Poll: the game that defined fps
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I agree with Wofenstein 3D because it's one of the first but I do have to admit that DOOM is probably more responsible for bringing the FPS into the mainstream gaming scene.
I also would nominate Half-Life for being the most terrible game that ever existed in the FPS world. Yes, Serious Sam and Rise of the Triad are superior games to Half-Life 1-2.
I also would nominate Half-Life for being the most terrible game that ever existed in the FPS world. Yes, Serious Sam and Rise of the Triad are superior games to Half-Life 1-2.
I agree about Doom, but if you're talking about which game was the first to define what we now recognise as the FPS, it has to be Quake. It predated Goldeneye by a year, it was the first truly 3D FPS, the first one that could be played over the Internet, and the first one to intentionally support modding. It was the engine that spawned a thousand games; there is still code from its engine in HL2 and CoD4.InvisibleMan said:
Goldeneye is still an underrated gem, though. I think it had some kind of stealth gameplay, and it challenges Half-Life for the title of defining the plot-driven FPS.
Wolfenstein 3D didn't define the genre, it was the kick-off.
DooM didn't define it either, it just set the standard.
I think it's Half-life that very, very subtly defined the genre. Few people realise how influential a game it was, even if it was pretty boring at times. You can tell just by looking at the huge masses of third-party mods that use the same engine, the same AI, the same interface (mostly)... yeah.
That might sound a bit fanboyish, but I thought Half-life in itself wasn't that amazing. It was just really fucking influential.
So it gets my vote.
EDIT: Oh dear, I forgot QUAKE. Half-life actually used a heavily modded Quake engine.
QUAKE gets my actua vote.
Ooo, interesting fact. Wolfenstein 3D wasn't the first FPS ever, it was the first one released. id had made an FPS just before it, can't remember the name. Look that up.
DooM didn't define it either, it just set the standard.
I think it's Half-life that very, very subtly defined the genre. Few people realise how influential a game it was, even if it was pretty boring at times. You can tell just by looking at the huge masses of third-party mods that use the same engine, the same AI, the same interface (mostly)... yeah.
That might sound a bit fanboyish, but I thought Half-life in itself wasn't that amazing. It was just really fucking influential.
So it gets my vote.
EDIT: Oh dear, I forgot QUAKE. Half-life actually used a heavily modded Quake engine.
QUAKE gets my actua vote.
Ooo, interesting fact. Wolfenstein 3D wasn't the first FPS ever, it was the first one released. id had made an FPS just before it, can't remember the name. Look that up.
Birthed it? As you say, yes DOOM, Heretic, Hexen, withe the later 2 beeing "doom clones" in duisguise.viranimus said:
Defined it? not Halo, sorry. The only thing Halo had, what others had not was well functioning vehicles. The rest could have been a little more sci-fi Halflife.
I like it, but it didnt reinvent the wheel.
redifined it? nothing, and a lot of stuff. Bioshock sure was good, but the fitting rpg elements arent new. Deus Ex, Tron 2.0 had it. Both great games.
