Poll: the game that defined fps

[Kiju]

Doom is a good way to define FPS games...but the only problem I have is that it didn't really define them, necessarily. Most of the enemies you fought weren't shooting you back.

For me, I'd say it was Golden-Eye, for the N64.

But, hm...from a different standing point, I'd have to say Counter Strike is what's defining most FPS games now-a-days.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Doom. Wolfenstein was the first, but Doom did what Wolfenstein did better. It defined the genre, and most FPS games to this day aren't even close to being good enough to clean Doom's demon blood covered combat boots. However, some, like Bioshock and Half Life, hang out with Doom commonly, as they all share the bizzare ability to be extremely awesome.
Plus, look at my avatar. Any game that features a beast with an unfitting adorable name (like Pinky!) deserves praise.

 

[Firetaffer]

Unreal Tournament tried to do what Halo is doing

I'm probably misinterpreting this, but what? UT came ages before Halo.

 

[Dango]

Doom, and then Duke Nukem, and then Goldeneye, and then Halo. One game can not be responsible for defining an entire genre.

 

[Treefingers]

Where's Wolfenstein 3D??

It came before Doom even.

 

[Skorpyo]

lol haloz totall-e ivented fps.

/sarcasm

Spoiler: From this pic.

I like to think that Wolfenstein made it standard, Doom proved its abilities, Duke Nukem made it interesting, and Half-Life made it awesome.

It is very difficult to choose when you've been gaming for years *applies Bengay to wrists*.

 

[PortalParadox]

Wolfenstein created it (probably), Doom defined it, Half-Life refined it, Goldeneye brought it to consoles, and Halo popularized it (on consoles).

That's how I see it.

 

[Aura Guardian]

I'd say Doom for the consoles and Goldeneye for the PC.
...Wait...
Team Fortress 2 on the Xbox 360

 

[zehydra]

Goldeneye. The first major success full 3d fps.

What about Duke Nukem 3D or Hexen or Quake?

I meant full wireframe 3d

No, you meant full 3D. Wireframe is something else. Goldeneye was not wireframe, and neither were any of those others.

And Quake was true 3D and predated Goldeneye by a year.

What? I meant wireframe! And YES Goldeneye was wireframe.

Wireframe means lines only	Gouraud means solid colours	Texture mapping means textures

Quake and Goldeneye used texture mapping, not wireframe. Wireframe would not have been an improvement over Doom.

Duke and Doom used none of the above, because they weren't full 3D.

When I meant wireframe, I meant using wireframe based models, which use a specifically different kind of graphics engine than say, the original doom. The original fps games used a kind of 3d that was calculations with sprites (2d images) projected into space, as opposed to 3d models.

 

[JayJayinMay]

I think the first FPS i played was...duuhh......Hmm...some old Moh game with terrible graphics.i remmeber running slowly through streets with flat debris everywhere following some tank in a maze of broken houses.So not exactly Genre-breaking.

 

[Larsirius]

So, thankfully, Halo would have happened regardless of Doom. :-D

But would it be the same? *Cue dramatic music*

 

[Oinodaemon]

DOOOM!! and then half life...

 

[Druyn]

GoldenEye defined it, then I think Halo: CE perfected it.

I would explain, but its late, Im tired, and I really dont feel like it.

 

[zhemis]

Cookie taken back. Mouselook was actually done in Cyclones in 1994. Nukem was 96.

I'm amazed it took 4 pages for someone to mention this.

Anyway it's Doom. Who cares if you liked it or hated it or weren't born when it came out. Why? It was bigger than Wolfenstein and paved the way for the rest. Without those two, there's no reason to progress the genre.

 

[Mozared]

There's multiple ones, they all defined a 'stage' of FPS games that all other games would follow. Doom is the obvious one, Half-life also gets a spot.

Max Payne gets an honorary mention, because it wasn't the least bit defining but damn well should have been since it was that good.

 

[Julianking93]

Definitely Doom.

I can go back and play Doom today and it still feels modern.

Well despite the graphics of course.

 

[AnthonTheSkabot]

Half Life, it had a story and some strategy, unlike Doom and Quake where you just ran arround and pressed two buttons

 

[Blandman]

I haven't bothered to read the whole thread, but if anyone said Halo then they should step away from the computer and go do something else, because gaming is definitely not for them.

That aside; Doom. Without a shadow of a doubt.

 

[Triaed]

Other: Wolfenstein
Even though there were many other first person perspective games (dungeon crawlers if you will), I think Wolfenstein defined the FPS genre. It had the elements needed that other games refined and refined until what we have now

 

[Enigmers]

Doom scared the shit out of me as a child. It also happens to be my answer to this poll. I think, though, if not for Goldeneye, multiplayer FPSes would not be so common and multiplayer is really where a lot of focus is today.

(kiss my ass, spell-check, multiplayer is a word)