The BEST FPS game of all time [your opinoins]

[Throwitawaynow]

Halo, because it invented FPS multiplayer, or COD because it perfected it.

In all seriousness, Counter-Strike. Game that got me involved in gaming when I was 12 going to wizards and buying LAN time.

 

[snave]

Solider of Fortune, or Serious Sam.

Fun FPS don't have to excel at anything technical.

 

[emptyother]

Isn't it a common fact that Deus Ex is the best FPS of the previous millenia?

Yes, its true. Weird that its likeness have not been seen since.

 

[Cyberjester]

Perfect Dark, because that was the original shooter that introduced pretty much every single feature of the genre, on the multiplayer side at least, that we now take for granted.

Not a fan of history then?

I mean, on a Windows PC then Doom was the first major multiplayer game. There was another released just before, but on Apple based PC so it never took off.

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Using nostalgia to rate games is something I pretty much despise. How does it being the first game you had fun in with friends make it the best ever? How does anything being the first of anything make it any good?

How else are you going to rate something? People are rating MW2 as the best FPS ever, and I regard it as not worth the disc it's burned on. The campaign.. It's cinematic, nothing that hasn't been done before except for the terrorist scene. But that was for shock value, would have been different if they were using it as a political medium. Then that part, you know. When you jump for a ledge, roof, helicopter, etc, and miss, then another dude reaches down and grabs your wrist? How many times did they do that in MW2?

Then the difficulty is just MOAR ENEMIES! and more enemies with shotguns sitting and waiting for you to walk past.

I think this may have devolved into a MW2 rant, but the point remains. It is not only not the best FPS ever made, but quite possibly the worst generic garbage I've seen. However, note in the first post by the OP, that there was no structure given to how games are rated.

So yes, nostalgia may not be the best rating system around, but it isn't the worst.

I regard Goldeneye as alright, not necessarily the best, but it was more fun than, say, CoD4. I've yet to figure out why Deus Ex is such a great game, I'm one of the few who thinks it isn't worth legendary status, but then again I didn't get all the way through. Distractions took hold.

Truth is dependent on the person, so their truth is that Goldeneye is a good game. I'd be interested in seeing how many people call that truth.

 

[Cyberjester]

Anything that hasn't been released in the past 5 years.

Did you just bag out Stalker? And Fear?

'shakes head' That's terrible man

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

I've been really liking TF2 lately. I'll admit, I was kind of "meh" with it at first. Even though it had the whole class thing, a scout was always a scout, a spy was always a spy, etc. so you always knew exactly what you were up against. Now that there are so many different items and weapons the, game has become a much more diverse experience, and since you can customise your characters' load-outs, a much more personalized one as well.

Another contender is halo reach. I'm not going to lie, the matchmaking is kind of meh, but get 6-10 of your friends in some custom games and it's a fucking blast.

 

[OrdinaryGuy]

Half-Life 2, definitely. That game is still amazing to this day, 7 years after release. And it has an absurd amount of mods and spin-offs that are just icing on the cake. I tend to get bored of FPS games, but I never really get bored of HL2. It's always fun to pick up and play IMO.

 

[sulld1]

quake three or unreal tournament 2004... AMAZING... well in my humble opinion at least

 

[sulld1]

Half-Life 2, definitely. That game is still amazing to this day, 10 years after release. And it has an absurd amount of mods and spin-offs that are just icing on the cake. I tend to get bored of FPS games, but I never really get bored of HL2. It's always fun to pick up and play IMO.

It was released in 2004 not 2001... but i agree. it's awesome.

 

[Triangulon]

Half-life. Great immersion, atmosphere, ai, level design etc. Simply brilliant. First game I enver legitimately completed. Then again. And again. And again and again (you see where this is going). Still replay it with regularity. I loved the NPCs too. Attempting to get a scientist or Barney as far as possible was great fun.

 

[Aphex Demon]

Half Life 2 - Gordon Freeman has never been so fucking awesome.

 

[binvjoh]

The one I've had the most fun with is TF2.

 

[TilMorrow]

Well since we haven't reached the end times yet I can't properly answer your question.

Although the gmae that I think is the Best FPS up to now is Halo.

 

[Sovvolf]

I really, really, really enjoyed Star Wars Battlefront 2. I spent more time on that FPS than any other FPS I've played. I didn't even have Xbox Live at that point and I still enjoyed the shit out of that game.

The campaign was pretty damn good and had better writing in it that the star wars prequels. The maps were all brilliant (though, it being Star Wars... Its not that hard to pull off)and the fact that you could level up your character over time was also pretty cool. So yeah that's my choice.

Not to mention the dog fighting sections.

 

[Arrogancy]

Bioshock, if it counts. If not, then Resistance: Fall of Man.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Half-life (Counterstrike)

CoD2&4

If i had to pick one, Half-life w/ Counterstrike mod. Probably spent more time playing that FPS and any other combined. Its just a sublime First Person Shooter. The fact its still a competition grade game to this date says something about its quality. (though same can be said about Quake)

 

[irani_che]

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines (Now THATS obscure.)

how is that obscure??
As a shooter it is OK, as is everything based off Steam.
but, you can play the whole game without shooting anyone

 

[Veldel]

Perfect Dark for the N64 is the best FPS ever in my opinoin and I still play it a lot today