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Old 07-19-2009, 07:05 PM   #41 (permalink)
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I am a sucker for unconventional fps's like Portal and Fallout 3. I really hope the ideas behind Portal isn't lost forever, because that is such a great concept that needs to be utilized for something.
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Old 07-19-2009, 09:27 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Portal is the best FPS known to man.
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:13 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Goldeneye 07, Metroid Prime series, Quake 2, Doom.

And those are really the only first person shooters you need.
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:16 PM   #44 (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 07-20-2009, 04:16 PM   #45 (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 07-20-2009, 05:17 PM   #46 (permalink)
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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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Old 07-21-2009, 02:20 AM   #47 (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.

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Old 07-21-2009, 02:31 AM   #48 (permalink)
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I've been playing COMBAT ARMS online. It is a great FPS game.
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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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