First-person shooters can show age, but others are timeless classics.
Graphics aren’t everything - therefore intuitive, heart-racing gameplay is a far better qualifier.
A qualityfirst-person shooter is immersiveand has tremendous replay value.
These games stand out years after their release regardless of their technical limitations compared to today’s games.
The following titles are the best in their class.
Perhaps the fact they are still enjoyable says something about the genre as a whole.
Don’t judge a book by a coverand don’tjudge a game by its graphics.
These are 15 first-person shooters that are better than you remember, ranked according to Metacritic.
This revolutionary game deals with team tactics.Rainbow Sixwas one of the first games to introducetactical first-person shooting in three-dimensions.
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“F.E.A.R.”
stands for First Encounter Assault Recon.
is about a supernatural phenomenon and paranormal activity.
As the protagonist, you uncover the secrets of an uncanny little girl.
Although it has been years since F.E.A.R.
released, it is a game that has barely aged.
The graphics are not on par with current-gen games, but the gameplay and story are outstanding.
Like many games on this list, this is one of those games that needs a remake!
It was a fitting send-off to a game that is still regularly played by zombie-busters the world over.
Quake II was merciless, bloody, and inventive both in level design and approach.
Its fast-paced gameplay was easy to pick up and enjoy right out of the box.
10Duke Nukem 3D - 89
Who could forget Duke Nukem’s first 3D FPS outing?
Unfortunately, Duke Nukem Forever was a colossal fumble that has put the franchise on ice perhaps permanently.
Success depended on utilizing the most powerful organ in the human body the mind.
There was always something new to see, and a new way to complete an objective.
We will forever remember Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II for standing out when it was released.
A significant number of first-person shooters are influenced by the giant strides of the Dark Forces series.
Unreal Tournament stays true to its name.
Making use of the first Unreal Engine, its graphics were a step-up from previous first-person shooter games.
It’s also one of the few games that supported LAN when it was released in 1999.
Unreal Tournament’s low-gravity mutator is a gamechanger.
