After watching a lot of James Bond and G.I Joe movies, it's only natural if you feel like going on similar adventures. People are fascinated by the uber-cool futuristic weapons, strategy and tactics implemented by the protagonists to infiltrate enemy facilities and eliminate the bad guys. The only way to do that in real life is to join the army. Or, just play an online shooting game.
Are you a casual gamer who just spends a few minutes on gaming to release the tension? A gaming enthusiast who spends hours playing on your PC or console? Or a streamer whose source of income is your viewers' donations and advertising money from YouTube? Our top 10 list has one for every type of gamer. Explore our recommendations for the best online shooting games that include Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Fary Cry 6, and more.
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If you are new to video games, here is a guide to help you choose the best online shooting game in India. We talk about the difference between gaming platforms, FPS and TPS, gameplay mechanics, and more. This article will be a humble beginning for you to becoming a gaming guru.
Most online shooting games for mobile are free (with in-app purchase options available). They usually load quickly than console or PC games, so you can play them whenever you feel like relieving some stress.
If you plan on investing in a device that supports some good quality gaming, a smartphone is the most affordable option. Smartphones are extremely portable, too. Check if the online shooting game you want to play supports cross-platform play.
If you and your friends are on different platforms and if the game doesn't support crossplay, there is no way you can play multiplayer or co-op mode together. In a nutshell, choose a platform depending on the gaming experience you prefer and your budget.
An (FPS) first-person shooter game shows you what your character sees. It's as if you are in the world of that video game. A (TPS) third-person shooter game shows the character from an over-the-shoulder perspective.
You won't be able to move the camera to see the world in an FPS game, whereas the same is possible in a TPS. Suppose you are taking cover or hiding from your enemies, you can swing the camera around in a TPS to explore the surroundings. But in an FPS game, you actually have to get out of the cover to see what's in front of you or around the corner—just like in a real battlefield.
Did you spend money on in-game cosmetics like character and weapon skins? In an FPS, you will only be able to see the weapon skin, while in a TPS, you will be able to enjoy the character skin as well. Not just that, you can see the way your character moves, react to stimuli, interact with the world, etc. What's your preference? FPS or TPS?
It doesn't matter if a game has the best graphics in the world. If the gameplay is cliche or not exciting enough, it's gonna sit on the shelves forever. Find out how to choose a game based on how long it lasts, gameplay, and more.
Taking a break after working long hours? What you need is a game that loads quickly and also starts and ends quickly. Mobile shooting games can load faster than PC or console games. Popular titles like BGMI, Apex Legends, and Free Fire have lots of players around the world, so you won't be waiting long before a match starts.
The shorter the matches are, the quicker you can move on to the next match. Mobile games like Guns of Boom feature short matches that last 5 minutes. A Quick Match in BGMI lasts 15 minutes. You may have a lot of fun playing a battle royale or a co-op game.
But you may not notice the time flying when you are having so much fun and end up finishing the day with a ton of unfinished work. You don't want your love for video games affecting your productivity. We recommend going for online shooting games that feature short matches among other game modes, so you can choose one depending on the time you have at hand.
In a battle royale game, your job is to become the last man standing. You or your team will be dropped into a large battlefield where you have to scavenge weapons and fight other teams for survival while a ring closes in. If you are outside the ring, your health will start going down, and you get knocked down or die.
You can either become a camper, avoiding enemies, and wait to fight in the last zone (don't be that guy!), or hot drop and hunt down your enemies using your skills and tactics. While the concept of a battle royale game is the same across various titles, publishers usually add something exciting to make the game unique.
For example, Call of Duty: Warzone drops 150 players into the battlefield. When you die in the game, it's not the end. You will be transported to a location where you have to fight another player 1v1 for a chance to get airdropped into the game again. Most battle royale games are free to play. Find one that runs without issues on your and your friends' machines.
By co-op, we don't mean multiplayer games that you play can with friends. Online shooting games can also come with a co-op campaign that you can play with your friends. Finish exciting missions, battle bosses, or just roam around exploring the world.
We recommend choosing open-world games. It allows exploring the world, rather than move in a single direction, one mission after the other. Games with co-op modes usually allow voice chat. Playing co-op with friends is a fun way to stay in touch even if you are thousands of miles apart.
A gaming community consists of like-minded gaming enthusiasts. It can be a Facebook group, a forum, or a discord server. Joining communities will give you up-to-date information on the games you love, games that are yet to be released, and real reviews of gamers who bought a game and played it for hours.
If a game costs money and you want to know if it's worth it, you should become a part of the internet gaming community. We don't recommend following YouTube gamers and influencers. Video game publishers may pay them to promote a game before and after its release to increase pre-orders and sales. That's how you can see some YouTubers streaming gameplay months before a video game actually gets released.
Another benefit of listening to gaming communities is to find out if a game has been downgraded. Here is a video comparing Tom Clancy's The Division E3 trailer and the retail version. People who pre-ordered the game after watching the E3 trailer ended up with a retail version with dramatic downgrades to the environment and character graphics. Gaming communities will alert you about such issues.
This is not to listen to what the YouTubers have to say about the game but to analyze the graphics quality and gameplay mechanics. Find out if a much-awaited title is a run-and-gun online shooting game like Call of Duty 4 or has realistic movement and gunplay mechanics like Arma 3.
Gameplay trailers also tell you if the game has something unique to offer. For example, the core gameplay of Far Cry games is pretty much the same—liberating outposts, hunting animals, and killing the bad guys.
But the game is still sought after due to its open-world mechanics, breathtaking environments, and soundtracks. If you are tired of doing the same things over and over again in video games, watch gameplay videos and trailers to find out more about the game.
Apex Legends is a free-to-play online shooting game that offers in-game purchases of character and weapon skins. There are no items available for purchase that can give a player an advantage on the battlefield. A typical battle royale game in Apex Legends can last as long as 30 minutes.
The game comes with duo and trio modes and a training ground. EA (Electronic Arts) sometimes releases special updates, for example, the Holo-Day Bash event that features shorter games. But quick matches are not a standard of Apex Legends. The gameplay depends on the character you choose.
For example, Bloodhound is a character that can track enemy footsteps, Gibraltar has a higher HP, Crypto can use a drone to scout enemy players and release an EMP charge that temporarily slows the enemies. The graphics quality is excellent, movement and gunplay are smooth, but you will have a tough time finding ammo in the game.
Call of Duty: Warzone is a free-to-play battle royale game by Activision. It drops 150 players into a massive map called Verdansk '84. The player count can go up to 200 in certain modes. There is also a smaller map called Rebirth Island that drops 40 players. This map also features the Resurgence game mode that redeploys you after a countdown, provided your teammates survive.
There are several ways to get redeployed if you die in Warzone: win a 1 v 1 fight in Gulag (a separate location where you spawn when you die), use a self revive kit that you can purchase from buy stations using cash that you can collect in the game, and through the redeployment kit purchased by your teammates.
Warzone is popular for its realistic graphics and fluid movement and gunplay mechanics. The game allows crossplay, meaning your friend on his/her Xbox can play with you even if you are on a PC or a Playstation.
Counterstrike is one of the most iconic Esports games ever, and Counterstrike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) lives up to its legacy. The game comes with quite a few but significant improvements, including finer graphics, new game modes, and better matchmaking ability. There are officially seven maps and eight game modes.
You can get to play the classic bomb defusal or bombsite defending mode, hostage rescue, casual 2v2, Team Deathmatch with instant respawns, and many more. Purchase weapons in the buy zone at the beginning of a game or pick up weapons dropped by dead players.
Don't expect CS: GO to have the graphics quality and game mechanics of Apex Legends or Warzone. CS: GO is available to play for free on PC. Xbox players need to pay Rs 700 and purchase the game. But there is a free demo available if you want to try it out before you buy.
While most online shooting games can give some advantage when you go in guns blazing, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege demands a more tactical approach with a great amount of teamwork. You will be playing 5v5 attack or defend matches. There are three game modes: Situation, Terror hunt, and Multiplayer.
You can implement strategies like breaking or reinforcing walls and roofs, placing traps, surveillance using a drone, etc. Situation mode presents you with ten different objectives that can be played offline in normal, hard, and realistic difficulty levels. In the Terrorist hunt mode, you will be playing against terrorist bots in the scenarios available for the multiplayer mode.
There are three different scenarios in multiplayer mode: bomb defusal or bombsite defending (just like CS: GO), hostage rescue, and secure area (same as the classic capture the flag mode). The graphics quality is not as impressive as Warzone and Apex Legends. You can play this game on PC, Xbox, PS4, and PS5.
This may come as a surprise to you, but this MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) is free-to-play. Destiny 2 features a continually evolving world that changes and expands with new seasons and events. In the beginning, you have to choose between three classes, each different in movement and possesses a unique set of abilities.
The game allows you to complete the entire campaign in co-op mode. Complete missions and have fun playing with your friends no matter where they are in the world. You get to play several PvE and PvP missions and also meet other players in this game.
Destiny 2 characters and environment are brilliantly detailed. The incredibly soothing soundtracks and sound effects will make you play this game for hours. Crossplay is not yet available on Destiny 2, but Bungie has finished the beta testing. You can expect an update soon that will unite players across the globe playing on various platforms.
Remember the human-controlled giant robots (called jaegers) in Pacific Rim? Titanfall 2 lets you control one such giant robot in this first-person shooter developed by Respawn Entertainment. The game is not free to play, and the lowest price we could find for PC gamers is Rs 999 on Origin. Titanfall 2 has been accumulating tons of positive reviews since its launch in 2016.
Our first recommendation in this list, Apex Legends, is set in the Titanfall universe. The graphics quality is as splendid as Apex Legends, but the game modes and a lot of aspects of gameplay are different. You get a total of 10 different maps when you purchase the game, and 11 more are available as DLC.
You won't be inside a titan the entire time. There are several multiplayer modes that require you to fight as a human being as well as a titan. The multiplayer game modes are fast-paced in visually pleasing environments with a lot of wall running and cover hopping. Titanfall 2 has a 10/10 rating on Steam.
We would regret it later if we don't include Far Cry 6 in our list. It is an upcoming open-world FPS game developed by Ubisoft that will be available to play on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox on 7 October 2021. The game is available for pre-ordering on Amazon and Ubisoft's official website.
Wondering how we can vouch for a game that has not yet been released? The Far Cry franchise has always exceeded the expectations of fans with every release. If you have played every installment of the series so far, you won't think twice before pre-ordering it.
The game series is already popular for its high-quality graphics and realistic environment detailing. But this installment will blow your mind away! Far Cry 6 will feature ray tracing, allowing the game to render realistic-looking shadows, highlights, and bounced light. Watch the official gameplay trailer of Far Cry 6 on YouTube.
GTFO is not your typical survival horror game. It is a four-person FPS with high-intensity gunfights, puzzle-solving, and edge-of-the-seat suspense. The co-op-style gameplay is best for those who want to experience the thrill and excitement of horror games.
The makers of the game, 10 Chamber Collective, say that the game will follow the "Rundown" concept, where regular updates of new maps, scenarios, and enemies will be released, which will replace the previous ones. Currently, GTFO is only available to play on Microsoft Windows.
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) doesn't require an introduction. It is the Indian version of the world-renowned PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG). While the PC version of PUBG is still available to play in India, mobile players need to download BGMI from Google Play to experience the thrilling game modes.
The game is free-to-play but offers in-app purchases of character and weapon skins, emotes, and more. Currently, only android users can play the game, but Krafton has announced that the game will soon be available for Apple users. Emulator players will also need to wait for a while.
BGMI's success lies in the well-designed maps that allow players of all playing styles to have fun. The graphics quality is simple yet appealing. Gamers love the gunplay mechanics and movement. There are battle royale game modes that can go on for 30 minutes and also quick matches that last 15 minutes.
A typical Guns of Boom match lasts approx. 5 minutes. If you are looking for a mobile game for busting your stress, take a break from whatever you are doing and play this game. The game has cartoon-like graphics, but the player movement and gunplay mechanics may take some getting used to.
Unfortunately, Guns of Boom gets a bad rap for being a pay-to-win game, meaning if you are willing to dump money into the game, you will be able to buy guns and level them up to deal massive damage to enemies even if your player level is low. Guns of Boom will always have some unique event going on with rare guns and skins as rewards.
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There are so many streamers out there and a ton of reviews that are difficult to understand. If you are willing to buy a game or spend time and money on downloading gigabytes of data, the least we can do is recommend some games for you and explain what sets them apart from the rest. And that's exactly what we have done here.
Don't hesitate to give it a second read if things are clear to you. You can also watch YouTube videos, and join some Reddit communities and listen to what fellow gamers have to say. Learn some tactics in the process, and maybe you will become so good that you will consider a career change.
Author - Arun F Xaviour
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