Hello. The past few months Ive been almost exclusively playing fantasy and survival games, so much so that I need a break from them.

Looking for single player FPS recommendations with controller support from the last decade. A good story is preferred.

Games Ive played:

  1. Warframe (dont ask. The lore is okay-ish. I stayed for friends).
  2. Titanfall 2. (PEAK)
  3. Apex Legends (Briefly. The sweatiness and timed lore turned me off).
  4. Doom 2016 (Dropped this, sadly. Gunplay and parkour was AWESOME, but the whole devil worship thing really turned me off. Edit: The devil Worshippers themselves turned me off. You do not worship devils ingame. More details in comments).
  5. Dying Light 1. (Okay Story. Awesome fighting. Never played 2 because of the whole controversy with the story director. EDIT: Story writer, not director)
  6. The Metro Series. 1, 2 and Exodus. (Slightly weak lore. Still alot of fun).

Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: regarding Dying Light:

https://screenrant.com/dying-light-2-developer-techland-loses-another-writer/

https://screenrant.com/dying-light-2-developers-frustration-bad-management/

Edit: Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Currently gonna try:

  • The Half Life Series.
  • Halo
  • Wolfenstein: New Order.
  • snroh@lemm.ee
    3·
    2 months ago

    Far Cry 5. you blaspheme your way across montana, killing and pillaging, to a kick-ass soundtrack.

  • blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk
    2·
    2 months ago

    Half Life 2 is excellent.

    FEAR 2 is good and scary enough for me.

    Cyberpunk 2077

    Trepang2

    Black Mesa is a remake of HL1 and very good

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
    2·
    2 months ago

    The Half-Life series

    • Black Mesa instead of Half-Life. It’s an extremely faithful remake that’s absolute joy and I would play it instead of the original now that it exists. Not only the graphics are updated, but also the last chapter of the original game which got rushed to meet deadlines is masterfully completed in Black Mesa
    • Half-Life 2 and it’s subsequent episodes
  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Doom 2016 (Dropped this, sadly. Gunplay and parkour was AWESOME, but the whole devil worship thing really turned me off).

    Off topic, but this game is the exact opposite of devil worship. The primary gameplay is to travel to Hell and kill demons.

  • Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Wolfenstein: The New Order

    I played a LOT of singleplayer FPS and this is one of the best in the genre. Great gunplay, fantastic soundtrack, good story.

  • technopagan@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    2 months ago

    Tangent: maybe we should classify FPS by more vectors, such as progression of gunplay (Doom 2016 is a masterpiece there, Titanfall 2 a failure), strength of story (most military-themed FPS are cringe-fests in terms of story), Lore/Tech (Bioshock’s Steampunk theme always turned me off, for example), suspense (Prey excels there, COD bores) … and many more.

    This way, we might actually find decent FPS that each of us enjoy based on our tastes. <3

  • Vespair@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 month ago

    If you want an unorthodox suggestion, Metal:Hellsinger is a rhythm-FPS that’s not like GOTY material, but it’s a lot of fun. Great for turning your brain off and just going vibe mode while you shoot a bunch of demons.

  • Drew Belloc@programming.dev
    1·
    2 months ago

    The bioshock games (1, 2 and infinity) are all really good fps games with a good story and the best part of it, is really easy to buy all of them for dirty cheap on steam when they are on sale

  • fibojoly@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 months ago

    If you enjoy zombi bashing but don’t care for all the depressive atmosphere of Dying Light, but would rather kick some ass, I would recommend Dead Island (1 or 2). The close combat fighting is visceral and fun and while the story has some real drama at times, it’s generally upbeat.

    Seriously, I’ve had Dying Light for years not every time I get too brought down by the overall vibe and constantly feeling so weak. Whereas DI had me shredding a tear at least once but you kick ass throughout.