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RAGE (id Software)
Top Ten #1
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"RAGE"
(anticipated release 01/04/2011)
A truly "ground breaking" game
with jaw dropping rendering that is nearly cinematic! It's incredible!
Rage won "Best of Show" at the E3 Expo 2010. The context of Rage is
set in a post-apocalyptic world in which the earth's surface has been
destroyed by a meteorite impact. In an effort to save humanity, allied
governments of the world hastily built life sustaining "arks" to
protect scientists, artists, scholars, and important leaders. Just
before the apocalyptic disaster, these arks were loaded and sealed
in a massive underground network of bunkers deep within the earth.
Of course in such a scenario, something always goes wrong!
Above ground you encounter extremely nasty and aggressive mutants bent
on your destruction. You will also encounter roving gangs of rival
humans looking to gain power and rebuild civilization to their
liking . . . not yours!
Be prepared for "Extreme Combat" as you
battle your way through this awesome combo of a first person shooter and
driving/racing game. Your vehicle is your life blood and your key to
increasing your weaponry.
With Rage, the team at id Software
raises the bar of excitement and jaw dropping rendering to a new high
that other game development companies are going to find hard to match!
Click on Rage screenshots to enlarge.
Crysis Top
Ten #2
Where to buy PC:
Crysis
Crysis
is certainly at the top of the heap in the category of Sci-Fi First Person
Shooters. It is clearly one of the most visually stunning games you will
play. Certainly light years ahead of all others when it was released in
November of 2007. It still ranks as an all time favorite amongst serious
gamers.
The premise (or plot if you will) of Crysis is a rescue
in the middle of an alien invasion. A team of archaeologists working on
a remote Pacific island is taken hostage by a North Korean invasion force.
Your mission, as a member of a U.S. Special Forces Team, is to rescue the
team of scientists.
But wait! There's one other challenge . . .
something else in this tropical paradise is tearing both U.S. forces and
the North Koreans to shreds.
Crysis provides a great deal of flexibility
in how you are able to solve problems and take your objectives, pretty much
like real life scenarios. The games decision environment is huge and combined
with a wide array of character options, tools and weapons your strategies
and tactics are nearly unlimited.
In Crysis you have significant
technology at your disposal. You have a nanosuit capable of boosting your
strength, speed and armor. Cloaking gives you temporary invisibility, and
a wide array of weaponry gives you devastating firepower. But remember,
you are not invincible
The further you immerse yourself into Crysis,
the action is ratcheted higher and higher. This is one awesome game and
sure to be a classic.
Click on Crysis screenshots to enlarge.
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
Top Ten #3
Where to buy PS3:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year
Where to buy PC:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the Year Edition

Game of the year - The game has secured more
than 15 perfect score reviews, and more than 50 combined Editor's Choice
and Game of the Year awards.
Authentic advanced weaponry - With
more than 70 authentic weapons and gear, including assault rifles with laser
sites, claymore mines,. 50 caliber sniper rifles, machine guns, night-vision
goggles, and ghillie suits for maximum concealment.
Features coordinated
assault and support - Rapid deployment gives you an adrenaline rush as you
fast-rope from tactical helicopters, ride in an armada of attack choppers,
utilize jets to remove enemy strongholds, and even engage hostiles from
thousands of feet above the ground inside a state of the art aerial gunship
Truly awesome cinematic quality graphics and sound.
Call
of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare has you locked and loaded to accomplish your
mission of mayhem.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Top Ten #4
Where to buy Xbox 360:
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Where to buy PS3:
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Where to buy PC:
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Battlefield:
Bad Company 2 is a first-person shooter following the exploits of Company
"B" of the US Army's 222nd Battalion.
In this new adventure, the
more mature yet still infamous company of misfits are tasked with interceding
in a series of conflicts that have the potential to ignite of a new World
War.
Game environments cover snowy mountains, all the way to jungles
and deserts.
Expect awesome gameplay with 8 huge multiplayer maps.
Each with a different tactical and battle plan focus and set across a variety
of environments.
Ultimate online vehicle warfare. 15 land, sea and
air vehicles, each with a tactical advantage during play. Race into action
with the ATV or rain death from above in the UH-60 transport helicopter
with its 2 side-mounted rail guns.
Intense single player action
in dense jungles to snow-torn mountains, following the mature "B" Company
on a daring new mission. In multi-player, team up with 3 other players
and fight together to unlock special awards and achievements in 2 squad-specific
game modes. Take down entire buildings with massive fire power,
create firepoints and ambushes, in Battlefield Bad Company 2 there is be
no place to hide.
Experiment and refine your ideal combat style.
Combat efficiency and performance is rewarded with special awards such pins,
stars and insignias which contribute to unlocking 50 additional ranks.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 brings the spectacular Battlefield gameplay
to the forefront of next-gen consoles and PC - featuring best-in-class vehicular
combat set across 8 huge sandbox maps each with a different tactical focus.

Halo 3 Top
Ten #5
Where to buy Xbox 360:
Halo 3
The
epic saga continues with Halo 3, the amazingly anticipated sequel to the
highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise.
In this
third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight,
bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire
human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax.
Halo 3 features
insane battles with an arsenal of alien and human weaponry. You'll discover
all-new armaments and characters as you fight to the finish.
Online
play with Xbox Live and pulse-pounding multiplayer battle action.
Next-generation graphics and technological advances, such as enhanced
artificial intelligence and a beefed-up real-time lighting engine, make
Halo 3 shine with stunning realism. Finish the fight once and for
all in the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood and the entire
human race in the climatic curtain call of the awesome Halo saga.
Top 10 First Person Shooters of all time. Rage is an upcoming first-person shooter and racing video game in development by id Software. Rage is id Software's new game franchise, built entirely on the company's latest proprietary engine, id Tech 5. Rage is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland created by an asteroid impact. The world will be populated by human survivors of the impact who were preserved from the asteroid by being buried in cryo-pods called Arks. Rage has been awarded "Best Game" and "Best First Person Shooter". Additionally, the game was awarded Best First-Person Shooter, Best New IP, Best Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3 game as well as the Game of the Show of E3 2010 by GameTrailers. Crysis: An epic story thrusts players into an ever-changing environment, forcing them to adapt their tactics and approach to conquer battlefields ranging from newly frozen jungle to zero-gravity alien environments. The high-tech nano-suit augments your abilities on the battlefield in real time - Enhance their speed, strength, armor and cloaking abilities to approach situations in creative tactical ways. Blow the opposition away with experimental weapons like the TAC launcher, discover alien technology and utlise custom ammunition from incendiary-tipped rounds to tactical munitions that can silently put foes to sleep. Lifelike enemy AI challenges players -- assess a situation and approach it strategically, to be proactive and not reactive in the fight. Battle a horrifying alien species in a true Zero-gravity environment, as players adapt to moving in Zero-G, contending with the recoil from their weapons and more. Top Ten First Person Shooters of all time. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Game of the year - The game has secured more than 15 perfect score reviews, and more than 50 combined Editor's Choice and Game of the Year awards. Free Variety Map Pack - includes a code to download the map pack. The pack includes four new multiplayer maps - Creek, Broadcast, Chinatown, and Killhouse. Authentic advanced weaponry - With more than 70 new and authentic weapons and gear, including assault rifles with laser sites, claymore mines,. 50 caliber sniper rifles, machine guns, night-vision goggles, and ghillie suits for maximum concealment, Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare has you locked and loaded to accomplish your mission. Coordinated assault and support - Rapid deployment gives you an adrenaline rush as you fast-rope from tactical helicopters, ride in an armada of attack choppers, utilize jets to remove enemy strongholds, and even engage hostiles from thousands of feet above the ground inside a state of the art aerial gunship. Cinematic quality graphics and sound. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Like the original Battlefield: Bad Company game, Bad Company 2 is a first-person shooter following the exploits of Company "B" of the US Army's 222nd Battalion. In this new adventure, the more mature yet still infamous company of misfits are tasked with interceding in a series of conflicts that have the potential to ignite of a new World War. Game environments cover snowy mountains, all the way to jungles and deserts. Intense single player action in dense jungles to snow-torn mountains, following the mature "B" Company on a daring new mission. All-new squad gameplay. Team up with 3 other players and fight together to unlock special awards and achievements in 2 squad-specific game modes. Destruction 2.0. Take down entire buildings, create firepoints or blow it up entirely. In Battlefield Bad Company 2 there is be no place to hide. 'Play It Your Way' experiment and refine your ideal combat style with 4 character classes (medic, assault, recon and engineer), 15,000+ kit variations, 46 weapons (200 different customization opportunities), 15 gadgets and 13 character specializations.
Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2, the epic saga continues with Halo 3, the amazingly anticipated sequel to the highly successful and critically acclaimed Halo franchise. In this third chapter of the Halo trilogy, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood, and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax. Halo 3 expands on everything that has made the franchise great, adding a wealth of technical and gameplay advancements. The game design has evolved with next-generation, high-definition visuals, enhanced A.I., an advanced real-time lighting engine, and, of course, new weapons, characters, and challenges. Halo 3 promises an unparalleled first-person shooter experience and, in the end, the most compelling and engrossing story in the franchise's history. Last, but certainly not least, Halo 3 builds upon the unique social multiplayer experience and innovative, evolving online gameplay of Halo 2. Features insane battles with an arsenal of alien and human weaponry. Best of the First Person Shooters: Half-Life 2 for the Xbox is the entire, award-winning, single-player game tuned and optimized by Valve exclusively for Xbox. Featuring all of the advanced AI, stunning graphics, and physical gameplay of the PC version, Half-Life 2 for Xbox not only delivers an uncompromised console adaptation of the game, it delivers with enhanced special effects and graphics--creating what IGN calls the "number one Xbox prospect for the year." Digital actors: experience the most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed. Advanced AI: friends and foes assess threats and fashion weapons from what is at hand. Stunning graphics: incredibly realistic environments and special effects. Physical gameplay: objects obey the laws of gravity, friction, and buoyancy. Half-Life 2 delivers a new level of realistic action and excitement. Players return to the world of Gordon Freeman, as he returns to the Black Mesa research facility. The Classic First Person Shooters: From the creators of DOOM and DOOM II Quake, Revolutionary for its time, Quake produces all of its visuals in three dimensions. Quake is a Doom style game that allows you to jump, look up and down, swim in water and have a few more sci-fi weapons than Doom. In Quake you start out with an axe and a single-barrel shotgun. Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
Most FPS fans cut their teeth on Castle Wolfenstein. In Return to Castle Wolfenstein you are an American spy in World War 2 and you are captured by the Nazis. The Nazis are trying to unearth an immortal power locked away one thousand years ago in northern Germany. The story is revealed to you with well done cinematics as the game progresses, and in the meantime you have to fight your way through enemies of all shapes in sizes with your trusty knife and guns. Far Cry Best FPS Games of all time: PC first-person shooter market it is quite possibly the best one-player, action-intensive shooter ever. Action shooter game set in South Pacific. Far Cry Hugely detailed environments and action sequences. Cunning and complex AI tactics Nonlinear gameplay Far Cry.
Doom Collector's Edition In Ultimate DOOM you're a space marine with nothing but guts and a pistol. Locate stronger firepower and shoot your way through undead marines and mutant demons from hell -- 27 levels of bloody action When the original DOOM leaves you wanting more, you can start up with DOOM II -- the forces of the Netherworld have invaded, and you're the only one who can stop them Final DOOM is the final chapter in the legendary Doom series -- featuring 2 new 32-level episodes with complete stories Features the classic 3D DOOM graphics that made it a hit when it was first released. DOOM Collector's Edition brings together the classic shooter action of the DOOM games. First-person shooter action in Ultimate DOOM. Blood-spattered story in Final DOOM. Doom was created by the genius team of Carmack and Romero. Anyone into PC gaming needs to experience this classic Doom. Doom is one of the greatest games of all time. Breakthrough 3-D interface, brilliant level and weapon design, and the effective use of fear made Doom an instant classic. Doom was the first wildly successful first-person shooter Lots of mayhem and Terror mounts as your ammo count drops. Doom is widely recognized for having popularized the first person shooter genre. The Ultimate First-Person Shooter. Crysis 2's multiplayer has also been unleashed. Crysis 2 will hit the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, and will support stereoscopic 3D across all platforms. The most stunning FPS game available. Doom, is perhaps the most influential first-person shooter of all time. Half-Life, released in 1998, enhanced the narrative and puzzle elements, and along with its 2004 sequel Half-Life 2, showcases the considerable development of the genre's potential. Sauerbraten Quake-like first-person shooter that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X using OpenGL and SDL. The game features single-player and multiplayer gameplay. Quake was the first true-3D game to use a special map design system that preprocessed and pre-rendered the 3D environment. Quake also incorporated the use of lightmaps and 3D light sources. Quake was also one of the first games to support 3D hardware acceleration. Far Cry is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek Studios from Germany and published by Ubisoft. The terrain in Far Cry varies greatly. Set on a South Pacific archipelago, the landscape includes beaches, dense rain forests, towering canyons, mines, swamps, and even volcanic forests. Many of the interiors range from simple beach huts and army camps to elaborate complexes, an underground temple, and ultra-modern research labs. Several of these mazes use the remains of Japanese WWII-era fortifications and bunkers. There are 100% Free downloads of Far Cry available. Far Cry offers some of the best eye candy we have ever seen. Far Cry takes its spot at the top of the hill for next generation first-person shooters. Rage, An action game set in a post-apocalyptic landscape jam-packed with driving and shooting, created by John Carmack and the rest of the Doom crew. Id Software latest offering, an iPhone version of Rage. 'Rage' 60 fps game engine. Wolfenstein, DOOM, QUAKE, RAGE, Enemy Territory. Check out the awesome demo of Rage running on an iPhone. Rage is a truly
a ground breaking game with jaw dropping rendering that is nearly cinematic! It
is incredible! Rage won Best of Show at the E3 Expo 2010.
Half-Life 2
Top Ten #6
Where to buy Xbox 360:
Half Life 2
Where to buy PC:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life
2 = Realism and an incredible gameplay experience!.
Featuring advanced
AI, stunning graphics, and high performance physical gameplay.
Half-Life 2 has a solid engaging story offering intrigue, action, suspense,
truly awesome graphics, stupendous sound and an interactive environment
that literally pulls you into it.
The games realism is so effective
that as the main character of one Gordon Freeman, you are so drawn
in that you feel like you actually are Gordon and immersed as part of the
action, not just an outside observer like in so many other games.
The physics engine behind Half-Life 2 is what makes the game so realistic
and believable. The engine causes objects to react naturally to forces
outside their control just as they would in nature. For example, exploding
debris and flying bodies land realistically scattered and in different positions
just as they would in real life. Suspended objects like slings and ropes
would actually sway side to side as well as forward and backward when blowing
in the breeze or when bumped.
The objects encountered in the game
aren't just props thrown in for good looks either . . . they interact within
the environment. Most have a definite purpose, and in many cases help you
further advance in the game.
Half-Life 2 delivers an unparalleled
level of realistic action and excitement.
QUAKE Top Ten
#7
Where to buy PC:
QUAKE
A
True Classic
Revolutionary for its time, Quake produced all of its
visuals in three dimensions. Back in the mid 90s Quake was Top Dog!
Nothing out there even came close to it.
The popularity of Quake
is so great that online multiplayer is still supported, and it's simply
great fun to supplement the single player game.
Getting it to run
is very easy, just download one of the many small clients created to support
OpenGL and you can run this game on nearly any version of windows. Easy
to start and shut down too! You can actually play it while downloading or
waiting for another game to do something.
Even though the graphics
are obviously dated by today's standards, they never detracted from enjoyment
of the game. You likely notice that many of the newer games out today still
can't hold a candle to this game. It was amazing in its day, and it's still
a thrill today! Fast-paced, high anxiety tension and fear . . . every
bit the awesome game it was in '96.
Note: It's not difficult, but
make sure you understand how to run older games on you newer system, as
Quake does not natively run in Vista or XP.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Top Ten #8
Where to buy PC:
Return To Castle Wolfenstein Game Of The Year Edition
Strongly
recommended for 'First Person Shooter' fans who like a compelling storyline
and that carries with it startling heart pounding fear, and the occasional
icy chill down the back of your neck turns of a full blown horror movie.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a brilliant revamp of the classic
Castle Wolfenstein that most of us diehard (and old school) committed FPS
fans cut our teeth on. It was the first venture into being able to walk
around in a 'virtual world.' With Return to Castle Wolfenstein . . . wow
that virtual world really comes to life!
The atmosphere, the music,
the sound, all work together to draw you into the world of the occult.
You are, in WW2, an American spy captured by the Nazis. The Nazis want
to unleash an immortal power locked away one thousand years ago in northern
Germany. Armed with a knife and various guns you acquire, you must fight
your way through enemies of all shapes, sizes, and capabilities.
The graphics of Return to Castle Wolfenstein are far superior to the
original and this game is more of an interactive movie than the pure "blast
everything in sight" that the original was, however it's an extremely cool
game and it's fun to be able to compare the two versions side by side (a
copy of the original Castle Wolfenstein game is included).
Far Cry Top
Ten #9
Where to buy PC:
Far Cry
Far
Cry is quite possibly the best one-player, action-intensive shooter ever.
Far Cry has an incredible enemy AI - clearly the best out there.
Be very aware, your enemy will react astonishingly realistically when seeing
or hearing things. They can use cover better than most human players, and
they can and will, call in backup when they're in trouble.
To keep
things even more interesting, different adversaries will have different
behaviors . . . each apparently having a different AI engine. Think of it
this way, your going to be up against better-trained, better prepared troops
that know just how to counter the tactics you've been trying to use against
them. Awesome and frustrating at the same time heh?
Far Cry continually
innovates - even after ten hours into the (20 hour) quest, something new
will constantly keep you on your toes and in awe. The vehicles integrate
seamlessly into the action, whether you're flying across a crystal-clear
bay in a speedboat (with a mounted minigun) or evading enemy choppers. All
weapons react realistically too, with the reload times, rate of fire, and
accuracy of the real deal.
Impressive graphical effects Far Cry is
right up there with the other top contenders in the market. Realistic images,
mottled sunlight filtering through foliage, detailed shadows, and amazing
incidental effects, which will keep you in awe of this game.
Doom Top Ten
#10
(Now highly collectible and very hard
to find)
Where to find:
Doom Collector's Edition
Where to find:
Doom
 
No question about it: Doom is one of the greatest games of absolute
mayhem of all time. The blend of a simple, yet compelling mission, breakthrough
3-D interface, brilliant level and weapon design, and the effective use
of fear made Doom an instant classic and launched a revolution in computer
games.
Doom began its existence on the PC and was the game that
launched the multiplayer craze as the ultimate shoot em' up deathmatch game.
Doom has been ported to almost every gaming platform imaginable and the
PlayStation port is voted to be one of the best.
If ever there was
a collectible video game Doom is it! Becoming very hard to find but
still a lot of fun to play! A true piece of American video gaming
history!
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