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Picking The Top Ten FPS Titles Of All-Time

Posted by simoniker on from the not-a-top-ten-by-gamespy dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its 'TenSpot' feature selecting picks for the top ten first-person shooter (FPS) games of all-time. The article argues: "So what makes a first-person shooter good? Is it a cohesive story and a well-designed campaign? A creative multiplayer mode? How about a devastating arsenal of weapons? Or fiendishly clever AI enemies? The games in this list exhibit one or more of these qualities and have all affected the way shooters are made in a tangible and lasting way." It goes on to identify top titles such as Duke Nukem 3D ("...good-natured attitude... great level design, and solid engine"), Battlefield 1942 ("...an excellent game made better by retail expansion packs"), and, naturally, Doom ("one of the true classics of computer gaming.")

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  1. Re:hello? marathon? by arglesnaf · · Score: 5, Informative

    They did mention Marathon, and that Halo is the current version. They even talked about how great it was. Probably not exactly what you were looking for, but it is there.

  2. Skynet by BrookHarty · · Score: 5, Informative

    I had to look up the dates, but heres the list of games that I played way too many hours on, in order. .

    1992 Wolfenstien 3D
    1993 Doom
    1994, Heretic, Rise of the Triad (Overlooked as Doom came out before it and took most of the credit for FPS games)
    Then later that year Doom2 came out.
    1995 Hexen
    1996 Terminator Skynet (My favorite at the time) and of course Quake.
    1997 Quake 2, Hexen 2, Shadow Warrior, Blood
    1998 Unreal, Tribes, Half-life, SiN, Blood2,
    1999 Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament
    2000 Soilder of Fortune, Heavy Metal Fakk2 (That one collected Dust, But I Finally went back and finished it), KISS Psycho Circus (Didnt play this one much, but it was lots of fun)
    2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Serious Sam, Red Fraction, Tribes2(Many patch problems, but damn if it dont run great in 2004!) Max Payne, Ghost Recon
    2002 BF1942, UT2003, SoF2, MOHAA, Serious Sam 2
    2003 Call of Duty, XIII (Didnt get into this one as much), Unreal2.

    I still find myself playing CounterStrike and Tribes, with some Mohaa, Serious Sam1/2 action. Don't think all my choices are all mainstream.

    But the first game that kept me playing for hours was Duke Nukem 3D on ipx lan parties, so that has to be my number 1 choice.

    Then Tribes lasted over 4 years, then Counterstrike going on 5.

  3. Re:Decent by Canar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Never heard of a game called Decent. Sounds decent.

    I've played *Descent* before though, and that was a good game.