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Due to the great discussion the Dakka community has had in my "Best RTS of all time" thread. (http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/384480.page) I've been inspired to hear what fellow Dakka members think about one of the most popular genres in gaming, the First Person Shooter.

List your top 10 FPS games in order from which you believe are the greatest of all time in order. My top 10 is based off of legacy, sales and most importantly, innovation.

Here is my top 10:
1. Halo 2 (Xbox, PC)
2. Goldeneye (N64)
3. Counter Strike (PC, Xbox)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
5. Half-Life (PC)
6. Doom (PC, XBL, PSN, iPhone)
7. Bioshock (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
8. Half-Life 2 (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
9. Halo Combat Evolved (PC, Xbox)
10. Quake (PC)

My honarble mentions:
- Call of Duty 1
- Call of Duty 2
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Perfect Dark
- Unreal Tournament
- Quake II
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
- Halo 3
- Killzone 1

Please lets not hate on each other Dakkaknights! This is a discussion and people have varying opinions!

Counter Strike.

Doom (the old SNES and related systems)
Duke Nuke'em from the same era.
MoH (the first PSX version, somewhat changed how we see FPS on consoles)
Goldeneye, for many of the same reasons as MoH on playstation.

MrH wrote:Counter Strike.

This.

The undisputed king of FPS gaming.

Counter Strike is good, but I liked the weapon selection, gear selection, and team selection in the original Tom Clancy on the PC.

Doom
Blood
Duke Nukem 3d
Bioshock
System Shock
Half-Life
Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare
Halo
Painkiller
Goldeneye

To me counter strike was a decent fps at a time when there were no decent fps's. Nothing revolutionary.

Edit - Wow how did I forget goldeneye

Not copying from any youtube series or anything but...

Halo 6
Halo 5
Halo 4
Halo reach
Halo odst
Halo 3
Halo 2
Halo CE
Halo wars
Halo combat evolved aniversary edition thing

haloreach4ever wrote:Not copying from any youtube series or anything but...

Halo 6
Halo 5
Halo 4
Halo reach
Halo odst
Halo 3
Halo 2
Halo CE
Halo wars
Halo combat evolved aniversary edition thing

Someone has never played:
Borderlands
SS2
Goldeneye
Quake 3
Doom
CoD4 (none of the others. feth them)
Bioshock
Half Life 2
Counter Strike
Team Fortress 1/2

Hmm, first is too close to call, and the rest of the Halo games are also about equal.

1. Halo Reach
1. Halo: Combat Evolved
2. Timesplitters 2
3. Doom
4. Star Wars: Battlefront
5. Halo: ODST
5. Halo 2
5. Halo 3
6. Call of Duty 3
7. Firewarrior

In no particular order: Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare, Duke Nukem 3D and Far Cry 2.

I was copying of the Arby n the Chief youtube series.

Borderlands.
I find it funny, challenging and frankly i love the setting.

Day of Defeat.

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
7. Firewarrior

Err...really?

For me:

1. Quake 2
2. Doom
3. Counterstrike
4. Bioshock
5. Half-Lfe 2
6. Clive Barker's Undying
7. Halo: Reach
8. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
9. Halo 2
10. Quake 3: Arena

I liked it, it wasn't the best looking game, but its wasn't terrible, I've certainly played worse.

I saw it similar to Doom, not pretty to look at, but you could chuck it on and run round the levels blasting at anything that moved, and it was set in the 40K universe.

Well, "wasn't terrible" isn't a good reason to put it on a list of the best FPS games of all time, but oh well.

For me (in no particular order):

Half-Life
Doom III
F.E.A.R
Condemned 2
Clive Barker's Undying
Halo
Quake II
Goldeneye (N64)
System Shock II
Timesplitters II

@ TrollPie - Different strokes I guess, although my list is my call, the fact I don't like modern setting shooters probably doesn't help with my choices.

Never tried Half Life, didn't like Goldeneye or Perfect Dark, missed Quake.. starts to limit your choices.

Hell thinking on it Mass Effect 2 should be in there, its pratically a fps now, from what I'm reading ME3 is pretty much going to be, with story and RPG elements.

Red Orchestra incl. Darkes Hour Mod

Day of Defeat

Team Fortress 1/2

Firearms (also a Half Life Mod)

Duke Nukem

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

warspawned wrote:
Clive Barker's Undying

I thought I was the only person who ever played it.

Quake 2

I wish I could count Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, as I believe they will be EPIC. But there's no way to know until later this fall.

Oh, man. Let's see.

I'll list ten, in no particular order, since I can't really rank them. I'm gonna cheat a little and list certain games and their sequels as one choice if the sequels are similar enough to the original.

Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and the episodes
Bioshock & Bioshock 2
Doom & Doom II
Quake
Quake II
F.E.A.R.
Team Fortress 2
Counter-Strike
Duke Nukem 3D
Goldeneye


I'll probably think of another game that likely deserves a spot later and then struggle to determine which game, if any, it should replace.

EDIT: Yep, Doom 3 totally deserves a spot up there, but I can't think of which game to remove from the list. Doom 3 and F.E.A.R. are the only FPS games that were actually even a little scary.

Yeah, replace system shock with undying on my list. The way the galzabar stone worked was brilliant. Also...

Ishmeal (very sure that's wrong) chasing you through the house with his skinless body and hooks.

And the most memorable video game qoute...

"Jaramiah, you talk too much" *slice*

Goldeneye.

BioShock.

Duke Nukem 3D.

Edit: How could I forget BF 1942?

Thunderblade at the arcade. Seriously, nothing comes close.

Does thief count?
Deus Ex
Firewarrior
Counterstrike Source
HL2

Asgeirr Darkwolf wrote:I wish I could count Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, as I believe they will be EPIC. But there's no way to know until later this fall.

Hence another reason for this thread! I cant wait for them to come out too see if they can change my list.

I'm sure they WILL be my list.

In order.

Tribes 2
Battlefield 1942
Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
Counterstrike Source
Battlefield 2
Half-life 2
Killzone 2
Modern Warfare
Tribes
Duke 3D