...Do people at least know what is a third person shooter?

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OT: Gears of War.

Uncharted 2
Gears of War 2
The Last of Us
Dead Space
Red Dead Redemption

Defeniatley Resi4 and 5 and the Evil Within, mgs4 and 5 too

RE6. Unbeatable gameplay, every other tps wishes they played like this.

I don't consider tlou a tps or that'd be number one

Wrong. Splinter did that in 2001. 

The best Third Person SHOOTER mechanics list is as follows; 

5. Max Payne 3 

4. Splinter Cell Conviction

3. Ghost Recon Future Warfare 

2. Freedom Fighters

1. Gears of War 3

The above games, are first most shooters, and the way the player moves and enters into over the shoulder in TPS games is very important, whether its straffing, getting into cover or shooting while in motion and general visceral gunplay mechanics. The above 5 games do this perfectly. 

Some games have done great to ''evolve'' the Third Person Shooter genre into Third Person ''.........'' , ie other genres, the pioneer being Splinter Cell way back in 2001.

Since then, you have Resident Evil 4, Uncharted, Dead Space and The Last of Us doing the same for their respective genres. While they are not as good as shooters as the above games, they have integrated and influenced the TPS genre just as much as the top 5. 

Overall 3rd Person games /by series

5. Hitman Silent Assassin / Contracts

4. The Last of Us 

3. Mass Effect 1 - Conviction

2. Mass Effect 1 - 3  

1. Gears of War 1 - 3

As for games that happen to be TPS
1, TLOU
2, Uncharted 2
3, Mass effect 2
4, Gears 2 (I only played 2)
5, Infamous SS

Mechanics
1. Gears 2
2. Infamous SS
3. Mass effect 3
4. Resident evil 5
5. TLOU

Someone said Vanquish already. But yeah, Vanquish. No other TPS comes closer.

This is a good way to conduct thelist. I will do the same to mine, but I fail to see why Infamous SS has good ''mechanics''. Is the alt fire stuff???

Mega Man. The OG.

Tough.

Overall So far the best game would be as follows

1. Gears 3

2. Alan Wake

3. Mass Effect 2

4. Rise Of The Tomb Raider

5. Gears 2