Topic: Shooters with Good Singleplayer Campaigns

I'm not big on shooters, and I know I'm not the only one on this site who feels that way, but I thought I'd ask if any of you guys know about some shooters, preferably FPS or Third-Person, whose singleplayer you enjoyed?

I guess I'll name a few...I really liked Doom's campaign. As simple as it was, I never felt it needed to be a whole lot more than that. Same with the 2009 Wolfenstein, though that did have some more going for it (some for the better, and some not). It wasn't perfect, but I arguably enjoyed it more than a lot of games that came out around that time.

Metro 2033 had a surprisingly good story to it, on top of some great atmosphere and interesting setpieces. It also made me realize how much I sucked at shooters. Lots of save reloading happened in that one...

Goldeneye 007, Halo 2, and Call of Duty 2 had some great multiplayer, but I really enjoyed the singleplayer campaign as well.

Oh, and I really need to play more Far Cry 4 still. I liked where that one was going.

I agree with @ekreig. The Borderlands and Far cry series are the most fun i have had with single-player FPS's. They have personality and you can play them in different ways, like playing as the different classes in Borderlands and different ways to approach objectives in Far cry. Love them both!

Well, these are the ones I can think of at the top of my head:

Vanquish is probably my favourite shooting game of all time. It's a Platinum game, so that's no surprise.
Tomb Raider (The reboot) caught me by surprise. It's the first Tomb Raider game I actually enjoyed. The setting and atmosphere are pretty amazing.
Metro Last Light is just superb. The gameplay, atmosphere, story and characters ... everything is just superb.
Deus Ex Human Revolution is another great game. Though it can be played both, stealthy and offensive.
Uncharted 2 feels like an action movie. It's a ride full of entertainment from start to finish. It's also the only Naughty Dog game I enjoyed.
Bulletstorm is a heavily underrated game imo. The game has a lot of weapon variety and is all about offering awesome ways to kill your enemies. Just make sure to play the uncut version of the game.
I can't recommend Bioshock Infinite though, even though it's a popular game. The setting is amazing, but that's about it. The story is too confused and the shooting mechanics are terrible. Metro Last Light was the true star of 2013 and not Bioshock Infinite.

Spec's Op's The Line if you want to play a military shooter that actually has a deep story. It's deep and makes you think but if you already know the story of the game then don't play it,cause that's what the game is going for a deep story.

...Does Metroid Prime count? lol

Uncharted 1-3 are some of the best games ever made. (well, 2&3 are, 1's good, but not that good.)
Call of Duty 2
007: Blood Stone
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Dark Void
Transformers: War For Cybertron
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Red Steel 2 (though it's only a half FPS)
These are all some pretty good games. I'm probably forgetting some too.

Well I am not big on shooters but these are my favorite

Borderlands 2

If you own a 360 I suggest
The Gears of War series

Left 4 Dead

I second Vanquish! It's a bit light on the shooter part, but still awesome (and has no multiplayer, anyway). What I'd like to add, though, is XIII. The game has a good sense of pacing, and offers enough freedom of choice to feel at least somewhat crafty.
Also, The Conduit. It's really interesting to play, and has some very creative elements that keep you invested - if you like them. The visual department is especially impressive!

XIII seemed like it would be a cool game. I bought it twice and sold it twice, though. I deeply regret that, too.

@MajinSoul - I wasn't a big Bioshock fan, either. I mean, I thought Infinite was better than its predecessors, but it still wasn't very fun to play.

And yes, Vanquish! Easily one of my favorite shooters, period! Glad you guys brought it up.

I'd also like to add that I greatly enjoyed Killzone 2's campaign. I think I meant to mention that instead of Call of Duty 2...

Does anybody recommend Binary Domain? I'm thinking of picking it up since it's from the Yakuza's developer, but I don't know much else about it.

Play the original, it is fantastic

Don't oversell it. It's story isn't that deep, it just takes a different perspective than most realistic looking military shooters.

@CanisWolfred: When you say Doom, do you mean Doom 3 or the original. Because if you haven't played Doom 3 it's definitely worth playing. A good reboot of the original and quite lengthy.

Remember when I said Doom didn't need to be anything more than what it was? Doom 3 kinda sealed that. It was too much for me.

Did you play the BFG Edition? It's more back to basics than the original Doom 3. Have you played Unreal? How did you like that?

I didn't play Unreal. I have it, but didn't know if it was anything worth playing, it just came with a bundle. And I never got the BFG Edition, since I hated the base Doom 3. I'll have to look into it, thanks.

I actually never played the original Doom 3. But a lot of fans of the original complained that they changed it too much(intentially to more back to basics), maybe enough for you to actually enjoy it a little. It also comes with Doom 1 & 2, so there's always that.

I noticed that it came with the first two DOOM games. Think I'll try to get it for the PS3. I already have DOOM 1 and 2 on PC, but it would be nice to play them on the TV without booting up the 360 (which I'm always scared is gonna die on me at any moment)

I'm not a big fan of shooters, but I got Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions on Steam for real cheap and the single-player is great. MP is pretty much dead, though.

@CanisWolfred To pick up on Binary Domain: the game isn't too bad, but nothing too good, either. It has some very awkward dialogue, superficial relationship system, and an overall good, but occasionally weird AI. The shooting aspects aren't anything to brag about, either. It's a very solid "meh", as I see it.
Also, I just remembered! Battlefield: Bad Company! I mean, yeah, it's Battlefield, and the weapon balancing is unsurprisingly bad, but the single player campaign was actually really enjoyable - especially thanks to the funny dialogue!

I remember renting Bad Company. Can't remember if I liked it or not, but I certainly wanted to. Too bad the sequel seemed to miss the point of the first game...

Shouldn't this be in the universal recommendations thread?