Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein is often seen as the game that launched the first-person shooter. Brian acknowledges its legacy and enjoys the Nazi killing, but he's not impressed by the gameplay, large levels, and paltry amount of weapons. Dude, this was groundbreaking stuff that amazed us in 1992!
Doom
Doom changed the fledgling FPS landscape when it rolled out in 1993, and Brian appreciates the advances it made over Wolfenstein, such as the wider selection of weapons (Brian seems to have a fixation on guns). He dings it for technical issues with the port and the lackluster multiplayer (it appears few folk are playing its online multiplayer 2 years after its rerelease on Live).
Marathon 2: Durandel
Back when gamemakers cared about the Mac, Marathon was one of the best series of games on the platform. Brian has a soft spot for the series he calls "the predecessor to Halo," and sadly, he discovers that one of childhood favorites isn't aging so well.
Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem's guy-friendly humor and its advances to the FPS genre still make the 1996 game fun, and Brian recommends its single-player. He just wishes more people were still playing the multiplayer portions of the game on Live.
Comments (7)
To Omar and Toby, I appreciate the nice comments.
Dahn, it would be nice if an old-school FPS shooter was remade, and it sounds like your wish might come true with Perfect Dark on XBLA (assuming you liked that game). I couldn't really get into Perfect Dark back in the day, but I'm looking forward to this version, where framerate problems will supposedly no longer be an issue.
