Top Ten Free Fps Games For Mac
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In the war between PC and console gaming, the former is just assumed to always be Windows. But what about Mac? Sure, there isn’t a huge number of games available for Apple’s desktop operating system, but it’s not completely bereft of titles.
In fact, in recent years, some developers like Valve have seemed keen to develop for Mac too. We have already taken a look at the best action games for Mac The 10 Best Action Games You Can Play On Your Mac [MUO Gaming]Getting your frag on with a Mac has never been easy. The most popular action shooters, like most of the Quake games and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have been ported, but as you... Read More , but that covered every single type, from action-adventure to third-person shooters. I wanted to go old-school and discover what first person shooter (FPS) games are available for OS X, and I was quite surprised by the selection…
1. The Orange Box [$19.99]
It’s been six years since Valve released The Orange Box, but there’s no doubt in my mind that this is still the best deal in gaming available. For just $20, you get Half-Life 2, its expansion packs Episode One and Episode Two, the original Portal and Team Fortress 2. Half-Life 2 is among the best games ever made, with a fantastic storyline, gripping gameplay and graphics that still don’t look outdated today. Portal is the finest first-person puzzle game, and Team Fortress 2 is the most fun multiplayer team game you will play. Five high-quality first-person shooters for that price? You’d have to be crazy not to buy that.
2. Borderlands 2 [$29.99]
If you asked me to name the most insane yet fun action game in the past few years, I wouldn’t even need to think for a second to say Borderlands 2. The original Borderlands was a blast and the sequel only improves on that. Playing as one of four “vault hunters”, you have a wide variety of weapons at your disposal, from shotguns to sniper rifles, with plenty of variation in each type. The comic book-like animation style only adds to the charm, taking away realism and putting fun back into the virtual world of guns and gore. No wonder this one made it to our list of the top 10 games on the PlayStation 3 10 Of The Best PS3 Games You Must Play [MUO Gaming]This generation of games consoles is coming to an end, with the Wii U already having arrived to usher in the next-generation, and successors to both the PS3 and Xbox 360 expected in 2013. However,... Read More .
3. Bioshock Infinite [$39.99]
Like the original Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite has one of the best storylines in video games 3 First-Person Shooters That Actually Have Great Stories [MUO Gaming]First-person shooters (or FPS) have long been a genre that is based around competition. Ever since the invention of multiplayer gaming, it only made sense to have shooters as a key genre. I once wrote... Read More . Steampunk has never been executed so well in gaming and Infinite scores high on every aspect: story, gameplay, graphics, voice acting and sound. My personal favorite is hopping on to the Skyline, a single-person railway system which you use to travel around the floating city of Columbia with a hook mechanism. There is nothing as cool as zipping along and shooting enemies. The video above doesn’t do it justice, you need to try it!
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops [$49.99] & Modern Warfare [$19.99]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is arguably the best FPS game to be made in the last few years, and definitely the best war game. The franchise kicked away the obsession developers had with World War II shooters and focussed on modern combat instead. The result was one of the most engrossing games ever made with incredible variety in the gameplay, be it as the perfect sniper in Chernobyl, shooting targets on the ground from an airplane, or crawling through enemy lines undetected with your camouflage. Matt wrote a great article on the evolution of the FPS genre Doom Vs. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare - Just How Far Has The FPS Come?First person shooters have been at the forefront of game development since their first incarnation over two decades ago. They combine adrenaline-soaked action with a perspective that provides a great stage for technology; first-person games... Read More from the early days of Doom to COD: Modern Warfare. And after the success of Modern Warfare came a new franchise, Black Ops. The gameplay is similar, so when you’re done with MW, hop on to Black Ops.
5. Left 4 Dead 2 [$19.99]
If you like zombie shooters, Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 is as good as they get and deservedly finds a spot in the best Xbox 360 games 10 Of The Best Xbox 360 Games You Must Play [MUO Gaming]At this time of year more than any other there will be a host of new console owners getting to grips with their system. And after they get bored of the games bought alongside their... Read More . As a single-player game, L4D2 is a lot of fun, making you attempt to live through a zombie apocalypse as part of a band of four survivors. But where it really shines is in co-op gameplay. Buy it on Steam, connect with other players online and stave off wave after wave of zombies to make the world a safer place once again.
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution [$39.99]
Perfectly marrying the strengths of RPG with those ofthe FPS, it’s a pity that Deus Ex Human Revolution doesn’t get the recognition it deserves (although Dave ranked it as one of the best games of 2011 My 5 Favorite Video Games Of 2011 [MUO Gaming]It is that time of the year. 2011 is over, and 2012 is upon us. The big games from last year are on the shelf, and it is time to talk about our favorite games... Read More ). How you interact with other characters will determine the outcome of the game, and meanwhile, there’s plenty of fighting and stealth action to keep you occupied. And when you throw in a mechanically augmented man as your lead character, there’s always going to be the kind of mayhem you want to be in the middle of!
7.The Darkness 2 [$19.99]
This one is contentious and might just start a flame war in the comments, but The Darkness 2’s gameplay is a blast. Sure, the storyline is silly. Sure, the graphics aren’t the best. Sure, the voice-acting is downright amateurish. But does any of that matter when you’re a paranormal being with a human body appended with two tentacles? You can slice up enemies, grab and toss them, or perform the most gruesome kills once you have them in your power. This one ain’t for kids; I’m not even sure this one is for most adults given the amount of gore involved. But if you like twisted fun, you can’t go wrong with The Darkness 2. Leave your brains at home and just enjoy the crazy gameplay.
Let The Flame War Begin!
Yup, I know I didn’t mention some great FPS games for the Mac. Portal 2, if you can look beyond the “shooter” part, would top this list. Max Payne 3 might look like a third-person shooter, but it plays like an FPS. And then there’s Serious Sam 3: BFE, which is as close as you can get to being Arnold Schwarzenegger. There’s no “definitive list”, so I want to know your picks. What would you remove from this list and what would you replace it with?
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The weekend's here and if you're worried about being bored, here are some great FPS games you can play on your Mac.
This time around I'm focusing on some of my favorite first person shooters (FPSs) that are currently available for the Mac platform, ranging in price from free to not free. Locked and loaded? Good. Here we go...
Borderlands 2
- $39.99 - Download now
Every once in a while a sequel comes along that completely eclipses the original game. Such is the case with Borderlands 2, which took everything that was good about the original Borderlands and made it better.
For the uninitiated, Borderlands 2 drops you on the surface of a hostile alien world called Pandora. You're essentially a treasure hunter on a mission. You can choose from one of four different character classes, each with unique abilities, and in a nod to role playing games, you can develop special abilities by assigning skill points that you gain through experience. Borderlands 2 also features a weapons randomizing system that produces an almost unlimited number of variations on handguns, rifles, grenades and other weapons.
A hilarious script and great voice acting provides you with constant laughs through the 30+ hours of single-player fun your first time through (and you will replay this game to get experience with each character class). Add to that fantastic cooperative multiplayer gameplay and downloadable content to extend the game, and you've got a potent mix that will keep you coming back again and again.
Aspyr makes the game available through the Mac App Store and Steam (which we've linked above). Our recommendation is to go for the Steam version so you can get cross-platform multiplayer - Mac App Store downloaders are relegated to Mac-to-Mac play only through Game Center.
BioShock 2
- $24.99 - Download now
Few recent FPS's have had the impact of the BioShock series. The game struck gold for its detailed storyline involving Rapture, a Randian utopia far beneath the surface of the ocean, run amuck. A survival horror game, BioShock 2 puts you in the role of a Big Daddy - a genetically altered human encased in a heavily armored diving suit. Rapture is filled with psychotic and dangerous people who have been altered by a substance that can record their genes, granting them superhuman powers (and, unfortunately, driving them mad).
The game sports multiplayer action too, but unlike Borderlands 2 isn't available from Steam, so the Mac App Store is a safe bet. BioShock 2 is the sequel to the first BioShock, and if you haven't picked that one up, it's definitely worth your time as well, especially at $19.99 price. Both should wet your whistle until BioShock Infinite shows up for the Mac this summer.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- $29.99 - Download now
Short of having its superlative sequel on the Mac, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the next best thing. Sure, it's been around for a while, but this game stands up to the test of time: it's a phenomenal FPS that puts you in the role of U.S. Marines and British SAS commandos as you travel to the U.K, the Middle East, Azerbaijan, Russia and Ukraine on the hunt for international terrorists who plan to detonate a nuclear warhead.
COD4: MW takes a break from past COD games by bringing the action to the modern era, instead of focusing on World War II, which means you have plenty of modern weapons to choose from. It also sports great multiplayer capabilities with plenty of challenges, unlockable perks at matchmaking to make sure you're paired with players of similar abilities.
Team Fortress 2
- Free to play - Download now
A team-based multiplayer first person shooter available through Steam, Team Fortress 2 is almost six years old and still going strong. The game pits two opposing teams against each other in a variety of different modes: Capture the Flag, Control Point, Territorial Control, King of the Hill and more. The play maps vary from the ridiculous to the sublime, and you can choose from nine different player classes, some with offensive capabilities (like the Scout), some better on defense (like the Heavy), and some best for support (such as the Medic).
The game's fun to play not only for its varied gameplay modes and different character classes to master, but also for its cartoon-style art. And it used to be you had to pay for TF2, but Valve made it free to play in 2011. (The company makes money through in-app purchases players make to buy unique equipment and character outfits.)
Counter Strike: Source
- $19.99 - Download now
The original Counter Strike took the world by storm when it was introduced as a mod for Valve Software's legendary game Half-Life. Valve reworked CS as its own independent game using the Source engine (hence the name). It's a team-based first person shooter that emphasizes accomplishing objectives - kill your opponents, rescue hostages and so on. What makes it a bit different than the rest is that when you're shot, you stay dead until the end of the round - no instant respawning.
Twelve years since its first release, Counter Strike still has a huge following and remains ridiculously popular. Last year Valve released Counter Strike: Global Offensive (seen above), so if you've gotten tired of the original, you can immerse yourself in a new game that features updated content from the original, along with new maps, characters and weapons.
Special Mention: Pathways Into Darkness
- Free - Download now
Before Halo, before Myth, before Marathon, way back in 1993, Bungie Software made a name for itself with Mac gamers with one of the most innovative first person shooters we'd ever seen (and really, we hadn't seen a lot of them, but we knew this one was cool). That game was called Pathways Into Darkness.
Man Up Time has resurrected this 20-year-old masterpiece for modern Mac and they've made it absolutely free. Not 'freemium' - there are no in-app purchases you need to make to keep playing. Free. The game traps you in a mysterious pyramid in the Yucatan that threatens the very survival of the Earth. You must descend into its innermost recesses, battling fearsome monsters to save the world.
PID is a game of its era. Its graphics are quaint and primitive, its interface is awkward by modern standards, but it stands out as a period piece worthy of remembering and enjoying. It's a bit of Mac legend. And it's free, so you have nothing to lose but some download bandwidth.
Your go-to first-person shooters?
Those are my favorite FPS games on the Mac right now, but if there are any other can't-miss shooters on your short list, let me know in the comments below. You can never have too much of an awesome thing!
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