Half Life 2 is the Best Shooter... Ever

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ssj12 said:

Killy_Vorkosigan said:
To OP :

HL2 is a great shooter (I bought Orange Box and rushed it), I must admit it. The atmosphere, the characters, the puzzle involving the physical engine, the overall difficulty of the games clearly makes it a masterpiece.

I was a bit worried about the fact that i had the impression of following a straight road. Sometimes, there was an accumulation of puzzles that i found annoying. These are the only flaws that i found.

Somehow, you make references to actual FPS, such as Halo (overhyped !) or GoW. If you hadn't, try to play Duke Nukem and Doom, the orginal. Forget the graphic gap. You'll see that all the above referencesto FPS are just the legacy of those two, imho.

You do know the first FPS was Wolfenstein 3D right? basically the FPS that even Doom and Duke supporters have to node to is Wolfenstein. Without it Doom and Duke Nukem wouldnt exist or Halo or Unreal or Gears or any shooters we have today. I'm sure the genre would have been made eventually, we just wouldnt be talking about the games we have now without Wolfenstein.

Gears 2 is a 3rd person shooter. They've had those since pong.

I think we owe Wolfenstein a lot on a certain level, for games like Gears, as well as FPS, but that is more for its 3d elements as a shooter.

That said, yes, we have innovation to thank for many things. That is a main reason Nintendo is still the greatest company in gaming. They insist on innovation. What might not seem great today is laying the way for the Gears 2 of the future.