Top 10 FPS (First Person Shooter) Games Of 2011 (So Far)

2011 has been what I believe to be the year of FPS games, the year is not even over yet and we have such brilliant games to play. Do note this list only includes the game which have been released at the time of posting. This post will be updated at the end of this year.

[Hufandpuf]

so far.

[_DarkCharizard_]

I know there's a lot of hate for the franchise, but atleast one game deserved to be on that list!

And for those of u saying Portal 2 is not a shooter "technically"....... . well yes, it is. You "technically" have to shoot portals.

[iamnsuperman]

"No call of duty= fail." COD hasn't been released. This is so far

[_DarkCharizard_]

Ohh i'm terribly sorry guys, I read "Top 10 fps games of this generation"! o_O

Apologies again.

[ATi_Elite]

I guess it was console only or the editor doesn't have a clue about PC Games cause Red Orchestra 2 kills everything on that list!

1. Red Orchestra 2
2. Nuclear Dawn
3. Hard Reset
4. Portal 2
5. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
6. Killzone 3
7. Crysis 2
8. Resistance 3
9. Rage
10.Homefront

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

Bad list. Writer is obvious consolefag. Plenty of games that came out on PC went unnoticed on that list.

And Brink is an updated Team Fortress 2!? lol okay sure.

[Hufandpuf]

Hard Reset? hardly.

[TheOtherTheoG]

Hard Reset over Portal 2, on a straight comparison of quality? Right... And for that matter, Red Orchestra 2 (ie, the game which ran so badly at launch they had to make a patch to remove detail from the game to get it to run properly) and Nuclear Dawn?

And the crazy coincidence - all three of the above are PC exclusives! I mean, what are the chances?

[TopDudeMan]

Technically portal isn't really a shooter but it is definitely the best game out of all of those.

[Laxman216]

When I play Portal, I use the portal gun to shoot portals onto walls to solves the puzzles.

[TopDudeMan]

And that makes it a shooter? It's a first person physics-based puzzle game. I mean it's a PORTAL gun that shoots PORTALS. Not bullets, PORTALS. In first person shooters there are battles. In portal there are only obstacles between you and the end of the test chamber.

And the sarcasm isn't necessary, unless you want to sound like an ass. No offence.

[Laxman216]

I never said anything about making it an FPS :/ ...

But now that you mention it, the words 'First Person Shooter" mention nothing about bullets dude.

Portal is a game, played in the first person perspective. Therefore, it is a First Person game.

The main objective of the game is to solve puzzles with a gun, which has the ability to shoot portals.... Shoot portals.... Shoot.

Using the logic of definitions and genres, Portal and Portal 2 are First Person Shooting games. Albiet, ones without bullets.

[GrayFox007]

Well by your logic Oblivion is a FPS because you shoot arrows.

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

I agree with Laxman, I would call it a FPS Puzzle game. As for Oblivion I would more call it a FPRPG...with some shooting.

[Craftiii4]

FPS just means seeing though the eyes of the player while holding gun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[TopDudeMan]

Really? Wikipedia being used as a viable source? You know ANYONE can write on wikipedia, can't you? People who play FPS games know what to expect from an FPS and that is why portal is different.

[Rhythmattic]

Maybe its a valve thing, but I dont "get" the love for portal... Its good, but #1 ??

BTW, I own all Portal's.. Played it on PC and PS3,,,

Each to their own.

[TopDudeMan]

I think they caught on because of their humour and originality. Probably the most original game I've played in ages.

[MrChow666]

to me portal not only is the best on this list but one of the best this year, it has a great sp campaign and one of the best coop experiences I've ever played with friends, great characters, good looking graphics...love it

[RedHotChiliPepaSpray]

Portal 2 is not an fps it's a puzzle game. Resistance and kill zone top it for me and rage is great as well. Didn't play deus ex but it looked more rpg to me.

[Shadowaste]

resistance 3 and killzone 3 were both huge letdowns for me, I thought kilzone 2 was a far, far better game, and resistance has been losing steam since the first.

imo....and i own all these games btw ,
Brink was crap
Section 8 p was junk
Bulletstorm was kinda mehhh....
Fear 3 was better than 2 but just barely....
Rage is ok...a solid 7.5

now....
Deus Ex is amazing!
Crysis 2 was sheer awesome!

portal was neat as I got for free on steam from some promo, but is is not really anywhere near Deus ex league.

[Objective]

You're right, without a Halo in the mix, the FPS landscape seems somewhat barren!

[Laxman216]

Hahaha, watch your mouth, there be PS3 fans in the mix on N4G this time of the night.

But you are right, Halo is one of the only original FPS games of this generation. Bulletstorm was kick ass and original, too, but people have come too accustomed to the standard 'military' experience to give it a chance.

[trouble_bubble]

Er, no. Crysis 2 had horrible MP, buggy SP, and was sheer meh. Prophet blowing his brains out to start the game sums it up. Superhuman while invisible is a joke. To be disappointed in R3 & KZ3 yet praise that steaming pile is lulz. Even Crysis 1 the PSN/XBLA download is better than Crysis 2. Still buggy, but better.

And Portal is a puzzle game, not an FPS. Why's it on the list?

Brink was one of the bigger let downs a la Duke Nukem. A 68 meta' shouldn't be on a best-of list. Dead Space Extraction HD was better & actually supports a gun peripheral.

@disagree
pfft. Go tell all the people on xbox360achievements.org & ps3trophies.org how awesome Crysis 2 is with the glitched Dedication & Tooled Up achievements.

[thehusbo]

Killzone 3 is the best so far IMO

[ksa-sh8sh8b8]

killzone 3 the best for now

[GrayFox007]

I think Resistance 3 is the most enjoyable FPS I've played this year. I love playing team death match, it's just mad with everyone running around with these crazy weapons and abilities. It's not the most sophisticated FPS out there, but it's a lot of fun and that's all I care about.

I will be playing Rage next week, but without a FPS based multiplayer (racing?) I don't think it's going to top Resistance 3 for me.

[EmperorDalek]

I've played Killzone 3, Section 8: Prejudice, Crysis 2 and Resistance 3.

Crysis 2 is my favourite (And my GOTY so far). Section 8: Prejudice is my second favourite downloadable one on PSN (Right behind BF1943). Killzone 3 could have been excellent if it weren't for the horrible MP maps. At one stage Resistance 3 was my most anticipated GOTY, and while I was disappointed with the absence of big battles and removal of co-op, I still thought it was a good game.

[P_Bomb]

Hmm. I really enjoyed the KZ3 MP maps and the DLC maps. I only play Warzone though, they're different maps than the TDM ones. Better than Crysis though. No one plays anything but TDM there. Having to reach higher XP levels to even open up other modes killed the game.

[EmperorDalek]

I thought that Frozen Dam, Turbine Concourse and Pyrrhus Crater were great maps but I didn't like most of the others and I hated Corinth Highway. Never played the DLC map packs (except for the KZ2 one).

The biggest problem I had with it was that 90% of the time it would put me in Salamun Market. I thought that adding vehicles ruined it. The Jet Packs were really fun to use, but only one map supported them (main game).

But I agree that the MP was a lot better than Crysis 2's.

[kevnb]

Hard reset should be there somewhere. id even put red orchestra 2 ahead of brink.

[newn4gguy]

Brink is an "updated TF2"?!?

Who do I talk to about beating the author senseless?

[newn4gguy]

Resistance 3 has been my favorite so far. I was mildly let down by the ending, but great game overall.

[TheFirstClassic]

He said Killzone 3 had an impressive storyline? It had a horrible story, though the rest of the game was great. Cutscenes skipped around where things didn't always make sense, the voice acting was lame, and the ending was downright terrible. And some of those "action" scenes? Sev gets flinged down on to a metal platform. Killzone 2 was much better in the story area.

[P_Bomb]

KZ3 story is Blackhawk Down in space. It was hardly horrible. I'm still not sure what KZ2's story was about. Just random Petrusite musings and a nuke.

[TheFirstClassic]

Maybe the storyline itself wasn't bad but the implementation was in my opinion. What I liked about Killzone 2 was the whole mood in the game, it painted a chaotic, intense, and painful side of war which really drew me into the game. Killzone 3 felt like they were trying to be the A-team or something. Sev and Rico became indesructable badasses. By the way, I just realized that part of one one of my sentences somehow got cut out. What I meant to say was: Sev gets flinged down on to a metal platform from 60 feet in the air, and then slammed into a rock wall by a few thousand pounds of water, then gets up with no scratches on him. Not sure what happened there, I definitely typed that. Oh well, you get my point. I felt like killzone 2 focused more on how chaotic and violent war was while Killzone 3 turned into an action movie. And in the ending they killed almost everyone on Helghan in a big explosion, and all Sev has to say is "Jesus, I wonder how many people were down there?"

[icecoldfire]

if portal was on a new source engine , no game in the world be even near its everything. but sadly vavle cannot count 2 three for the moment. they need to complete all 2's which are cs2 and DoTA 2.

[Scuzzlebutt]

Well Portal 2 was great, but not a FPS. KZ3 and R3 were better than C2 IMO. Haven't played Rage, but it looks like a bore (bunch of fetch quest, really?). I just started Bulletstorm, seems nice so far.