• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

##POLL## Best FPS Ever?

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
I'd have to say Half Life just because it's 5 years old and it's still one of the most popular games being played online. Not many other games can say that 😉 If I could only play one FPS for the rest of my life it would be Half Life because it doesn't lose its replay value (for me anyway). Countless mods played by countless people across the world make it just that much better 🙂
 
Definitely Quake 1 for me. I spent more time with that game on quakeworld (and netquake before QW) than any other game I've ever played, at least 5 times more than any other game.
 
Although I didn't really beat HL until 2000 or so, I have to admit that it game me hours upon hours of exciting game play. I can't wait for HL2. 🙂

-sp
 
I think the OP should have specified exactly what s/he meant by "Best" FPS ever. "Best" can mean most popular, most groundbreaking, most fun, most amount of time spent on, most engrossing single-player experience, etc.

HL/CS probably is the most popular game ever, but Doom really started the FPS genre with its shareware model and Internet distribution. Of course, without Wolfenstein, none of the others would have ever existed.

For sheer amount of time spent on a game, I'd have to vote for Doom or Quake 2 (and their mods). I voted for Doom.

Call of Duty is probably the most immersive single-player FPS experience I've had, except for maybe MOHAA.

Duke was just plain FUN. 😀

Clive Barker's Undying gets my vote as the most "I wet my pants 'cuz the games so darn creepy" FPS.:Q
 
Originally posted by: rh71
Call me a n00b... how does one play the famed Counter Strike ? Must I install a mod after installing Half-Life ? I've always wondered about the hype.
Click to expand...

 
Originally posted by: Allio
Originally posted by: dtyn
I'm holding my vote until BF1942 gets up there. Most realistic, and tons of mods so it suits anyones taste. CS is awesome too, but I prefer BF1942 over it. I never liked the Doom/Quake/Unreal series, they're unrealistic and boring.
Click to expand...

Quake boring? I don't know how you can think that. If you have the spare bandwidth, download
this movie - I guarantee it will utterly and completely change your mind 😛

I don't mind a spot of BF1942 on a lan with friends, but on its merits as a game, I think it falls far behind.
Click to expand...

Cool video...still think its a boring game 😛


 
I went with Doom. Considering the game is older than many of the posters here, I doubt too many remember when it came out. I found myself trying to look around the monitor when coming up to turn a corner. A close second is HL, with Quake and System Shock getting honorable mention.

As has been said, best is hard to define. Currently, I enjoy Call of Duty most.
 
Counterstrike > Halo > Half-Life, for me. Half-Life by itself is a really good FPS, but not the best. Counter-Strike made it fun because of the whole multiplayer element. Halo is a better FPS than HL without mods.
 
Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: rh71
Call me a n00b... how does one play the famed Counter Strike ? Must I install a mod after installing Half-Life ? I've always wondered about the hype.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

yes you install a mod for half-life, the mod is free.

or you can buy a stand alone version of it too. it's basically half-life + cs - original single player
 
BF, if it was there. Yes, it wasn't massively groundbreaking, but that wasn't the poll question, was it? Back in the days when I first saw team DM, I though, gee, Wouldn't it be infinitely cooler if we had driveable vehicles, which could use teamwork (i.e. firing from the truck/plane) and air assaults could be coordinated with infantry charges below. Maybe it didn't do anything that had never been done before. But it damn sure put everything I had ever wanted in an FPS before together and it did it in an extremely fun way. It is everything that tribes 2 wanted to be, it has the great things about TFC, it has the realistic weapons of CS, and it has a flavor all its own.
 
Originally posted by: BoomAM
Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
you're telling me you would rather play goldeneye rather than something like call of duty/half life? :Q!!!!
Click to expand...
Actually, if i could, i would.
For me, GoldenEye was fps heaven. There was nothing wrong with it.
Click to expand...

Except the enourmous amounts of lag in multiplayer.... 🙂 Don't get me wrong. I LOVED GoldenEye and it was my introduction to first person shooters. Heck, I didn't even notice the lag until I got used to playing PC games, but even without the lag it is not the best FPS ever. Best console FPS? Quite possibly...

Anyway, I used to think what you think about Goldeneye until I learned how to play FPS's with a mouse and keyboard. To me, control and control options are a big part of a game's quality. No controller will ever be able to match the precision and response time of a mouse and keyboard, so a console game would have to be flabbergastingly good to get my vote for best FPS. As it stands, no FPS is/was as good as Half-Life, in my opinion.
 
Best FPS ever? I'd say BF1942. I've never enjoyed another FPS as much as it.

EDIT: If BF1942 didn't make the list because it wasn't "groundbreaking" enough, how come Call of Duty is up there?
 
Doom (& doom II) win for the best immersion factor. As well as being the first games I played over a network. Really made you lean to see round the monitor, and shiver at the sounds 😀

Honourable mentions to Thief and Terra Nova, for sheer playability, as well as for being so ahead of the curve. Looking glass are sadly missed .
 
Unreal Tournament > Half Life > CoD > others.

UT was groundbreaking, first multiplayer FPS really (specifically designed, AFAIK), then came Q3A, then UT2k3 etc.
 
Originally posted by: Allio
I'm sorry, but I can't believe you'd include games like Medal of Honour without having the likes Quake III and Deus Ex on your list. Quake III in particular was groundbreaking, and remains my definition of a "perfect" game even today. Deus Ex was just really, really good 😛

Were war games like Medal of Honour even popular?
Click to expand...
MOHAA was considered the best fps out till CoD came out.
Q3 was`nt as ground breaking as Q1. Neither was Q2. Q3 is just a DM game like UT.
DX isnt technically a fps is it?
Originally posted by: dtyn
I'm holding my vote until BF1942 gets up there.
Click to expand...
You`ll be waiting for a while then.


 
Originally posted by: hjo3
Best FPS ever? I'd say BF1942. I've never enjoyed another FPS as much as it.

EDIT: If BF1942 didn't make the list because it wasn't "groundbreaking" enough, how come Call of Duty is up there?
Click to expand...
Cos BF1942 is the Q3/UT of war games.
CoD is up there cos its a phenominal game. Amazing atmosphere. Amazing sound. Feels like your there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top