war? America has found itself involved in a chaotic combat in a country called Czervenia, where the president has announced war against the Republic of the Ostregals for unknown reasons. US must find a way to sabotage the general’s plans and prevent a global disaster.

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Tactical positioning, multi-directional attack strategies and role-playing are all fundamental to achieving success is AA: PG. The various roles include a medic, to revive fallen friendlies; a sniper to supply strategic firepower support, and assault teams to breach locations and eliminate targets.

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Multiple game modes, including capture the flag and steal the object await. Small teams and tactical play style is the key to success in American Army: Proving Grounds, and if you’re looking to work tightly with a team, definitely consider adding this to your gaming library.

It is necessary to help your fallen allies when in a real war-zone, as they are your brothers. America’s Army Proving Grounds stays firmly true to this, placing emphasis on the survival of the whole unit.

Complete the series of objectives, such as capture the flag to prove your worth and credit to the American Army, and begin your quest to becoming a true war-hero.

5. Transmission: Element 120

Mystery surrounds everything, and your task is to discover the truth in this horror FPS.

Who are you? What are you doing here? Who sent you? Set in the world of Half-Life 2 sometime shortly after Episode 2, Transmissions: Element 120 is a short, single-player horror/Thriller FPS.

Armed with a gravity-defying weapon, you must make your way around numerous maps and levels with your wits, a variety of weaponry (including turrets and the all-time fan favourite crowbar) to discover the truth about what on Earth is going on.

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Half-Life 2 has become a legendary PC game that will go down in history as one of the greatest of all times. This mod adds new dimensions to that story, and if you are keen to experience the development these creators have taken, then it’s definitely worth a play.

The gameplay has been updated from Half-Life 2 as well, including better AI situational awareness, and more sophisticated lighting/ sound effects.

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On top of being a great game, there is an option to give money for its creation, and all proceeds go to Carebox, a cancer research charity. If you play and enjoy this free, excellently creates short game, then please follow this link to give something back: http://www.transmissions-element120.com/#!donate/

Always be aware of your surrounding- even the darkest shadows or the brightest lights could be home to your mysterious other-worldly enemies.

Pay careful attention to detail- it will give you a clue as to the past, the present and the future. Here, there’s a forsaken man, who has been left alone to die. Learn a lesson from the deceased.

4. Alliance of Valiant Arms

It’s three- take all. The picture demonstrates the three playable classes available to you.

In 2009, the remnants of the former Soviet Union come together under the leadership of Vladimir Mashkov. Named the NRF (Neo Russian Federation), it occupied about a sixth of the entire world’s territories.  The EU became worried about its expansion, and attempted to take diplomatic routes to the relationship. After being ignored, as well as the NRF taking hold of the Black Sea and all the oil trade, there was no option left but to declare war, in an attempt to reinstate democracy to South East Asia.

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There are three basic classes available to play- the rifleman, point-man and the sniper. The Rifleman is a generic, jack of all trades type character, with a good ability to adapt new strategies to compete with the opponents. A mid-range rifle, grenades and lots of ammo are all features of the Rifleman. The Point-man sports an SMG, which does high damage in close-quarters. They are more agile than the other soldiers, but quickly become dangerously helpless at mid-long distance. The Sniper uses camouflage and his long-distance rifle to quietly and efficiently dispatch foes and provide cover for the ground-team.

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Teamwork, evolving strategy and determination are the keys to success in this modern-day wartime FPS.

 

Surprise! Use the environment to sneak up on your enemies and prey on them when they’re least expecting it.

Grenade, run! Sometimes it’s far safer to plunge into the unknown to escape the explosions, so pay attention to potential escape routes and plot your way out well in advance of combat.

3. Survarium

Post-apocalyptic survival warfare. A lonely wanderer is being held hostage, which is reflective of the general mood of Survarium. Tense, brutal and unforgiving.

In a brutal pandemic that wiped out 99 men out of every 100, Mother Nature has returned to take back what is hers by right. Set in the near future, Survarium is based at a point in time where the majority of humanity has been wiped out, and any settlement outside city walls has been absolutely eradicated, leaving only a carcass of its former self as evidence. The forest has grown exponentially, and the few who remain have split into four factions, and separately face the dangers of each-other, and the anomalies the forest has brought with it.

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This MMOFPS gives you the choice of how to play. The four factions will react accordingly dependent upon which quests you complete and how you behave towards their clan. The factions are: The Scavengers; The Black Market; The Renaissance Army and the Fringe Settlers. Each have their own ways - for example, the Renaissance army is the recreation of the USSR army, and rely on military dictatorship for leadership. Alternatively, the Fringe Settlers live in the seemingly uninhabitable outskirts of the forest, at one with Mother Nature, somehow surviving her cruelty. Seek your own path in this excellently created MMFPS/ RPG.

Watch out for that hound. Creatures and animals will all try to kill you, so stay alert and don’t be jumped from behind.

In blue, we see the mysterious anomalies. These anomalies came with the forest, so they’re unknown, and deadly. Sometimes, escape is the most sensible option. Not everything can be killed alone, but anything can kill you.

2. Unturned

Unturned Gameplay

Zombie survival fun. You’ve played survival games before, not quite in the style Unturned has created.

This zombie-survival FPS is different to many others. The maps can either be loaded from a pre-select list, ones from the community, or the player can create them him or herself and play a multitude of game modes for their pleasure.

Pistols, sniper rifles, assault rifles and more, Unturned offers a whole range of ways to defend yourself against the coming horde of blocky zombies, all determined to feast on your pixelated brain.

In the game, there is a survival mode, where you must scavenge for food, water and ammunition to survive as long as you can. Alternatively, you can co-op with a buddy to work together to defeat the impending doom. For the more competitive of gamers, there are several available options for a PvP style gameplay, with team deathmatch and free-for-all. Whilst there are only a few games modes out officially, the community has the ability to create their own and add them to the public to share in.

For those who appreciate creativity, killing zombies and multi-player FPS games, this one is definitely worth trying out.

Zombies are coming!

 

Targets acquired. Fire at will. Stay one step ahead of the oncoming horde and you’ll survive. Keep an eye on your health- death has a habit of creeping up on the unsuspecting.

1. Tribes Ascend

Tribes Ascend gameplay

It’s the 2400’s. Mand kind has created PROMETHEUS, the first successful AI creation. Based from this, a whole host of cyborgs were created to serve human’s needs as slaves. Unfortunately along the way, PROMETHIUS decides this is unacceptable, and turns the cyborg army against them, wiping out almost the entire Mars population. The tribe of the Children of the Phoenix were inhabiting a planet away from the remaining Great Human Empire, and decided to claim independence. As retaliation, the Great Human Empire sent their own Blood Eagle Knights to “subdue” this movement. Hence, a long war between two tribes in the future on an alien planet.

There are 9 playable classes to choose from, including the Infiltrator, Raider, Pathfinder, Soldier, Technician, and Doombringer. They’re split into Light, medium and heavy classes, and each have their own advantages and disadvantages. Whether it be engineering capabilities, invisibility, massive rocket launchers or heavy machine guns, each class needs the other to succeed in the many objectives.

The playable modes range from Deathmatches to Capture the flags, to variants on Capture the flag. The team with the most points at the end of all the games emerges victorious, and clutches it for the faction.

This massive online FPS is a must-play for new gamers and veterans alike.

Get back here so I can kill you

Ah, our chariot awaits.

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