Definition of best is what makes this hard for me:

While I prefer MW2 to Black Ops (multiplayer wise), MW2 is outside the window and Black Ops DOES have a ton of content as someone else says.  Multiplayer is also fun as well, so I might say it was the best.

The single player campaign was sub-standard IMO though, so for Single Player I'd have to say Reach, the pacing and story were great, the lead up to the finale was fantastic and the actual ending was EPIC.  So I might say that Reach was the best.

ON the other hand, no shooter took a fresher approach to the whole genre then Bulletstorm - a game which rewarded you for NOT repeating the way you took out enemies...in that regard I would say Bulletstorm.

Sadly I have not yet had the opportunity to play KZ3 or Homefront yet, so can't comment on how they would fit in the spectrum.

That means it's been a good year for shooters!

the grandaddy of ALL mondern multiplayer shooters, (and still better than them all as well)

yup, don't make em like that anymore

This and for first person shooter

Vanquish like a motherfucker.

Just horizontal geysers of earwax and grey matter, is what I'm saying.

killzone 3, and i play ALOT of shooters.

Edit: Halo reach also.

i was thinking "released." but it doesn't really matter.

I'm playing Sin and Punishment 2 right now. It's fucking brilliant.

Anyway, "shooter" can refer to a whole lot of genres. So this thread seems a little bit pointless to me.

I would have to say its a toss up between Halo Reach and Black Ops for me....Halo Reach for the amazing single player, firefight, and how fun it is with friends. And Black Ops for having a really all around fun MP.

KZ3 gets an honorable mention for having a bomb ass single player.

Oh yeah and on rails Star Fox style shooter the best is Sin and Punishment 2 all the way.