On this day in 1897, the Lattimer Massacre occurred near Hazelton, Pennsylvania when a Sheriff's posse fired into a crowd of unarmed, striking miners, killing 19. Miners, mostly Eastern European immigrants, had been protesting for better pay and union recognition.
A week prior, over 3,000 miners had gone on strike, demanding better pay and an end to the forced use of the company store. On the morning of September 10th, approximately 400 miners peacefully marched to a newly opened coal mine in Lattimer to support a new United Mine Workers (UMW) union there.
After refusing an order to disperse by a Luzerne County sheriff's posse, the posse fired into the crowd. Nineteen miners were killed and several dozen were wounded.
Despite the fact that sheriffs had been overhead joking about how many strikers they would kill that morning, as well as medical evidence that demonstrated miners were mostly shot in the back, the sheriff and seventy-three deputies were acquitted at trial, insisting that they were charged by the crowd.
The massacre was a turning point in the history of the United Mine Workers (UMW), who received more than 10,000 new members in the aftermath of the massacre.
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Is there a singleplayer FPS game with a good story I played Fallout New Vegas and it was alright but I got bored
Edit: Important to mention that my PC sucks and can't really play modern AAA games
not really, the closest I could recommend is Mass Effect, but it's third person. There are sequels that I don't recommend playing as the writing is an atrocious downgrade, but the first game holds up pretty well.
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yeah, I have a lot of patience for janky and repetitive gameplay as long as the writing is good. I like parts of ME2, like Mordin and Kasumi, but you could tell they were being consumed by the quippy sociopath Joss Whedon morass that all entertainment was disappearing under, the tonal shift is especially noticeable if you start ME2 immediately after ME1.
I still love Mass Effect 2 (and 3) a lot, but you're totally right about that tonal shift. Right from the intro of 2, it's much more like an action movie with the whole "wake up from a coma to kill a bunch of things, before getting recruited into this super cool no-oversight secret organization of badasses". You can tell that Bioware stopped bothering with allowing the player to explore and form their own opinions, and started to just write a sci fi action movie script.
I noticed how when 2 and 3 introduce new characters, they usually do it in some high budget cutscene where the character takes out a bunch of enemies in a stylistic way. You're supposed to determine their personality by seeing if they kill people in a nice way, or a mean way lol.
Guessing I hit the text limit for this reply so I'll try splitting it up lol.
I really only play singleplayer games, so I'll try my best to give some suggestions. A lot of the more story-focused FPS games are usually in a hybrid genre such as RPG, just like New Vegas. That being said, there's still plenty that offer a good story while being short and simple (though obviously not as complex as an 80-hour RPG). I'll try to keep my suggestions to games that came out at least ten years ago (I too had a potato PC for way too long, so I know the pain haha). If you've been playing games a while, you'll probably know most of these.
Standard First-Person Shooters:
Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, Reach (2001-2010): My personal favorites. Military science fiction shooters about a war with an Alien collective. These games strike a great balance between worldbuilding, atmosphere, story, and genre-defining gameplay. They also contain one of the greatest soundtracks in any game ever made, and I don't say that lightly. The multiplayer unfortunately helped give rise to the Xbox Live slur-flinging crowd (although they've long since moved on to more recent games), but none of those elements are in the singleplayer. The story is simple but very well told and has a plethora of very memorable missions in every game. However, there's no player-choice or anything like that, just a good narrative. The plot itself is by no means leftist, and contains a fairly hefty bit of military fetishization. However, there are no real problematic elements such as racism or sexism in any of the games. You can get all of these games on Steam as part of the Master Chief Collection (which also contains the skippable Halo 4, made by a different developer). If you're good with a heavily military setting and lots of sci-fi elements, I highly recommend.
Half-Life 1/Black Mesa, Half-Life 2 (1998, 2004, 2020): Another genre-defining classic series. More military shooting with Aliens (that's gaming in a nutshell, honestly). The first game was almost singularly responsible for moving the genre away from plotless, arcade-like games such as Doom into a more serious, narrative-based format. The plot follows theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman as he attempts to survive the aftermath of an alien experiment at the Black Mesa research facility. Unlike Halo, the games have almost no cutscenes, and story is given through paying attention to dialogue and the environment. The game Black Mesa is a remake of the first game made by a very talented group of fans. Opinions are mixed on whether to start with the classic 1998 version or play the remake; I personally started with Black Mesa and had a blast (in fact, I like it better than 2). If you're a fan of a pop-science aesthetic and alien invasion stories, I highly recommend these games. The second game has a bit of a Western-brained element with depicting Eastern Europe like it's 1984, but it does not go far beyond atmosphere.
Modern Wolfenstein series (2001, 2009, 2014, 2017): You get to kill Nazis. Lots and lots of Nazis. Nothing more really needs to be said. 2001's Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a classic, but does not have much of a story. I know very little about Wolfenstein (2009). The new games, The New Order (2014), The Old Blood (2015), and The New Colossus (2017) all have a lot more story following B.J Blazkowicz as he kills Nazis in an alternate history where they won World War 2. Simple and great. I have to give a big content warning, however - the games do not shy away from depicting Nazi racism and brutality, and feature extensive scenes of concentration camps and other intense subject matter. Still, it's all portrayed very negatively and the Nazis receive no whitewashing or anything like that. Check your PC specs before you play the new ones, they're quite modern games.
F.E.A.R (2005): Absolutely unrivaled when it comes to amazing gunplay and intense fights. Games today still often don't match the beauty of this game's combat. The story is rather simple, following a special forces team investigating supernatural events at a private military company. It's quite basic and tropey, but fits the game very well and does not overstay its welcome. It is also quite the spooky game. Plenty of the horror come from cheap jump scares, so maybe avoid if you're not up for that. Speaking as someone who avoids almost all horror games, I found 99% of the "scares" in F.E.A.R to be goofy and funny; the game is just too ridiculous to put any dread in the player. The real charm is the action, which compliments the spooky setting better than most other games that try. F.E.A.R often feels like an over-the-top anime (intentionally so). Can be a little problematic, as a main plot point is the mystery behind a spooky little girl and scientific experiments. Nothing insane, but that element is present.
Metro 2033 (2010): FPS games adapted from a series of Russian novels. Follows a young man's journey through a nuclear apocalypse, where humanity remains sheltered inside the vast Moscow Metro system. Has elements of survival and stealth gameplay, but the game has an "action" game mode that tones those elements down if you wish. Has two great sequels. Sadly, I'm unsure of how well the updated Redux versions run on PC, so they might not be possible to run on your rig.
Immersive Sims:
Immersive sims are, put very simply, about halfway between a standard FPS and an RPG. They feature player choices and leveling/gear mechanics, but not to the degree of a full role-playing game.
Deus Ex (2000): A masterpiece. One of the greatest games ever made. It's a plot-heavy cyberpunk conspiracy thriller with tons of political elements to it. Leftists will find tons to love about the story and the world. The game makes heavy criticism of capitalism, the military-industrial complex, and government control. Can be a little cringe on depicting China, but is otherwise incredibly on-point about many subjects. In fact, the game has (inadvertently or otherwise) predicted events such as 9/11 and global pandemics with scary accuracy. Play unmodded or with light fixes only - plenty of mods for Deus Ex change the experience completely. The game plays very well, but be prepared for standard old-school gaming jank sometimes. The sequels, Human Revolution (2011) and Mankind Divided (2016) are also great, but not as perfect as Deus Ex. Play those next if your PC can handle them (Human Revolution runs pretty well, but Mankind Divided has no chance on an older PC).
System Shock 2 (1999): Another classic, very much like Deus Ex. Trades the political conspiracy plot for a spooky science fiction spaceship disaster. This game practically invented the immersive sim genre as we know it today. The gameplay is very much like Deus Ex, but can be very challenging at times if you're not careful. I have not finished it yet, but what I have played of it is great. It's not exactly a horror game, but can be scary nonetheless.
Bioshock (2007): Also a "Shock" game made by the same people behind System Shock 2. The plot follows the madness involved after a disaster at a city located deep below the ocean. The story is mostly told through phone calls and audio logs. Bioshock's gunplay surprisingly holds up very well, and the combat is a ton of fun. Like System Shock, it can be a spooky game, but I found it to not really be all that bad. The game also dunks on Ayn Rand indirectly, which is a huge plus.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004): What? A movie tie-in game? It sounds ridiculous, but this game happens to be a cult classic thanks to its gameplay, which was quite ahead of its time. Follows Vin Diesel's Riddick as he escapes from a supermax prison on an alien planet. Requires no knowledge of the Riddick franchise. More of a stealth game with melee combat, but it has shooting sections if I remember correctly (it's been a while).
Non-shooter Immersive Sims: Putting these here as great story-based First Person games, but they have little to no shooting. Thief 1 and 2 (1998, 2000): Stealth game masterpieces. Games today still do not beat them in terms of pure stealth mechanics. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (2006): Fantasy action game with a tiny tiny amount of RPG mechanics. Pure fantasy shlock. Very problematic with female character designs. Play this if you love kicking enemies off of cliffs. Dishonored (2012): Another stealth game set in a cool steampunk (technically whalepunk) world. Highly recommend, but it's not a shooter.
Role-playing Games:
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines (2004): Story based game following vampires living in Los Angeles, and the politics and world they live in. Very buggy and broken, but when fixed with mods, it's an incredibly expansive world with lots of role-playing depth. Still jank even with fixes, and combat is passable at best. However, it remains a highly-regarded classic RPG for the stuff it gets right. Has quite a few "seductive vampire" tropes with slightly rapey vibes, like most vampire media.
E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy (2011): Very strange and interesting game that is similar in setting to Warhammer 40k. Setting and characters are incredibly unique. This game is definitely not for everyone. I haven't played it myself, but it's definitely worth a mention.
Fallout New Vegas (2010): I know you've played it already, but I gotta include it simply because no other first person RPGs come close, honestly. Fallout 3 (2008) is similar and lighter on the RPG mechanics, so play that if you get a Fallout urge again.
Final Notes:
These are all just the well-known games. New FPS games come out daily from indie studios, so always check Steam for content or recommendations. Finally, I highly recommend setting up an emulator so that you can play older console games. Setup is very easy these days, and you can find just about every old game at the Vimm's Lair website. If I included great console FPS games, this list would be 40 times longer lol. I'd write a lot more about all of this but I'm running out of energy haha. I hope this is at least a little bit helpful!
Oh wow this is a real effort post reply, thank you very much!
I have Wolfenstein, completely forgot about that, I'll try that one for sure. I played Bioshock, that's probably the one I'd most like to have another one of because I really enjoyed it. Vampire the Masquerade is also one I'll take a look at, thanks a lot again.
Sure, not a problem! I love older games a lot more than the AAA releases, so I never get tired of talking about them haha.
If you liked Bioshock, Bioshock 2 is pretty much the exact same game, and I hear it's really really good. People used to ignore it, but more and more I've been seeing people recommend it or even say it's better than the first. I haven't played it yet, but I'm excited to get around to it sometime.
Also, if you ever get a chance to upgrade your PC, there's a new game called Clockwork Revolution that was announced a couple of months ago that looks like it takes a lot of cues from Bioshock. It sounds like a full RPG made by some of the lead creators behind Vampire the Masquerade (and Arcanum, an older CRPG). Hopefully it turns out great; we can always use more good Bioshock-like games haha.
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Have you tried Bioshock, Doom, or Wolfenstein? I think you could probably get all of them working on a terrible PC.
Bioshock 1 is about how libertarianism is bad, and Bioshock Infinite (3) is about how Christian theocracies are bad. There are some funky politics in 3 but it’s a fun game. The newest one came out over ten years ago so it should run ok.
Doom is about a guy who has to undo a bunch of corporate malfeasance by sending everyone back to Hell. One of the core mechanics is that you recover health and ammo by getting yourself into the action instead of hiding or waiting around. I think this one might be ok as well, at least the first one, because it runs pretty well on the Switch with all the graphics downgraded a bit.
Wolfenstein is about an alternate reality where the Nazis won and have lots of advanced tech. You have to kill Nazis. The story is really good.
Apologies if you’ve played these before but they’re all worth a shot if you haven’t.
Note: This game will hit you with the absolute biggest "both sides bad" hammer in the shape of a horseshoe you've ever seen in your life. I highly recommend playing the first 5 hours and pretending that's where the game ends
And obligatory “What if the Nazis won? Cringe counterfactual. First of all, they couldn’t have. Second of all, they did.”
Check out Metro: 2033. It's got a lot of post-USSR Russian brainworms but the atmosphere is top notch, can be had for cheap, and should run on your PC if it could handle New Vegas