Top 5 first person shooters and why

Okay here is a list of the top 5 first person shooters

1. Killzone 2 - Because it was one of the first successful futuristic FPS
2. Left 4 Dead - because its mass killing zombies and francis hates vans
3.Call of Duty 4 - showed "Hollywood" story of the conflict in middle east
4. Fallout 3 - Combines FPS with RPG and 3rd person if u want.
5. Battlefield Bad Company - First game that i know of that has good destructible environments along with online play and good realism

Okay here is a list of the top 5 first person shooters

1. Killzone 2 - Because it was one of the first successful futuristic FPS
2. Left 4 Dead - because its mass killing zombies and francis hates vans
3.Call of Duty 4 - showed "Hollywood" story of the conflict in middle east
4. Fallout 3 - Combines FPS with RPG and 3rd person if u want.
5. Battlefield Bad Company - First game that i know of that has good destructible environments along with online play and good realism

I'll be playing Fallout in third person, since I really can't stand the FP perspective in video games. It just feels less immersive which is odd, seeing as how you're looking through the eyes of the character. Its not a bad list though, other than the fact that you have a months old game on top. You should probably wait a few years before proclaiming it the best fps. (your explanation doesnt make any sense. Halo was the first successful futuristic FPS, no matter what you think of the series)

i find your lack of halo disturbing

*puts up flame shield* OH SHIT!!! HERE THEY COME!!! GAAAAAAAAH

A list of top 5 first person shooters and you included Fallout 3 (which is NOT a FPS) instead of Halo 3? Sorry but that mishap right there, invalidates your entire list I feel.

I am not much of a Halo 3 player or fan, but I recognize its significance. Also, Fallout 3 is in no way a First person or third person shooter. Whatever one thinks, it is still an RPG.

Doom and Wolfenstein 3D should be there.

Point 2 is pretty personal as well. Tell me, can you see the justification of BF:BC on a top 5 list? The same situation as L4D applied here, as It's not even the best Battlefield game.

I haven't played Bad Company so i really can't say. I do know that L4D is fun.not Half-Life or Counterstrike or Portal(technicly an FPS?) or Team Fortress, but fun. But werent the other Battlefield games in third person? (i havent played Battlefield 2 yet)

You should play a game in the Half-Life series.

"Point 2 is pretty personal as well. Tell me, can you see the justification of BF:BC on a top 5 list? The same situation as L4D applied here, as It's not even the best Battlefield game."

Oh, further justification of BF:BC not being on your list is that it actually isn't the FPS with the most or the best destructible environments. I think Red Faction still wins there.

The oldest game on this list came out 2 years ago, I think you need to pick some older games too.

1.Goldeneye 007
2.Perfect Dark
3.Halo Combat Evolved
4.Dark Forces
5.Doom

TC's list sucks.

Here's mine :

Doom 1 & 2
Quake
Halo
Team Fortress (Quake TF)
UT99

I was very pleased to see Halo 3 absent from that list. That game sucks.

CoD4 probably deserves its position on that list, but the rest? Not really.

Killzone 2 - Because it was one of the first successful futuristic FPS

What, no Half Life 2? Or F.E.A.R?

Those two are amazing FPS games.

1.Cod4
2.Goldeneye 007
3.Half Life /2
4.Quake
5.Doom

That would be mine. No halo because it takes a lot from other fps that did it well on thier part and made it into a game. No Timesplitters on there because it takes from where goldeneye left off.COD4 because it takes everything from all those games including the COD franchise and sets the bar For FPS.

I kind of cheated with Half life /2 because they both invented and reinvented some things, both worthy to be on the list.
Quake because what it did for Online Multiplayer.
Doom because it made them popular, more so than wolfenstien.

Fallout 3 is the only game there mainly focused on single player (which is far more important than multiplayer in my opinion), and I wouldn't call that an FPS, it's a First Person RPG. Any FPS list without Half Life 2 instantly fails.

i agree with Killzone 2 and COD4, i don't know about the others though. maybe Halo 1 should be on the list (i can't believed i said it). and Half Life

1.) Half-Life 2
2.) Duke Nukem 3D
3.) Halo: Combat Evolved
4.) Perfect Dark
5.) Call of Duty 4

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1.Cod4
2.Goldeneye 007
3.Half Life /2
4.Quake
5.Doom

That would be mine. No halo because it takes a lot from other fps that did it well on thier part and made it into a game. No Timesplitters on there because it takes from where goldeneye left off.COD4 because it takes everything from all those games including the COD franchise and sets the bar For FPS.

I kind of cheated with Half life /2 because they both invented and reinvented some things, both worthy to be on the list.
Quake because what it did for Online Multiplayer.
Doom because it made them popular, more so than wolfenstien.

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Everyone has their own criteria for a 'top' list. Here's mine...

1: Half-Life
2: Doom
3: Counter-Strike
4: Half-Life 2
5. Goldeneye

I personally think that the genre is looking incredibly tired after 15+ years, and needs a influx of fresh ideas to keep it afloat. Far Cry 2 was an interesting attempt at something different, and the upcoming first-person MMOs may give the genre a boost as well.

For the XBOX 360 (I don't play on PC and don't own a PS3. I haven't played Killzone 2 but i believe it is as good as Call of Duty 4):
1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
3. Half Life 2 and it's episodes
4. Call of Duty: World at War
5. Batlefield Bad Company
PS.: main criteria was good controls. I have played them all to completion.

1. Fallout 3 is not a FPS.

Halflife
Doom
Republic Commando
halflife 2
Erm...I dunno, Wolfenstein I guess. Not a big FPS fan.

nordicavenger said:

4. Fallout 3 - Combines FPS with RPG

No particular order:

• Half-life 2 (episodes were great as well)
  
• Goldeneye 007
• Half-life
• Team Fortress 2
• Doom
  

Actually:

I think Doom or Wolfenstein are on people's list just for enjoyment factor, they're not good games now.
1. Battlefield 2
2. Half Life 2
3. Call of Duty 4
4. Halo 3
5. Call of Duty

I'm gonna agree with most people on this matter. -1. Horrible list, dude. Congratulations.

This seems like a list from someone who just got into gaming and has only played those five [well, four, Fallout 3 doesn't even fit the criteria for this list] FPS games and nothing else.

Quake, Half-Life, Goldeneye, Halo and TF2 would probably be a bit closer, as I match "best" with "most influential or groundbreaking."

Quake because it set the pace for, or arguably created the "deathmatch" concept that games like UT honed closer to perfection.

Half-Life because of what it did for storytelling in the genre.

Goldeneye because, even though it wasn't excellent compared even to other FPS's of the time, it was on a console and broadened the genre's appeal

Halo for almost identical reasons, but it came at a more important time, given that gaming was beginning to breach the mainstream a bit more.

The final spot is kind of a cop-out, TF2 showed that even after ten years of rocky development, Valve could release a game that captured the spirit of the original, but added so much, along with fine-tuning the experience immensely. I'm still not sure if it deserves a spot on the list of "top five ever," but it accomplished its goal wonderfully.

Also, to be a complete hater after rational discussion: I don't like your list and I think that it sucks.

Half-life 2

I'd have to go with:

1) Half-Life/Counter-Strike (you can lump Half-Life 2 in here as well)
2) Halo Combat Evolved
3) Doom
4) Quake 3
5) Call of Duty 4

Wouldn't really call FO3 a FPS, but whatever. For me:

1) Half-life series
2) America's Army - can't wait for 3.0
3) L4D - too little content but oh so unique and fun otherwise
4) Duke Nukem 3D - someone needs to bring humour back to fps, no more mute characters with the personality of a potato a la freeman or masterchief
5) AvP2 - The last truly scary FPS, needs a worthy sequel so badly.

1. Killzone 2 - Because it was one of the first successful futuristic FPS2.

I could never decide an order:

Half-Life 2
Perfect Dark
Halo
Goldeneye 007
Call of Duty 4

"Okay here is a list of the top 5 first person shooters
1. Killzone 2 - Because it was one of the first successful futuristic FPS
Uh... what? Doom? Halo? Hello?
2. Left 4 Dead - because its mass killing zombies and francis hates vans
I like L4D too, but not for this reason. It's the purest form of Co-op play available, however.
3. Call of Duty 4 - showed "Hollywood" story of the conflict in middle east
That's not the reason I'd have expected, but okay...
4. Fallout 3 - Combines FPS with RPG and 3rd person if u want.
As already stated, Fallout 3 is not an FPS. It's an FPS the same way as Oblivion is when you use bows.
5. Battlefield Bad Company - First game that i know of that has good destructible environments along with online play and good realism
Ever played Red Faction?"