1. Bioshock: Really long 15-20 hour campaign. Depends on whether or not you'll enjoy it. I loved for its story, adventure, and environment, and powers. The actual shooting is actually kind of fail, when you look at it. But it can be really fun to catch a grenade and throw it back at someone.
2. Halo: Combat Evolved: While you probably have played it before, play it again. It's 12 hours long of quality, intense, and awesome shooting. Of course, you need to learn how to play it properly. The only thing you need to know is: Strafe, jump, and throw plasma grenades (they stick to people, vehicles, and etc). So yeah.
3. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30: Insanely difficult, yes, but insanely fun as well.
4. Freespace 2: Freespace 2 is one of the best shooters ever. Yes, it is a flight sim in outer space but the sheer awesomeness of it is too great to be compared with anything else. You'll be hard-pressed to find any better action. (If you have a new comp, I'd suggest getting the latest freespace 2 graphics update thing).
5. Half Life 1/2: While I didn't like them much at all, some really, really did. Half Life 1 takes time to get to the juicy bits, but once it does....
Half Life 2 is way more adventure than shooting (the shooting really, really, really sucks), so if you enjoy adventure, play half Life 2.
6. Borderlands: A surprisingly shooty RPG. It's very fun with buds, but isn't bad alone, either.
7. F.E.A.R: I'm guessing you probably don't do scary games. Well, Bioshock and F.E.A.R aren't really scary. In fact, they're a lot more awesome than they are scary. F.E.A.R has the most intense shootouts i have seen, ever. It's sooo awesome, and when you couple it with slow motion, it's even better. The only scary bits in F.E.A.R is the atmosphere, and Alma constantly appearing everywhere, but this doesn't really affect you gameplaywise. The only thing that can hit you are these weird ghost things that smack you, and you just shoot them once and they're dead. So F.E.A.R is an awesome choice.
8. No One Lives Forever (1 and 2): FUN! While it is sort of a stealth shooter, shooting still is Ok-ish. 20 HOURS LONG.
9. Deus Ex: If you don't mind the emphasis on stealth, you'll like it a lot. About 20 hours.
10. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay: While it actually is basically exactly 10 hours long, it's 10 hours of quality stealth, shooting, and intense gameplay. I loved it. YOu will too.
11. Crysis: 10-12 hours. I didn't like it all that much because your suit powers can't be used in conjuction with each other, which sucks. Fun otherwise, if you liked Far Cry.
12. Far Cry: 20 hours or more. If you like a more realistic take on shooting than all out insanity, Far Cry is a pretty good choice. I personally prefer Halo-ish gameplay to realism, so I didn't like it.
13. Left 4 Dead: If you don't mind the zombies, Left 4 Dead stands tall as an insanely intense shooter.
14. Star Wars Jedi Outcast: 12 hours. Once it gets to the great bits, Jedi Outcast is truly amazing.
15. Quake 1, 2, and 4: While 1 and 2 may be kind of short, it's really, really crazy action. A bit old by today's standards, though.
16. Clive Barker's Undying: While it's pretty creepy, it's definitely fun. Fast paced, violent action.
17. Serious Sam: The Second Encounter: Perhaps the most intense shooter, ever. 12 hours action. 300 enemies on screen at once. All the time.
18. Aliens Vs. Predator 2: The old 2001 game, not the new crappy one. It's awesome. For every campaign.
19. Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Old, but the multiplayer can't be beat. Campaign is merely ok.
20. Starsiege Tribes: A bit on the easy side, but it can be really fun.
DISREGARDING SHORTNESS RULE:
1. Call of Duty series: I beat each in under 10 hours.
2. Medal of Honor series: Same as previous
3. Star Wars: Republic Commando: Just like Halo, except 8-9 hours.
4. Halo 2: A great game, but only for Vista, and short. So play if you LOVED number one (like I did).
5. Portal: Not a shooter, per se, but really fun.
DISREGARDING FPS rule:
1. Max Payne 1 and 2: It's basically a shooter, except third person, and you can use slow mo and shootdodges. Hard, but REALLY FUn
2. Stranglehold: Basically Max Payne 2 on steroids, so enjoy.
3. Gears of War: An insanely fun shooter. CHAINSAW KILLS
4. Resident Evil 4 and 5: 4 is quite scary towards the middle, but well worth it. 5 isn't scary at all.
5. Giants Citizen Kabuto: A really, really, really, fun shooter that has you on a beautiful island with buddies. 3 campaigns; each about 6-10 hours.
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT! 30 quality shooters, each one as awesome as the other. If you play all of them, you'll be playing for give or take 300 hours. HAVE FUN!!!!!
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