Forgotten FPS Games - HIDDEN GEMS Part 1

[@LGR]

I love these lists you do. Another great one here, with some great overlooked games! Not sure I'd say Thief is forgotten, but ah well. Outlaws, Elite Force II... such awesomeness. Interesting fact about Outlaws: it was only barely first to have a sniper rifle that zoomed as MDK came out 2 months after it with a zooming sniper rifle, and it also had fine adjustments at all zoom levels. Then Goldeneye 007 a few months after that, also with sniper zoom. 1997: the year of the zooming sniper rifles!

[@JohnSTF72]

I'd love to see No One Lives Forever sequel sometime.It had the perfect balance between action & stealth and with its own unique humor.

[@MikePitcher]

Medal of Honor 1 and 2. No one talks about how good they were for PS1 shooters. They were, in my opinion, the PS equivalent to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark.

[@boguesz]

That title belongs to Timesplitters 1 and 2

[@sonykroket]

I know, right? MoH 1 was one of the coolest games back then, especially when you land at the beach on D-Day. I guess they got overshadowed by Call of Duty or something.

[@system-error]

Yeah! Although Timesplitters is the 'true' heir to GoldenEye because it has a similar feel, MOH was the GoldenEye of the PS1. That first game is a fucking masterpiece, so well made in every way. Feels like you're in a WWII movie, that same way Half-Life made you feel like you were in a sci-fi movie, and Resident Evil made you feel like you were in a horror movie. Glad to see the GVMERS documentary on MOH has hit 2m views, making it their top viewed video by a big margin! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJuWonR_oMeErZo

[@system-error]

​@@Coot yeah those GVMERS docs are all fantastic, it's one of the very top quality KZbin channels imo. I had a Ti 4200 and a crappy Dell monitor but that D-Day landing still knocked my socks off. This weekend I'm going to play it on a projector with a ten foot diagonal, it's going to be insane.

[@paulmay4785]

Moh was a pc game

[@zorkan111]

Just because a game is played in first person, it doesn't make it a first person shooter. Thief is not an FPS.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

+zorkan111 you shoot stuff in Thief, so yeah it qualifies...

[@zorkan111]

And you also develop strategies to deal with various situations. Does that make it an RTS game?

[@MrZyphR]

zorkan111 fps games a have a broad range compared to other genres

[@zdenenkschijbers187]

Stick to CoD, fam

[@pProjectz1]

NOLF and NOLF 2 were amazing, remember playing them when i was sick and not going to school, oh memories..

[@Najstefaniji]

amazing games/ xiii also

[@GameSack]

Hey how do you record PC footage? Do you use a screen capture utility or are you routing the video out and capturing it with your Mac?

[@rpdigital17]

I'm glad that you mentioned "SIN"! That was a fun game!

[@NimRodelle]

2:53 That isn't Elite Force 2, that is the original Elite Force. EF1 is a ST:Voyager game that was released in 2000 by Raven Software. EF2 is set after ST:Nemesis, and mainly involves the Enterprise-E. It was released in 2003 by Ritual Entertainment. They're both great fps games, especially if you're really into Star Trek, and they're both available for purchase on GOG.

[@G31S7]

I was totally expecting to see Soldier of Fortune in this list. Son, I am dissapoint... XD

[@thedarklord5129]

This list is about hidden gems. Soldier of Fortune is a well known game I think.

[@hollywood21639]

Darkwatch was pretty good. I would love to see a sequel.

[@acesteal3564]

Yes! I loved that game!

[@ytanonymity3585]

Sadly the sequel had been cancelled.....

[@thelastdisciple]

SiN is my childhood and definitely one of my favorite FPS games next to Rise of the Triad. With SiN i just loved that world and it's characters... like you mentioned a kind of Robocop meets Judge Dredd... cyberpunk vibe. Loved it! It was neat how some levels had multiple exits and also these secret/hidden levels that you would have totally bypassed had you taken a different path. Very fun and memorable game. I will say it's a shame that it was rushed to compete with Half-Life because trying to run this game initially was quite a chore at least from what i remember, so many bugs... but i can look past all that and eventually they had come out with some mega patches that fixed a lot of it.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I really like the new Dream Theater album, despite missing Mike Portnoy. Track #8 "Breaking All Illusions" is a freakin' CLASSIC! Love that tune!

[@SoleilPhoenix]

I also like Dream Theater, one of my faves. How do you like Therion?

[@GamerSi]

Love that you mentioned Project: Snowblind as its one of my favorite games of that time. The PS2 version isnt quite as smooth as the XBOX but I can recommend the game to anyone. I also liked Mace Griffon which was ignored.

[@TheNintendhoe]

I would not consider Thief a "shooter." You can shoot arrows, but it is a stealth game. You could say it is a First Person Stealth (fps) game.

[@jong2359]

Outlaws is freaking sweet! I loved that game growing up. Don't forget LAN deathmatch was awesome!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I remember really enjoying Freedom Fighters when it first came out. Such a well made game. I've been meaning to go back and replay it again

[@incum12]

Another great FPS that I missed in this otherwise great video is Kingpin: Life of Crime. Damn had so much fun with both the singleplayer as well as multiplayer :)

[@KesMonkey]

The Thief games are not first person shooters.

[@NESComplex]

Hey bro. I'm loving the "Forgotten Games" series. I hope you keep this going from genre to genre. I think you have singlehandedly boosted some eBay prices and emptied some wallets. I'd love to see "Forgotten Shmups" and "Forgotten... Metroidvania"... lol.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Yeah, it's not that I don't like MSG or Splinter Cell (I've played & own them all). I just prefer the stealth mechanics in Thief better. And you are probably right: it's because I was a PC gamer in the 90s

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I remember reading about Project IGI in PC Gamer mag back in the day, but then it kinda just fell off the map. I'll have to see if I can find a copy.... I'd love to give it a try

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I have an old ATI Radeon 8500 video card that has a 2nd S-Video out, which is then captured by my Elgato USB capture device on my Mac. It's only Standard Def, but it gets the job done.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I really wanted to include Shogo in this video...but I could not get my copy to run. Don't know if it's the CD or that it's not compatible with WinXP SP 3... Gonna have to figure it out.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Sierra was the shit in the 90s and kicked ass, up until they fell apart and got sold. Am I biased & proud to have worked there? You bet your ass I am!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Only the glass was out of the freezer...but the Guinness was only slightly chilled, like the instructions say. It was very tasty...

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I agree about System Shock 2. Bioshock is excellent...but I miss that bat-shit crazy AI Shodan! She was so damn cool....

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Gloom on the Amiga? Never owned an Amiga (I was just a C64 boy)...but color me curious! Will have to check it out

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I have yet to play Kingpin, but a lot of people love the game. I may have to hunt down a copy...

[@MetalJesusRocks]

The Immortal John Hancock returns next week in Episode 4 of I Hate U!

[@drksimi3]

I've played Outlaws a lot when I was young.. Great story ,great graphics & gameplay.

[@Netoagsn]

No one lives forever 2 is my favorite fps of all time. And i love the first too.

[@SDeww]

you should review vampire the masquerade redemption (not bloodlines) its old pc vampire rpg it has (still has) a cool multiplayer and the single player is awesome! you can download a version for all pc types from internet for like 3 dollar

[@MetalJesusRocks]

S Dew - I played that game when it first came out... and I remember thinking it was decent... I liked how it went through different time periods.

[@SDeww]

MetalJesusRocks first of all you honour me by commenting and taking time to do so, 2nd i really like your show, and vampire masquerade redemption was really good for its time, i have a comment tho, can you not make mixed videos with that i mean 1 vid covering several games from several systems they get low view rates cause people look for certain console games or pcs plse no more mixed bags personally im a hugh ps2 fan so thats always good for me!! If i can ever help you with anything let me know ..cheers!!

[@SiliconBong]

+S Dew VtM:B is a great game; to be honest it's about seven games in one! *why does he(narrator guy) mention SIN as introducing secondary fire?? BLOOD was one of the first FPS with secondary fire for all weapons.

[@Wally17.]

I know this is an old video, but I like that you included Project Snowblind. It's a pretty fun game.

[@soylentgreenb]

The reason SiN is forgotten is IMO Half-life. Half-life had fantastic weapons that never became obsolete and all carved out a niche for themselves, fantastic environmental story telling and scripted events that never blocked the players freedom of movement without obnoxious cut scenes, superb level design, excellent movement mechanics (a legacy of the Quake engine) and spawned excellent mods that people played for thousands of hours (counter-strike, team fortress classic, science and industry, day of defeat, natural selection). Half-life was a behemoth; you don't release an FPS game a month before Half-life and get remembered.

[@elimalinsky7069]

soylentgreenb There were also a lot of great FPSes that were releases at the end of 1998: SiN, Delta Force, Rainbow Six, Thief (not technically a shooter), Tribes and Tresspasser (also not technically a shooter and its grearness was rather questionable). They all had to compete with Half-Life, so many were overlooked because of just how awesome Half-Life was.

[@barneyhooks7266]

Your so Right, Half Life over shadowed Sin... That is the main reason it never reached the level of notirity it should have. Bad timing ! Besides, 1998 had All Gaints in FPS's along with Half Life & SIN , like Unreal & Tom Clancy games.......SIN didn't have a chance with such poor timing.

[@system-error]

1998 was an amazing year for games all round: Half-Life, Unreal, Rainbow Six, Thief, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Fallout 2, Grim Fandango, Marvel vs Capcom, an amazing year. The late nineties were amazing for games

[@FARDEENKHANQWE123]

the best first person old school shooters for me:1.medal of honor allied assault 2.seriouse sam 2 3.vietcong

[@stonerdemon]

Requiem: Avenging Angel. Old and completely forgotten, but it was a very good game.

[@DemiseOfTime]

Love the Dream Theater shirt!

[@TheOnlyJoeyYT]

One of my hidden forgotten FPS gems is Shogo: Mobile Armor Devision by Monolith. This was a awesome slightly anime inspired shooter where you have 2 types of gameplay, one traditional shooter where you play a guy, and one where you are inside a huge mech which can transform, which still handled as a FPS shooter! I Loved the game and multiplayer was always fun.

[@evgeniykulivatskiy]

Yeah, and i truly forgot how much i loved it.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

That's a pretty common brand of pro-quality microphones here in the States. However, I haven't travelled to Denmark yet, but I would love to visit Copenhagen & some of your beautiful coast lines.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I'm rocking WinXP SP3 and I use a mix of DOSBOX, if it's a dos game and OpenGL in Windows if the game supports it. I've had great luck getting them to work that way

[@ayudatengopiedrasenlosrino3786]

1:00: No One Lives Forever 2 (Monolith Studios) 2:50: Star Trek: Elite Force II (Ritual Entertainment)

[@MetalJesusRocks]

It says Serve Chilled right on the Guinness packaging.

[@Deader87]

I think Clive Barker's Undying and Killing-Time would be worthy-titles to mention for part 2 and 3!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Ah yes, sorry about that. I actually own both games. See what editing a video while drinking beer will do!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

The way Thief allows you to know exactly how hidden or visible you are feels perfect to me. Also the enemy AI doesn't magically know you are there, just because you have a toe barely in sunlight. Things like that. Plus, the story in Thief 1 & 2 is awesome. Love it

[@MetalJesusRocks]

I would love to browse through your collection of classic FPS games dude! I'm sure there are some classics there.

[@420trippyhippie]

This is extremely late but has anyone ever played a PS2 fps called Urban Chaos? I never heard anything about before and after I got the game. it's a very good game that flew under the radar. I'm from South Africa so I could be known under a different title in the States

[@MetalJesusRocks]

A retelling of the 1st two games?! Really? Man, that will be awesome! I love the character Garrett.

[@volkte37]

I really enjoyed Project Snowblind myself. Never really been a huge shooter fan but I picked it up cheap and enjoyed it from start to finish. Darkwatch should go in part 2.

[@foufoufun]

Haha, I had to check Outlaws release date. I though it was Goldeneye 007 who were the first to implement a sniper rifle with a zoom feature. Outlaws beats it by 5 months (=

[@kilsya1]

Outlaws uses--->Dark Forces engine, Dark Forces engine uses ------>Doom 2 engine. So basically a hyper advanced Doom engine? Sounds like a game I must check out now :).

[@thedarklord5129]

Coming here in hope of finding the fps game that one of my friends played when I was a kid.

[@deadadam666]

Guinness shouldn't be served ice cold

[@FastMav347]

XIII and the Time Splitters series have been forgotten and are great shooters even today. I also loved the Red Faction series when it was a first person shooter

[@Rook8501]

Sin!!!!! I played this on a demo when I was little and never knew what it was but I remember the bank mission so well. I have to find this game omg thanks metal Jesus you legend! Been bugging me for years 😋

[@system-error]

I was the same, then I bought it on GOG and had a whole lot of fun, it's a great game. I actually got stuck on the same bit of that bank mission and suddenly had a flashback to when I played the demo as a kid and remembered the solution, haha! It was a trip

[@Eurodrunkengamer]

Man, i really like these videos, especially that guy showing off his collection of rare SEGA games. Keep up the excellent work, subscribed.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Thanks!! I knew it was coming soon...but wow. I'm very humbled. :)

[@shiko098]

Early Red Faction, Painkiller, Lifeforce Tenka, single player Unreal Games, Forsaken. Theres a few killer ones out there!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Yep, that was announced last week... and I'm pretty excited for it!

[@WildJester]

I really liked Outlaws! It was a really cool game back in the time. Actually I thought about it 2 days ago. I can't remember well but I think there was a part with a train.

[@ThomasMetal75]

Outlaw is such a great game! Story is top notch and the game play is super fun and entertaining. Even online was ok!

[@PistNRods]

SiN was a great FPS and had a lot of hype around it when the demo came out. Too bad it dropped afterwards.

[@dnaisinmybody]

Condemned 1 and 2 are some of my favorite FPS games. They definitely deserve a spot on here!

[@szkcs]

along NOLF 2 you should have mentioned the NOLF 1 because both game's awesomeness level is on the same level

[@dosnostalgic]

Just about the ONLY new feature that SiN introduced is connected levels - blow up a building in one level, on the next you'll see a hole in the wall once you're inside. Just about every other feature listed in the video had already existed prior. A great list though. Looking forward to part 2.

[@assgoblin2damax]

I think XIII, Shadow Warrior, and The Wheel of Time should be in part two.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Guinness! come on Brother Metal Jesus we can do better than that! Next time lets see you with a mug full of: Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout - North Coast Brewing Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout - Lagunitas Vanilla Oatmeal Stout or some Firestone Walker Brewing Company Velvet Merlin and some Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Guinness is kind of entry level. Your a PC snob I'm a beer snob so lets step up your beer game bra.

[@BlackHoon]

Corey Cavalier He's not really an alcohol hipster, so I don't think he'll be showing off by drinking the top-knot equivalent of stout.

[@NewportBox100s]

Corey Cavalier Whatever happened to good ole Bud Ice...

[@TheHeineHouse]

As a huge shooter fan you know I enjoyed this video! I LOVE SIN, and actually was streaming it a few weeks ago! Nice choices MJR, I approve!!! :)

[@arcadeimpossible]

I remember playing Sin and No One Lives Forever back in the day! I haven't thought about them since now. Thanks for the vid!

[@macstermarston2145]

METAL JESUS DOES ROCK! :-D

[@EmmanuelEXEf06]

Thanks for the video, better than to watch TOP10 who put only the most popular games just for the views/likes... Thief is a medieval fps? I like a lot heretic & hexen and i thought it was the only game of their kind, i will check this series, thx! :)

[@TschimmiCash]

a) post list of game names in description - with time b) show name of the game during showing game play footage - constantly. everybody just skips through those vids

[@MightySavagE]

Wouldn't really call SiN groundbreaking. Innovative somewhat, yes, but ultimately moderately good (and it was received as such). And Thief aint a shooter, man.

[@kunu98]

Area 51 for ps2. Plus ps2 had great online fps shooters

[@MrNiceguy3210]

It's several years late to say this, but you showed footage of Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, gave accurate information about it, but then said it was Elite Force 2 and said there was no sequel? Your info got quite mixed up there.

[@Gamescommentary]

I knew something looked odd when it said elite force 2 lol

[@Darkbirdy]

I was just coming in here to post this. Voyager: Elite Force was an excellent game. Elite Force II (no Voyager) used the TNG characters and the Enterprise E. It was tedious and unimaginative, and lacked all of the character the first game established.

[@Arklay_98]

RetroGuy3210 good I don't have to say it lol

[@Xegethra]

terminator was a pretty good fps. came out in 1990 for dos machines. you played as either kyle or terminator and had to track down your opponent through l.a in free roam fashion. you could steal cars and shoot from them, run over innocent people or shoot them, get chased by the police, rob or buy from shops, rob banks which might lead the cops to chase you if you get caught. having street battles with kyle/terminator and the cops was really fun, even if they happened at the same time

[@PlayStationPaul]

Never played NOLF2, it never made it to consoles but the original is great, one of the best, underrated FPS games on PS2. Here's some of my forgotten titles, mainly for console, your list was pretty PC biased :P Disruptor (early Insomniac game, awesome) Alien Resurrection (Bloody hard, bloody scary, survival horror meets FPS) Warhammer: Firewarrior (underrated, lengthy and fairly diverse) Cold Winter (interesting Goldeneye style gameplay, incorporates regenerating health in a novel way)

[@Xanifur]

Never owned/played the Thief games, and always wanted to. The new one coming out in a month looks so awesome.

[@JohnShewbrook]

Hi Metal Jesus, Have you ever played 'Kingpin' for the PC? it was rated 18 back in the day for a very good reason - it probably holds the record for the greatest number of swearwords ever used in a video game. It was a cool crime FPS that you never hear much about nowadays. Available on GOG for next to nothing:-)

[@J4TFOI]

Have had Thief games for long time now. Would try to give them a shot every now & then, but they'd always crash on me. I had a difficult time getting into the original Sin. But had a blast with Episode 1 & am sad they discontinued it before it went further.

[@SilverMongooseVideos]

Is there a reason you don't consider Elite Force II a proper sequel to Elite Force? I haven't played it myself but I heard it was pretty good. If you are into RTS's, Star Trek Armada was also very solid. Much better than Elite Force even, in my opinion.

[@TheArmchairEmpire]

Some nice choices there, MJR. =) I really miss the NOLF games, and hope the series comes back some day. Have you ever played Shogo Mobile Armored Division? That's a pretty snazzy Monolith FPS from the late 90s as well, I've always felt. =D

[@metalheadgamer6666]

One terribly underrated FPS game that I really enjoyed playing when I was young was Damage Incorporated. My favorite part of it was the amount of weaponry.

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

LOVED that game. Used to play it on my cousins G3 Mac.

[@metalheadgamer6666]

@@SymbolicSplenetic Same here. Loved the G3 in general. The best part was that the game ran pretty smoothly, despite some minor hiccups like a little bit of lag when trying to change weapons.

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

@@metalheadgamer6666 I don't remember having any hiccups myself, but then again it was over 20 years ago. It was actually a total surprise even finding that game on the computer as it was my cousin's girlfriend's "serious work machine" ... lol, guessing my cousin wasn't fully down with that haha.

[@presidentsnow7315]

The Thief series is probably my favorite video games of all time.

[@riseandfall420]

i can't say for sure cause i didn't give it a fair chance, but i couldn't play that game for like more than 10 minutes cause it was weird and the controls and auto aiming ruined it.

[@SierraMultimedia]

Kingpin: Life of Crime (PC, 1999) is a great forgotten FPS in my opinion. I don't hear many people talk about this one. The recruiting gangs element was a nice touch to the game.

[@Zach_Archer]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a great forgotten gem in the FPS genre. You should definitely check it out and put it in the next video Jesus! :P

[@Tobbsey]

What I like about most of the StarTrek games, is the originality they have. By that I mean, Jean Luce Piccard voiced by SIR Patrick Stewart, as well as the original cast from Voyager in the Elite Force game. THAT is what I enjoy about most games from i.e. series. Keep it up dude ^^, Love your vids. and.. Rock on :D \m/

[@stit1]

In defense of NOLF: Codename - Jack. It was supposed to be a stand-alone ADDON (DLC by today's standards), the point of which was to introduce another character and his POV) And, well... Monolith delivered. I, for one, was glad to return to the universe of NOLF) I think it is rather funny, maybe just a little bit less than original. Star Trek Elite Force (I, II) as I see it - very underrated games, clearly deserved much more attention at the time of their respective launches and afterrwards.

[@infiniteascensionn]

Awesome video man, I just spent the night going through all of your videos for what must be my 50th time haha and then this appears! :)

[@BuckDat]

Love the inclusion of Elite Force, NOLF and Thief. Three great series' on PC. Also, as somebody else pointed out...System Shock 2 is a good one. But i'd also throw in Tron 2.0. I dont think many gave that game a chance because of reviews. But it's easily the best Tron game ever made.

[@mikeegee21]

Just wanna talk about NOLF. I've got NOLF1, which is just as great as NOLF2, so... yeah, check that game out. Soundtrack to that game is awesome 70's fun! Also, the "sequel" was meant to be a "tie-in/run along side NOLF2" and was called Contract J.A.C.K. It was awful! Elite Force 1 is far superior than Elite Force 2, but that's my opinion. EF2 takes place back at Earth if I remember correctly. I remember having to walk around Starfleet Command. EF1 is for sure the Star Trek game FPS that people want. And had quite good MP as well! Ran off the Quake 3 engine.

[@odinsplaygrounds]

NOLF1 & 2 are still some of my favorite FPS games of all time, especially NOLF2. I've been waiting for a sequel for ages. So the developers went on to making FEAR. My reaction was "Cool, but where is NOLF3?". Then came expansions... FEAR2... and even FEAR3 (although different developer). Never would I have thought 10 years ago that their new franchise would get a 3rd faster than NOLF..

[@SierraMultimedia]

Best of luck finding a copy. It shouldn't be to hard to find. Also great video by the way. Keep up the great work as always.

[@JordanHJ]

Nice Thief is great, though I wouldn't say it's that forgotten. As for my suggestion... that may require some thinking!

[@DukeNukem2020]

SIN wasn't really the first FPS to introduce 3rd person shooting. Duke Nukem 3D was, there's an option to switch from 1st person and 3rd person views. It's either F4 or F11

[@alien8r33d]

Tekwar, an FPS based on the book(s) of the same name by William Shatner. Hexen and Heretic of course. Witchaven. There was also a half decent game based on the Aliens films too, I think it was called Alien Trilogy and it was a DOS based FPS. The original PC based Alien Vs Predator was good. Then there's the console games like Brothers In Arms (original XBOX & PSP) and AVP on the Jaguar (looks really dated now). The best FPS is still Half Life for me. When I first got that game I'd just built myself a top spec Pentium II and could play it with the details maxed out. The opening credits are pure genius, playing as they do over in game footage of your trip to work in the research facility, that and the relatively seamless transition from one level to the next. It also boasted rudimentary interaction with NPCs and some levels allowed you to team up with NPCs. Although more recent games like Call Of Duty II, Call Of Duty 4 and Bioshock come very close.

[@stayfrxstyy]

Ok,I know some people wont know what game it is but i REALLY need help and commenting here might help me find it,i played a game in my childhood where the main character had some type of glove that you could pull enemies and shoot them in the air,etc. Tho that's the only thing i remember (if someone knows what game it is PLEASE tell me.)

[@thewhyzer]

Sin did not introduce "new features" including secondary weapon fire, third person view, drivable vehicles, or open levels. All of these had been done before in the FPS genre, for example by Blood and Shadow Warrior, and those were probably not the first ones either. Not sure what you mean by "destructible levels", but destructible walls and such had been done before as well.

[@ALonelyWeeaboo]

What sucks about NOLF is that the rights are tangled by Warner Brothers, Activision, and 20th Century Fox, so it's impossible for a re-release