What's the best FPS game you've played and why?
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I'm not a fan of the first person perspective in games but an FPS that got me really interested and that I play to this day is the first Left4Dead.
The thing is I'm not sure why. Something about the game just clicks with me in a way other FPS games, including its sequel, have never managed.
The thing is I'm not sure why. Something about the game just clicks with me in a way other FPS games, including its sequel, have never managed.
Cant think of one but heres some of my fav of all time
Half life 1 and 2
Doom series
Deus Ex 1 and HR
System Shock 2
STALKER Shadow of chernoboyl
Crysis 1
Metro 2033 and Last light
FEAR
Soldier of fortune
Half life 1 and 2
Doom series
Deus Ex 1 and HR
System Shock 2
STALKER Shadow of chernoboyl
Crysis 1
Metro 2033 and Last light
FEAR
Soldier of fortune
Killzone, albeit its HD rerelease:
Weight to movement, a single error made costs you part of your lifebar, you work in a squad (and you can choose which of the 4 to play as). tad too easy, even on hard but I stil have alot of fond memories of it. The only others in the series I havent dropped are 2 and 3.
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl:
Horror, tactical shooter, and genuinly scaring me. Shame the expandalones for it dont even come close.
Metro 2033:
Similar reasons as Shadow of Chernobyl. Although ditch tactical for avoiding combat beign the better option. Shame the sequel lost what made the first one amazing.
Weight to movement, a single error made costs you part of your lifebar, you work in a squad (and you can choose which of the 4 to play as). tad too easy, even on hard but I stil have alot of fond memories of it. The only others in the series I havent dropped are 2 and 3.
Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl:
Horror, tactical shooter, and genuinly scaring me. Shame the expandalones for it dont even come close.
Metro 2033:
Similar reasons as Shadow of Chernobyl. Although ditch tactical for avoiding combat beign the better option. Shame the sequel lost what made the first one amazing.
I've probably played Crysis the most. Sure the graphics are great, but anyone who knows it would tell you that was just the icing on the cake.
Half Life 2 was fun and pretty revolutionary for its time but I remember playing a few years ago thinking some of the sequences felt pretty dated and unpolished.
STALKER SOC was incredibly immersive if a bit rough around the edges. Thinking of it, actually like an expanded Half Life 2 less the physics puzzles.
Killzone 2 and to lesser extent KZ3. Outstanding presentation and detail in terms of environments, shooting, enemy physics and AI, sound design. Like taking that older game Black and dialing it up to 11. Every weapon felt fun to shoot, even randomly at different objects just to see what happened. Plus Warzone 32 player mp was intense as hell, and demanded strategizing.
There are others but these personally stick out the most in terms of being uniquely entertaining.
Would also mention Deus Ex but I barely even consider it a first person "shooter", since it was pretty awful in that respect. I stealthed through most of it was a knife as much as possible.
Half Life 2 was fun and pretty revolutionary for its time but I remember playing a few years ago thinking some of the sequences felt pretty dated and unpolished.
STALKER SOC was incredibly immersive if a bit rough around the edges. Thinking of it, actually like an expanded Half Life 2 less the physics puzzles.
Killzone 2 and to lesser extent KZ3. Outstanding presentation and detail in terms of environments, shooting, enemy physics and AI, sound design. Like taking that older game Black and dialing it up to 11. Every weapon felt fun to shoot, even randomly at different objects just to see what happened. Plus Warzone 32 player mp was intense as hell, and demanded strategizing.
There are others but these personally stick out the most in terms of being uniquely entertaining.
Would also mention Deus Ex but I barely even consider it a first person "shooter", since it was pretty awful in that respect. I stealthed through most of it was a knife as much as possible.
Never played Mp in any of the Killzone games unless it was Botzone. Even against 15 bots it can get pretty freaking exhausting. Really fun however. One of the reasons why I personally enjoy Killzone 3 more than 2.hanselthecaretaker said:
Quake 2/3 - brutal with the best character movement ever made in FPS game.
Crysis 1 - Beautiful and super fun.
STALKER - No other FPS can reach the terrifying atmosphere this game has
Unreal - Same as STALKER but for fantasy/sci-fi setting
Brutal DooM/Doom4 - Gore in those games is almost perfect, and they're fast and fun to play.
Crysis 1 - Beautiful and super fun.
STALKER - No other FPS can reach the terrifying atmosphere this game has
Unreal - Same as STALKER but for fantasy/sci-fi setting
Brutal DooM/Doom4 - Gore in those games is almost perfect, and they're fast and fun to play.
1) F.E.A.R. (The original. 2 lost the impact of the weapons somehow. 3 destroyed the tense atmosphere to crowbar in some unwanted co-op, alongside everything else.)
The gunplay is extremely satisfying and controlling the slow-motion mechanic (beyond helping if you're in a pinch) allows you to make your own cinematic moments. Double tap the slow motion button just as you fire a killing round. Very Zack Snyder.
The jumpscares do grow old, but the game still manages to be tense and viscerally satisfying.
2) Unreal Tournament '99/2004
I'm biased towards '99 for the great level design, but 2004 expanded upon its predecessor in all the right ways. A fantastic arena shooter with a metric crap-ton of maps, game modes and mods. Oh the hours I've lost lanning those two.
3) Rainbow Six 3: Ravenshield
An older tactical shooter which emphasized choosing the correct weapon types to accommodate the environment. There was a great method of planning a mission with multiple squads and ordering breaches from various points of the map -- oddly enough, I found a 3 man squad to be ideal. Also, the sound design -- holy shit, the guns sound good and feel good.
4) Crysis (The original)
Groundbreaking at the time, it earned it's praise through an open-ended approach to enemies. The nano-suit was fun and the gunplay was pretty good. I'm not too fond of jungle environments, I prefer urban combat, but this still managed to keep me going.
5) Bioshock & Bioshock 2
The original bioshock is a little clunky, but the environment, story, atmosphere and sound design makes up for it.
I nominated Bioshock 2 on the merits of the combat alone -- It feels faster, weapons have more punch (Drill charge and shotgun to the face. Oooh.) and for what it's worth, I'm one of the 5 people that enjoyed it as a whole. I think, at the time, it felt stale because the gameplay was refined but not enough was done to innovate the setting or the story.
The gunplay is extremely satisfying and controlling the slow-motion mechanic (beyond helping if you're in a pinch) allows you to make your own cinematic moments. Double tap the slow motion button just as you fire a killing round. Very Zack Snyder.
The jumpscares do grow old, but the game still manages to be tense and viscerally satisfying.
2) Unreal Tournament '99/2004
I'm biased towards '99 for the great level design, but 2004 expanded upon its predecessor in all the right ways. A fantastic arena shooter with a metric crap-ton of maps, game modes and mods. Oh the hours I've lost lanning those two.
3) Rainbow Six 3: Ravenshield
An older tactical shooter which emphasized choosing the correct weapon types to accommodate the environment. There was a great method of planning a mission with multiple squads and ordering breaches from various points of the map -- oddly enough, I found a 3 man squad to be ideal. Also, the sound design -- holy shit, the guns sound good and feel good.
4) Crysis (The original)
Groundbreaking at the time, it earned it's praise through an open-ended approach to enemies. The nano-suit was fun and the gunplay was pretty good. I'm not too fond of jungle environments, I prefer urban combat, but this still managed to keep me going.
5) Bioshock & Bioshock 2
The original bioshock is a little clunky, but the environment, story, atmosphere and sound design makes up for it.
I nominated Bioshock 2 on the merits of the combat alone -- It feels faster, weapons have more punch (Drill charge and shotgun to the face. Oooh.) and for what it's worth, I'm one of the 5 people that enjoyed it as a whole. I think, at the time, it felt stale because the gameplay was refined but not enough was done to innovate the setting or the story.
I've mostly gotten over pure FPS games but some are worth replaying.
For some good clean fun against bots:
Quake III - For those quick intensive adrenaline fueled moments.
Call of Duty United Offensive (Rifle only!) - For those moments you want to feel 1337 and skilled.
...Hmm..Have to remember to reinstall CoD-UO soon..
RPG-mixed:
Deus Ex 1 - For the story and multiple solutions available.
Hellgate London - For fighting against demons and the RNG Satan (gimmie better weapon loot!).
For some good clean fun against bots:
Quake III - For those quick intensive adrenaline fueled moments.
Call of Duty United Offensive (Rifle only!) - For those moments you want to feel 1337 and skilled.
...Hmm..Have to remember to reinstall CoD-UO soon..
RPG-mixed:
Deus Ex 1 - For the story and multiple solutions available.
Hellgate London - For fighting against demons and the RNG Satan (gimmie better weapon loot!).
Pretty sure this thread has been done before, but alright, my top ten FPS are as follows:
10) Medal of Honour: Frontline
9) Halo 2
8) Halo 5: Guardians
7) Doom
6) Doom 3
5) GoldenEye
4) Killzone 2
3) Halo 3
2) Halo: Reach
1) Halo: Combat Evolved
Since you asked "what's the best FPS game you've played and why?", that does kind of behold me to explain why Combat Evolved is #1. Thing is, you can easily point to games that had more impact on the genre (e.g. Doom) or other games that are more mechanically sound (e.g. the later Halo games themselves). Still, Combat Evolved does get the #1 choice because it's the most...well, "fun" game on this list I've played. From the gameplay standpoint, every level is solid, the weapons are solid, the enemies are varied (Covenant, Flood, Sentinels), all of which require different tactics, and different weapons have different weaknesses/advantages over them). The vehicle combat is a blast, the health system I think is a good middle-ground (e.g. regenerating shields, but not-regenerating health), and it's the perfect mix of rewarding cover in combat, while also rewarding mobility.
On the narrative side, Combat Evolved isn't the deepest story in the world, and plenty of games in the series do have better narratives. Still, it's engaging enough to keep me going forward, and one thing Combat Evolved does better than any other Halo game is the sense of awe of being on the ring. Not that Halo invented the idea of a ringworld, and it isn't the first time you visit one either, but stepping out onto the surface for the first time, making one's way through Forerunner architecture, the music (of course, every Bungie Halo game had excellent music, not so much the 343 ones)...well, yeah. Subjective, I know, but shadup, it's my list. ^_^
10) Medal of Honour: Frontline
9) Halo 2
8) Halo 5: Guardians
7) Doom
6) Doom 3
5) GoldenEye
4) Killzone 2
3) Halo 3
2) Halo: Reach
1) Halo: Combat Evolved
Since you asked "what's the best FPS game you've played and why?", that does kind of behold me to explain why Combat Evolved is #1. Thing is, you can easily point to games that had more impact on the genre (e.g. Doom) or other games that are more mechanically sound (e.g. the later Halo games themselves). Still, Combat Evolved does get the #1 choice because it's the most...well, "fun" game on this list I've played. From the gameplay standpoint, every level is solid, the weapons are solid, the enemies are varied (Covenant, Flood, Sentinels), all of which require different tactics, and different weapons have different weaknesses/advantages over them). The vehicle combat is a blast, the health system I think is a good middle-ground (e.g. regenerating shields, but not-regenerating health), and it's the perfect mix of rewarding cover in combat, while also rewarding mobility.
On the narrative side, Combat Evolved isn't the deepest story in the world, and plenty of games in the series do have better narratives. Still, it's engaging enough to keep me going forward, and one thing Combat Evolved does better than any other Halo game is the sense of awe of being on the ring. Not that Halo invented the idea of a ringworld, and it isn't the first time you visit one either, but stepping out onto the surface for the first time, making one's way through Forerunner architecture, the music (of course, every Bungie Halo game had excellent music, not so much the 343 ones)...well, yeah. Subjective, I know, but shadup, it's my list. ^_^
Far Cry 3. Great guerrilla warfare game.
I haven't play it, but the DOOM remake has great game play, and judging from that alone, I would say it's the best cross-platform FPS.
I haven't play it, but the DOOM remake has great game play, and judging from that alone, I would say it's the best cross-platform FPS.
Part of me wants to say Doom and Heretic, because fps these days are all hybridized with RPGs or stealth or something else, and back then the pure experience of blasting jerks in the face was unmatched.
But really, I have to say Bioshock. It's primarily a shooter, and it's one of the best games I've ever played, so it is the best answer. It's sequel is a slightly better shooter, but overall not as good a game.
But really, I have to say Bioshock. It's primarily a shooter, and it's one of the best games I've ever played, so it is the best answer. It's sequel is a slightly better shooter, but overall not as good a game.