Poll: Best FPS ever?
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I voted Deus Ex before I saw BioShock and the "Other" options. Deus Ex, BioShock, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl are hands down the best single-player First-Person Shooter games, but the best multi-player FPS title belongs to Modern Warfare 2. Don't get me wrong, the original Modern Warfare had a near perfect multi-player, but the sequel was very in-depth and addictive. There was just so much to do in Modern Warfare 2. Runner-ups would be Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Counter-Strike.
Call of Duty 4 and 2, as well as Half life 2.
Im surprised there isnt a lot of praise for 2, because it is far more than a tech demo tht showed what the next gen consoles can do in my opinion. Point Du Hoc is one of my favorite missions in the series, and some of the best set pieces as well.
Im surprised there isnt a lot of praise for 2, because it is far more than a tech demo tht showed what the next gen consoles can do in my opinion. Point Du Hoc is one of my favorite missions in the series, and some of the best set pieces as well.
I don't want to start a flame war or anything but an 83 out of 100 on metacritic isn't lukewarm. It's not great, but it certainly ism't lukewarm, just saying.Denamic said:
My favorite is easily the original Halo.
Especially now that I just recently got a tube TV. I've been using flatscreens for a few years now, and the original Halo just isn't balanced for them; comparatively speaking, it feels sluggish, looks wonky, and sounds awful on them. On a tube, it's crisp, it looks good, and its audio balance sounds a hundred times better (no exaggeration there at all; flatscreen speakers cause music-sfx clashing in HCE in places where, on a tube, the sounds flow together perfectly).
Half-Life 2 would possibly be a runner up if I had to nominate something.
Especially now that I just recently got a tube TV. I've been using flatscreens for a few years now, and the original Halo just isn't balanced for them; comparatively speaking, it feels sluggish, looks wonky, and sounds awful on them. On a tube, it's crisp, it looks good, and its audio balance sounds a hundred times better (no exaggeration there at all; flatscreen speakers cause music-sfx clashing in HCE in places where, on a tube, the sounds flow together perfectly).
Half-Life 2 would possibly be a runner up if I had to nominate something.
Metroid Prime.
It took shooters, which became too standard and serious, and made an actual game out of it.
Combining new elements from the platforming, but not losing focus of being a shooter.
It took shooters, which became too standard and serious, and made an actual game out of it.
Combining new elements from the platforming, but not losing focus of being a shooter.
The former. Definitely the former. I haven't finished Far Cry 2 but I see it as a sort of a flawed masterpiece, and I have the same history with UT's bots, which I think are probably the best bots ever.Casimir_Effect said:
Probably Medal of Honor: Frontline. It wasn't online, but the 4 player FFA consumed a lot of my time about 8 years ago.
Totally agree. UT's bots have such incredible AI that it's a pity so few other games care about AI these days, what with it mostly being triggered and all. Throughout UT, UT 2003/4, UT3 there have been certain bots which I've hated more than people. Locke, Arachne and Gorge especially. Turning the difficulty up to Adept or higher on the bombing run map Snowfields (I think, it was one of the 2 snow levels) and it was almost impossible to win. You'd need to fight down a corridor while holding the ball (so unable to fire), killing every bot on their team only to have them respawn ahead of you and come at you again, sometimes multiple times. The only way to score a goal (typically by firing it in as the other option was even closer to impossible) was to fill up the Adrenaline, find some armor + thigh pads and as many health vials as you could find. And even then you had to be at the top of your game. Just describing it makes me want to play it again.Squilookle said:
Far Cry 2 is definitely a flawed gem, or in Diablo 2 terms a Flawless gem. There are 101 little things I would change with it, such as allowing you to 'hire' one of your mercenary acquaintances as a companion to help you (say for 1 diamond per hour/day) by manning the vehicles gun, say. Or increasing the checkpoint respawn times slightly. As I said, 101 little things; but it does so much right. The freedom of the game, the variety, feel & sound of the weapons, the variable AI, the graphics and environment, the disparity between difficulty levels, the incredible unscripted firefights, the tension from ill-timed gun jamming or high-speed car chases. Even the unforgiving stealth mechanics are a thing I've grown to love.
I could go on all day, but instead I'll throw out two other favourite FPS games of mine to see if we still agree: Tribes Vengeance and Call of Duty 2
Haha, for a moment I was like 'WHAT!? No Counter Strike!?' then I saw Half Life '98, so its all good. I was also concerned for a moment that ME wasn't on there, but that is really an RPG, so fair call (However, you included Deus Ex?). I think without Half Life, there would've been the need for something else of significant magnitude to get the gaming industry to this point, in terms of popularity of FPS.
Perfect Dark. The guns are very satisfying to use and they have nice weight to them, It has great combat and that's all I really want from an FPS.
Duke Nukem 3D is a close contender though...
Duke Nukem 3D is a close contender though...
