I just built a new rig and its been running stable for about a month now. I finally have some money and wanted a new game. Supreme Commander is the newest game I own but its getting old, the races are too similar. And every other game I have is from 04 or earlier. I haven't kept up with really any games that have come out in the last 6th months. Im really looking for a good FPS since my old comp couldnt run any with good framerates.

Any and all suggestions would be helpful.

PS. I don't have a internet connection currently (need to get a wireless router) so any game that need an internet connection to register is out of the question.

Fear and COD4 are both very good. (both are M rated though). Also, Not an FPS, but Oblivion could potentially give you hundreds of hours of fun for your money. The Orange box is excellent too, but you do need internet access once anyway, then you can set it up for offline play. Still, many hours of fun for the money.

Thanks for the reply. Oblivion is supposed to be great and I was thinking of getting it. Fear was on my mind also as well as STALKER.

Ive heard great things about the orange box and as far as I know TF2 is the only game that needs a internet connection. Thanks again its nice to hear other peoples opinions on a good game, Ive been out of the loop for a while now.

Orange box is great. Yeah only TF2 needs the internet. Call of Duty 4 has gotten phenomenal reviews and a pretty good single player campaign. I'd probably go with one of those.

OK, Thanks for the input orangebox/CoD4 it is!

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Check out the reviews. The O box averages 96/100. If you have not played the original HL2, then you will get alot of single player action for the money.

Dare I say......Crysis?

You CAN, but I don't know why you WOULD.

I'd go with the Orange Box again, and a good cheap game (also on Steam) that I'm hooked on is Audiosurf.

It's not a FPS, but it's great fun and for $10 is a bargain. just search for vids of it and you'll see what I mean.

I left that out because it may crush his image of his new system

The orange box DOES require online registration and hefty updates before you can play!

CURSE ONLINE REGISTRATION!!!

From what ive heard crysis really has nothing when it comes to core gameplay so I'm going to avoid it.

@anthropophaginian I thought only TF2 needed internet and im pretty sure I don't have to register the other games to play them.

As for Patching and updates Ive been downloading them on my old PC with internet and transfering it to the new with a flash drive so hopefully thats not a problem.

Thanks for all the input.

I've been dong some reading and I guess even just the HL2 singleplayer will need online activation. So i'm going to bring my PC out of my room and hook our cable modem up to it just to activate and update everything before returning it to my room. hopefully that will avoid needing to get a wireless router right now.

Don't count out FEAR. I love that game. I have gone through the single player several times, and every time is more fun because there is alot in that game that you miss the first time through cause you are too scared to go looking around --> I'm not kidding either.

Yes you will be fine. But you will be missing out. TF2 is so worth the router. Its fun and fast paced and easy to learn. That and GMod. GMod is so much fun and easy to learn too.

But if you just activate the games and then update you can start in "offline" mode that will let you play HL2 no problem. I used to have 56K so I had to play in "offline" mode. But you should update now and then for some nice updates such as for performance and such.

Play the CoD4 demo. Play the Crysis demo. See if you like them that way. I played the Crysis demo, and will say that it was incredibly fun, even on low settings. I think I played through it 3 times total. People just don't