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With the release of the year's most anticipated game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, befalling us this week, we thought it might be high time to evaluate the best of the best in the game's genre: the fanboy favorite first person shooter.
FPS games have remained a staple of the gaming scene since Wolfenstein and Doom made it cool to blow people (and hell-beasts) away with absurd weaponry and the arbitrary ability to jump. But seriously, FPS games have long been the focus of the ongoing "video games encourage violence" debate - well, FPS games and Grand Theft Auto - and as such, provide many of the top selling games of recent generations. Though hardcore FPS multiplayer deathmatches might not be everybody's cup of tea, I challenge you to find me a gamer that hasn't enjoyed some time behind the killing stick.
FPS games have remained a staple of the gaming scene since Wolfenstein and Doom made it cool to blow people (and hell-beasts) away with absurd weaponry and the arbitrary ability to jump. But seriously, FPS games have long been the focus of the ongoing "video games encourage violence" debate - well, FPS games and Grand Theft Auto - and as such, provide many of the top selling games of recent generations. Though hardcore FPS multiplayer deathmatches might not be everybody's cup of tea, I challenge you to find me a gamer that hasn't enjoyed some time behind the killing stick.
10. Doom II
Released: 1994
Released: 1994
While the gameplay mechanics of Doom II are nearly identical to that of its predecessor, this is the game that wins the spot on our list due to its diversity in monster types that were available for your nameless BA space marine to blow to bits. Literally the only new weapon was a new Super Shotgun, which simply allowed you to hold more bullets. The real innovation of Doom II was the support of a limited number of dial-up modems, allowing you to challenge your friends at breakneck 28 Kbps speed and even play co-operatively. My, how far we have come.
