Most innovative FPS

[godevit]

Ghost recon?

 

[gh0ti]

if portal counts as an fps (it is first person and you get a gun type thing) i say portal

I would agree with you. Portal was very original, loaded with funnys, and had one hell of a gun that *gasp* doesn't shoot pointy or hot or icy or any other basicly deadly object, unless it was used creatively. Big shocker!

Wasn't Portal essentially a remake of a conceptual game named "Narbacular Drop"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbacular_Drop

I would go with Half-Life as the most innovative shooter for me. It kept the mechanics basic, but it introduced puzzle-solving as a plot device, rather than a gimmick and cemented the idea that a successful shooter needed a (reasonable) story and (fairly) interesting characterisation.

 

[LoopyDood]

Halo 1 was definitly revolutionary, it completely changed FPS`s forever

yeah, by reinforcing the point that all we want is colour filled unoriginal space marines heroes blasting retarded aliens. way to revolutionise

Hey, Doom started that!

 

[hermes]

Halo 1 was definitly revolutionary, it completely changed FPS`s forever

People say that and I don't know why. To me it was hard but not revolutionary in any way.

Me neither. It's a standard SHOOT EVERYONE ON YOUR WAY Fps. And yes, You always go the way where the enemies appear.

halo 1 pretty much started that

Really? I guess you haven't played many pre-halo FPS.

Halo is important if we consider what it did to consoles, but nothing that we saw on Halo was really innovative if we include PC FPS...

I would go with Half-Life 2 as the last innovative FPS for its extensive use of a physics engine.

 

[garo]

Portal or Mirrors Edge

 

[nettkenneth]

Half-Life. It pretty much recreated the FPS genre and is one of the most respected first-person shooters ever.

Wolfenstein 3d, Doom, Quake, Deus ex & System shock are also insanely innovative.

amen to that

 

[Syphonz]

STALKER: SoC

 

[D_987]

Easily Doom or Halo : Combat Evolved.

 

[cannot_aim]

portal is probably the most inovative modern fps in the sense that its first person and you shoot. But a true first person shooter that is inovative i would probly have to say half-life.

 

[Hazy]

Quake.
Although it might not be the "Greatest" It certainly was Innovative, and is still commemorated for it today.
(I.E. QuakeCon)

 

[FoolKiller]

Prey ... Red Faction...

Wow... you beat me to the point. Those are two that often get overlooked. For me there is a list of several games that I would say are revolutionary.

Prey - for the aforementioned gravity inversion and spirit realm

Red Faction - the environments that were 90% destructable.

Halo - for all of its detriments, it has to be the most polished game in history

Ghost Recon - nothing like playing deathmatches where 1 hit usually kills you from a handgun

Doom - for starting it all

Duke Nukem 3D - for making the character you play cool

Goldeneye/Perfect Dark - for bringing the genre successfully to the consoles

Timesplitters - for its friendly level editor, frantic pace, and humour

Unreal Tournament - alternate fire that matters

Half-Life 2 - gravity gun, 'nuff said

System Shock 2/Bioshock - being able to have a quality game with a unique story

Breakdown - to my knowledge, the first successful venture to a first person game where there is more interaction than just 'see enemy, shoot enemy'

Mirror's Edge - for attempting something crazy and having a lot of fun with it

Portal - how can you not think it's cool?

Turok - A bow and arrow... in 1997... on a console... with real physics that caused the arrow to lose height during flight.... brilliant

Thief - First person stealth with a bow and arrow... awesome!

I think I have covered everything I thought added something to the genre. Toodles!