The 28 Best FPS Games

From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide.

Even if it's just blasting away wave after wave of demons in Blood, or perhaps saving mankind from itself as you traverse Half-Life 2's City 17, the FPS genre has proven itself time and time again.

[Close_Second]

...is show us just how generic the FPS genre is. Yes they have become technically more impressive over the years and are still fun to play but nothing about them, in terms of game mechanics, has really changed.

[Eiffel]

That speaks for almost all games of every genre these past couple of years.

[Shankle]

Thief, Portal, Mirror's Edge, Fallout 3, Metroid Prime 3. Innovation, my friend.

[poopface1]

I remember it months ago and it was the same one, with wrong pictures in it. I think that the carppy turok 2 should be replaced by Turok 1, I had them both and turok 1 was a much better game than turok 2. The main thing I disagree with is deus ex. DEUS EX should me number one or HL 1 should be number 1. I like HL2 but for its time, HL1 was better in my opinion. If this person doesnt put deus ex in the top 5, they havent played it probaly. And HL 1 was the first FPS to have the story unfold infront of you, and influenced crap loads of FPS after it.

TOP 2 FPS EVER: Half-Life 1 and Deus Ex. Sorry, for the second time, this list is a failure.

[mintaro]

They put Halo 3 over Halo CE? For shame...

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

They put A Halo on the list. Isn't that bad enough?

[mintaro]

You funny, funny troll.

:)

[Panthers]

Halo CE is some of the most fun I have had with shooters. It deserves to be on the list. Playing that game Co-Op was amazing.

[SAiOSiN]

We'll see an update to that last on Feb. 27. :)

[The_Devil_Hunter]

KILLZONE 2 Baby!!!1

[marichuu]

Even though I didn't like the first Resistance, I still believe it's better than some of those games listed there...

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

What? Resistance: Fall of Man was a great shooter! Despite the graphics, the storyline and gameplay were incredible! The only problem with R2 is that the storyline is short. The multi-player is better than COD, the co-op is addicting as frick, and the storyline was really good. (Extremely surprising ending though. Like...holy frick!)

[PS360PCROCKS]

sad thing is to this day I still haven't played Half Life 2, lol I'm a terrible gamer. But Bioshock and Half Life 2 are probably some of the best games ever made no matter of genre. Their is absolutely just something about Bioshock that still to this day makes me remember it, and I haven't played it since 2007.

[marichuu]

I dunno... Bioshock was "meh" after the first 30 mins... rest of the game was just shoot this, hack that and repeat. Oh, and the fact that guns > plasmids (is that what they were called? can't recall) was a really bad thing btw ;<

[PS360PCROCKS]

Really? I thought the game was gripping, awesome and the plasmids were totally the coolest part of the game. I dunno what it is about the game, it just has 'it' for me at least. All FPS are "go here and shoot this" though

[marichuu]

Yea, the plasmids were cool, but I wish they were a bit stronger... or more fights like the final one at least. No multiplayer was the most disappointing part of the game... it could've been really addictive with all the different plasmids available.
Dunno... I just never really got into it... maybe I should give it another shot when I get bored of the gazillion great games that came out lately and the ones coming up in the next month.
One more thing... is there any difference between the PC and the 360 version?

[PS360PCROCKS]

From what I know like most PC games it just has better graphics. It's a pretty good system hog for sure.

[I_am_rushin]

Where is Black? Sure it was short and didn't have multiplayer, but imo it was a great shooter.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

It was good, but come on...how many exploding barrels can we have?

[Shankle]

Be fair to it. Those exploding barrels were some of the best exploding barrels we've ever seen.

[Unicron]

For me, the tops will always be Quake 3 Team Arena, UT2004, Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, and CoD4.

[shawnsl65]

Golden Eye with the 4 player split screen. GOOD TIMES! *places down a proximity mine and runs*

[Akiira]

perfect dark was awsome. so many good memoryies with that game

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Halo 3 over ANY of those games?

Seriously?

Halo 3 over System Shock 2? They're obviously devout gamers, but what are they smoking? Halo 3 is one of the shallowest games I've ever played.

How do Unreal Tournament, Tribes 2, Counter Strike, F.E.A.R., Battlefield 1942, NOLF, and Wolfenstein get listed below Halo 3?

[marichuu]

Haha, I was about to punch you in the face when I read "How do... F.E.A.R."
I thought you were about to write "make it on the list", but then I saw something more awesome "get listed below Halo 3" :D

[NaiNaiNai]

the only reason halo 3 is on the list is its the only FPS on console that lets you take the game so far.
A. map editors.
B. new updates.
C. large community (even if 40% are under 15)
D. always a match to play
E. ranking system that has been modified i believe 2 times now to help know boosters and people who drop ranks on purpose.
F. no to mention the large fanbase. there maybe alot of people who hate the game, but it has a massive crowd that follows it.

its no wonder its in there. personally i liked halo 3 for awhile and ill pick it up every now and then, but its by far not my favorite FPS. at the moment that goes to L4D.

and yes Black should have been higher up. i bet if it had Mutiplayer it would have been.
-nai-

[Akiira]

so true Nai

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Half-Life 2...YES! The Episodes were great also.

I would put Bioshock higher though...believe it or not. Bioshock is one of the best games ever made.

I think they should be shot for putting Halo 3 up there with such epics as F.E.A.R., System Shock 2, and Bioshock. How do you really compare them? Is it a popularity contest? It Halo 3 good because people bought it? People buy Madden every year, but I've yet to enjoy myself with that series.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

After 4 comments, we get the idea, you hate Halo 3. Great, thanks and bye.

[ballerjoe121]

lol. "we get the idea, you hate Halo 3. Great, thanks and bye." haha

[Viatrophy]

How the hell did Halo 3 get on the list but not Halo CE or 2? Both were much better.

Timesplitters 2 was better than Future Perfect.

[NaiNaiNai]

timesplitters 2 was the best of the series. >.> i just wish they didn't cut free radical i wanted a TS for this gen. =(
-nai-

[kharma45]

TS2 really should be in there instead of TS: FP, and even then, it should be much higher up the list, TS2 was an awesome game!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

CLICK spybot do your thing

[caladbolg777]

Team Fortress 2.

[Wolf873]

well whatever, its an okay list. I don't agree with some of the numbering for games though, but its matter of opinion just like the list is so no need to get worked up about it.

[Cheeseknight28]

No Team Fortress 2? For shame...

[Dark General]

It's like i said. Dues Ex didn't make top 10? But somehow BioShock, HL2 AND CoD4 make top 5? I've played them all (i didn't play Bioshock in full though) and DE easily tops them all.

[Akiira]

well Dues Ex was really more of an rpg with an fps element in it. as for cod4, hl2, and bioshock those games are all extremly good and prolly should be in top 5 or atleast top 10.

[Dark General]

HL2 wouldn't make my top anything besides besides my top over rated games of all time. I was expecting it to be this great video game, with a really intriguing storyline and characters. It didn't have a storyline really, bad narrative, worser level design and superfluous weapons. I own CoD4 and it isn't that great, but i haven't really played the single player that much. BioShock i can see why since it copies in essence of System Shock 2 and Dues Ex, but since i've had a experience like that before it wasn't that great to me.

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[Halochampian]

perfect dark deserves to be number 1 imo. Loved that game. Might have been the first FPS I really loved.

[RebornSpy]

The first FPS that I ever loved was Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, but it definitely doesn't deserve to be on the list, let alone number 1.

I played Goldeneye on the N64 the other day, and it was bad. It's hard to go back to 1 stick when you've trained yourself with 2.

[Halochampian]

perfect dark > Goldeneye

Perfect Dark is one of the best rated games of all time.

[Akiira]

totally agree with ya there

[wwedx]

no CoD WaW the list is a fail

[DMasta718]

COD:WAW on the list? No

I would've replaced Halo 3 with Halo 2

Goldeneye 007 will always be my top FPS ever. It introduced me to the genre.

[Akiira]

lol cause that game was better then cod4....not

[y0haN]

Their CS: Source screenshot is actually a screenshot from CS: Condition Zero :/

[phosphor112]

I thought i was the only one that noticed that since no one mentioned it. CS:CZ sucks horribly. Its either 1.6 or Source, 1.6 has been for the most part turned into a modfest. It's hard to find just the regular objective based CS for 1.6. All I can find now a days is either DM or some zombie mod thats pretty horrible.

[smurfie4]

If this list doesn't have duke nukem 3d then the author has no taste.

edit: it does have duke nukem gj.

[Roth]

I still think to this day that Half-Life (original) is the best FPS ever made, Half-Life 2 is second. If you played Half-Life when it first came out, it blew your mind, guaranteed.

[Ridrick]

#1 for me.

[SprayandPreycom]

you want a great fps experience get cod2 and do the bridge at the rhine on veteran great fps level...

havent played bioshock dont plan on it
havent played half life dont plan on it
havent played a bunch of these games though
glad 007 was on the list on top 10
oh yeah freind told me BLACK was pretty sick but unless they put achievements for xbox games prob wont get it ...

[zdudynot]

thats for halo 3, no way. the only reason its the most played on xbox live cause it s the only average exclusive shooter xbox have.

[Cajun Chicken]

No mention of Serious Sam.

[ZILLA]

this game is a fps and sooooooooo much more,and on the PS3 it plays in 1080p.its SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!

[dgroundwater]

If you say Halo 1 deserved the spot you are overlooking a big trend in the list. It beat out games like Thief and System Shock 2 because it plays better by today's standards. Games like Thief, Turok 2, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, etc haven't been update with modern, superior sequels.

You are deluding yourself if you say Halo 3 is worse than Halo 1. Your mind is just relishing the good times playing it while it was still groundbreaking.

Perfect Dark is better than Goldeneye. Fact. Yet it is still beaten on the list, can any of you really agree to this?