First-Person Shooters weren't always as popular as it is now. Here is how the genre has evolved to become one of the hottest in the gaming industry.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.
MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.
That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.
I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.
Remember the days of four-player couch co-op? The Wealth of Geeks team certainly does. This list brings us back to the golden years of the original Xbox with the best four-player games that were available.
What about DOOM?
It doesn't count since it wasn't made by Microsoft.
That's what started me on FPS console craze. Halo2 was like nothing else. COD2 and 3 YES I said 3 were the most fun I ever had online. COD4 is Nirvana!. Everything else since is just trying to be like MIKE (COD) and can't compare. Yes that includes you KZ2. The joy of raising up your German Bolt action iron sighted rifle and getting a headshot does not get old.
COD franchise for the WIN!
pretty pointless article...
So Goldeneye and halo...and now HD graphics have made the shooter genre the most popular?...ok...
I would be willing to be 75% of halo 3 fans have never even played Goldeneye...hell a large portion of Halo 3 fanatics were not even alive when goldeneye came out...not to mention people who enjoy shooters aside from either of these mentioned...
luv cod 4 got a gold ak and shoot gun