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What's the most influential FPS of all time?

Half Life? Wolfenstein?
Sickened Stage
  06/15/20
I think Half Life has to take the cake. It basically invente...
naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater
  06/15/20
Hexen went non-linear 3 years before Half Life
Heady disgusting tanning salon chad
  06/15/20
wtf is a hexen? I was a voracious gamer back in the 90s and ...
naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater
  06/15/20
I played it. I don't recall it being obscure. It was on the ...
Stimulating weed whacker
  06/15/20
not obscure at all - it was the sequel to Heretic and there ...
Heady disgusting tanning salon chad
  06/15/20
It came free with my graphics card so I assumed it was shit ...
Sickened Stage
  06/16/20
Doom
Stimulating weed whacker
  06/15/20
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Insecure claret mexican step-uncle's house
  06/15/20
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glittery opaque persian
  06/15/20
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Swashbuckling Khaki Cruise Ship
  06/15/20
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olive den
  06/15/20
Wolfenstein 3D
curious bawdyhouse
  06/15/20
cr. nothing else comes close.
azure police squad whorehouse
  06/15/20
It was important but too rudimentary. I stand by Doom as the...
Stimulating weed whacker
  06/15/20
Going to listen to this all day while I work: https://www...
out-of-control organic girlfriend temple
  06/15/20
contra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEYxYcLi1lc
Lemon Racy Space Macaca
  06/15/20
counter strike
big base idiot
  06/15/20
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ebony stage puppy
  06/15/20
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naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater
  06/15/20
DOOM, obviously. How is this a question?
glittery opaque persian
  06/15/20
CR. Doom invented the fps genre.
dashing maroon indian lodge
  06/15/20
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Lemon Racy Space Macaca
  06/15/20
Such that for several years such games were called "doo...
ivory geriatric gaping voyeur
  06/15/20
It didn't though
histrionic mahogany halford
  06/15/20
Doom definitely did not invent the genre but it was so much ...
Judgmental parlor jew
  06/15/20
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yapping hospital new version
  06/15/20
Most FPS games don't play at all like Doom, though. I think ...
dark international law enforcement agency station
  06/15/20
What do you mean by "play like"?
Stimulating weed whacker
  06/15/20
-Doom's multiplayer is 4-player deathmatch; the trend in mod...
dark international law enforcement agency station
  06/15/20
stfu millennial
hateful bateful point
  06/15/20
Lol dork
At-the-ready orchestra pit twinkling uncleanness
  06/15/20
CS came out in 1999.
big base idiot
  06/15/20
There's a strong argument to be made for Halo, with the reco...
naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater
  06/15/20
Half Life is cr here. It introduced all kinds of maneuvering...
Sickened Stage
  08/27/20
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olive den
  06/15/20
COD or Halo, easily. The sheer scale has to dwarf other cons...
Marvelous nighttime national
  06/15/20
DOOM lol at the n00bs itt
slippery pearly state
  06/15/20
WOLF3d did that
Bronze Senate Ratface
  06/15/20
doom came out a year after w3d
curious bawdyhouse
  06/15/20
COD 4 for better or worse
Spectacular factory reset button
  06/15/20
Wolfenstein was definitely game changing, but I think Golden...
Mischievous effete center mood
  06/15/20
cs
odious brunch faggotry
  06/15/20
Fortnite
yapping hospital new version
  06/15/20
goldeneye
cerebral useless famous landscape painting telephone
  06/15/20
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Boyish Love Of Her Life Parlour
  06/15/20
Expected that to be everyone's post itt
Henna institution
  06/15/20
N64 controller design did not stand the test of time and it ...
big base idiot
  06/15/20
Grand Theft Auto 5 and it’s not close.
Brilliant cracking legend
  06/15/20
duck hunt.
azure police squad whorehouse
  06/15/20
Wolfenstein 3d. But doom took the formula and ran with ...
Honey-headed Fragrant Rehab Azn
  06/15/20
A Link to the Past
yapping hospital new version
  06/15/20
fps, not technical rpg.
azure police squad whorehouse
  06/15/20
Link is the first person you play as and you need to shoot a...
Brilliant cracking legend
  06/15/20
Chex Quest
Well-lubricated Topaz Crackhouse Faggot Firefighter
  06/15/20
considering consoles >>>>> PC in terms of pop...
Fear-inspiring Aphrodisiac Chapel
  06/15/20
...
big base idiot
  06/15/20
What are you talking about? Look up/down is bound to the C b...
naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater
  06/15/20
Does the gun not autoaim upwards to the 2nd floor?
big base idiot
  06/15/20
yeah it does, it's just a bitch to use on the standard contr...
ebony stage puppy
  06/15/20
oh ok
big base idiot
  06/15/20
I don't think the Wolfenstein v. Doom argument is really pro...
Heady disgusting tanning salon chad
  06/15/20
yeah, Quake was huge. for me it goes ID > Half-Life and i...
ebony stage puppy
  06/15/20
daikatna
hateful bateful point
  06/15/20
minecraft
Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison
  06/15/20
Top 3 most influential, in order: Wolfenstein Goldeneye C...
multi-colored alcoholic piazza
  06/15/20
lol no a game from 2007 was not the most influential gtfo
big base idiot
  06/15/20
Wolfenstien for essentially creating the FPS genre Goldeney...
multi-colored alcoholic piazza
  06/15/20
Counter Strike was released in 1999.
big base idiot
  06/15/20
PC gamers are a troglodytic subrace compared to console game...
Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison
  06/15/20
How can you play an FPS without a mouse GTFO.
big base idiot
  06/15/20
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Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison
  06/15/20
It didn't really hit the mainstream until console players go...
multi-colored alcoholic piazza
  06/15/20
oh ok
big base idiot
  06/15/20
just to be contrarian you could also conceivably argue Unrea...
obsidian hairraiser range
  06/15/20
How is the answer not Zelda?
buck-toothed mustard stock car
  06/15/20
cr what about Pilotwings as well
ebony stage puppy
  06/15/20
tetris actually
obsidian hairraiser range
  06/15/20
How is the answer a thing that is not a FPS?
Swashbuckling Khaki Cruise Ship
  06/15/20
zelda literally had FPS https://youtu.be/yzbJssK12l4?t=195
Honey-headed Fragrant Rehab Azn
  06/15/20
are u saying zelda is an rpg?
obsidian hairraiser range
  06/15/20
FPS = first person shooter
Swashbuckling Khaki Cruise Ship
  06/15/20
Wolf 3D and Doom for basically inventing the genre. Half-...
violent flickering hall
  06/15/20
cr
big base idiot
  06/15/20
I know everyone says Doom, but I never got into Doom even th...
histrionic mahogany halford
  06/15/20
Perfect Dark
Salmon disrespectful native
  06/15/20
I think Charles has it right that Doom/Wolfenstein set the s...
Frozen floppy dragon
  06/15/20
Halo is absolutely not the root of "deathmatch." ...
violent flickering hall
  06/16/20
stfu zoomer quake deathmatch was a big thing, fuck nigga bas...
drab irradiated forum
  06/21/20
Quake, it gave birth to online multiplayer
crimson charismatic haunted graveyard business firm
  06/15/20
minecraft
Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison
  06/15/20
Doom/Wolf and it's not even close. Half-Life was not even...
territorial chrome nowag affirmative action
  06/16/20
Single player FPS is flame. FPS is all about multiplayer...
big base idiot
  06/16/20
smells like duck sauce ITT
Mind-boggling low-t windowlicker patrolman
  06/16/20
wow a lot of boomers here who have actually played doom and ...
pontificating place of business
  06/21/20
minecraft
Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison
  06/21/20


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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:44 AM
Author: Sickened Stage

Half Life? Wolfenstein?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419169)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:04 PM
Author: naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater

I think Half Life has to take the cake. It basically invented campaign mode as we know it today, with real voiceover acting and non-linear maps. It's hard to think of a game as revolutionary since HL came out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421510)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:51 PM
Author: Heady disgusting tanning salon chad

Hexen went non-linear 3 years before Half Life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421801)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:55 PM
Author: naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater

wtf is a hexen? I was a voracious gamer back in the 90s and have never heard of this franchise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421831)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:56 PM
Author: Stimulating weed whacker

I played it. I don't recall it being obscure. It was on the shelves of regular retailers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421840)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:51 PM
Author: Heady disgusting tanning salon chad

not obscure at all - it was the sequel to Heretic and there was also a Hexen II

Hexen was basically a fantasy version of the doom engine where you played either a fighter (melee tank), a mage (ranged low hp), or a cleric (balanced)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40422219)



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Date: June 16th, 2020 12:33 AM
Author: Sickened Stage

It came free with my graphics card so I assumed it was shit and never played it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40426125)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:44 AM
Author: Stimulating weed whacker

Doom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419171)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 8:38 AM
Author: Insecure claret mexican step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419492)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 8:47 AM
Author: glittery opaque persian



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419522)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:55 AM
Author: Swashbuckling Khaki Cruise Ship



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419763)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:02 PM
Author: olive den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421890)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:47 AM
Author: curious bawdyhouse

Wolfenstein 3D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419174)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:53 AM
Author: azure police squad whorehouse

cr. nothing else comes close.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419190)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:51 PM
Author: Stimulating weed whacker

It was important but too rudimentary. I stand by Doom as the answer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421396)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:24 AM
Author: out-of-control organic girlfriend temple

Going to listen to this all day while I work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EZHV3BiVgU&list=PL-vD6rIjXrcKBVlTBnAcbSc4vme0LLDF3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419636)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:48 PM
Author: Lemon Racy Space Macaca

contra:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEYxYcLi1lc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421368)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:50 AM
Author: big base idiot

counter strike

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419184)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 8:43 AM
Author: ebony stage puppy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419507)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:41 AM
Author: naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419696)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 8:39 AM
Author: glittery opaque persian

DOOM, obviously. How is this a question?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419498)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 8:48 AM
Author: dashing maroon indian lodge

CR. Doom invented the fps genre.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419530)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 8:57 AM
Author: Lemon Racy Space Macaca



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419547)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:19 AM
Author: ivory geriatric gaping voyeur

Such that for several years such games were called "doom clones." It took years for the term "fps" to overtake it. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doom_clone_vs_first_person_shooter.png

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419621)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:40 AM
Author: histrionic mahogany halford

It didn't though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419693)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:46 AM
Author: Judgmental parlor jew

Doom definitely did not invent the genre but it was so much better than anything that came before it that it seems that way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419716)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:54 AM
Author: yapping hospital new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419753)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:50 PM
Author: dark international law enforcement agency station

Most FPS games don't play at all like Doom, though. I think you could defensibly argue that Halo, or COD4, or even Battlefield are more influential over what the norms are today.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421390)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:51 PM
Author: Stimulating weed whacker

What do you mean by "play like"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421406)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:02 PM
Author: dark international law enforcement agency station

-Doom's multiplayer is 4-player deathmatch; the trend in modern shooters is towards very large games with lots of players.

-Doom has non-linear levels with secret doors and stuff; modern single-player FPS tends to be very linear.

-In Doom your enemies are demons from Hell, instead of the military or sci-fi themes that dominate most FPS games (yeah, Doom is "sci-fi," but not in the way something like Halo is).

-Doom has depleting health that recovers with med-kits, instead of automatically restoring health which has been super-common ever since Halo.

Basically, Doom was the first popular FPS, but beyond "being a first person shooter" most of its specific traits aren't prominent in modern shooter games. And since it didn't create the genre either (Wolfenstein did), I feel you could easily make the case that later games are more influential.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421497)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:16 PM
Author: hateful bateful point

stfu millennial

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421609)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:38 PM
Author: At-the-ready orchestra pit twinkling uncleanness

Lol dork

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425031)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:59 PM
Author: big base idiot

CS came out in 1999.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421474)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:00 PM
Author: naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater

There's a strong argument to be made for Halo, with the recovering health mechanic being in basically every game now. Before it was always a fixed pool with some medkits or recovery mechanics in various parts of the level.

I think the "sit in cover and autoheal" mechanic is seriously shit, but it is now everywhere because of Halo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421484)



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Date: August 27th, 2020 5:23 PM
Author: Sickened Stage

Half Life is cr here. It introduced all kinds of maneuvering that just didn't exist in earlier games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40823918)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:02 PM
Author: olive den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421892)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:16 AM
Author: Marvelous nighttime national

COD or Halo, easily. The sheer scale has to dwarf other considerations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419612)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:26 AM
Author: slippery pearly state

DOOM

lol at the n00bs itt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419640)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:39 AM
Author: Bronze Senate Ratface

WOLF3d did that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419690)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:54 AM
Author: curious bawdyhouse

doom came out a year after w3d

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420143)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:42 AM
Author: Spectacular factory reset button

COD 4 for better or worse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419698)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:43 AM
Author: Mischievous effete center mood

Wolfenstein was definitely game changing, but I think Goldeneye brought the FPS genre to the masses in a way that opened the door to Counterstrike and the next gen. Halo was too late to get credit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419703)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:46 AM
Author: odious brunch faggotry

cs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419717)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 9:54 AM
Author: yapping hospital new version

Fortnite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40419754)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:56 AM
Author: cerebral useless famous landscape painting telephone

goldeneye

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420155)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:13 PM
Author: Boyish Love Of Her Life Parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421584)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:57 PM
Author: Henna institution

Expected that to be everyone's post itt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421845)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:00 PM
Author: big base idiot

N64 controller design did not stand the test of time and it wasn't online.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421874)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:58 AM
Author: Brilliant cracking legend

Grand Theft Auto 5 and it’s not close.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420171)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:58 AM
Author: azure police squad whorehouse

duck hunt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420178)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 11:10 AM
Author: Honey-headed Fragrant Rehab Azn

Wolfenstein 3d.

But doom took the formula and ran with it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420420)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 11:10 AM
Author: yapping hospital new version

A Link to the Past

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420507)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 11:11 AM
Author: azure police squad whorehouse

fps, not technical rpg.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420579)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 11:35 AM
Author: Brilliant cracking legend

Link is the first person you play as and you need to shoot arrows to beat it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40420771)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:50 PM
Author: Well-lubricated Topaz Crackhouse Faggot Firefighter

Chex Quest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421383)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:54 PM
Author: Fear-inspiring Aphrodisiac Chapel

considering consoles >>>>> PC in terms of popularity I would say goldeneye (first console multiplayer FPS) and COD 4. Also Halo 1/2.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421431)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 12:59 PM
Author: big base idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421482)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:01 PM
Author: naked fuchsia trailer park volcanic crater

What are you talking about? Look up/down is bound to the C buttons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421492)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:03 PM
Author: big base idiot

Does the gun not autoaim upwards to the 2nd floor?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421505)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:01 PM
Author: ebony stage puppy

yeah it does, it's just a bitch to use on the standard controller set up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421496)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:02 PM
Author: big base idiot

oh ok

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421501)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:09 PM
Author: Heady disgusting tanning salon chad

I don't think the Wolfenstein v. Doom argument is really productive since they are basically the same game engine

honestly, I would bundle the entire line of id software titles for this purpose to say the id software line (Wolfenstein-Doom-Quake) was the most influential for FPS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421551)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:13 PM
Author: ebony stage puppy

yeah, Quake was huge. for me it goes ID > Half-Life and its derivatives (CS, TFC) > Halo > COD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421587)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:17 PM
Author: hateful bateful point

daikatna

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421614)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:57 PM
Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison

minecraft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421849)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:58 PM
Author: multi-colored alcoholic piazza

Top 3 most influential, in order:

Wolfenstein

Goldeneye

COD4

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421856)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 1:59 PM
Author: big base idiot

lol no a game from 2007 was not the most influential gtfo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421863)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:01 PM
Author: multi-colored alcoholic piazza

Wolfenstien for essentially creating the FPS genre

Goldeneye for creating FPS multiplayer

COD4 for bringing FPS online multiplayer mainstream

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421881)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:02 PM
Author: big base idiot

Counter Strike was released in 1999.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421891)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:06 PM
Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison

PC gamers are a troglodytic subrace compared to console gamers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421909)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:07 PM
Author: big base idiot

How can you play an FPS without a mouse GTFO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421916)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:55 PM
Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425574)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: multi-colored alcoholic piazza

It didn't really hit the mainstream until console players got involved. Since COD4, we've had 4-5 online FPS games released every year. COD4 started this trend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421925)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:12 PM
Author: big base idiot

oh ok

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421955)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:03 PM
Author: obsidian hairraiser range

just to be contrarian you could also conceivably argue Unreal, given it spawned the Unreal game engine which went on to power the vast majority of fps games in the late 90s through to today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421894)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:06 PM
Author: buck-toothed mustard stock car

How is the answer not Zelda?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421913)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: ebony stage puppy

cr what about Pilotwings as well

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421926)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 2:08 PM
Author: obsidian hairraiser range

tetris actually

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40421932)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 4:27 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Khaki Cruise Ship

How is the answer a thing that is not a FPS?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40423022)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 4:37 PM
Author: Honey-headed Fragrant Rehab Azn

zelda literally had FPS https://youtu.be/yzbJssK12l4?t=195

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40423117)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 4:41 PM
Author: obsidian hairraiser range

are u saying zelda is an rpg?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40423144)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:49 PM
Author: Swashbuckling Khaki Cruise Ship

FPS = first person shooter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425547)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 5:14 PM
Author: violent flickering hall

Wolf 3D and Doom for basically inventing the genre.

Half-Life for transforming the single player side of the genre from basic, level-based killboxes into narrative adventures. And on the multiplayer side, for spawning CS, among the most successful and influential mods of all time.

Half-Life 2 for introducing physics.

PUBG for inventing and popularizing the Battle Royale genre. Love it or hate it, Battle Royale defines the modern FPS (PUBG, Fortnite, Apex, Warzone) and has made the genre more popular and culturally relevant than ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40423448)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 5:19 PM
Author: big base idiot

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40423474)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:44 PM
Author: histrionic mahogany halford

I know everyone says Doom, but I never got into Doom even though I was the perfect demographic for it. It always felt too 2 dimensional and repetitive/predictable. Wolfenstein felt more innovative to me, and I think a lot of people who got into Doom had just never played Wolfenstein.

Half Life was the first FPS that actually got me hooked. It had a really cool look and feel with the jumping and shit. HL2 was maybe the apex. Spawned TF2 and CS, which still has an active community today. Pretty sure all potus multiplayer FPS were Valve products.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425516)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:56 PM
Author: Salmon disrespectful native

Perfect Dark

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425576)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 10:57 PM
Author: Frozen floppy dragon

I think Charles has it right that Doom/Wolfenstein set the standard for the genre the way Mario 64 did for adventure games, but similarly aren't relevant to modern games.

The two most popular types of FPS, deathmatch and battle royale, can respectively trace their modern origins to Halo and DayZ.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425585)



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Date: June 16th, 2020 12:24 AM
Author: violent flickering hall

Halo is absolutely not the root of "deathmatch."

That path runs from Doom to Quake (including the original Team Fortress and Q3 Rocket Arena) to Unreal Tournament.

Hell even games like Rainbow Six were doing competitive ladder deathmatch before Halo existed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40426071)



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Date: June 21st, 2020 8:05 AM
Author: drab irradiated forum

stfu zoomer quake deathmatch was a big thing, fuck nigga basically every FPS MP before halo featured DM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40465228)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 11:10 PM
Author: crimson charismatic haunted graveyard business firm

Quake, it gave birth to online multiplayer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425667)



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Date: June 15th, 2020 11:20 PM
Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison

minecraft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40425722)



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Date: June 16th, 2020 12:57 AM
Author: territorial chrome nowag affirmative action

Doom/Wolf and it's not even close.

Half-Life was not even the progenator of "narrative campaigns," the main reason cited in its favor. Many games before had them. Half-Life just happened to set a new high water mark.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40426218)



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Date: June 16th, 2020 12:59 AM
Author: big base idiot

Single player FPS is flame.

FPS is all about multiplayer over the internet since that's how you get thousands of hours of replay-ability.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40426228)



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Date: June 16th, 2020 12:59 AM
Author: Mind-boggling low-t windowlicker patrolman

smells like duck sauce ITT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40426231)



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Date: June 21st, 2020 8:53 AM
Author: pontificating place of business

wow a lot of boomers here who have actually played doom and wolfenstein lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40465285)



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Date: June 21st, 2020 8:58 AM
Author: Embarrassed To The Bone Federal Garrison

minecraft

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4560765&forum_id=2#40465301)