What game do you consider the best current gen console shooter?

[Xan Krieger]

Half Life 2.

Isn't half-life two in the generation of the original xbox? That's where I first played it. Now with the orange box I realize they did have to cut bits (in some cases large bits) out of levels but it still played just fine on the xbox.

As for my choice for best shooter I say CoD4. I'm a real military nut and it was a great game.

 

[Sporky111]

This could turn into a flaming very quickly if we aren't careful. Anyways, my favorite is between Halo 3 (don't judge) and Portal (technically, it is a shooter). I do reserve judgment for when The Conduit comes out later this year, it looks really hardcore, but if it disappoints I will be about ready to sell my Wii and get a 360.

 

[klarax]

Killzone 2 then left for dead

 

[Simriel]

Half Life 2.

Isn't half-life two in the generation of the original xbox? That's where I first played it. Now with the orange box I realize they did have to cut bits (in some cases large bits) out of levels but it still played just fine on the xbox.

As for my choice for best shooter I say CoD4. I'm a real military nut and it was a great game.

half Life 2 is the best console shooter of ANY generation.

 

[ranger19]

Sorry it took me so long to respond - after a few minutes of no responses I went off to do some reading and got distracted. But very interesting stuff so far.

Sorry about all the confusion.. lemme clear that up:

What qualifies a console shooter? Would Left 4 Dead count?

By console shooter I suppose I meant any "traditional" shooting game on consoles. That might be a very loose term, but in general that would mean a game with a campaign, most likely some sort of multiplayer, and of course, shooting as the primary means of defeating enemies. (Left 4 Dead wouldn't count for a different reason - see the last part of my post.) But Portal on the other hand, I wouldn't count. Don't get me wrong, I love Portal; but it's fundamentally different from the other games listed above, and I wanted a focus on these sort of games.

Edit: Just to clarify, are we talking "the best" (whatever that means) or "my favourite"?

Another good question. I meant which one you liked the most, really, but I wanted some sort of objective reasoning behind that which is why I added the 'or best' part. As in, I don't want responses along the lines of "KILLZONE 2 BECUZ ITS ON PS3 WHICH IS TEH BEST!!1", if that makes sense.

Half Life 2.

Isn't half-life two in the generation of the original xbox? That's where I first played it. Now with the orange box I realize they did have to cut bits (in some cases large bits) out of levels but it still played just fine on the xbox.

Yes, I did not include Half-Life 2 or anything from the Orange Box. Half-Life 2, as good as it was, is a port of a last gen game (and a PC game, but I digress), so even though it was released on a disc specifically for the 360, I would not count it.

Console means designed for console. If its a port of a PC game, doesn't count. So that nullifies Portal (which is a puzzle game anyway), Bioshock, TF2 and Left 4 Dead.

Finally, I would generally agree with this post. I didn't realize Left 4 Dead was a port, so I originally might have let it slide, but Team Fortress, etc are PC games that you happen to be able to play on consoles; not console games.