Category: First-Person Shooter Games

FPS Games

Payday 2 – PS3

Platform: PlayStation 3 (PSN) Developer: Overkill Software Publisher: 505 Games Release Date: August 13, 2013 Genre: First-Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 7.5/10 Reviewed by Ali Payday 2 is a one of those rare video games where your gaming experience is entirely related to the way you play the game.  In fact the only way to properly review Payday 2 is to… Continue reading Payday 2 – PS3

Borderlands 2 – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Gearbox Software Publisher: 2K Games Release Date (NA): September 18, 2012 Genre: Role Playing Game, First Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by ryanvoid The world is lousy with mediocre first-person shooters. As soon as game developers saw the breakthrough appeal of GoldenEye 007, they out churned a river of trigger-happy clones with roughly the same premise – blast your… Continue reading Borderlands 2 – PC

Titanfall – Xbox One

Platform:  Xbox One Developer:  Respawn Entertainment Publisher:  Electronic Arts Release Date (NA):  March 11, 2014 Genre:  First-person shooter Nerd Rating:  6 out of 10 The world gasps upon seeing my rating.  A line of angry gamers proceeds to hurl insults my way and discredit my critical eye.  Microsoft fanboys boycott Nerd Bacon.  “How could you?” they… Continue reading Titanfall – Xbox One

Titanfall – Xbox One

Platform: Xbox One Developer: Respawn Entertainment Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date (NA): March 11th, 2014 Genre: First Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by BigSwift If there was going to be a third party competing with Battlefield and Call of Duty in the all out war for online gamers attention, it would be… Continue reading Titanfall – Xbox One

Battlefield 4 – Xbox One

Platform: Xbox One Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: November 22, 2013 Genre: First Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 9 out of 10 Reviewed by Dovahkyle Having never played any of the Battlefield games, I entered this world with naive eyes and an open mind; expectations were at an all time low as… Continue reading Battlefield 4 – Xbox One

Titanfall – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Respawn Entertainment Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: March 11th, 2014 Genre: First Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 8.5/10   The other day I decided to pick up Respawn Entertainment’s new, very hyped up game, Titanfall. This game is a first-person shooter with parkour elements similar to Mirror’s Edge, or Warframe. However, a major part of this game are… Continue reading Titanfall – PC

Team Fortress 2 – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Valve Corporation Publisher: Valve Corporation Release Date: October 9th, 2007 Genre: First-person Shooter Rating: 7 out of 10 Team Fortress 2 is a cartoon-style, team-based, free-to-play FPS developed by Valve, the company that made every PC gamer’s dream come true with the invention of Steam and Steam sales. It is the sequel to… Continue reading Team Fortress 2 – PC

Blacklight: Retribution – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Zombie Studios Publisher: Perfect World Entertainment Release Date: April 3, 2012 Genre: FPS Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by Proto Joe Remember the 2010 first-person shooter Blacklight: Tango Down? I don’t blame you if you didn’t. While the game was decent, it was completely overshadowed by other big hits of the… Continue reading Blacklight: Retribution – PC

Killing Floor – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Tripwire Interactive Publisher: Tripwire Interactive Release Date: May 14, 2009 Genre:Survival Horror, First-person Shooter Nerd Rating: 7 Reviewed by Proto Joe For my first Nerd Bacon review, I figured I’d start with a relatively simple game to keep my mind from imploding on itself. With this in mind, I decided to take a… Continue reading Killing Floor – PC

Jurassic Park – SNES

Platform: SNES Developer: Ocean Software Publisher: Ocean Software Release Date: November 1993 Genre: Action-Adventure, First Person Shooter Nerd Rating: 5/10 Reviewed by: InfiniteKnife Jurassic Park blew my freaking mind when I first saw it in movie theaters when it released in 1993. I was 8 years old and for the time, the CGI was amazing… Continue reading Jurassic Park – SNES

Half-Life 2 – PC

Platform: PC Developer: Valve Software Publisher: Valve Software Release Date: November 16, 2004 Genre: FPS ESRB Rating: M Nerd Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico Half-Life 2, the much anticipated sequel to the original, has the enviable honor of being part of a franchise that some have called the best FPS games ever made.… Continue reading Half-Life 2 – PC

INSURGENCY – PC

Platform: PC Developer: New World Interactive Publisher: New World Interactive Release Date: January 22, 2014 Genre: FPS, cooperative tactical shooter ESRB Rating: N/A Nerd Rating: 8 out of 10 Reviewed by Malefico When I sat down to review INSURGENCY (titled Insurgency 2 when first announced), the long-anticipated follow-up to Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat, I did so… Continue reading INSURGENCY – PC