Action Gamer: What is the First Person Shooter, FPS

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You’re not quite building a world, not quite ending a world. You’re usually blowing it up. The modern action game, called the First Person Shooter (FPS) is an interesting amalgam of action films and epic stories. You can lose yourself in the gaming experience. This guide highlights how to enjoy the FPS gaming experience. Keywords: Halo, Doom, FPS, First Person Shooter, Gaming, X-Box

Action Gamer: Halo, Doom, and FPS Gamer Experience

By Jacob Malewitz

You shoot. You kill. You don’t get arrested doing it. You run. You hide. You do get scared occasionally. The modern first person shooter is many things: part action story straight out of a Schwarzenegger film, part endless shooting, and part pure joy to play. It takes a different kind of mind to enjoy the FPS, the gaming experience that keeps on giving. This article focuses on enjoying yourself as an FPS gamer, with a few notes.

Beginner’s Killings:

Perhaps the rise of the first person shooter can be seen in “Castle Wolfenstein,” the odd epic created by game developer ID. However, the true revolution came with “Doom,” the classic first person shooter which allowed you to killed crazed humans and odd demons straight out of hell. “Doom” shows the true gaming experience of a shoot-em-up, where you just keep blowing up the onslaught of hell. There are other games in the beginning stages of the FPS experience, like “Duke Nukem,” but let’s move on to the next level.

Running Down Aliens:

Perhaps the best FPS of all time, in terms of the gaming experience, is “Halo,” the next step up from the hot FPS games like “Doom,” “Quake,” and “Serious Sam.” Originally designed by game developer Bungie for the X-Box system, it quickly became the must-buy for X-Box gamers. While the original X-Box was considered a failure by many, “Halo” shined a light on a fascinating alien world full of action and blood.

Stepping Towards the Action:

To enjoy the gaming experience you can go much further than “Doom” and “Halo.” There are countless other classics, and many of them can be played online. The gaming world created by “Doom” allowed for other developers to improve the gaming experience, usually with online gaming networks for games like “Quake.” If you want to have some fun gaming, getting online and doing it is tops.

Buying the Games:

What do you buy? “Doom” is obsolete, but still a classic. There are newer versions of “Doom,” but none seemed to live up to the original vision (nor did the movie). The original X-Box system isn’t quite obsolete, even with the new X-Box 360, as the graphics on this system are a step above other systems—even PCs. PC FPS gaming is still on the rise. One classic often overlooked is “Serious Sam,” a homage to “Doom” in many ways, with plenty of evil creatures coming for you (but you have big guns).

End Gaming:

The FPS experience is about exploring too. For every gaming system out there, a first person shooter is available. Whether you like “Doom,” “Quake,” “Halo,” or any of the other modern classics of this genre, it’s just fun knowing your not alone in the addiction—and that these games will continue to be developed.