Killzone: Mercenary
Killzone: Mercenary is a First-Person Shooter and Action video game created by Guerilla Cambridge. The game takes place on two Planets named as Vekta and Helghan and focuses on an ongoing war between them. Killzone: Mercenary sets you up into the character of Arran Danner, a skilled mercenary who works for ISA, a mega and powerful corporation. Loaded with mysteriously dangerous weapons, you must go to a mission and rescue Admiral Alex Grey from the Helghast forces. You must also eliminate all the operatives of the Helghast forces along with Colonel Kratek and destroy the facility after rescuing Admiral Alex and retrieving the stolen ISA weapons. Killzone: Mercenary is a superb combination of Action and First Person Shooting elements and it allows you to use whatever tactics and load out you want to as a mercenary and complete the game objectives. In the end of the mission completed successfully, the Employer (ISA) awards you with money that you can use to buy more weapons and upgrades. With a superbly embedded story, great visuals and an open world, this game will definitely provide you with huge amounts of fun filled and Action-Packed game-play. Do give it a try.
#1 Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! Developed by 2K Australia is an amazingly thrilling and Action-Packed First-Person Shooter video game. The story of the game revolves around the character of the protagonist Jack who works for Hyperion Corporation. The company loses its Helios Space Station to Military after the Operation Lost Legion and sends you in along with four playable characters. Your task is to fight off the captives from Helios Space Station and regain the control by defeating the Lost Legion. The game lets you interact with a lot of NPCs and switch between the four playable characters according to the needs and the situations you go through. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! offers super best visuals, a great story, a lot of weapons and upgrades etc. For a great FPS experience, you must play this action-filled game, it’ll leave you spellbound for sure.
#2 HalfLife 2: Deathmatch
HalfLife 2: Deathmatch is an Action filled FPS and MMO video game by Valve Corporation. The game lets you be part of the game-play by choosing sides (Red or Blue Team) and weapons of your choice. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a Multiplayer game, so it allows you take part in Team Deathmatch and kill the enemies by the help of your team mates. In Deathmatch you act alone and your only objective is to kill other online challengers and earn experience points, but in Team Deathmatch you can be part of a team (Rebels or Combine) and your objective is to kill enemy team’s members. Missions like Capturing the Flag, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch etc are all packed with blasting action and are a great source to enjoy the game. The single player campaign is also quite fun. You can remain in contact with your team in real time audio transmission or you can be a silent member of the team. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is a wonderful Action, First Person Shooter and MMO video game that offers great narrative, beautifully created visuals and an immersive game-play to enjoy.
#3 Insurgency
Insurgency is a great addition to the Action, FPS and RPG genres. The game offers Brilliant MMO aesthetics and lets you engage yourself into epic Team-based encounters with the enemies. You can select your teams (U.S. Marines or Insurgents), Use your amazing Tactical Skills to lead your teams, use state of the art and advanced weapons to eliminate your enemies and complete the exciting game objectives. Insurgency lets you be part of a 16 member team in which you can choose a player class from a number of choices (Rifleman, Support, Gunner, Engineer, Marksman etc.), get into the play and drop some enemies. Insurgency offers brilliantly easy controls, cool visuals and an addictive game-play all made blasting with 20 types of different weapons, 27 different game maps, 9 Multiplayer game modes, 4 Co-Op Multiplayer Modes, Offline practice Mode, loads of upgrades and custom map creation options. Insurgency is one of the mega hits of this specific genre and it’ll definitely entertain you good.
#4 Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 is a wonderfully engaging Single and Multiplayer FPS video game by Valve Corporation that allows you to join one of the two mercenary teams, select your character from 9 main classes (Scouts, Soldiers, Pyro, Demomen, Heavy, Engineer, Medic, Sniper and Spy) and battle against the enemies by using state of the art weaponry and tactics. The objective of the game is to protect the company assets owned by two brothers who are in conflict with one another and they have hired a number of mercenaries to eliminate the other side and to seize control of the company. You can select any side and act accordingly in order to eliminate your enemies and win the epic combats. Team Fortress 2 offers wonderfully engaging game modes such as Capture the Flag, King of the Hill, Deathmatch, team Deathmatch etc. and allows you to use different weapons and tactics to kill the enemies. With a great deal of DLC, upgrades, loads of amazing Perks, great visual details and a thrilling game-play, Team Fortress 2 offers a wonderful FPS gaming experience.
#5 Interstellar Marines
Interstellar Marines Developed by the Zero Point Software, Interstellar Marines is a wonderful Action, RPG, FPS and Horror-Survival video game that takes you on some amazing missions in the 22nd century. The game tasks you to go on epic space exploration missions, hunt for the resources, face the challenges, dangers and get the ultimate rewards while encountering the alien enemies. Discover the true nature of ultimate space adventures, engage yourself into epic conflicts and be the heroes and the saviors of the human race. With some amazingly customized game modes, Unique combination of RPG and Tactical elements, Futuristic weaponry and advanced battle tactics, brilliant characters, interactive open world gaming environments, super cool visual details, a great story and an engagingly immersive game-play, Interstellar Marines is a marvelous addition to this specific genre. Try it out for an out of this world Action, RPG and FPS gaming experience, you’ll definitely love playing this game.
#6 The Darkness 2
The Darkness 2 is a wonderful FPS, RPG and Psychological Horror-Survival video game by Digital Extremes. You’ll have to control the character of Jackie Estacado, the leader of the Franchetti Criminal Family. Your task is to act as Jackie Estacado, use your Dark powers against the rival gang that recently attacked you, eliminate them and enjoy engaging yourself into amazingly haunting and psychological horror filled game-play. Exploration, artifacts and items collection, amazingly blasting enemy encounters and the deep prowess of dark powers makes this game more and more involving as you further flow with the story-line. With a great dark setting, unbelievably stressing situations, and your ability to cater with the problems, hardcore encounters with the bizarre creatures and enemies, loads of cool weapons to shoot down the enemies, super fine and dramatic event depictions, eye-catching visuals and a brilliant story, The Darkness 2 is one amazing game to play and enjoy.
#7 PayDay 2
PayDay 2 is First-person Shooter, Tactical Co-operative Multiplayer and Stealth video game. Game kicks off after the events of its predecessor PayDay and introduces a New Gang of Washington D.C. The game allows you to be a member of that Gang and go heisting banks, robbing Jewelry Shops, stealing Cars, Distributing Narcotics and stealing whatever you want in Washington D.C. along with 2 AI players or team up with friends and enjoy amazing Co-Operative Multiplayer gaming. With an Action-packed game-play and all the super thriller nature, PayDay 2 is a blast. If you love playing games like PayDay 2, the following Action-packed titles would definitely be of your great interest. Let’s have a look at some of the best alternatives to PayDay 2.
#8 Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Counter Strike: Global Offensive or shortly abbreviated as CS: GO is an Online Multiplayer Tactical First Person Shooter Video game by Valve Corporation. Released back in 2012, the game offers amazing amounts of classic content such as new maps, characters, and game modes, cross-platform multiplayer game-play, regular updates and a huge amount of DLC. With an amazingly immersive objective-based multiplayer FPS game-play, Counter Strike: Global Offensive lets you join the teams (Counter-Terrorist Force or the Terrorists) and eliminate your enemies by the use of sophisticated weaponry and Tactics. Counter Strike: Global Offensive offers a number of fantastic and quite addictive game modes such as Classic Casual, Competitive, Bomb Scenario, Hostage Scenario, Arms Race, Demolition, Deathmatch etc. Furthermore, the game allows you to play the game offline with bots and enjoy all the fun. The Online Play option lets you go against your enemies, be part of a team and keep on enjoying the game. With a unique matchmaking system, Online game availability via Steam, Anti Cheat system, Dedicated Servers, Unique Elo Rating System, beautiful visuals and an addictive gameplay entertaining millions of online players, Counter Strike: Global Offensive is one of the most played and well liked game in the Counter Strike series.
#9 Half Life
Half-Life is a Super Thrilling Sci-Fi FPS (First person Shooter) video game by Valve Corporation. This brilliant game is one of the trend setters in FPS genre and it provided with a wonderful FPS series of games that actually ruled over the world. With a huge following and a worldwide acclaim, Half-Life was one of the best game of its time. Sci-Fi and FPS characteristics, great mechanics and an engaging game-play made the players love this game. The game is set in a Remote Desert situated in the City of New Mexico and it takes you to the premises of Black mesa Research Facility, a Secret Complex that resembles greatly to the Area 51. Half Life lets you be a skilled Scientist and a Theoretical Physicist and tells the story of the events and aftermath of a Black Mesa Experiment gone wrong. The Experiment goes horribly wrong and as a result an undefinable Phenomenon happens that opens up portals in the facility and the Aliens swarm down.No your task is to survive by killing the alien enemies at sight because they have no mercy for humans at all. on the other hand HECU (Hazardous Environment Combat Unit) keeps on struggling against the aliens. In order to stop the widespread chaos and panic HECU tries to suppress the matter by confiscating all of the data and Scientists related to the Incident. Freeman gets barred to but soon with the help of fellow scientists he reaches down to the other end of the portal, in the Xen territory in order to eliminate the Nihilanth, who is keeping the portal opened. Half Life offers a strong and fantastic narrative, great story amazing gameplay as well as loads of fantastic perks, cool weapons etc.
#10 Serious Sam 3: BFE
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a single and multiplayer First-person Shooter video game that takes place in a futuristic era of 22nd century in Egypt. Serious Sam 3: BFE allows you to engage yourself in a fast-paced and action-packed game-play and fight against the huge numbers of enemies in an open world. You can have all the traditional and futuristic weapons you want and kill the enemies by strategic assaults and counter attacks. Different types of enemies show different levels of resistance so choice of weapons matters a lot. On every enemy kill, game awards you with experience points that can be used to buy upgrades. The core game-play of Serious Sam 3: BFE greatly resembles to the one on Serious Sam and allows you to experience and amazing blend of futuristic and old gaming environments and settings. Being a great shooter game with a super-fast and addictive game-play, this game will surely provide you with an amazing experience of FPS gaming.
#11 Counter Strike
Counter-Strike is a fast-paced and action-filled tactical FPS (First Person Shooter) video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. The game offers a war-based action and thrilling gameplay and features a competitive and challenging environment, a great and appealing storyline, and enhanced graphics. It presents a player-controlled protagonist who acts alone or can lead teams of characters like himself and engages in combats with the hostiles in a war-based environment.
Due to the multiplayer nature of the game series, players on a network or globally using the internet can play as teams or on opposite sides as enemies. In addition, it provides various world maps, team-based and vehicular warfare, and a unique experience of first-first-person gaming. You’ll definitely enjoy playing it.
#12 The Darkness II
The Darkness II is an Incredible, Action-Adventure, FSP (First-person Shooter), Co-op, Horror and Single-player video game created by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games. The game is much inspired by the popular comic book which is produced by Top Cow Production, Inc. the game provides you with a combination of Gripping Narrative of Tragedy, thrilling, Crime, and Drama. In the game, you assume the role of Jackie Estacado who leads a criminal gang named as The Darkness. Two years ago Jackie Estacado (The Protagonist) use his gang called The Darkness to the man who is responsible for his girlfriend’s death. A strong attack by the mysterious company known as the Brotherhood Heralds on the gang of Jackie. After the attack, the war start between two teams and the game sets you on a journey to hell and worse. The game includes most prominent features such as Co-op, Quad-Wielding Chaos, Unstoppable and Harness Power, Kill the Light, and much more. With an addictive and quite engaging gameplay, well-written story, and the best mechanics, The Darkness II is an amazing game to play and enjoy. Try it out.
#13 Superhot
Superhot is an addictive, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game developed and published by Superhot Team. The game takes place in the stunning world and revolves around the traditional FSP element gameplay with the options to take out foes using weapons and guns. The game becomes slow when the player attack on an enemy, and he gets some time to handle his situation and respond appropriately. It offers a minimalist art style gameplay, in which the color of enemies are red and black is the color weapons. The player can use melee attacks and weapons to take down the enemy. There are a series of levels, and each level is full of action. Select your weapon, and engage yourself in fighting gameplay experience. Defeat the enemies and earn experience points to unlock or upgrade your weapons. The game becomes challenging, as the player advanced. The player can interact with objects and can use them against enemies to slay them. With impressive gameplay, wonderful visuals, and exciting soundtracks, Superhot is the best game to play and enjoy.
#14 Interstellar Marines: Spearhead Edition
Interstellar Marines: Spearhead Edition is an Action Role-playing, Co-op, Single-player and Multiplayer Tactical Shooter video game developed and published by Zero Point Software for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the science-fictional world where you takes on the role of the main protagonist, who must explore the breathtaking environment to smash down enemies to save the land. There are a variety of missions and each mission needs a completion of certain objectives. You can explore the land from a first-person perspective and use a huge arsenal of weaponry to take down enemies. During the gameplay, you can interact with non-player characters, take aid from them, and progress through the story. Other levels and features will be unlocked as you gain enough experience and points. Avoid enemy attack, use powerful weapons and kill enemies to score the points. The game comes with all future updates and expansion packs, including the original game Interstellar Marines. With superb mechanics, thrilling environment, and brilliant controls, Interstellar Marines: Spearhead Edition is the wonderful game to enjoy.
#15 Shadows of Kurgansk
Shadows of Kurgansk is an Action-Adventure, First-person Exploration, and Single-player video game developed by Yadon Studio and published by Gaijin inCubator. The game offers a fast-paced and hardcore gameplay for those players who loved playing survival games. It is specially designed to test the players’ skills. In the game, the player has to survive in a massive area full of mystery and danger. His ultimate objective is to stay alive and locate a way out while battling against monsters and accomplishing an array of story-driven missions. To stay alive longer, the player needs to hunt, gather supplies, create shelters, and asylums. During the gameplay, players are also able to craft tools, equipment, and weapons. After advancing, the life of the player become quite comfortable, but the environment isn’t exactly the best location to spend the rest of his time. They need to find out a way. If the player fails during the gameplay – remember one thing death is only the beginning of his journey. Shadows of Kurgansk includes prominent features such as Insane Environment, Massive World, Fight Zombies, Three Modes (Survival, Adventure, and Story), and more.