FPS Week: Top 10 FPS Games Of All Time

First Person Shooters have become the industry’s bread and butter genre. Each of the big three have a platform exclusive FPS title. Metroid for Nintendo, Killzone for Sony and of course Halo for Microsoft. To finish off our FPS week we have gone and listed what we feel are the top ten first person shooters of all time. Gameplay, story, and overall fun were all factors. Also, let it be known that it is our opinion and we would love to hear what our readers believe are some of the best FPS titles.

[Agent-86]

A lot of good games on the list but the order is kind of suspect. Timesplitters 2 as #1 game? C'mon. It was a great game, but better than HalfLife 2? Speaking of which, HL2 is only #5? WTF? Plus, the choice of the Battlefield game was very odd: BF1943? BF2 was way better than that. BF1942 was even better than that.

[Rob946]

I'm not Bias towards PC at all I just picked what I believed deserved to be up there. All these top 10 lists are the same people always believe something should be higher or something should be lower but it's the writers opinion and just because I believe Timesplitters 2 is number 1 doesn't mean others have to think it is. Everyone has their own opinion :)

[Agent-86]

Sorry, I edited the bias part out because that was a little harsh. I apoligize, but I still believe your choice of BF games is odd. I also stand by HalfLife 2 being a superior game to Timesplitters 2.

EDIT: Rob946, I agree that BF1943 was fun and a great value, but it isn't what I would call the best game of the series.

[Rob946]

Yeah as I said everyone has their own opinion, I will admit Half Life 2 was amazing but I played Timesplitters 2 4 player split-screen co-op so much back then with a lot of my friends and we always had great fun. It's some of my best memories with games and that's why I put it above. also I will agree that my choice for Battlefield games may be a bit different to what people expect but two of those are my favourite in the series espically BF1943 as it was such a great game for such little money.

[NukaCola]

Bioshock
Metroid Prime
Half Life

These games are not just shooters, but more like first person explorative adventures.

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If I had to add a couple shooters to it I would add:

Turok 2 on N64 (I mean the Cerebrial Bore need I say more?)
Jedi Knight II: Outcast (FPS for the majority of it but keeps the FPS controls even during TPS Lightsaber mode, but still an outstanding game.)

[NukaCola]

Bioshock
Metroid Prime
Half Life

These games are not just shooters, but more like first person explorative adventures.

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If I had to add a couple shooters to it I would add:

Turok 2 on N64 (I mean the Cerebrial Bore need I say more?)

Jedi Knight II: Outcast (FPS for the majority of it but keeps the FPS controls even during TPS Lightsaber mode, but still an outstanding game.)

[SilentNegotiator]

"Number 8 Tie Between Battlefield 1943 And BFBC2"

1943 should NOT be on a top 10 FPS of all time list.

[frostyhat123]

Like the guy said! Have you played time Splitters 2? but.... still shouldn't be number 1. But it's one persons opinion and everybody's is different!

[Agent-86]

Yes, I had a PS2 and played all the TimeSplitters. That's why I said it was a good game. However, it can't compare to HalfLife 2. I'm sorry, but any list that has TS2 above HL2 is a little whacked in my opinion.

[Gray-Fox-Type0]

I agree timesplitters over Half Life 2 = HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH

[Gray-Fox-Type0]

here is few.

Half life 2
Halo
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
DOOM
Deus Ex
Bioshock
Call Of Duty 4
Metriod Prime

hmm good picks ..oh crap you forget DEUS EX?! OH COME ON!!! that is abit of a fail

[thugbob]

Yeah good list. When it comes to things like this it's best not to be picky about the order. There were other shooters that I felt should be on the list but they were mentioned on the honorable mention so it's all good.

[Rob946]

As I said already you may think Half Life is a better game but im sure there's also people besides me who think Timesplitters would be better. All top 10 lists never please everyone because everyone always has different opinions.

[AlienBlaster]

Not a bad list overall even though i would put Half Life 2 higher, but as you said it's your opinion so no problem there. But fix the name in the Half Life 2 part it's not Gordan Freeman its Gordon.

[news4geeks]

Great list but poor order and missing the original half life. Goldeneye lucky to make it with its pathetic control scheme.

[trainsinrdr]

IMO:

Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
Bioshock
Call fo duty classic
Medal of honor frontline
Resistance fall of man
Bad Company 1/2 (just the mp, the sp sucks)

[newleaf]

Wake up John...we need you. 2012, return of the Master Chief of FPS

[Gray-Fox-Type0]

that is going to be epic!!

[theonlylolking]

It is better if you have best of that generation since if you compare the games from a newer gen to a older gen then everything is better in the newer gen...except nostalgia.

Sixth gen Top 5 best FPS IMO
1.Battlefield 2(PC)
2.Star wars Battlefront(you can choose FPS or TPS)
3.Halo 2
4.half life(PC)
5.timesplitters

I only did sixth gen since that was when I actually played FPS. I did not include the seventh gen because it is not over yet.

[dylanv365]

Good list, glad to see Time Splitters up there. One of my favorite games of all time

[andron]

Halflife is a great series. I would have liked Black to be mentioned here, it's one of my favourite FPSs ever...

[A7XEric]

Glad to see timesplitters get some recognition, but #1? Really?

And as soon as I saw CoD4 on there (especially at the position it was at) the lists' credibility vanished for me

[spektical]

cod4 has been the best COD... it was actually a fair, hardcore and tight game...

back when perks didnt turn the tide of a game, but just gave you a slight advantage, killstreaks were simple and not overpowering, and lastly level design was phenomenal.

[PsycheMax]

Hahahahahhahah, Halo better than HL2?
Hahahahahahahahahahah!

[spektical]

i played both.. i like halo more than hl2, but i appreciate what hl2 did for FPS genre.

[Pintheshadows]

Half Life 2
Half Life
Deus Ex
Painkiller
Far Cry
SW Jedi Knight DF 2
STALKER
Doom 2
Quake 2
No One Lives Forever.

[ShadyDevil]

Great list. DN3D!

[bozebo]

Hmmm... A good list, but I doubt anybody except the author would describe it as perfect. I wouldn't even try to make a list of top 10 fps games because I love too many of them too much. It would have far more ties than the author of this article :P

One thing I don't understand is why most people prefer TS2 to TS3, TS3 is TS2 with more content and a really awesome campaign.

I would swap out Bioshock for Perfect Dark. It hurts to not see CS/CS:S on the list but I agree with that, I have played it for thousands of hours but the candidates for a top10 would have to be considered for different reasons; like competitiveness or how much play time it endures, then other worthy titles would be kicked down the list.

[Muffins1223]

OMG WHAT ABOUT GEARS?!?!!?

[Ascalon94]

gears is a third person shooter....

[Muffins1223]

it was a joke lol

[HINDERIZATION]

lol fail.

[horndog]

Where is counterstrike?? Time splitter #1?? Really?? Better than CoD, Halo and Golden Eye?? I think not but that's my two cents.

[Ascalon94]

CoD4, Halo, Half-Life, BF2 are among the best FPS's ever made

[gypsygib]

All I know is that a lot of those shooters on that list wouldn't be any fun to play today....some of them would however, they should be higher on the list.

[YodaCracker]

Halo FTW!

[Ace_Man_6]

Wolfenstein 3D should always be the #1 because it was the very first FPS and a bloody good one at that

[HINDERIZATION]

Project Snowblind was a pretty amazing FPS. Hidden Gem in my book.