720th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Wii Year of Release: 2009 Developer: Headstrong Games Publisher: Sega I’m jumping between installments of The House of the Dead to cover different options. For this one, I obtained a copy in an office move some time ago and in my quest of getting rid of oddly […]
Posts Tagged ‘first person shooter’
#913 The House of the Dead: Overkill
Posted: 30th August 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2009, first person shooter, headstrong games, sega, wii
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#803 Unreal Tournament 3
Posted: 22nd August 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, epic games, first person shooter, midway games, pc, playstation 3, xbox 360
718th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Playstation 3/Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2007 Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Midway Games A while ago, Unreal Tournament 2004 impressed me more than I thought it would, with a singleplayer campaign that was more interesting than I expected. I’ve got another game in the series to cover […]
#856 Resistance 2
Posted: 26th May 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, first person shooter, insomniac games, playstation 3, sony computer entertainment
696th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Playstation 3 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Some of the games I’ve picked randomly on this list were very much “Yeah, that’s a game I should just check off”. Reistance 2 feels like an FPS, hailed for its large number of […]
#1012 Far Cry 3
Posted: 28th April 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2012, first person shooter, pc, playstation 3, ubisoft, ubisoft montreal, xbox 360
689th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: Playstation 3/Xbox 360/PC Year of Release: 2012 Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft It’s been a few years since we played Far Cry 2, the Ubisoft open world game set in the jungle (as opposed to historical cities or Watch Dogs‘ futuristic city). This third game in the […]
#578 Half-Life 2
Posted: 3rd February 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, first person shooter, pc, valve corporation
668th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Valve Corporation Publisher: Valve Corporation The Half-Life series is one of the big ones that revolutionised story telling in games and really pushed the FPS genre forward. We noticed this when playing the first game already and I know it’s been […]
#536 Call of Duty
Posted: 22nd January 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2003, activision, first person shooter, infinity ward, pc
665th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2003 Developer: Infinity Ward Publisher: Activision How have I not played Call of Duty yet? The series is now one of the biggest out there (although, with the likes of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, we couldn’t quite say that felt right) […]
#789 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Posted: 7th November 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2007, first person shooter, gsc game world, pc, thq
646th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 2007 Developer: GSC Game World Publisher: GSC Game World/THQ The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series has been on my list for quite some time, as an open world post apocalyptic shooter is the sort of thing I’ve grown to enjoy – a Fallout 3 without RPG […]
#599 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Posted: 19th August 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2004, action, first person shooter, gamecube, nintendo, retro studios
626th played so far Genre: Action/First-Person Shooter Platform: Gamecube Year of Release: 2004 Developer: Retro Studios/Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo After finding out that the first Metroid Prime game was best played on the Gamecube rather than Wii, we also tracked down a Gamecube copy of the second in the game (the third only being available on […]
#474 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Posted: 24th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2001, activision, first person shooter, gray matter interactive, pc, playstation 2, xbox
612th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC/Xbox/Playstation 2 Year of Release: 2001 Developer: Gray Matter Interactive Publisher: Activision Wolfenstein 3D is certainly a notable game. It was amazing to see 3D done at the time, as a first person shooter. Horribly dated now, of course, but the technology was amazing at the time. […]
#424 System Shock 2
Posted: 20th June 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, electronic arts, first person shooter, irrational games, looking glass studios, pc
611th played so far Genre: First-Person Shooter Platform: PC Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Irrational Games/Looking Glass Studios Publisher: Electronic Arts System Shock is an influential shooter, in part because it further develops the open world setup that we will in the future encounter in the Ultima Underworld series, but also because it leads into […]