Most innovative FPS
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Metroid Prime 3 - The entirety of the Metroid Prime series brought something new to our "failured" Nintendo consoles, it merged FPS gameplay and puzzles very well, together with the "scanning" system that opened up a huge library of backstory if used correctly, all this was experienced, literally, from behind Samus' visor, contributing to immersion. However, Metroid Prime 3 enriched this further by proper use of the Wii's control system. The Wiimote is excellent for console FPSs and worked very well in Metroid Prime 3.
out of all mentioned I'd say tf2. theres really not alot out there that play like it.
I don't think portal is actually that innovative. don't get me wrong, I love it but its not that dissimilar to puzzle solving in previous game experiences.
personally I think www.pvkii.com is the winner. the directional parry system and weapon collision is very unique.
I don't think portal is actually that innovative. don't get me wrong, I love it but its not that dissimilar to puzzle solving in previous game experiences.
personally I think www.pvkii.com is the winner. the directional parry system and weapon collision is very unique.
halo because it's to fps games what super smash bros is to fighting games. it has a more frantic and multiplayer-friendly build. also CoD4 because it's so realistic
In order, games that have made the biggest impact on the FPS genre (IMHO).
Wolfenstein 3D (the OG) > Doom (I and II) > GoldenEye 007 > Half-Life > Perfect Dark
Edit: That's in order of release date, not of importance; each made their individual contributions.
Wolfenstein 3D (the OG) > Doom (I and II) > GoldenEye 007 > Half-Life > Perfect Dark
Edit: That's in order of release date, not of importance; each made their individual contributions.
Probably Doom, as it was one of the first FPS games and it did a lot of things right.
Oh, and as a response to the whole Halo worshipping:
1) Don't you ever dare to say that the vehicles were good. They sucked beyond comprehension. The controls were plain bad and they were pretty damned useless most of the time. Why the hell would space marines be using 4x4 cars with absolutely no friction? The tires on these things are massive, yet it always seemed as if you were driving on ice.
2) Good AI? The AI was an abomination. Enemies acted retardedly and allied units were just as stupid. I remember that at one point there was a mission where the played would have many, many allied marines on his side, and they would all die thanks to their stupidity, id est by running straight into the enemy.
3) Weapon limit, oh my! This would indeed be something nice, were it not for the fact that you could find every damned weapon in nearly every room. I would often run out of ammo, and replacing a weapon would be no problem whatsoever, because there were piles of weapons all over the place. So much for your awesome weapon limit.
4) Grenades were quite nice, but not always useful. I often prefered to just barge into a room with a shotgun than to throw several grenades. The grenades were by no means better than the ones in Medal of Honor for the PS...
5) Weapon balance sucked. There were 3 weapons I used while playing the game, because the others were simply worse and therefore there was no point in using these other weapons.
6) I found the soundtrack very unfitting. At some points I thought it was Enya or whatever. Does Enya fit the mood when you're at war with aliens? I don't think so!
7) Here's some more innovation: The same rooms are re-used dozens of times. I lost count of how many times I had to run across a bridge that looked exactly the same as several bridges I had seen before. The same goes for many other rooms. This made the game look rather repetitive.
8) The health system ruined the game. You could screw up and hide for a second and everything would be okay. This made it far too easy to get past certain points.
Oh, and as a response to the whole Halo worshipping:
1) Don't you ever dare to say that the vehicles were good. They sucked beyond comprehension. The controls were plain bad and they were pretty damned useless most of the time. Why the hell would space marines be using 4x4 cars with absolutely no friction? The tires on these things are massive, yet it always seemed as if you were driving on ice.
2) Good AI? The AI was an abomination. Enemies acted retardedly and allied units were just as stupid. I remember that at one point there was a mission where the played would have many, many allied marines on his side, and they would all die thanks to their stupidity, id est by running straight into the enemy.
3) Weapon limit, oh my! This would indeed be something nice, were it not for the fact that you could find every damned weapon in nearly every room. I would often run out of ammo, and replacing a weapon would be no problem whatsoever, because there were piles of weapons all over the place. So much for your awesome weapon limit.
4) Grenades were quite nice, but not always useful. I often prefered to just barge into a room with a shotgun than to throw several grenades. The grenades were by no means better than the ones in Medal of Honor for the PS...
5) Weapon balance sucked. There were 3 weapons I used while playing the game, because the others were simply worse and therefore there was no point in using these other weapons.
6) I found the soundtrack very unfitting. At some points I thought it was Enya or whatever. Does Enya fit the mood when you're at war with aliens? I don't think so!
7) Here's some more innovation: The same rooms are re-used dozens of times. I lost count of how many times I had to run across a bridge that looked exactly the same as several bridges I had seen before. The same goes for many other rooms. This made the game look rather repetitive.
8) The health system ruined the game. You could screw up and hide for a second and everything would be okay. This made it far too easy to get past certain points.
Halo, but Timesplitters one was infinetly better and so was everything else about it. The third game, infact is, in my opinion the best game that has ever existed.chromewarriorXIII said:
TimeShift was innovative, unfortunately the level design and AI were too clunky to make the game great. But it was a great idea.
yeah, by reinforcing the point that all we want is colour filled unoriginal space marines heroes blasting retarded aliens. way to revolutionisel Ancient l said:
^Thisthatstheguy said:
These days all they can do is bolt on more and more novelties (such as Crysis's awesome graphics) to a game in a bid to scrape the last dregs from the barrel. I do think that the latest few ps3 shooters (Killzone 2, Resistance 2) have bought a more full-on war-like feel to the genre, as opposed to the more covert-style of FPS's such as Halo. I'm guessing its due to the ps3's superior 8core processor that this far more complex AI is possible
Way to jump on the Halo Hatewagon, you can say what you want about how it seemed unoriginal,slykiwi said:
but truth be told it still paved the way for many games. Oh and it was a great game to boot.
Prey had alot of really cool gravity affects like having enemies on the ceilings and walls, being able to shift the gravity in the room, wall becomes the floor and the size stuff, go through a portal and become 1 inch tall.
Red Faction 1, Geo-mod is still one of the coolest things in a FPS i have ever played. The ability to change the map, dig tunnels and on one multiplayer map destroy a bridge that consists of about 1/4th of the map.
To bad these things didn't catch on
EDIT: also stalker I'm not sure if it was the first, but it was the first sandbox FPS i ever played and its one of the only games that i felt was actually scary, not that BS stuff pops out at you scary like in Fear, but actual fear, i wish more game companies understood suspense horror.
Red Faction 1, Geo-mod is still one of the coolest things in a FPS i have ever played. The ability to change the map, dig tunnels and on one multiplayer map destroy a bridge that consists of about 1/4th of the map.
To bad these things didn't catch on
EDIT: also stalker I'm not sure if it was the first, but it was the first sandbox FPS i ever played and its one of the only games that i felt was actually scary, not that BS stuff pops out at you scary like in Fear, but actual fear, i wish more game companies understood suspense horror.
