Best fps

AshitakaAshitaka Join Date: 2002-09-06 Member: 1288Members
I was in the forums today and heard people talking about the history of First person shooters.
I was just wondering what everyones favourites are/were. Please do not judge your opinions on graphics only, there is a thing called gameplay <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->

1. Half-Life (mods included)
2. Quake 3
3. AVP2

Comments

  • FamFam Diaper-Wearing Dog On A Ball Join Date: 2002-02-17 Member: 222Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    1. Half-Life: Opposing Force
    2. Half-Life
    3. Gunman Chronicles

    I am an addict, what can I say? <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
  • SmokeMastaSmokeMasta Join Date: 2002-04-13 Member: 430Members
    1:HL
    2:Q2
    3:Wolfenstein 3d!!
  • WaffleSpoonWaffleSpoon Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 133Members
    1: DoD (PC)
    2: Perfect Dark (N64)
    3: Goldeneye (N64)
    4: AvP2 (PC)
    5: AvP (PC)
    6: No One Lives Forever (PC)
    7: Quake 2 (PSX)
    8: Unreal Tournament (PC)
    9: Delta Force 2 (PC)
    10: Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I'll go from goodest to best:

    5: Jedi Knight 2
    4: Half-Life
    3: Day of Defeat
    2: Battlefield 1942
    1: Tie. Best Multiplayer goes to Starsiege: Tribes Best single player No One Lives Forever.
  • manahmanah Creator of ns_caged Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 60Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    This is quite hard ...

    1) Halo & System Shock 2 ... I just can't decide

    2) Half-Life

    3) Deus Ex

    4) Goldeneye

    5) Operation Flashpoint

    6) Project IGI

    7) Doom 2

    8) AvP

    9) Undying

    10) Turok 2

    I could probably continue revising this list for eternity ...



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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Well, if you like consoles, Goldeneye was hands down the best there. I spent many a day playing on some friends N64. Ahh, good old AR44. Or 33. Or something.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
  • TacticianTactician Join Date: 2002-02-19 Member: 228Members
    I rather like all of the FPS games mentioned here.  But I don't play any of them much anymore.  At some point I decided that playing most Half-Life mods was a huge waste of time.  I prefer RPGs, where you're better rewarded for efforts.  Or something.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Except Diablo II. Diablo is the Devil. Urgh, that sorta came out wrong.
  • RhoadsToNowhereRhoadsToNowhere i r 8 Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 33Members
    1)Half-life -- great story-based single-player, and a change from "shoot everything until it dies" gameplay.  And so many mods just pwn me.
    2)DOOM -- somebody had to start it.  Took Wolfenstein 3D, made it actually require 3D (OK, so DOOM wasn't truly 3D either, but it was closer), and made it a lot more fun.  I wasted endless hours playing this game and its sequel.
    3)Unreal Tournament -- IMO, the best-balanced and most fun DM game out there.  Took familiar weapons and added slight spins on them to add a whole bunch of depth.  Great graphics, even for fairly-low end systems.
    4)Marathon II -- so many years ahead of its time.  Included things like leaning, looking around corners, akimbo weapons, secondary fires, fun alternate game modes, etc.  The first FPS that I played with more than 1 other person.
    5)Hexen -- took DOOM-style gameplay and added fun little things like character classes, non-linear gameplay, and loads of powerful magic items.
    6)Duke Nukem 3D -- although I didn't care for the "prepubescent fantasy" theme, I think the game set standards for realistic level design, over-the-top weapons, and lots of other little touches.
    7)Quake -- What a technical accomplishment.  Probably the first true 3D FPS.  The weapons were a lot of fun too, especially the grenade launcher.



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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    1. Deus Ex (SP.) - Best. Game. Ever.
    2. Natural Selection - Doesn't need explanation, does it? Easily the best MP game out there.
    3. Undying - The first game that actually managed to scare me for the right reasons. Great mapping, too.
    4. Half - Life - Whatever I could be writing has already been written about this game. It's great, even although it's starting to fossilize.
    5. Quake 3 - I actually liked its MP.
  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    I dunno why but i felt in love with the choppers of C&C Renegade :p
    Multiplayers:
    1)Natural Selection (though i havent played it :p)
    2)Counter Strike (its a bit dm.... but im good at it... so who cares? Plus i got my own server where all my friends play :D)
    3)Vampire Slayer (Prolly one of the most funnier mods for hl out there.... specially if you like vamp stories)
    4)C&C Renegade (DAMN, THOSE CHOPPERS ROCK!!)
    5)Science and Industry (Though im begining to stay away from this game, when i play it i have a lot of fun)
    6)Avp2 (mwhhaahahahaha Predator pwnz ya all!!!)
    7)Avp (hehehe predators and aliens own avp1 :))
    8)Bf1942 (too bad my comp sucks.... i got extremely low fps, but i love this game....)
    9)Warcraft3 & Sc: Brood Warz (RTS GAMES :D)

    now for Single players:
    1)Warcraft3 & Tribes
    2)Avp2
    3)Deus Ex & Operation Flashpoint
    4)SC & SC:BW
    5)C&C RedAlert 2 & C&C Tiberian Sun
    6)GTA3 &  Red Faction
  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    *cough* FPS *cough*

    1)unreal (SP) and UT (MP) - unreal had great maps, really atmospheric, UT has awesome MP
    2) Quake 2 -cool SP and MP , love the shotgun (normal one)
    3)Doom 2 -very fun MP
    4) ROTT -very fun MP aswell, SP maps aren't that good, was quite revolutionary in it's time, first game i ever bought s;)
    5)blakestone (planetstrike and aliens of gold)-very cool games based on the wolf3d engine, you could interact with scientists, had great graphix and cool anims

    and yes no HL cuz i didn't like it. Xen *shudder*
  • Jedi_Master_HayatoJedi_Master_Hayato Join Date: 2002-08-15 Member: 1173Members
    first place tie) Half Life (kinda long, though) -- Medal of Honor: Allied Assult
     3) Halo (SP too RPG like in trekking around the ring)
     4) HL: DoD (so thats what you can begin to do with the HL Engine...  NS should blow it away, when (if) it comes out...)
     5) Max Payne (cool storyline with dynamic soundtrack and Awsome visual graphics, effects, and particle system. DOH!! that's not 1st person, oh well...)
     6) HL: CS (just fun for when you don't want to think too much, but have an awsome time, i think...)
     7) Unreal Tourney (all around very well done, plus great bot support)
     8) Tribes(2 also) (great maps, configuration possibilities, and such, but too deep for someone who like UT and CS)
     9) Red Faction was also awsome, but only played demo; cool engine and geo-mod technology.
    ...(for 3rd person shooters, MGS - though I never even got to finish the game, it was awesome;  I'll be getting substance for Xbox)
  • NovakoalaNovakoala Join Date: 2002-07-17 Member: 962Members, Constellation
    1. Half-Life (plus mods and Opposing Force)

    2. Thief 2: The Metal Age

    3. Quake 2

    4. System Shock 2

    5. Daikatana (I know, I know... but the multi-player is okay (so's the occasional sp bit))

    That's actually all the FPS games I own. Hmmm. Perhaps we should have a strategy game vote as well?
  • TomodachiTomodachi Join Date: 2002-08-16 Member: 1175Members
    Original Half Life and expansions plus CS and DoD Mods - Had a very nice and immersive story.

    AvP2 - Playing three different races is a really unique experience.

    Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - This game is fun because most enemies are very hard to see because they really blend in with the background.
  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Hmm...

    SP: Half-Life (Duh)
       AvP2
       UT (Against bots)

    MP: AvP2 (Team Deathmatch, mmm)
       Battlefield 1942
       Half-Life's various mods
       UT (Against humans)

    I don't see how people can possibly even <b>consider</b> Red Faction on their list of favourites. So very shallow. The only thing that made it goodish was the terrain manipulation and the vehicles. But you only got to use each vehicle <b>once</b> in the SP part. It had potential but... Meh.

    --Scythe--
    <a href="mailto:the_only_scythe@subdimension.com">the_only_scythe@subdimension.com</a>
  • BioHazBioHaz Join Date: 2002-02-18 Member: 226Members
    There is NO doubt in my mind that the "CD Enhanced" version of <i>System Shock</i> is the best FPS of all time, it started the whole "thinking person's" FPS era.  It was highly interactive, puzzle based, with a good amount of combat, while still being very atmospheric for such an old game graphically.  It was even the first FPS game I know of that took place visually in 2.5D, WHILE still allowing the player being able to move freely in full 3D space.  As far as Im concerned, there is NO other game out that can rise up to the bar that this game has set for me.
    And it's followed closely by:
    2) <i>Half-Life</i> - with its MODs and excellent single player storytelling.  This game, or at least its engine, will be around for a long time.
    3) <i>Deus Ex</i> <b>and</b> <i>System Shock 2</i> (Tied) - Both dont stray far from the original gameplay laid down in <i>System Shock</i>.  Great games, great stories, excellent atmosphere, total immersion.  
    4) <i>Duke Nukem 3D</i> - It's interactivity was unparaelled at the time, as well as its attitude.
    5) <i>Rise of the Triad</i> - Many a good multiplayer deathmatch game had in this very original, and slightly goofy title.
    6) <i>Wolfenstein 3D</i> - This makes my list because not only was it fun killing hordes of Nazis, it made the FPS genre popular.
    7) <i>Doom</i> - No list is complete without this one, this is game that fed the FPS fire even further.

    There are many other great FPSs out there, but these are the ones that have definatly sealed thier place in my memory.

    P.S. SHODAN is my hero  <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
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  • MouseMouse The Lighter Side of Pessimism Join Date: 2002-03-02 Member: 263Members, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    1 Half-Life
    2 UT
    3 DOOM 2
    4 Deus Ex
    5 Natural Selection
  • RamsesRamses Join Date: 2002-05-21 Member: 642Members
    Half-Life (with its Mods)
    Thief I & II (most atmospheric game ever)
    Duke Nukem 3d (introduced me to FPS)
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Am I honestly the only one to mention NOLF? Have none of you played it through, or didn't you like it?
  • BattousaixBattousaix Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 822Members
    I know its only fps.... But, i can´t stop mentioning the RTS games because i love them <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->.
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