Poll: Best FPS Ever?
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Half Life 2 is fine for #1 I guess, but Halo has more votes than Doom? this proves that the Escapist is about 13.6% Halo fanboys or Halo fans. How can you compare fighting a group of Elites and Grunts with a ghost to fighting 1 Cyberdemon and 30 lost souls on Ultra Violent difficulty with a chaingun, rocket launcher, or plasma gun? I know halo has better graphics, but it doesn't have better fun.
(Also, to prevent myself from being flamed by 9000 Halo fanboys, I've played Halo 2 times, and while it seemed okay, it's no match to Doom. I remind you that if you plan to try and wirte 5 paragraphs about how cool halo is and how much I suck while trying to sound like your oppinion matters to me, guess what? It won't.)
(Also, to prevent myself from being flamed by 9000 Halo fanboys, I've played Halo 2 times, and while it seemed okay, it's no match to Doom. I remind you that if you plan to try and wirte 5 paragraphs about how cool halo is and how much I suck while trying to sound like your oppinion matters to me, guess what? It won't.)
I'm gonna vote for Half-Life 2. It was between that and the original Half-Life.
And I disagree with the inclusion of Deus Ex and Metroid Prime on this. Deus Ex is an RPG and Metroid Prime is an action/adventure. Just because a game involves shooting in a first person perspective, that does not make it an FPS. Seeing as they are currently the two lowest vote-getters, it looks like many agree with me.
And I disagree with the inclusion of Deus Ex and Metroid Prime on this. Deus Ex is an RPG and Metroid Prime is an action/adventure. Just because a game involves shooting in a first person perspective, that does not make it an FPS. Seeing as they are currently the two lowest vote-getters, it looks like many agree with me.
Generally speaking, when two games feature similar gameplay but one was created eight years earlier, the 'superior' descriptor is deserving, though I can understand why one might quibble with the 'vastly' part as having to do with opinion.SniperWolf427 said:Calling System Shock 2 "vastly superior" is most certainly a ridiculous exaggeration. Sure, Bioshock isn't exactly "inventive" in any aspect aside from the story, but it does well by improving upon the formula that made System Shock great. Yes, the RPG elements are dumbed down several degrees in Bioshock, but I think we can all agree that System Shock 2's combat system was certainly not the best, even for that time. Bioshock makes the combat much better, provides an excellent and compelling narrative, features an awe inspiring setting, and wraps it all up in a beautiful package.EzraPound said:It was released in '87 -- two years before I was born -- so yeah.
Agreed -- SS2 is a vastly superior game to BioShock; the latter reflecting how little the FPS genre has changed in the ensuing years.Z(ombie)fan said:I hate when BIoSHock is praised for "being inventive"Nyrad01 said:I went to vote Bioshock but I think I clicked Metroid by accident... I think Bioshock was the best of them, it was very inventive, and was one of the few games that have actually scared my before
play system shock 2. came out 7-9 years earlier, is a better game, And features verything BIoshock has And More. Including story (the Frame of the story, anyway. and several enemies -splicers are SS2's hybrids. Big Daddies are SS2's maintnence bots, Security bots Are SS2's turrets only mobilized.
MY favorite? DOOM. especially the Various Ports of it, They added some nice Paranoia fuel to the mix.
ANyone remember the PS1 version? that had my eyes bugging out of my head, let me tell you... fricken darkness everywhere...
Which one is better is obviously a matter of opinion, however, I do not believe either can be considered "vastly superior" of another one as they are essentially the same game, just with different things that they do well.
And really, when you consider that BioShock is, in a sense, the fifth entry in the spiritual series that encompasses System Shock, Deus Ex, and the eponymous games it doesn't really bring a whole lot new to the table, sans interesting stylization.
What does Deus Ex remind you more of: Baldur's Gate, Final Fantasy VI, or Half-Life?Anticitizen_Two said:
Doom 1 & 2. I could go on about 'how Doom started FPS as a genre' and 'without Doom there wouldn't be xxx', but people have no doubt said all of this before me so I don't need to. All I will say is this: I have both of them courtesy of XBLA and I still play them to this day - not in a 'once-in-a-blue-moon-blast-from-the-past' kinda way, in a regular and frequent way, as often as I play modern shooters like Modern Warfare 2.
None of the above. CoD4.
I mean... seriously? Metroid prime and Bioshock are on the list but not CoD4? Ugh.
I mean... seriously? Metroid prime and Bioshock are on the list but not CoD4? Ugh.
I never see Unreal Tournament on these FPS polls anymore. I know their last offering was mostly pretty weak. But the original UT was amazing.
I just love that Redeemer.
I just love that Redeemer.
