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ARMA 3 for best simulation and widest variety via mods. Shit gets super involved, and some of it can be absurdly overcomplicated in order to get realism- like you get shot in the leg, your leg's broken, you can't walk, someone has to carry you until your wound is treated, and now you walk with a limp. This realism kind of makes you play safer, closer to what you might actually try to fight like, since there are serious consequences to all your actions- you don't just hide behind something till the red goes away, then you're back in the fight.
"Squad" for a more arcadey, less realistic style shooter that's still leagues better than CoD.
I want to love Arma 3 but again im not a multiplayer guy, the AI is.... sketchy at times, and im finding it hard to find a decent standalone single player campaign that doesnt want to try and charge me almost as much as Arma itself.
I have had tons of fun with it dont get me wrong, id end up spawing a bunch of AI guys and tanks and rolling around in convoy and directing battles and shit. Its awesome when it all works properly but the number of times ive had the AI just flat out spaz out and break kills immersion.
Squad is multiplayer, unfortunately. It's a great military sim experience with a bit more of an arcadey touch (teams have respawn tickets based on how they're doing on the missions, so dying doesn't mean you sit and wait for the operation to end). I'd suggest trying it.
There aren't many games like these for single player anymore, unfortunately. Single player shooters are going the way of the dodo, I'm afraid.
For a great nostalgic experience, check out "Brutal Doom". I have tons of fun with that. It's oldschool Doom 1 and 2, with physics and new weapons added and all kinds of unique new sprites for shit like blowing limbs off of imps, chainsawing shit in half, the blood effects are incredible, and it can be very challenging on higher difficulties. Loads of fun, I promise you- and it's free. The soundtrack is also fucking METAL.
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