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    First Person Shooters

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    Since when was CoD an EA franchise? And honestly, I don't mind if each game is more or less identical. It gives the franchise consistency imo. And if you are going to quote me, please use the quote tags.

     

    I don't care how much MW3 apparently sucks, I think it's a great polished FPS that does as well on PC as it does on consoles, minus some features that I honestly can live without.

    Oh and from what I've heard, IW left Activision over money, not because of any artistic reasons.

    Describe your perfect video game

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    That sounds more like the perfect system instead of the perfect game.

     

    You can't have the perfect game without the perfect system.

    But the topic is about the perfect game, now that you have described the perfect system, what would be like the perfect game in that system?

    Call of Duty. Imagine the pain of being shot by campers constantly.

    First Person Shooters

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    Funny how you put MW3 on your list then complain about FO3 shitting all over the franchise.

    MW3 didn't shit all over the franchise in my opinion. I personally consider it the best in the franchise so far out of all the CoD games I have played.

     

    Neither did CoD start out as one of the best RPG's ever and turn into a shitty half FPS half RPG hybrid with bad "smart aim", tons of glitches and a boring story. MW3 is actually a ton more enjoyable for me than Fallout 3 and it's a TON more solid as a game engine (to this day, MW3 has never crashed for me). And at least MW3 has multiplayer.

    First Person Shooters

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    Fallout 3 I don't even wanna mention. Talk about shitting all over the Fallout franchise... The plot was bland as fuck, it felt incredibly tame compared to Fallout 2, the guns weren't as satisfying and the decision to not include bloody mess from the beginning annoyed me. In general, the whole game annoys me, especially when it decides to crash for nothing at all.

     

    But for what it is, it's an okay RPG/FPS hybrid. I just don't think it's as good as Fallout 2.

    First Person Shooters

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    I count Portal as FPS, albeit with a heavy focus on puzzles. And Oblivion and Skyrim have always been, in my opinion, first person shooters with a heavy amount of RPG elements.

     

    Here's my own top 10:

     

    10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

    Had to put this on the list from the shere amount of hours I have put into it. At the moment it's my favourite multiplayer FPS, for several reasons. It runs smoothly, has a great variety of game modes and the different killstreak packages lets you taylor the game to your playstyle as you play it and unlock more abilities. Whether you wanna focus on teamplay or be a lone gunner, CoD has you covered.

     

    9. Bulletstorm

    Bulletstorm pretty much plays on the "kill skill" gimmick where you get scored for killing your enemy in inventive ways. This makes Bulletstorm a ton of fun to play and gives it a ton of replay value. Otherwise, I feel it lacks a bit in the multiplayer department, but all in all a very refreshing FPS.

     

    8. Quake

    Personally I prefer Quake to Doom, as both games are really similar, but Quake is a lot darker and more ambient, and has a more Lovecraftian feel to it. Not to mention Quake is probably one of the most widely used game engines ever, and the GoldSrc engine used in Half-Life derives from it.

     

    7. Unreal Tournament

    Nothing beats the classic UT imo. One of the best multiplayer shooters in history and one that still holds up today in terms of gameplay.

     

    6. Borderlands

    Borderlands is a pretty solid FPS and has a very open feel to it. It also has some RPG elements, and a very unique graphic style.

     

    5. Gunman Chronicles

    One of the more underrated shooters I've played, Gunman Chronicles is a game that I actually prefer to the original Half-Life. It has more action, more dialogue and overall is a more interesting game to me. Not to mention the way you customize weapons in the game is entirely unique and a lot of fun to play around with. Still fun to play with others as well.

     

    4. SiN

    Criminally underrated, SiN, using a heavily modified Quake 2 engine, offers a ton of features that were simply groundbreaking for its time. Most of all, the game featured in-game computers that could be used for pretty much everything from unlocking doors to scanning biosamples. It was also possible to hack into them using DOS-like command prompts and simple commands. Keep in mind it was released in 1998, several years before Doom 3 featured in-game terminals with far less interactivity. The outcome of the game also changed based upon your performance and how well you completed the mission objectives, making each playthrough of the game possibly different. The expansion pack Wages of SiN is also highly recommended to get with this game. It's the main reason I find Half-Life terribly overrated as this game offered a lot more but was quickly overshadowed.

     

    3. Duke Nukem Forever

    I have never seen a game get so much shit thrown at it as this game, but personally I love it. I think it's one of the best first person shooters of all time and it's totally unique in my opinion. I love games that have balls of steel. ;)

     

    2. Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

    How this never got more attention than it did is beyond me. Not only does it improve immensely on Wolfenstein 3D, it's also possibly the first FPS ever to feature non-hostile NPC's, replayable levels and also an interactive environment, beating games like Doom and Quake even. To this day, I think Blake Stone is one of the most underrated FPS's of all time and it definitely has held up well over time. The timeless retro 60's style design of the game makes it feel a lot like a futuristic James Bond movie.

     

    1. Duke Nukem 3D

    The best fucking FPS ever made. Enough said.

    Call of Duty

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    Modern Warfare 3 is the first CoD game I've bought and really gotten into, and all i can say is that I pretty much think it's the best FPS available for the PC right now, especially in terms of multiplayer. It really suits my playstyle.

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