F2P games suck tbh, i did have a go, it got boring fast.
They are getting much better now. Tribes Ascend is one the best online FPS shooters I've played in a LONG time and Blacklight Retribution ticks some boxes but the combat is a bit disjointed. Planetside 2, ALL Crytek games, MechWarrior Online,
Hawken, Smite, Dota2 are just some of the upcoming ones that also look great.
Also as most devs have decided against the Pay2Win model (as it forces a lot of people away) it's not really game breaking to spend money or just work your way towards things... Exception being Ghost Recon online which has added Pay only Ammo which is retarded.