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NeoGAF's Essential FPSs - 2013 edition Results
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SixMachine
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I know I would sound like some kind of heretic for saying this but I didn't think Half Life 2 was that special. All the mods and the fan-created content that came from the engine is really cool but the game itself didn't seem that ground breaking to me. The campaign was an enjoyable experience the first time through but it never gave me the urge to play it again. I have to admit, I replayed it around a year ago and I felt that there was a decent period in the game where I just feel like I'm going to the next point to another (like get out of boat/buggy and check out this place for supplies or a switch for a gate). Granted I'm not trying to make it out to be a bad game, I don't regret my time with game at all.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
SixMachine, nice username!
jacksepticeye
Member
Nice list, I'm glad Metro 2033 made it in the top 50 and F.E.A.R raked so high too
ThreePiMatt
Member
Bioshock should have its votes cut in half because only the first half of the game is good.
rakkadakka
Member
I feel like this poll reflects the age of the voters more than anything else.
Riposte
Member
Breakdown is cool, but with its lock-on aiming and minimal focus on shooting, calling it a FPS would be quite a stretch.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Is it bad I hate just about every game on this list? (in the top 20)
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I have it on good authority that NeoGAF is fueled by hate and cynicism, so you're just doing the (Evi)lord's work
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Good job VJC
Killzone 2 being up there is eh inducing, but I respect it.
Killzone 2 being up there is eh inducing, but I respect it.
Jackben
bitch I'm taking calls.
Sweet thread viewtiful. GAF has spoken.
If you are serious about FPS you'd already have one.
There's a ton of crossover between the aspects of what people consider the "best" FPS. Lots of factors involved such as age, etc (people here are rather young). Speaking as an old man who grew up on Doom, Quake, UT etc Bioshock doesn't even come close to deserving a spot in a top 50 FPS list, let alone a top 5. Seriously number 2?
curlyfriski
Banned
Half Life 2 Great, Bioshock Bad
SecretMoblin
Member
So if I'm wanting to explore great, influential PC FPSs that predate Half-Life and hold up fine, where should I start? Quake? Doom?
Team Filler
Member
I would strongly recommend, in this order: Doom & Doom 2, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake. Jedi Knight is worth checking out, also.
in no particular order:
Wolfenstein 3D
Doom
Quake
Heretic
Rise of the Triad
Unreal
Hexen
they're all going to feel pretty archaic
MrCookiepants
Member
Bioshock at number 2? Goes to show what an overall lame genre it is. I do enjoy shooters, but reading this list didn't make me nostalgic at all. Apart from Metroid Prime maybe.
It's crazy, it's almost like the entire genre didn't gain popularity until the mid 90s.
Canis lupus
Member
Glad Killzone 2 is on the list, didn't vote though. The singleplayer was good but what made it great was its multiplayer.
Hunter-Zero
Member
Killzone 2 in the list, yay, well deserved
SecretMoblin
Member
Thanks, guys. A bunch of these are on Steam, so I'll make a note and get around to them.
No matter how many times I play it I just cannot figure out why people think it's one of the greatest games ever. It's a nice game but not even the best FPS campaign I've played.
Then again I find myself wondering the same with almost every Valve game.
theignoramus
Member
later for that system wars bullshit.
I would have voted for it being in the top 30 and Ive been PC only for years . awesome atmosphere and art.
I blame the JRPG console fans for outvoting the PC games. Too many square-enix fans out there...
Stalker is too divisive of a game to make it extremely high on the list. The people who like it love it but it'll never be the popular kid in school.
theignoramus
Member
Im sad that I didnt see the Darkness 1 represented at all. that game was sick. i still remember the major plotpoints of that story pretty vividly and i havnt played it in 4 years.
While I could agree with the RPG list. This list doesn't match my interests at all. People like their linear games I guess and Bioshock is meh. I knew Half-life was loved, but the best FPS's has to offer? Really and then people have the gall to laugh at console FPS's.
Imo Q3A, UT, Crysis or Halo needs to be on top.
Is FEAR still good? Never played that one, since I dislike scary games. :x
Imo Q3A, UT, Crysis or Halo needs to be on top.
Is FEAR still good? Never played that one, since I dislike scary games. :x
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Bioshock #2. System Shock 2 #29. Wat.
Console gamers. There are just far more of them here than people who have played SS2.
We can fix this with some kind of an education program. If only there was a way to force it.
Portal is a first person video game where the objective of the game is to shoot portals on walls and solve puzzling using your portalgun. It's a pretty wellknown game.
A first-person puzzle game with an intersting gimmicky mechanic scored higher than DN3D, Quake, Serious Sam, Tribes and goddamn DOOM.
I call bs on that.
A first-person puzzle game with an intersting gimmicky mechanic scored higher than DN3D, Quake, Serious Sam, Tribes and goddamn DOOM.
I call bs on that.
Welcome to 'Top X lists'
Besides, Painkiller is at 70th place - that alone should invalidate this and, because of the magnitude of aforementioned travesty, any other list ever created by man.