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Lock and Load welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we'll be counting down our
picks for the top ten first-person
shooters as you might expect this was a
tough list to narrow down so we had to
set some tough guidelines we'll be
focusing on one game per franchise and
we're also excluding FPSs that one
hybrids of other genres meaning as much
as we love games like Bioshock portal
and Metroid Prime that can't be included
we're also making our choices based on
innovation and importance to the genre
as a whole number 10 Duke Nukem 3d
first-person shooters may have had
characters before Duke but this was the
first shooter with real character in and
of itself the interactive environments
hilarious jokes and entertainingly
over-the-top violence made it a breath
of fresh air in a sometimes drab Andover
serious Yara hmm
don't have time to play with myself the
weapons were crazy
the strippers were interactive and there
were enough one-liners to make bruce
campbell roll his eyes i'm looking good
number 9 Unreal Tournament though unreal
was a beautiful looking game it fell
short to quake 2 in terms of multiplayer
mayhem thankfully epic followed up with
Unreal Tournament though it was
primarily a multiplayer game which was
almost unheard of before the Millenium
it sported a laundry list of amazing
features beautiful environments hyper
fast gameplay a wide variety of weapons
and impressive AI bots for those
preferred to play alone Plus who can
forget the first time the announcer
boomed out number 8 battlefield 2
taking a cue from 1942 s popular desert
combat mod battlefield - pushed the
franchise into the modern world with all
the fancy toys that come along with it
up to 64 players could hammer it out in
enormous maps populated with tanks
helicopters and boats plus the popular
squad and commander mechanics meant that
there were weeks worth of depth in store
for those who wanted to get serious
number 7 quake 2
the first game in this franchise was a
pioneer in the genre but this title
brought the series to a whole new level
the sequel added a better story cgi
cutscenes and cool new weapons but it
was the multiplayer that completely
redefined online play quake two's
multiplayer made for online competitions
team guilds and became one of the first
true eSports thanks to its now legendary
convention quake car number 6
counter-strike source counter-strike is
an example of how immense gameplay depth
and strategy is often the result of a
very simple concept the series that
originally started its life as a mod for
half-life before it got the makeover
from valve with their Source engine was
at one time the most popular online game
in the world counter-strike was making
the modern military shooter a worldwide
phenomenon way before Call of Duty was
ever on anybody's radar
number 5 halo 2 you look nice thank you
any of the Halo games could have taken
this slot tell that to the Covenant but
we went with the first sequel as it's
pretty much the game that gave birth to
Xbox Live multiplayer finally
successfully merging online play with
living room consoles while its story is
one of the least popular in the series
halo 2 set the standard for the rest of
the franchise to come both online and
off helping to secure Microsoft's
flagship franchise in the hearts and
minds of gamers for years to come number
four call of duty 4 modern warfare
this was the most controversial choice
on our list due to how divided the
gaming community is on the series as a
whole but being the most popular FPS
franchise today we couldn't leave it off
finally making the jump to a modern
setting gave the series the boost it
needed to appeal to the masses and
appeal it did more so than any game on
this list modern warfare was a complete
package online and off the single player
was a revolutionary tour de force while
the multiplayer became a global
sensation it didn't become the lowest
common denominator without being amazing
number three do okay so it wasn't the
first traditional FPS that honor belongs
to Wolfenstein 3d but we went with the
later game for truly establishing the
first-person shooter as the new king of
the genres doom was both not only well
designed but also frightening and
stylish haunting sound design i popping
gore and unforgettable weaponry doom was
a gamer's dream come true and a nervous
parents worst nightmare all rolled into
one
number two goldeneye below seven who
would have thought that a movie tie-in
would become such a monumental
revolution for the genre goldeneye is
best known for bringing the pc center
Jarra to the mainstream market with its
split-screen multiplayer making it the
highlight of house parties for years to
come
making the FPS viable on a home console
let alone one with one analog stick with
no small feet
it also featured a single-player mode
that was just as engaging with one of
the best completionist rewards in gaming
in the form of the hard to obtain
double-oh-seven mode it also paved the
way for another FPS hit developed by
rare in the form of perfect dark before
we get to our number one let's take a
look at some honorable mentions you have
the right to take my life
but no I will also take yours
cool
number one half-life a cliche choice for
sure but a deserving one nonetheless
half-life was able to tell an engaging
story without cutscenes or even a
speaking protagonist but its story isn't
why it's so good amazing scripted events
engrossing atmosphere frightening Li
intelligent AI and unparalleled variety
in terms of weapons enemies environments
and scenarios half-life still features
more awesome than most triple-a titles
do today when you factor in the impact
it had on the multiplayer world with its
Model T half-life was a true interactive
masterpiece gore who doesn't need to
hear all this she's a highly trained
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