this is my top 10 ish

Quake (and mods)
Skyrim (if that counts, it's not really a "shooter")
Quake 3
Portal 1 & 2 (let's face it they were so short they might as well be one game)
Thief
Half-Life
Painkiller
Clive Barker's Undying
Vietcong
Battlefield 1942
CS 1.6(pre-source) 

mechanics were too broken and the setting was just a big grey heightmap. *shrug* 

Hmm FP games then, not necessarily S

Quake + SoA
Oblivion
Half-Life 2 + Eps 1,2
Unreal
Portal 1,2
Half-Life
Halo (XBox) - COME AT ME BROS
Doom 3 

I forgot Portal two (should rank like 7th or 8th).

And System Shock 2 (should rank like 4th).

Whatever. 

oh well. If you ever get a wild hair I recommend you give it a second chance. Here are few shots from my current install: 1,2,3

This is without a "graphic overhaul" mod as they tend to look like dog ass. Aside from removing fog and fixing fov/resolution, the only mods are bug and balance fixes.

/proselytizing 

A few of the games you guys chose are not really first person shooters though. I wouldn't put Dishonored, Thief, Arx Fatalis or the Elder Scroll games in that category. 

The rest are definitely OUT. Including Battlezone2 which along with Skyrim would have been in my top ten.

Take it more seriously you disgusting plebs. 

Damn that does look nice. Hmmm. Well, if I ever get the urge to play it again I may give you a shout to request details of your setup. 

I vote Shadow of the Colossus on PS2. The camera's so janky, half the time it is unintentionally first person lol. (Still one of the best games ever made, despite that). 

1. Quake
2. Challenge ProMode Arena
3. Unreal
4. Half-Life
5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
6. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
7. The Ultimate Doom
8. Duke Nukem 3D
9. Unreal Tournament 99
10. Killing Floor
11. Natural Selection
12. Blood
13. Metro: Last Light
14. Doom 64
15. Half-Life: Opposing Force
16. Team Fortress Classic
17. Doom 2
18. Team Fortress 2 (when it used to be good)
19. Heretic
20. Metro 2033
21. Final Doom
22. Shadow Warrior (97)
23. Painkiller
24. Killing Floor 2
25. Counter-Strike
26. Day of Defeat
27. Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight
28. Doom 4
29. Quake 3 Arena
30. Hexen 2
31. Wolfenstein 3D/Spear of Destiny
32. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
33. Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
34. Serious Sam: The First Encounter (very similar games but SE is slightly better)
35. Red Orchestra
36. SWAT 4
37. Operation Flashpoint
38. Soldier of Fortune
39. Arma 3
40. Tribes
41. Natural Selection 2
42. Tribes: Ascend (when it used to be good)
43. Serious Sam 3: BFE
44. F.E.A.R.
45. Unreal Tournament 3
46. Half-Life 2
47. Doom 3
48. Crysis
49. No One Lives Forever
50. Insurgency

Not included:
- Thief: The Dark Project and The Metal Age: not first person shooters.
- Deus Ex, System Shock 1 and 2: shooting not principal aspect of the game, especially in the case of SS2 and DX.
- Dishonored 1 and 2: more of a shooter than Thief but still, shooting is not the principal aspect.
- Bioshock 1 and 2: same as System Shock but with worse shooting. 

 

Unless you don't want HL2 to count because of all the crowbar sections, extensive gravity gun sections and loads of puzzles. Heck 20-30% of the Half-Life 2 doesn't involve shooting. More if you love the gravity gun (okay might be reasonably construed). 

Heh, title said 50 so I gave you 50...

@Thief out: sure the focus is on stealth but since you can shoot all the enemies I think it still qualifies. 

Heh, title said 50 so I gave you 50...

@Thief out: sure the focus is on stealth but since you can shoot all the enemies I think it still qualifies. 

Hmm, actually kind of difficult to decide so this may be out of order/change depending on mood:

1. Serious Sam TSE (I love TFE almost as much but TSE provides more variety).
2. Left 4 Dead 2
3. Quake
4. Unreal Tournament
5. Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
6. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: SoC
7. DOOM 2
8. Might and Magic: Dark Messiah
9. F.E.A.R.
10. Bioshock

When I actually think about it, I don't play all that many shooters. The top five are much more set in stone than the bottom half. 

Personal favorites. If there is series, I only choose my favorite.

1. Quake 1
2. Silent Hill 3
3. Tomb Raider 1
4. Doom 2
5. Duke Nukem 3d
6. Tomb Raider 1
7. Ghostbusters (Genesis)
8. Dead by Daylight (multiplayer)
9. Don't starve Together (multiplayer)
10. Shadow of the Beast (Amiga) 

1. Quake
2/3. Doom/Doom 2 (Doom for the atmosphere and level design, Doom 2 for the superior gameplay rhythm, they tie for me and shift by my mood)
4. Blood
5. STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
6. Unreal
7. Hexen
8. Duke Nukem 3d
9. Rise of the Triad
10. Fallout: New Vegas 

Doom/Doom 2 (Doom for the atmosphere and level design, Doom 2 for the superior gameplay rhythm, they tie for me and shift by my mood

aye, it's probably safe to say that the majority of people who've spent a reasonable amount of time with doom hold this opinion. 

Level design is a broad term. I'd say each one of the two games nailed a different aspect of it. 

Seems like I really like Tomb Raider, lets replace slot 3 with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (since fighting games are awesome) 

And PC stands for "personal computer", typically IBM-compatible. 

Seems like you have no idea what FPS means. 

Sorry, I read title wrong. Yeah, not all of those are FPS games at all. New List:
1. Quake 1
2. Doom 2
3. Duke Nukem 3d

That's it* 

1. Quake
2. Quake 2
3. Half-Life
4. Fallout 3
5. Doom 3
6. Crysis
7. Unreal
8. Duke Nukem 3D
9. Return to Castle Wolfenstein
10. Mass Effect 2 

Given it got a fair amount if semi-disappointment in this community. I did like it quite a lot myself....although definitely prefer Doom4....