First Person Shooters

I love FPS', though that extreme love is what has led to a bit of elitism on my part. But when you get used to the best, it's hard to go back to anything else. :D

I started with Wolf3D, which I found on a shareware rack at a drug store. I actually held on on buying it for a week, because I didn't believe the game could actually produce the graphics printed on the front. At least, not as good as I thought they would be. And man, was I ever happy to be so wrong.

After that came the love of Doom. When I first heard about it (from some co-workers describing the shotgun animation), I was surprised to hear that the shareware alone filled five disks (back in the days of 3.5" and well after 5") when all six episodes of Wolf3D fit on one. But I got it, and it was love at first sight.

I dabbled in FPS' for a long time, but no net connection until about four years ago meant no deathmatching back then. I even tried running Quake on my 486SX with 4 megs of RAM which wouldn't work since it required a pentium. I was so pissed. I could almost get Duke Nukem to work, but my system just couldn't handle it. After that I fell out of them due to my computer not being able to handle them very well (or at all), until about four-five years ago when I finally upgraded (and have been doing so ever since) and got back into following the scene pretty well.

Anyway: Doom 2 is God for speed-killing, Quake II is easily as great (though nostalgia forces me to choose Doom), and Quake III w/Threewave is the best multiplayer there is (aside from Battlefield 1942 and Tribes, both of which I haven't played). No One Lives Forever is some hysterical stuff, and I need to check out the second one (demo's been out).

AvP was also wonderful, and much better without the in-level save. Forcing you to learn the levels gave it the much-needed tension level that was removed because of everyone scared to lose some progress. I almost beat the Marine section, got about halfway through the Alien section, and beat the Predator section before that patch was released. Wasn't quite the same after, even with just the knowledge that I could stop and save whenever I wanted to. Feh.

Consoles need to start supporting kb&m, and need to support a wide variety. I need trackball loving (and mine is a Microsoft brand, ya hear me, XBox? Support it!), though whatever kind of keyboard I have doesn't matter.

On that matter, maybe I can get some help here. EGM printed this quote in their Halo 2 preview, and I can't seem to figure out what the hell it means (note: it's in reference to the Chief's character model, but I don't think that matters):

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[...] or in next summer 2003 PC version of Halo (the gaming equivalant of doing a porno film).

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Huh? "The gaming equivalant of doing a porno film"? What?

I've just always had a little pet peeve that your peripheral vision is so limited. At least with Metroid Prime, her helmet would restrict her vision by that much :)

Other than that, I liked Doom a lot. In fact I've liked it throughout the years in every form I've ever played it: PC, Mac, N64, GBA, etc. Not really sure why, other fps have done nothing for me.

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I would buy a USB mouse and keyboard for the PS2 if companies would take two seconds to program in mouse/keyboard support. Sony's decision to include USB ports was great but the damn third-parties who make the console FPS' won't support it.

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Agreed.

Ever since I played Quake 3 on Dreamcast, I could never touch another console FPS, unless it had keyboard and mouse support.

Had they done this with Halo I might of actually cared about the game.

FPSes were NOT MEANT TO BE PLAYED WITH CONTROLLERS! you need a mouse and keyboard to truely experience a game such as Unreal Tournament or Half Life. moveing and aiming with just your thumbs is ludicrious.

I love FPS games but I can't stand them on consoles. The only time they are any decent is if they are simple or dumbed down. I must say that Doom 64 is easily the best FPS that consoles can give us. It's fun and isn't hampered by controls.

I used to like them, but I got sick of them eventually. I played all of id's efforts (including Catacomb 3-D, the oft-forgotten predecessor to wolfenstein) through Quake 2, and then I kinda fell away from them. I played Half Life and loved it, but after that... none of them did it for me. I never liked FPSs for multiplayer, and the one player games just dried up or didn't offer anything new.

It just lost its appeal.

FPS's are booooring.... usually. All of the PC staples are... Strategy games, Sims.... snooze inducing crap. That's why I'm a console gamer, not a PC gamer.

I can dig most any genre, and I enjoy being able to use a controller for an FPS, moreso than a keyboard-mouse combo. I'm definitely not the biggest fan of FPS games. I find the POV many of them offer to be way too restrictive. I don't mind the genre, and I can get some fun out of it, but it's just not my cup of tea.

I love half-life. i think its still the best of the genre. when are we gonna get a real sequel?
I hope to check out NoLF2 soon. The demo was kinda cool.
Deus Ex and System shock 2 are kinda cool, but those aren't really shooters per say. couldn't really get into those games. seemed a bit too complex.
goldeneye multiplayer is something i'll never forget. playing a buddy in the same room as you is so much better than online.

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Originally posted by Kinopio
playing a buddy in the same room as you is so much better than online.

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Amen to that. That doesn't just apply to FPS's either.