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Good Online FPS Games/Servers For Beginners?

Posted by simoniker on from the aimbots-and-crackshots dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I have been playing videogames for years, but only recently got a DSL line in my house and so have never played any online games before now, as dial up was always too slow. Now that I have a fast connection, I want to get into online gaming, FPS gaming in particular. My problem is that Unreal Tournament, Counter-Strike, Quake and all the other popular games seem to be dominated by people using cheats, and by established clans of players who are a lot better than me. Are there any online FPS games or servers whose barriers to entry are not too high for the average player? I am looking for something that I can just connect to for a half an hour now and then when I am bored and can have fun with."

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  1. America's Army by servicepack158 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    America's Army is free i just downloaded it :) it's pretty sweet. go check it out. It's more realistic too, ie no missle super guns and cheats that I know of.

  2. Savage by SuperQ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've been playing Savage a bunch recently, it's a great combo FPS, and RTS.. I saw it at Best Buy for $20, and after playing the demo.. what a deal. (the demo is a bit bugy, but fun, the retail version update 2.0 fixes all the previous bugs)

    info: http://www.s2games.com

  3. RtCWeT by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Return to Castle Wolfenstine Enemy Territory...

    excellent game that REQUIRES team play and has lots of friendly people if you are interested in actually being a team member...

    I'ts one of the very few I play on a regular basis..

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  4. Halo isn't too bad by Mantrid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've found Halo to be pretty fun for what your describing...log on play for 15-20 minutes and quit. The vehicles make it interesting, although the game is not without its problems. But if your just playing casually on line it isn't going to be too big of a deal.

  5. Legends! by nulltransfer · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's free (~80 MB download), runs under Linux, Windows and Mac OS 9/X, and comes with both server and client for all three platforms...

    Loosely based on Tribes...

    http://hosted.tribalwar.com/legends/

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  6. My idea... by throbbingbrain.com · · Score: 5, Interesting
    but if the player's 30-3 someone should kick them
    I play Unreal INF and there's usually someone on each server that is so much better than the rest that it lowers the fun-factor for everyone else.
    I think the player with the highest score should glow in some eye-popping color and have access to only the lowest hit weapons. When their score drops, they go back to normal and the next highest takes their place. Call it an equalizer.