The best FPS experiences you'll ever have
First Person Shooters (FPS) are one of the most loved game genres. So we've picked out the 28 must-have FPS games that your collection needs.
21: TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Why It's Great: It's not often that you get to bend the space-time continuum on a regular basis, teaming up with versions of yourself from both the past and the future to solve puzzles. For Cortez, the protagonist of the TimeSplitters series, this is day-to-day life.
TimeSplitters had a quirky, surreal style that fit right at home with the time-traveling dynamic, allowing players access to a wide array of weapons from both the future, present, and past. One minute you may be dueling it out with six-shooters, the next firing plasma guns at your enemies - talk about weapon variety! With a rich single-player campaign and addictive multiplayer modes, TimeSplitters 3 is a shooter well worth revisiting.
20: Counter-Strike: Source
Why It's Great: Before there was Halo, there was Counter-Strike: the game that everyone played, even if they didn't play games. What started out as a Half-Life mod turned into the most popular online shooter ever created. Its simple, round-based, terrorists vs counter-terrorists gameplay was fueled by a genre-first weapon purchase system, and the elegance and perfection of Dust sealed the deal. CS: Source came along when Half-Life 2 was released, porting the game into a next-generation engine and stopping the rampant cheating. Despite what some critics said, Valve made the right choice with the port; CS is an experience that will stay pure forever.
19: Thief: The Dark Project
Why It's Great: Thief pioneered the use of stealth in the first-person perspective. Though not truly a 'shooter', Thief's innovative use of first-person conventions opened it up to an audience thirsty for a new experience. As Garret, a creature of the night, it was your mission to slip between shadows, sneak around guards, and steal to your heart's content. When trouble popped up, as it often did, you rarely responded with force. Garret packed a hefty bag of tricks, from water arrows to douse torches to a nifty blackjack that could down an enemy guard with one whack. By melding first-person shooter gameplay with a deep stealth component, Thief was truly ahead of its time.
18: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Why It's Great: From the first moment you signal your team to rappel into a casino, blasting the windows open as you toss a smoke grenade into a blackjack parlor, you know you've hit something special. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas took the dynamic of acting as a team and made it a central asset to the FPS experience. With an emphasis on teamwork, Vegas was also a blast to play co-op or competitively against (and with) other players, constantly forcing gamers to think on their feet as they moved through expertly detailed Las Vegas layouts. What happens in Vegas is a blast.
NEXT PAGE: Battlefield 1942 and Far Cry
- The best first person shooter experiences you'll ever have
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
- TimeSplitters: Future Perfect and Counter-Strike: Source
- Battlefield 1942 and Far Cry
- Perfect Dark and Crysis
- F.E.A.R. and System Shock II
- Duke Nukem 3D and Quake II
- Our top three must have games
Comments
Dacewka1234 said: Too bad there will never be a half life3Valve still cant count to three
Aednet said: HalfLife 2 - 1st rank Boring bullshit Article crap
Helloworld said: what a shyte bioshock nd ut underrateted
Crapcrapcrap said: Missing vital games like Arma II and battlefield
John Mackie said: OMG THE GAME IS GOOD LOLOLOOLLOLLLOL
John Mackie said: I GOT IS GAME IS GAME IS BAD FOR 18 PEOLE
Bob said: HE FORGOT HALO 4 AND MW3 AND BLACKOPS2I know it wasnt made then but it feels good to complain
Dawww2313 said: Fantastic list as someone who rarely ever posts on this internet you have my vote
Edka2012 said: hf2 first nah i think yea was a good game best but for new games is not the best at all times change
sebastard said: Where is MOHAA It was better than most games in this list Should at least be higher rated than BF1942Greatings
Dmhj said: wa d fudge
Mark said: Medal of Honor Allied Assault is perhaps one of the best PC FPS games to have been created ever I cant believe that it never made this list Instant fail sorry your arguments are invalid
Kirrim Cornelis said: Personally I dislike shooters that are exactly that just an online experience The immersive single player stories make way more and more for that online function lately In my opinion if a lot of people really like games just for the online these should be packaged as such Ditch the single player alltogether and put even more time and effort in the multiplayer If people really want to make a single-player game it should never be secondary to the multiplayer function Although for SOF2 in particular I havent played it a lot myself yet I havent heard the single player being bad before Ive heard it being praised all around Whats bad about it exactly
Kirrim Cornelis said: I personally thought HL1 to be infinitely better than HL2 When I finished HL2 I had a What its over already feel to it I had a blast playing it but the ending really felt premature
Web Design Vizag said: I stopped reading when I saw that NOLF2 had been put into position 23
Nopp20 said: lol rainbow six vegas that game was horrible and boringthis list is trash no Rainbow six rogue spear and no rainbow six raven shield those are hands down one of the best Multiplayer FPS ever even playable today and realistic
Gingerboy175 said: Ahhhh Timesplitters a golden-age FPS back then loved that game to pieces
Mash Gaming said: Bioshock is my all time favourite HL2 is great too
Ezakimak said: SHOULD OF Americans are so bad at their own language P
Toxygenie said: moron