Some brilliant shooters on the PS2 and PS3 have seemingly been completely forgotten. That needs to change. We'll show you seven brilliant games that absolutely have to come back now.
Today it will First person shooter world dominated by a handful of names: on the PC these are Counter-Strike and Valorant and on the consoles mainly Call of Duty, Battlefield and Halo.
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Or to put it another way: multiplayer shooters aimed at the mass market.
At the time of the PlayStation 2 and 3, the shooter genre was somewhat broader and more diverse. With a penchant for unusual scenarios and, above all, for the pure single player experience designed. For those who are open to such shooters, we have prepared the following photo series.
You can expect seven crazy first-person shooters that may have been around for a few years, but are still a lot of fun! True to the motto: Old but gold.
Incidentally, this is the case no rankingbut simply seven recommendations.
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Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360, PC
Singularity was released in the summer of 2010 and takes the player to a fictional island where… Space-time continuum goes crazy. Luckily, you gain the ability to manipulate time quite early on.
This is made possible by the so-called ZMG Time manipulation device.
The ZMG is a special glove whose abilities are necessary for combat but also for solving puzzles.
This means you can quickly turn your enemies into dust, slow down bullets or renew the decayed environment. Who shooters like BioShock If you like unusual gadgets and cool abilities, you might also like Singularity. The international trade press at the time gave an average score of 77 percent.
Platforms: PS2 and Xbox
Vampires and cowboys? Can this work? The first-person shooter Darkwatch from 2005 combines these two unusual worlds and delivers a pretty good one unique shooting experience away.
In the game you take on the role of Jericho Cross, who hunts disgusting bloodsuckers for the Darkwatch organization.
However, over the course of the game he becomes a vampire himself, which means that he… supernatural abilities receives, but also has to fear for his humanity. You as a player can then decide whether you choose the good or the evil path.
You can also play through Darkwatch with a friend. On Metacritic the game holds a score of 74 percent.
Platforms: PS2 and Xbox
What did the makers actually do? Batman Arkham series still done like that? The answer is: Urban Chaos. The first-person shooter puts you in the role of a police officer who has to fight his way through a chaotic city that is overrun by madmen.
As a man of the law, you have the choice in every battle: Do you kill your opponents or capture them?
This trick and the successful presentation make the shooter so popular Rocksteady Studios a little pearl that could also get a remaster. The reviews were average 73 percent In any case, Metacritic looks favorably on it.
Platforms: PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and PC
“I am the law!” – Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death was rated average by the press 57 percent really punished, but the game still has its fans. Provided you love the comics or the film New Year's Eve Stallone from 1995.
The first-person shooter was released in Europe in 2003 and puts you in the role of Judge Dredd. Your task: To ensure peace in the mega city. Either with Armed force or draconian punishments.
So it's up to you whether you execute an opponent or sentence them to several hundred years in prison. You can even arrest defenseless citizens for not having a license for their goldfish. No joke.
Funny fun fact: the game offers one German dubbing and Dredd is voiced by Stallone's German voice. That gives bonus points for the atmosphere.
Platforms: PS2, Xbox and PC
All hell literally breaks loose in prison and now it's not just murderous lunatics roaming the corridors, but also all sorts of nasty monsters. You play the death row prisoner Torque, who is now about to die naked survival fights.
In this game you can also decide the outcome of the story, for example by helping other people, killing them or simply ignoring them.
In addition, with The Suffering you have the choice whether you want to play the game from the First person perspective or third person view want to play. The brutal horror game was well received by critics: 80 percent on Metacritic for the PC version. By the way: In Germany the game was only released in one version cut version.
Platforms: PS3 and Xbox 360
And another game that's on one Comic based on: The Darkness from 2007. You play the role of Jackie the darkness incarnate. A central gameplay element of the game is destroying light sources.
The darker the environment, the more powerful you become. In addition, Jackie has… an arsenal of weapons and brutal powers.
For example, the two tentacles given to him by the darkness love to eat the hearts of your enemies. Not a game for the faint-hearted.
German youth protection also saw it that way, which is why The Darkness was only available in one version cut shape appeared on the German market. That didn't hurt the success and A successor was released in 2011.
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC
Ion Fury. A game from 2019. With graphics from 1996. But that's exactly the appeal. The first-person shooter is deliberately aimed at fans of Duke Nukem 3D and the old one DOOM-Play.
Here you shoot as Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison in the best retro style through a whole army of monsters and enemies. One loving homage to a completely different first-person shooter era.