Wednesday 29 September 2010

Best shooter video game series.

I've compiled a list of various very popular shooter series, spanning across many platforms and garnering very large fan bases over the years.

Now its time to choose your ultimate shooter series, albeit because of its gripping story line, immersive gameplay, visceral graphics, theme, weapons, opponents, or any other reason you'd love a game! You can vote in the sidebar now.

If your game isn't here, then drop it in the comments and please still vote on your favourite from the list!

Half Life


Counter Strike



Battlefield


Call of duty



Quake


Unreal Tournament


F.E.A.R 


Metal Gear Solid


Resident Evil


Halo   


Let the voting begin!.. And probably a discussion-turned fanboy war.

166 comments:

  1. I havent played most of these =[

    but battlefield definitely stepped it up in bad company 2. theres my choice

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  2. Damnit, something I probably should have included - in the very first comment!.. Thinking about it though I don't see TF2 as much of a series.. a fun multiplayer game yea, but, I don't really feel that it qualifies as a shooter series, and in a way I don't feel that it really belongs on the list.. I guess its half life for you then! ;]

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  3. Totally agree pleth, this poll was inspired purely because this game was floating around in my head, I only got it a few days ago and I love it, but for me I had to go with Counter Strike being my all time favourite, would kind of feel wrong hopping the BF series up to my top spot because of this one awesome game. I loved the old ones too but from my personal experiences and the ammount of time I spent playing various different games, CS nicks the top spot for me =)

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  4. Hard to say really; haven't played all of 'em, but I'd probably go with halo

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  5. Id say as far as pc gaming goes it has to be halflife for me..console though halo

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  6. =) i've been playing since the original, the poll seems to be bugging out for me at the moment, might just be me 0.o..

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  7. Hahha.. It seems to have disregarded my earlier CS vote xD

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  8. man, i miss playing bf2. i wish my computer could run it.

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  9. Yes I agree entirely!!
    Except never played F.E.A.R. but I heard many stories about that little girl...FREAKY!!
    supporting and following

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  10. Much love hoss =D and comradejoker, it is a scary game, and the graphics were at the forefront when this game came out.

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  11. Scary storyline and events, generally startling and sort of jump out at you moments, plus being about 13/14 back then coupled with the best graphics of any game yet = pant shitting terror at moments, used to love the multiplayer, used to rape it up with friend from school =)

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  12. halo WILL be the winner >:]

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  13. You have Quake, but not Doom? I am disappoint.

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  14. Have you ever played Wolfenstein? That's my favorite by far. But if I had to choose between these, I'd choose CoD

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  15. resident evil !! the best !!
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  16. I'd have to say COD, but I don't have too deep of an interest in video games.

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  17. I'm still all about Counterstrike, might have to pop on the servers tonight before bed. :)

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  18. I'm a big resident evil fan...but Half Life was always my favorite shooter :)

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  19. Gordon Freeman is a flawless representation of what every nerd aspires to be: cunning, hyper-intelligent, and badass in a cold way. HL2 wins.

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  20. HALF LIFE 2. "Comes a man? It is! The Freeman!"

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  21. CS is and will forever be the best.

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  22. Half life is the best game ever

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  23. Counter-strike. I have played it the past 8 years.

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  24. Agree with everything but resident evil

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  25. This is a very hackneyed list that includes first person shooters and third person shooters. Differentiation between the two would have been better IMO. I'll vote anyway ;P

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  26. I would vote, but I hate shooters in general, have fun with the fan boy brawls though :P

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  27. I guess it's all whatever makes you happy. I like Battlefield myself, but mostly because I've played it more than the others. Supporting!

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  28. Grew up with CS, love the Halo now

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  29. Best game of all time? halflife.

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  30. I had a lot of fun with Halo, but I have to give it to Call of Duty for perfecting the multiplayer experience.

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  31. call of duty not on here? travestyy

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  32. I'm actually very surprised Halo hasn't been relentlessly hated on by COD fanboys in here yet.. Halo.. particularly Reach has my vote. It fixed a lot of the issues with 3, and it's very fluid in it's gameplay. So yeah, that's my vote.

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  33. Good choices! but..where is Gears of war? xD

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  34. Personally I'd go with Halo or MGS.

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  35. CS!!! It has such a strong following even today!

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  36. Im one of the few people that HATE half life. I think that shit sucks! lol. I would have to go with counterstrike...mainly because its like, the original online shooter. Also halo, it paved the way for online console gaming.

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  37. ALL OF THEM!!

    Seriously, though, the games that gripped me most
    are the Half Life series, portal, STALKER, Braid, and mirror's edge.

    too bad that only half life is here!
    A special mention to F.E.A.R. too, it is amazing.

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  38. i hate to be cliche but COD is very realistic for shooting, but i'm throwing golden eye into the ring, lol that'd be ridiculous

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  39. MSG is that even a question?

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  40. gonna go with cod on this one, more replay value

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  41. I really cant choose between Halo, Battlefield and Resident Evil, they each have their lovable differences that makes it hard to pick a winner!

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  42. F.E.A.R. is the most horrifying game I've ever played...

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  43. Great post,

    Quake I, Quake II, Quake III are all great so my vote goes to quake.

    All the other games are great as well, my second choice would have been counter-strike source.

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  45. i despise shooting games with a passion

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  46. I likr css the most :) dunno why realy but it is one of the most played games on my list :)

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  47. Gotta go with Half-Life on this

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  48. ive played half life and halo the most so one of them

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  49. Im going to have to go with either Half Life, Counter Strike or Halo. I mean, admit it. Halo set a very large presidency for xbox FPS, so did MGS, but really alot of companies had to step it up for Halo, if they didnt meet with criteria of a gamer the game would fall to pieces. Counter strike is classical, I fucking love it, its my childhood.

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  50. I don't know if I would consider all of those shooters. However, I think the best pure shooter would be Half-Life

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  51. I'll sound like a scrub for saying it...but COD.

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  52. Battlefield series are awesome..
    Quake III rocks also..

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  53. I'm more inclined to Metal Gear just because I've played every version available.

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  54. As much as I'll regret this, I have to say Call of Duty.

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  55. You can divide this genre into more specific genres I guess. Tough one.

    For competitive online play, Call of Duty (the old ones).

    For a compelling story, a tie between MGS and HL.

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  56. It's a hard one, but I'm going to have to go with Half-Life (including all its mods). Call of Duty has just been getting worse in recent years.

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  57. (Insurgency!) so it's gotta be HL²

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  58. I switch my vote to resdent evil

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  59. doom and wolfenstein belonged there, sorry =p

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  60. Damn too many good choices! COD is the reigning champ right now, but half life, halo, CS etc all are awesome games as well.

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  61. yes the best are there and will remain there in our souls forever

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  62. Counter-Strike for sure. Team fortress is also a pretty fun game :P

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  63. Half-life has AMAZING single player gameplay, very lacking in multiplayer content however. Can't wait for episode 3. CS will always be the best multiplayer shooter though

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  64. However I grow up on CoDs and MGS, I need to vote CS for it's popularity. :)

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  65. MGS is more stealth so....good list though.

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  66. MGS isn't a shooter...

    I'd probably say Battlefield.

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  67. very nice blog
    i like your post!
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  68. I'm gonna have to go with Counterstrike. It practically started the entire online FPS series, which led to many titles such as CoD and Halo.

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  69. I'll vote CS:S here only because of the surfing.

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  70. I have to say CoD just because of how many games they've churned out..

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  71. bets shooter ever doom. lol nowadays modernwarfare 2

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  72. Not really sure if MGS counts, but I approve of Quake. Good shit.

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  73. Resident Evil, without a doubt.

    Best story, best fear, and most realistic (despite zombie) setting.

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  74. There's a serious lack of Wolfenstein here. RtCW was fucking brilliant and spawned one of the very best free FPSes ever in Enemy Territory.

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  75. You're missing a couple but great list! following you!

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  76. nice shit great games brooothaaa

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  77. hell year. i love all these gamez

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  78. resident evil, killing zombies is awesome.

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  79. I'd say it's a toss up between Half-Life and Counter-Strike for me.

    ..I'd probably end up choosing Counter-Strike.

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  80. I like Half Life a lot.

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  81. I just played the fear 2 demo... scared the bejebus out of me!

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  82. That's a tough call, but I have to go with Resident Evil!

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  83. solid list, i play counter strike myself

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  84. gotta go MGS for story, CS for replayability, and Call of Duty for overall fun I would say

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  85. To be completely honest, I've never really played any of these games, CoD included. I need to start playing more games or something...

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  86. Ha, you basically got them all... maybe to a separate list of best PC and Console shooters.

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  87. im probably gonna have to say counter strike

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  88. there are some really good ones there but i had to go with battlefield in the end

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  89. I don't know why you even put MGS4 and RE4 in that list. lol

    I'd say Counter-Strike.

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  90. I have to say i personally like the older Call of Dutys (cod2 more specifily)

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  91. Resident Evil, the best game ever!

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  92. THE CORRECT ANSWER IS HALO, THAT IS ALL

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  93. Nothing will ever beat Quake. To me, Quake is the standard I rate other shooters by.

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  94. I was a huge fan of BF2142 on the PC, but to me the COD will always be superior

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  95. DOOM.. the very first 1.. those were the years...

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  96. Half life, hands down! Just wish they'd come out with episode three already...

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  97. I'm appalled TF2 isn't on your list, but it's forgiven by the fact you listed Halo last. Love the FPS genre, and with that, Half-life definitely wins.

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  98. quake and unreal hands down.

    HANDS DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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  99. u forgot stalker series :)
    but my vote goes to halo as 1 and half life as 2

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  100. Quake for Sure! I, II, and IIIA

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  101. Quake. Anything other is scrub tier.

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  102. Loving the blog! im all about resident evil and the original MGS

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  103. No fanboy here but I love Halo Reach but all of these are such great games. Hard to just pick one.

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  104. Battlefield variants with jets in them. Those were spectacular.

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  105. Yo guyz, Imma let you finish but Unreal Tournament 2k4 was the best fps of all time, ALL TIME!

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