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Michael Barnes wrote: I declare it the best FPS ever made.

It's certainly a great one. I think I'd have to give that title to Unreal Tournament 99 though.

hotseatgames wrote:

Michael Barnes wrote: I declare it the best FPS ever made.

It's certainly a great one. I think I'd have to give that title to Unreal Tournament 99 though.

HEADSHOT!

Best FPS of all time? If we're talking "murder arena" that's a hard one. I'm inclined to go with the Battlefield series and Bad Company 2 in particular. Any game that doesn't include combined arms and vehicles isn't it.

If it's just ANY FPS, including RPG's, Fallout 3 is it.

Fallout 3 and Mass Effect are rpg's with shooter mechanics. They're not FPS's.

Best of all time would include Metroid Prime, Halo, Half Life 2, Bioshock and Goldeneye. I think most consider it to be Metroid Prime but i'd have to give it to Halo. I agree with Pete that the inclusion of vehicles, like Half Life 2, really pushes it ahead

Like Pete said, a proper determination really needs categories. Straight death match has never been done better than Quake 3: Arena.

Mass Effect 2 and 3 are much more shooty than the first one. It was a kind of culture shock for me to return to the original and its kind of layered over turn based system (activation of squad abilities). So ME is 2/3 shooter more than RPG in terms of the raw game-play.

I recently tried to get back into Fallout 3, but it's just terrible after coming from Fallout 4's ID Software developed shooting combat. I have hopes for New Vegas once I re-install it with a bunch of mods to update the combat mechanisms and other stuff, but Fallout 4 is ideal for me. It's mostly due to the stuff that fans of the older game(s) don't like (such as the emphasis on FPS/3PS shooting combat), though "VATS" character builds are still viable. Also, all power armour prior to FO4 looks like cosplay garbage now. They nailed it in that game.

I think I need to chop this up a little "Best FPS" is way too broad for someone like me. Would anyone want to figure out the "Best Sidescroller?" Let me suggest a few...

• Best FPS RPG: I am partial to BORDERLANDS here. I could be talked into MARATHON.
• Best FPS Deathmatch: UNREAL TOURNAMENT, or a return to the classics for MARATHON.
• Best FPS Singleplayer: SERIOUS SAM, then maybe DOOM 2.
• Best FPS Puzzler: THE WITNESS supplants PORTAL here.
• Best FPS Squad: COUNTERSTRIKE should win here, but I'm so in love with OVERWATCH.

Best FPS RPG: Mass Effect 2, it's not even close.
Best FPS Deathmatch: Halo, it's not even close.
Best FPS Singleplayer: Metroid Prime, Halo and especially Half-Life 2 are all pretty close. I'd have to give it to Half-Life 2
Best FPS Puzzler: Portal 2, it's not even close.
Best FPS Squad: i think they're all not that great but Overwatch is the best. GRAW was absolutely incredible though. What a game.

For the WW2 war gamers among us, Order of Battle Burma Road is awesome. While Panzer General, Panzer Corp and the other Order of Battle games are great, they always seem to put you on the attack or offensive. Burma Road has some cool and challenging defensive scenario. A couple of scenario, I've played felt a little like Dunkirk the movie where the objective was to help the Australian, New Zealand or Indian troops escape complete destruction. While these battles aren't as epic as Germany taking Poland, France or Russia they're still very challenging on how to defend against the sometimes overwhelming Japanese onslaught. Enjoy.

I've been eying up this series and almost pulled the trigger on Burma Road last week. I wish I had more time for gaming on the PC like I used to. I just bought the Panzer Corps Gold set and have only just started it. Tell me, does the Order of Battle series play more similar to Campaign Series than Panzer General/ Corps?