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Old 07-20-2009, 04:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Metroid Prime series
eh. I've always had a problem calling Metroid Prime a first-person-shooter, at least the first 2.
It's like calling killer 7 a fps.

Half-Life 2:Episode 2 might be my favorite single-player shooter.
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Old 07-21-2009, 09:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Goldeneye 07, Metroid Prime series, Quake 2, Doom.

And those are really the only first person shooters you need.
i don't get it. you spend most of your life under the guise of video games, i don't even have the most recent generation console & i still can't believe how fucking wrong you are.

Wolfenstein 3D
Half Life
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Unreal Tournament
Time Splitters 2
Star Wars: Jedi Knights 2
Counter Strike: Source
Bioshock

..are all fantastic games worth playing. there's obviously more but these ones stuck out in my mind as great games that i got a chance to play.
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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The Half Life series is impressive in terms of story and in terms of a psychics engine.
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:20 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The Half Life series is impressive in terms of story and in terms of a psychics engine.
you mean physics?

story is debatable. the physics were simply a matter of time. they just happened to be first. having said that ragdoll enemies does not make a game 'better'. the original HL was a very souped up quake 2.

someone please tell me quake 3 has been listed for it's actual improvement of all FPS games by being the first game to implement actual polygon hit detection as opposed to using bounding boxes around character models. curved surfaces anyone?

the only reason halo deserves a mention is for its 'progressive health' system. it was actually something new that revolutionized multiplayer FPS gaming, nothing else about the series is fresh or innovative.

or are you people still talking about the paint job as a reflection of a car's capabilities? it has stripes!!! it must go FASTER!!!
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I've always had a beef with calling it an FPS as well. You're primarily exploring and solving puzzles, shooting is kind of used in the same way attacking things with swords is used in Zelda and it's not really the main focus of the game.

It's more like first person action adventure.
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I've always had a beef with calling it an FPS as well. You're primarily exploring and solving puzzles, shooting is kind of used in the same way attacking things with swords is used in Zelda and it's not really the main focus of the game.

It's more like first person action adventure.
A first person adventure-shooter?

Sounds about right.
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I've always had a beef with calling it an FPS as well. You're primarily exploring and solving puzzles, shooting is kind of used in the same way attacking things with swords is used in Zelda and it's not really the main focus of the game.

It's more like first person action adventure.
exactly. The shooting was really uncomfortable too, having to jam that L trigger down hard over and over.
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A first person adventure-shooter?

Sounds about right.
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exactly. The shooting was really uncomfortable too, having to jam that L trigger down hard over and over.
Well, I haven't played the first two games, but the controls and shooting feel really great on the Wii. Probably the most intuitive controls I've ever used.
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I've been playing COMBAT ARMS online. It is a great FPS game.
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Old 07-21-2009, 09:14 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Yeah, if i had a wii i would buy the remakes, at least of the original.
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