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There are four first-person shooters that hold influence above all others.

Wolfenstein 3D, for being the first REAL FPS. There were a few that were TECHNICALLY fps before it, but they weren't quite the same idea. You were a mage shooting magic, or just a being shooting balls of energy, etc. Wolfenstein 3D was the first to actually work out the concept into a workable popular idea, and it did it well. It also laid the groundwork for id's next FPS-

Doom, which is inarguably the most important of them all. Wolfenstein made FPS, but Doom made it popular. I don't really have to go into much detail about this.

Goldeneye 007, which proved that consoles could do FPS fantastically as well as PCs, and once again changed the game.

And finally, Halo, which took all the concepts from previous FPS and found a way to marry them together and create a solid game in all respects, officially the father of all modern FPS.


Goldeneye was a fantastic game. It did so much for gaming that we hadn't seen before, and it did it so well. In my opinion, while it's outdated, unlike Doom and Wolfenstein, Goldeneye still holds up well against the test of time. It's a marvelous game, and it deserves every bit of hype it's gotten.



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