[Prophet]

I mean you had red faction, doom 2 (i think), half life, and a few other games.... 

Dude. You're way off... 

At that time Quake II and Unreal were teh monstars. Then came HL. Then after that (a year or two) came Red Faction. And so on.
Half-Life wasn't really so technologially advanced. But it actually had a plot (good one). It was heavily scripted, offering numerous "cool" moments. And the player had allies that actually were usefull (guards).
Q2 and Unreal were perhaps prettier than HL, but were basically the same old same old shoot your way trought supermutantmosteruglies with rocketlaunchers. Red Faction combined these. It had plot (fairly interesting one), scripting, allies (not very useful ones) and some heavily armoured mercs with rocket launchers. Only thing new was the geo-mod, wich was fun for a while (glasshouse!).

[CP5670]

HL2 was definitely the worst of the modern games by some distance. That game bored me to tears unlike anything I've played in a long time. It's hard to believe that this crap was the sequel to the excellent HL1. Although I wouldn't call HL1 the absolute best for its time either, as it came out a few months apart from Unreal and System Shock 2, both of which were superior in different ways.

splinter cell isn't an FPS tho

Well, it's close enough. I guess we should be referring to these games as xPS in general.

I gotta say the best shooters I've played were FEAR, Far Cry, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004, and a few others...definately NOT Doom 3 or Half Life 2 though

UT2004 was absolutely jam-packed with maps and features, but a lot of people including myself were quite disappointed with the weapon balance and generally slowish pace compared to the original game. I was a hardcore UT player for over two years but never really got into 2004 the same way. I hear they are going back to the original gameplay with 2007 though, which would make it the next huge game for me.

Well Doom 2 had the worst graphics, and red faction had kinda sucky AI, so Half Life was the best shooter for the time...

uh, Doom 2 came out three years before HL1. Of course its graphics aren't comparable.

[Deepblue]

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp?rankings=y

According to Gamerankings.com, the best FPS of all time is Halo:CE... Unless you consider Metroid Prime an FPS (it's an FPA), in which case it takes the cake.

[Ghostavo]

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp?rankings=y

According to Gamerankings.com, the best FPS of all time is Halo:CE... Unless you consider Metroid Prime an FPS (it's an FPA), in which case it takes the cake.

By avg of reviews from gaming sites. By average of votes it's GoldenEye007 aparently.

[Janos]

Stalker is best, followed closely by Duke Nukem forever.

[MrBig101]

Stalker is best, followed closely by Duke Nukem forever.

 

[Turnsky]

let's have a quick rundown of the most recent FPS's that i've played.
Half Life 2, purdy, great use of physics, but very unimpressive storytelling, you could squeeze the entire story on the back of a playing card and have it readable by the naked eye, it's storytelling was just too sloppy for it to be the best ever, if you think it had the best story ever, stop reading pizza menus and read tolstoy or something, sheesh. 
Quake 4, nice, but felt like a Doom 3 mod at times.
Call of Duty 2, nice, atmospheric, gritty, good graphics, and historically acurrate (sorta), but it was yet another WW2 game.
Halo 2, nice post-prod effects, reasonable storytelling, but let's face it folks, the end was pure sloppiness by how it abruptly ended.
FEAR, great graphics, sweet on-screen effects, pretty good storytelling, it's non-reliance on the bullet-time feature may have been alright, but its one flaw was really it was overall a little bit samey, it was a corridor shooter, really.
Pariah: god, were the reviews ever wrong, story?.. what story, HL2 had more story!, definitely was aimed for the console market (let's face it, pure console gamers aren't the brightest of the bunch ) it had -prerendered- cutscenes on video files, but they were done in its engine, so it looked -real- crap, if it were an unreal2k4 mod, it woulda been great, but otherwise. 

[Deepblue]

let's have a quick rundown of the most recent FPS's that i've played.
Half Life 2, purdy, great use of physics, but very unimpressive storytelling, you could squeeze the entire story on the back of a playing card and have it readable by the naked eye, it's storytelling was just too sloppy for it to be the best ever, if you think it had the best story ever, stop reading pizza menus and read tolstoy or something, sheesh.
Quake 4, nice, but felt like a Doom 3 mod at times.
Call of Duty 2, nice, atmospheric, gritty, good graphics, and historically acurrate (sorta), but it was yet another WW2 game.
Halo 2, nice post-prod effects, reasonable storytelling, but let's face it folks, the end was pure sloppiness by how it abruptly ended.
FEAR, great graphics, sweet on-screen effects, pretty good storytelling, it's non-reliance on the bullet-time feature may have been alright, but its one flaw was really it was overall a little bit samey, it was a corridor shooter, really.
Pariah: god, were the reviews ever wrong, story?.. what story, HL2 had more story!, definitely was aimed for the console market (let's face it, pure console gamers aren't the brightest of the bunch ) it had -prerendered- cutscenes on video files, but they were done in its engine, so it looked -real- crap, if it were an unreal2k4 mod, it woulda been great, but otherwise.

You forgot AI! Both Halo 2 and F.E.A.R had excellent AI.

[Blue Lion]

Wasn't Halo 2 supposed to have an abrupt ending?

[Deepblue]

Wasn't Halo 2 supposed to have an abrupt ending?

"Do you mind telling me what you are doing on that ship Master Chief?"

"Sir, finishing this fight."

...

Roll credits.

[Turnsky]

let's have a quick rundown of the most recent FPS's that i've played.
Half Life 2, purdy, great use of physics, but very unimpressive storytelling, you could squeeze the entire story on the back of a playing card and have it readable by the naked eye, it's storytelling was just too sloppy for it to be the best ever, if you think it had the best story ever, stop reading pizza menus and read tolstoy or something, sheesh.
Quake 4, nice, but felt like a Doom 3 mod at times.
Call of Duty 2, nice, atmospheric, gritty, good graphics, and historically acurrate (sorta), but it was yet another WW2 game.
Halo 2, nice post-prod effects, reasonable storytelling, but let's face it folks, the end was pure sloppiness by how it abruptly ended.
FEAR, great graphics, sweet on-screen effects, pretty good storytelling, it's non-reliance on the bullet-time feature may have been alright, but its one flaw was really it was overall a little bit samey, it was a corridor shooter, really.
Pariah: god, were the reviews ever wrong, story?.. what story, HL2 had more story!, definitely was aimed for the console market (let's face it, pure console gamers aren't the brightest of the bunch ) it had -prerendered- cutscenes on video files, but they were done in its engine, so it looked -real- crap, if it were an unreal2k4 mod, it woulda been great, but otherwise.

You forgot AI! Both Halo 2 and F.E.A.R had excellent AI.

oooh, ah, AI, a factor that tells your computized enemies whether or not to fling themselves at you with reckless abandon. same deal with allied AI, really.

[Mefustae]

"Do you mind telling me what you are doing on that ship Master Chief?"

"Sir, finishing this fight."

...

Roll credits.

Begin writing angry letter to Bungie.

[Deepblue]

"Do you mind telling me what you are doing on that ship Master Chief?"

"Sir, finishing this fight."

...

Roll credits.

Begin writing angry letter to Bungie.

So true.

[Grug]

Hehehe, early November morning before sunrise. I finish Halo2.
"Aw, what the ****!?"

*Sips another V and goes to xboxLive.*

[deftonesmx17]

oooh, ah, AI, a factor that tells your computized enemies whether or not to fling themselves at you with reckless abandon.

A statement from someone who obviously hasnt played FEAR, or even read about it on any game site.

[Deepblue]

oooh, ah, AI, a factor that tells your computized enemies whether or not to fling themselves at you with reckless abandon.

A statement from someone who obviously hasnt played FEAR, or even read about it on any game site.

Too true. Enemies in both F.E.A.R. and Halo are relentlessly good about using cover and flanking you.

[Turnsky]

oooh, ah, AI, a factor that tells your computized enemies whether or not to fling themselves at you with reckless abandon.

A statement from someone who obviously hasnt played FEAR, or even read about it on any game site.

yeah, yeah, tell that to alma wade, dingus, i have played fear, i own the game, and i said whether or -not-, i know the enemies are good at taking cover, flanking maneuvers, call for backup when you've wasted most of their squad with a portable cannon, and ****, but seriously, great AI shouldn't be a determining factor in whether a game is great or not, it should actually be a given.

and reading about it on game sites, i've learnt not to trust many since pariah.

[Mefustae]

Best. GoldenEye007 comic. Evar.

[Grug]

Best. GoldenEye007 comic. Evar.

OMG! ROFL!

God I remember that. Or how they'd shoot you dead while you were pausing. LoL!

[ZmaN]

Ive heard that HALO 2 was the exact story of HALO 1...  True or false?

AI is a given, I totally agree...

Sorry about my list of games compared to Half life...  I only write what I remembered from like 4 months ago off something I read on IGN

Far Cry, FEAR, Tribes Vengeance, Freespacce 2...  those are the best games I've ever played...
Oh, and if you want a game with a story, I STRONGLY suggest you get a copy of Tribes Vengeance.  Its story is UNBELIEVABLE...  I actually had to play the game twice to get the full effect of what was happening.  Its got Decent AI, good graphics, and you can run it with high detail and 1024 res on a geforce 6600 card...

Oh, and I must recite this, I HATE CONSOLE-TO-PC PORTS...

Im happy now.

Anyone check out black for Xbox and PS2 lately???  WOW that game looks fun..  Although you wont get much milage out of that one either....