Top 25 First-Person Shooters of All Time

[Garcian Smith]

Tigawoods said:

Garcian Smith said:

Tigawoods said:

Yeh i'd have to say Goldeneye should be a little closer to the top. It redefined the genre and I think it should be ahead of both Halo and Half-Life, which are both franchises that I love.

 

I know this comes up in every "best of" thread, but "best" does not mean "influential." "Best" means best. I know that Goldeneye redefined the genre, but there's been a ton of better console FPS's since.

 

Well if I was to use that logic and make my own list hardly any games from previous gen would be in it. Best games of all team means how good of a game it was at it's time. It's obvious Halo 3 has a lot more features, HD graphics, and a long lasting appeal, but it wouldn't be fair to judge previous games simply because they were 6 years behind the timing of this post. People can correct me if i've missed the general conception in these "best XYZ of all time threads" on how to judge them, and if so i've confused a lot of ppl :P

Also, I was slightly surprised perfect dark wasn't in it. I guess if the launch title was a bit better it would have made it. Perfect Dark was badass for the N64!

Uh, where do you get that idea? This is 2008, not 1993. Why should we judge games based upon any other criteria than those we have in 2008?

Also, of course hardly any old games would be on the list. Technology is always advancing, and the quality of games is as well. I mean, the Doom games may still be fun as a mindless demon-killing fest, but pair it up against games like Bioshock, Riddick, and Half-Life 2, and what are you left with? 2D sprites that look awful up close, no mouselook aiming, little puzzle-solving beyond "find the key and take it here," horribly compressed sound, no ability to jump, and so on.

I know I talk about advancing video games as an art form a lot, but it's worth bringing up again here. The reverence for "classics" that have been superceded completely by the technology and improvements in game design today is hurting the advancement of our medium. If you continue to believe that games like Doom are better than games like Bioshock, then companies will follow suit and make more mindless gore-fests and less innovative takes on the genre.