The Gamasutra Quantum Leap Awards: First-Person Shooters

I find it pretty surprising, but then I never got why it was so highly rated

Fun to see Golden Eye on that list, I actually think it's the best FPS that has ever been made.

Are you talking about halflife?

Imo Deus Ex was the best sp first person game yet.

No Duke3D?

I think Goldeneye should be #1

And I think Rainbow Six and Operation Flashpoint should be on the list

Rainbow 6 yeah, but it's not really FPS considering that you got no gun, only a crosshair.

But they are some damn fine games.

Bloody love GoldenEye...

I like Halo, but I'm glad it's [deservedly] not on there.

I liked goldeneye too. But I dont think its that great. Not enough to be on the list really. I still remember how the splitscreen made my eyes water.

I think it deserves to be on the list because it was really the first successful transition of the FPS genre onto consoles, which is a pretty remarkable achievement and IMO, fits in nicely with the point of the article (the games that moved on the genre). Halo, in a sense, did the same thing for the genre by kickstarting the successful inclusion of vehicles (yes I know it wasn't the first, but it WAS a huge catalyst in their mainstream inclusion). That said, I think that most of the games on that list are far more deserving of their place than Halo would be. Might have been nice to have seen a pioneer or landmark Tactical FPS on there like Rainbow Six though.

half life 1 rocked my world

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Rainbow 6 yeah, but it's not really FPS considering that you got no gun, only a crosshair.

I hope that was a joke

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i never agree with these lists, eventhough this one comes pretty close to how i would do it. Where the hell is duke nukem 3d??

They mentioned duke nukem 3d a couple of times in the comments but usually went for wolfenstein 3d or doom or the like.

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I hope that was a joke

No, if you ever played the first R6 games (not the shit games from UBI (sorry klein )), then you know what I'm talking about.If it's more like that I don't count it as a FPS, is that you can play the game as and RTS aswell really, you just need planning skills.

(yes there are weapons, but you don't see them in 1st person)