ITT: I attempt to review first games in FPS franchisees.

[Sexy Beast]

Resistance: Fall of Man

Brief Review: I picked up this game when I got my PS3...which was about a year after release. I remembered it garnering some really great reviews, but I don't know why. The game is pretty mediocre and does absolutely nothing new...not to mention it's so damn boring.

How has it aged?: For only being a few years old...not that well. For all the horse power that the PS3 has to offer, the game doesn't seem to use any of it. The game lacks the visual fidelity that most games have today.

Rating: 4/10

 

[Sexy Beast]

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Brief Review: Hey get this: It's a game about a time traveling native american. Nuf said.

How has it aged?: Not really all that well and the resulting games have done little justice to the originals...but heck what a crazy idea...that counts for something. Right? Right????

Rating: 7/10

 

[Sexy Beast]

Halo: Combat Evolved

Brief Review: Hey look, it's Halo...who didn't see that one coming?
Well it's pretty much the definitive consoles FPS. I really do like this game and despite the sequels I still think it's up there with the best FPSs. How can you not like Aliens meets Starship Trooper?

How has it aged?: Well enough, I still prefer it over Halo 2 & 3...and the worthless ODST.

Rating: 9/10 (Not a fanboy)

 

[chapp]

Hey look, it's Halo...who didn't see that one coming?
Well it's pretty much the definitive consoles FPS.

*cry*

I still remember seeing the E3 trailer for Halo in 2000 when it was supposed to be a PC game. I was SO excited for this game. Then Microsoft saw the emense popularity and hype surrounding Halo and bought Bungie so they could use it as a way to promote the original Xbox.

 

[Sexy Beast]

*cry*

I still remember seeing the E3 trailer for Halo in 2000 when it was supposed to be a PC game. I was SO excited for this game. Then Microsoft saw the emense popularity and hype surrounding Halo and bought Bungie so they could use it as a way to promote the original Xbox.

It probably would have been made for the Mac and then ported over to the PC. Bungie was crazy like that. The game was first revealed at the Macworld Expo.

 

[Sexy Beast]

Perfect Dark

Brief Review: Technically there isn't a Perfect Dark franchise...but I'll do it anyway. Meet Goldeneye 1.5 or expansion pack...or whatever you want to call it. While that's how I view it today, when my younger self first played I thought it was awesome. So I'll review this as my younger self. The game is freakin amazing.

How has it aged?: Much like Goldeneye, not very well. Fun in short bursts.

Rating: 9/10 (Younger me) 8/10 (Now)

 

[Sexy Beast]

Well I'm out of ideas and getting a little bored with this so it's time for the rapid fire round. Where I take games that I haven't played and write a short review on them...just by the way they look. Sounds fun.

Quake: Well from what I can gather from the smattering of screenshots that I found your fighting in the world of brown. Though at the time of the games release brown was pretty much all there was in the game developers color plate. Also I saw a video one youtube put to terrible music...the gameplay looked kind of fun. [8/10]

Timesplitters: I've only played the second game...which I loved. So based on that I'm guessing that this game will be like that, just not as good...soooooo [7/10]

Damn...can't think of any others.

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[Spitfire'd]

I have to respectfully disagree concerning the Rainbow 6 series. Don't get me wrong I love the gameplay of the current version of it (the Vegas series).

However when they took away the full mission and map planning they took away what I think really defined the Rainbow 6 series. I didn't even utilize it like I should have but its still a cool concept.

Like I said I don't want to give the wrong impression. After the fiasco that was Lockdown they did a great job with the Vegas series game play. If they combined the map planning stuff with Vegas' game play they would have the best FPS ever, hands down.

 

[Sexy Beast]

I have to respectfully disagree concerning the Rainbow 6 series. Don't get me wrong I love the gameplay of the current version of it (the Vegas series).

However when they took away the full mission and map planning they took away what I think really defined the Rainbow 6 series. I didn't even utilize it like I should have but its still a cool concept.

Like I said I don't want to give the wrong impression. After the fiasco that was Lockdown they did a great job with the Vegas series game play. If they combined the map planning stuff with Vegas' game play they would have the best FPS ever, hands down.

Well this list wasn't designed to comment on the series, just the first game of the series. Which I wasn't that big of a fan of when I played it.

Granted I was like 12 when I last played it.