15 best shooters on PC

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Competitive projects, co-op and solo adventures - this list contains games for every taste.

1. Half-Life 2

The second part of Half-Life is a revolutionary game. Both in terms of technology (innovative facial animation and physics) and everything else. The gameplay is closely related to the plot, which is presented without cut-scenes: everything happens right in front of the protagonist.

In the 15 years that have passed since the release of the shooter, there have been very few games equal to it in quality and ingenuity.

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2. Titanfall 2

The developers of Titanfall 2 made the game based primarily on unusual ideas. What if you force the player to move in time while he is running up the walls? Or put it in a house that is being built in real time in a futuristic factory? Or let a huge robot throw the hero from one spaceship to another.

And in addition to amazing levels, the game has excellent shooting and a story about friendship and loyalty.

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3. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

The latest incarnation of the cult Counter-Strike came out back in 2012, but Valve is actively supporting the game, adding new maps, changing the balance of weapons and holding events.

However, this is a classic CS. Here you still need to shop at the beginning of each round, rescue hostages, and plant or defuse bombs. And the main thing is to use tactics.

4. F. E. A. R

F. E. A. R. is one of the most successful attempts to combine shooter and horror. The player takes on the role of a special services soldier who must investigate brutal murders. A sinister corporation, conducting experiments on people, and a creepy girl Alma, who knows how to tear villains into bloody lumps with just the power of thought, is involved in the case.

Fortunately, the protagonist has the means to overcome all difficulties. He skillfully manages a wide arsenal of weapons and knows how to slow down time.

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5. Battlefield 1

The next rebirth of Battlefield turned out to be surprisingly successful. The developers have remade the outdated formula, choosing as a basis the World War I little-studied in games.

The guns became less long-range and powerful, advanced equipment was replaced by the first tanks and less nimble aircraft, and cavalry appeared. Surprisingly, the game has not lost its fun. On the contrary, the gameplay became more focused and the battles more epic.

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6. Doom

The relaunch of the cult series took a long time, but the wait was worth it. The shooter turned out to be driving and cruel. The main character, the Executioner of Doom, does not flee from the battle, but goes ahead, breaking the demons with his bare hands and cutting them into pieces with a chainsaw.

The game has no cover, no auto-regeneration, no recharge. Everything is old school - first aid kits, constant change of weapons, non-stop movement.

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7. Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 is a mixture of shooter and action RPG. Several heroes, each with their own skills and abilities, travel the vast world, complete tasks, communicate with characters and knock mountains of loot out of enemies.

The game has a lot of Gearbox trademark humor. Just what is the quest "Shoot a guy in the face", which is given by a dude shouting: "Shoot me in the face!"

The funnest thing is to play with friends: share loot, challenge each other to duels and laugh at the crazy antics of the locals.

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8. Bulletstorm

In Bulletstorm, killing is an art. Enemies can be pushed onto spikes and electric fences, shot, dismembered in several ways, blown up and much more. Also, any of these actions can be collected in a combo - they give much more points for them.

The game was created by Gears of War designer. Therefore, the main characters here are the most masculine militarists. Their problems and goals are appropriate: betrayal, revenge and everything like that.

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9. Overwatch

When Overwatch was announced, many predicted it would fail. The game looked like a Team Fortress 2 clone with two dozen heroes instead of nine.

Over the years, the shooter has become one of the premier competitive games on the market. Overwatch is played by millions of people, fabulous sums are played in tournaments for it, and the announcement of each new hero becomes an important event for the gaming community. The shooter is suitable for everyone: both those who play for fun and those who are only focused on winning.

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10. S. T. A. L. K. E. R.: call of Pripyat

Of the three parts of "Stalker", it was "Call of Pripyat" that turned out to be the most thoughtful and high quality. The system of factions and relations with them, squads, vast locations, a coherent plot with memorable characters: the game has become a huge leap forward after "Clear Sky".

The main gameplay loop (went on a sortie, scored loot, sold loot) was brought almost to perfection: even after completing the story, you want to keep playing. Especially the developers have succeeded in side missions: it is worth remembering at least the hunt for a vampire stalker or cleaning up the basement with dozens of sleeping bloodsuckers.

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11. Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3 is the first truly successful installment in the Ubisoft series. The developers managed to find an almost perfect balance between realism and arcade. The game was so successful that the next four parts repeated it almost word for word. Only the setting and certain gameplay mechanics changed.

Most of all, the plot and characters are remembered in the shooter. The main character goes from daddy's spoiled son to a real killing machine. He meets crazy, strange and mysterious characters - to match the situation in which the guy found himself.

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12. Rainbow Six Siege

Rainbow Six Siege is one of the most unusual team shooters in the industry. Any mistake here can be worth a victory: surfaces in the game are easily penetrated, so information about the location of opponents is worth its weight in gold here.

You have to simultaneously try to find out the enemy positions and not give your own. There are about ten operatives in the game with unique abilities and weapons, so that each match turns into a triumph of tactics and skills.

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13. Metro Exodus

Metro 3 takes place almost entirely on the surface. Artyom and his team travel across Russia, finding themselves now in swamps, now in the desert, now on the banks of the Volga. The gameplay has not changed so much compared to previous games: except that now you can go wherever you want, and not just forward through the tunnels.

Almost all of the features that made Metro 2033 and Last Light memorable have stayed in place. The atmosphere of a lost civilization is felt even more strongly, the possibilities for customizing weapons have expanded, the fighting has become more intense, and research is more encouraged than ever.

True, history has noticeably lost its momentum, but the adventures have not diminished. They just now take place not according to the plot, but in the process of exploring huge locations.

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14. Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2 is one of the few shooters focused on co-op. The success of a team of players depends on how well they work: they share the found items, notify about the opponents they see.

Thanks to a unique system called Director, each playthrough is different from the last. The game analyzes the behavior of the players in real time, and on the basis of this data creates difficulties for them and places useful objects.

Even in multiplayer, Left 4 Dead 2 never ceases to be a co-op shooter. The teams are simply on opposite sides of the experience: some must try to survive, while others must prevent them from doing so.

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15. BioShock

Cult shooter and spiritual successor to System Shock. First of all, the game attracts with its setting: an underwater metropolis, which was destroyed by destructive ideas and human weaknesses. The main character arrives there, seemingly by accident, and immediately rushes to solve the problems of local residents.

Alternating firearms with plasmids that give superpowers, he makes his way to the main villain. The game's plot will make the player question his role in the story and raise philosophical questions about free will.

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