It started with a man and a war. A war called World War 2. His name was B.J. Blazkowicz, and he was the first First-Person Shooter Protagonist. Quickly followed was the Space Marine, trudging and shooting through Mars. Quickly, we learned to only bet on one man, the one with Balls of Steel, who was out to kick and chew, and wasn't ready to chew.
We met another man, a nerd, one would say, a nerd with a dream and a crowbar. The second Space Marine, the Chief, some have called him, came upon the scene, and he was indestructible. ten bullets to the head? Bah. He could just avoid fire, and he'd be up and ready. He had many followers, but no one could redo what he'd done. Yes, a man did go underwater many years later to mass appeal, but a month after his hijinks, more men, one with a cleaning product for a name, one born in a vault, the same indestructible man, and a man of purest graphic, also began to emerge.
We had a group of four run through a cel-shaded world, toting an unimaginable amount of guns, a squad of wise-cracking criminals destroying Russia, an alien race made two english-speaking nations unite, a leash of blue light whipping apart a planet's inhabitants, and the aged return of the man who wrestled an entire alien invasion and WON.
If you don't understand the references I was making, then i'll give a list in a sec.
But seriously, what's the most influential, best overall quality, best-looking (never mind about that one), and innovating First-Person shooter ever?
Oh yea, here's a list.
Wolfenstein 3D Doom Duke Nukem 3D Half-Life Halo: Combat Evolved Bioshock Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Crysis Halo 3 Fallout 3 Borderlands Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Resistance: Fall of Man Bulletstorm Duke Nukem: Forever
Fallout 3 is great, though its not really a FPS, more of an Free-roam Role Play. Its just so massive. Had over 300 hours with my main guy, and I still hadn't gotten everything done. Great story, great weapons, and you don't get bored replaying it with all the moral choices you can make.
Missile Launchers, Mini-Nuclear Weapons, Laser Rifles, Flaming Blades, Electrified Swords, Dart Guns, and Nail Launchers. Epicness in a small disk.
Borderlands is awesome, if a little frustrating and slow at times. I keep going back to it, which is a good sign as normally I get fairly bored of games quite easily
