For all their excellence, Half-Life and Half-Life 2 share one significant shortcoming: there's not enough blood. The story is tight, the levels are fantastically designed and built, and the physics-driven set pieces, especially the collapsed railway bridge during Highway 17, are all spectacular. But Valve's shooters need more nastiness. FEAR, by Monolith, has this in spades. And of course Doom, and its 2016 reboot, and Doom Eternal, bring the bloodshed to almost comical levels. But if you want an FPS that looks, feels, and plays like Half-Life, but with more gleeful brutality, you need Selaco. A throwback boomer shooter with almost spotless Steam reviews, it's just been totally transformed with a new campaign, fresh combat mechanics, and even some ARPG elements, all for free.
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