The BEST FPS game of all time [your opinoins]
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OK I will post this to settle a couple of desputes.
An FPS [First Person Shooter] is anything played from a First Person perspective, meaning you see through your character's eyes. It may have shooter in the name but it does not have to envole shooting, mirros edge is an example.
An FPS [First Person Shooter] is anything played from a First Person perspective, meaning you see through your character's eyes. It may have shooter in the name but it does not have to envole shooting, mirros edge is an example.
Deus Ex would be the best first person game ever made, that's for sure, but in the 'shooter' department, not so much. I honestly found the gameplay sections to be a bit tiring towards the end, I wanted to see more of stuff like Hell's Kitchen and the Wan Chai Market. Hell, my favorite weapons in the game are the Stun Prod and Dragon Tooth Sword. There just aren't enough prod chargers in the game to satisfy my tazing urges >:|, so that's why I use the overpowered nanotech lightsaber as well.
As a complete package, I'm not really sure. Orange Box is probably a safe bet (although I wasn't the biggest fan of Half Life 2 Pre Episodes), but Halo CE has given me the most fun with other people, though I guess it was just way too far back for me to remember Goldeneye.
As a complete package, I'm not really sure. Orange Box is probably a safe bet (although I wasn't the biggest fan of Half Life 2 Pre Episodes), but Halo CE has given me the most fun with other people, though I guess it was just way too far back for me to remember Goldeneye.
Well that definition makes no sense in a game devoid of shooting, which is one of those three key words in the first person shooter description.DigimonReachOfficial said:
It's a first person action adventure, different genre friend.
DooM.
Yeah, it's primitive. Yeah, it's a year away from being a Legal Adult at 17 years running.
But you know what?
IT'S FUN. It was fun in 1993, and it is STILL fun. I still play DooM frequently. Its simplicity is part of what I love about it. Whenever I'm playing most modern shooters, and I see "RELOAD" flash and have an enemy immediately pop around the corner while I take forever to slam my clip in, I think to myself "Why can't we go back to Doom, when we had the blessings of the Great Stallone and his never-ending clip?"
I do recognize many modern shooters as awesome and yeah, many strides made since have improved the genre. But DooM is the classic, and it still provides me with hours of entertainment. There are millions of mods out there, thousands being made each year (I always get excited for the Cacowards on December 10th, where they honour Doom's birthday by giving out awards to various Doom wads.) it has a strong community and it's even fun to play online with engines like Skulltag. Those are my reasons.
Yeah, it's primitive. Yeah, it's a year away from being a Legal Adult at 17 years running.
But you know what?
IT'S FUN. It was fun in 1993, and it is STILL fun. I still play DooM frequently. Its simplicity is part of what I love about it. Whenever I'm playing most modern shooters, and I see "RELOAD" flash and have an enemy immediately pop around the corner while I take forever to slam my clip in, I think to myself "Why can't we go back to Doom, when we had the blessings of the Great Stallone and his never-ending clip?"
I do recognize many modern shooters as awesome and yeah, many strides made since have improved the genre. But DooM is the classic, and it still provides me with hours of entertainment. There are millions of mods out there, thousands being made each year (I always get excited for the Cacowards on December 10th, where they honour Doom's birthday by giving out awards to various Doom wads.) it has a strong community and it's even fun to play online with engines like Skulltag. Those are my reasons.
I see where you're coming from, I played Goldeneye on emulator a month or so back, and it hasn't aged well at all. However I don't think that detracts from the awesome, awesome times people had with it when it was considered amazing. When you rate something as the 'best', it really depends on what criteria you are judging a game? A technical standpoint? Good storytelling? Fun mechanics? The multiplayer?ciortas1 said:
See, I think that when you judge a local multiplayer game like Goldeneye or Timesplitters, you aren't particularly judging the game. You're more likely remembering the friends you played it with, and the fond memories of that kind of thing. That's probably why a lot of people are naming Goldeneye as their favourite game, because these days there aren't many games that encourage 4 players round a console any more, and while the internet and online play makes for some great fun, I think a lot of people find the local multiplayer more endearing. Anything played with friends, despite whatever flaws it may have (I played Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory with friends at a LAN and despite that game being absolute shite, we still laughed and had a great time), is going to leave an impression. Of course people are going to be biased towards the memories and not the actual technical merits of the game. If the memories of the old games are good enough that they don't think the shooters they're playing in more modern times match up to that experience, then that's fair enough, and an opinion that you might not share!
AND, with that said, OT:
For single player experience, I'd say my favourite game is still Jedi Knight 2, for two reasons. One - I don't buy FPS games for single player experiences, so haven't played very many at all in the last 5 years. Dunno why, just never really bother with them (I should). Two - the game and weapons are nifty, the story is great and listening to guards have hilarious conversations before you blast them to smithereens is delightful.
For multiplayer experience online, it's currently a toss-up between Borderlands and Bad Company 2. I love Borderlands to pieces, and I'm a massive fan of the teamwork element in Bad Company 2, and how the 4 kits work together when you're in a good squad. Borderlands just edges in front I think, though, because of the stunning game world design and the RPG loot element that keeps the game fresh way into a third playthrough.
For local multiplayer, my favourite game of all time is still Timesplitters: Future Perfect. When I get a chance to gather old college or uni chums, I will bring out my PS2 and we'll play this to death. Sheer, unrestrained awesome.
Hey, DOOM had a story!Riddle78 said:
(sort of)
Actually, now that I think of it... an accident at a secret laboratory complex leads to an influx of hideous monsters from somewhere else, and only one guy who doesn't talk can stop them. Give Freeman a chainsaw instead of his crowbar and Half Life is Doom.
I'm not sure how anyone could vote for Bioshock over the System Shock games, so I'll say System Shock 2. If that's too close to a crpg, then I'd say Deus Ex. And yes, unless you can't deal with older graphics those games hold up brilliantly.
I'd probably say BioShock. I've played many multiplayer shooters I've had lots of fun with, but I'd have to pick BioShock as the best FPS game in my opinion. No other shooter has immersed me like it did.
Your opinion has been duly noted. However it's new to me that 'favourite' has a time-constraint on it. Hell, I haven't watched the Usual Suspects in about 5 years, but it's still my favourite film. Go figure, maybe I should update my favourite movie to Kick-Ass because I saw it more recently.ciortas1 said:
