Any others i havent thought of please suggest

I'd go with Half Life, but this thread is going to start a fanboy war.

no Metroid Prime on the list? it's legendary

Its not here to create arguements, more to provoke ideas on what people really think.
Metroid is a good series, thanks for the input

Halo definitely, but im surprised gears of war wasn't on the list

Where's Unreal Tournament?

gears isnt an fps
and yes i forgot about unreal tournement, although 3 was a big let down

I've got to say half life after all it did give me portal.

I gotta go with Halo.
There's at least one awesome game I can think of for most of these series but I gotta go with Halo overall. First FPS series I ever got into.

timesplitters, i loved the first three and i believe a fourth is in the making

Not Half-life, because it's too easy to get lost, the puzzles are frustrating, and it's not that satisfying shooting the weapons in that game.

Not Doom. Lacks storyline / emotions.

Not Halo. No mouse. Horrible vehicle controls. Too long.

Not Quake / Unreal tournament. (Though you should add them to the poll). Because they feel more like tech demonstrations of their respective graphics engines rather than full out games.

Not Medal of Honour. (Again, need to add it to poll). Because it's "too gamey".

So, Call of duty, by process of Elimination.

*edit: I would say Portal, but that's not really a FPS, more of a puzzle game. BTW, I think Valve should ditch guns all together, and add more content to it, that would make the Half life series better.

What about TimeSplitters?

...Quake and the Unreal series also spring to mind.

as a series COD, It only got better in time. That is a good series. Halo stayed the same which is why I didnt vote for them.

I say Doom, the first and one of the best.

smon:
timesplitters, i loved the first three and i believe a fourth is in the making

Bad news mate, a rumor's been going about that Free Radical Design has shut down. Haze didn't do thoughs guys much good.

Anyway, I think I'd probley have to go with Half-Life 2, Episode 2 especially. Halo CE and Halo 3 were both great games, and CoD4 was fantastic, but HL2 is not only a great FPS, but one with a wonderfully well told story, that always leaves you guessing. There have been very few games where I am looking forward to the next one because I want to know what happens next more than the gameplay.

Am I being stupid, or is there only one Duke Nukem FPS? I really liked the games but the first two were platformers.

I vote COD.

SomeBritishDude:

smon:
timesplitters, i loved the first three and i believe a fourth is in the making

Bad news mate, a rumor's been going about that Free Radical Design has shut down. Haze didn't do thoughs guys much good.

there goes my smile

Trivun:
Halo definitely, but im surprised gears of war wasn't on the list

Gears is third person.

TF2 anybody?

Grimm91:
I say Doom, the first and one of the best.

wasn't wolfinstyne the first? no matter doom was still awesome for the time

No One Fights Alone

Been playing TF2 cause I'm a big kid who likes to charge big men. But I'd class that under "Half-Life" yah?

Oh god, I totally forgot Soldier of Fortune! SOF 2 is one of my favourite games ever.
Let's just pretend Payback doesn't exist, yes?

I voted half-life mainly because hl2 was so incredible but I think halo is a close second because even though no halo is as good as HL2 imo it has maintained the highest level of quality throughout the series. feel free to disagree

Mmm... I love Team Fortress 2... Unreal Tournament also?

Either Half-Life or No One Lives Forever. I love those two franchises.

i would've picked battlefield but the online play was too broken

oni565:
TF2 anybody?

Here here! or hear hear! however that is supposed to be spelled...

i have to vote doom becuz its really one of the starters for all the other FPS games. that and duke nukem( its time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and im all out of gum) thats my favorite line

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TIMESPLITTTEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
game still makes me laugh anyone for monkey death match with big heads using only the brick?

I dunno if I wanna vote for Halo or Half-Life, I love the gameplay and the STORIES of both of them!