List of Revolutionary FPSs

Each of these brought something dramatically new, and expanded the FPS genre. I would be shocked if there is a title missing from here. *flameshield on*

In order:

Wofenstein 3D

DOOM

Quake 2

System Shock

Golden Eye

Half Life

Deus Ex

Counter Strike

Tribes

Battlefield 1942

Half Life 2

I'm sure this is going to bring a lot of flaming, but let's be realistic. No other FPS games outside the one's listed above, revolutionized the FPS genre and expanded it in a significant way. If you want clarification on any these titles, just ask if you really don't know. If you think a title is missing from the list, please feel free to say so... but chances are, it's probably not revolutionary.

Hard to disagree with that list.

-

You may catch a lot of heat for excluding Halo: Combat Evolved.

How is Portal revolutionary? Please don't say the portal gun.mo0ksi

Don't know if Portal belongs there. It's a good game, but not what I'd call revolutionary.Cherokee_Jack

nice list

brings back memories of the good ol' fps games XD

1.Halo (XBOX)

2.Halo (PC)

3.Halo 2 (XBOX)

4.Halo 2 (PC)

5.Halo 3

ur list is wrong how the ** is hl 1 revolutionary?

Halo: Comat Evolved.

Great List

nice list

brings back memories of the good ol' fps games XD

Postal_Guy

Halo: Comat Evolved.

TheAnnihilation

1.Halo (XBOX)

2.Halo (PC)

3.Halo 2 (XBOX)

4.Halo 2 (PC)

5.Halo 3

ur list is wrong how the ** is hl 1 revolutionary?

1.Halo (XBOX)

2.Halo (PC)

3.Halo 2 (XBOX)

4.Halo 2 (PC)

5.Halo 3

ur list is wrong how the ** is hl 1 revolutionary?

Nice list there, can't think of anything outside of it.

System Shock? Thief? AvP?Philmon

List severly lacks UT99, best mp FPS in the history of the world. Would you disagree?

List severly lacks UT99, best mp FPS in the history of the world. Would you disagree?

Eddie-Vedder

And UT2k4 :D

Hello????

Duke Nukem 3d???????????

REVOLUTIONARY! Think of all the speech, the porn stores, the dirty cinema and not to mention you can pay money to see girls nudish!

they may of been revoltionary, halo was evolutionary.

For the Gore factor.... Rise of the Triads

:)

[QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

List severly lacks UT99, best mp FPS in the history of the world. Would you disagree?

ragek1ll589

And UT2k4 :D

Rainbow Six - it practically created the tactical shooter subgenre

[QUOTE="ragek1ll589"]

[QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

List severly lacks UT99, best mp FPS in the history of the world. Would you disagree?

Episode_Eve

And UT2k4 :D

Definitely. I recently re-installed it on my laptop and have been playing Instant Action for hours on end. It's a load of fun :D

List severly lacks UT99, best mp FPS in the history of the world. Would you disagree?

Eddie-Vedder

Halo 2 was pretty revolutionary for console online FPS

and Halo:CE for all its critical acclaim

So safe to say with that list, then we can put to rest all of these "your game isn't revolutionary enough" threads right. I mean that only happens once in a blue moon. And as to be expected usually only once for a certain critera or else your doing nothing but coping lol.

And Halo fans I hate to break this to ya, well not really lol, but Halo's gameplay is something that PC fans had been enjoying for a while prior to its release. Maybe revolutionary that it was brought to consoles but not for its gameplay.

Good list, but Quake comes after Doom, not Quake 2. Quake was the first game to do online deathmatch multiplayer, after Doom got the modem-to-modem stuff down.

Halo 2 was pretty revolutionary for console online FPS

and Halo:CE for all its critical acclaim

johnnyblazed88

Perfect Dark was better than Goldeneye, if you ask me.

[QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

List severly lacks UT99, best mp FPS in the history of the world. Would you disagree?

ragek1ll589

And UT2k4 :D

but neither game is revolutionary.

they may of been revoltionary, halo was evolutionary.

doobie1975

Good list, but Quake comes after Doom, not Quake 2. Quake was the first game to do online deathmatch multiplayer, after Doom got the modem-to-modem stuff down.

[QUOTE="johnnyblazed88"]Halo 2 was pretty revolutionary for console online FPS

and Halo:CE for all its critical acclaim

foxhound_fox

Halo also proved a console fps can be just as good as a PC FPS, despite what the local nerds on here would have you believe. It also brought console FPS to the competitive world.

It did a lot, you just choose to ignore it. Even with that said, the amount of fame and it's populairty alone demands a place on any list.

Good list, but Quake comes after Doom, not Quake 2. Quake was the first game to do online deathmatch multiplayer, after Doom got the modem-to-modem stuff down.

foxhound_fox

I'd agree. Man, the good ol' days.

[QUOTE="Philmon"]System Shock? Thief? AvP?Mehdi1984

Halo CE needs to be there

Nice list but it lacks some games like:

Alien Vs Predator

Halo C.E.

Rainbow Six

Oh and Deus Ex shouldn't be on that list. To call it a shooter is kinda insulting IMO.

Halo 2 needs to be on there. It made regenerative life a staple to the FPS genre.

I would also say Counter Strike for multiplayerthegoldenpoo