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It depends on when you discovered the game and what you played most. Quake I was the first "true" 3D game (with levels that could stack rooms vertically), and m

It depends on when you discovered the game and what you played most. Quake I was the first "true" 3D game (with levels that could stack rooms vertically), and many people remember it very fondly. Personally, I really enjoyed Quake II. I did play Quake III when it came out, but the lack of a single player mode meant the game had no backstory at all.

recursive 7y ago
Descent came out in 95. Quake was 96.
- tachyonbeam 7y ago
  I should have said the first true 3D FPS. Descent is in a different genre that is a little more niche.
  - whywhywhywhy 7y ago
    Terminator Future Shock predates it, had 2D guns but the world and enemies were polygons and it even had driveable vehicles.
    - tachyonbeam 7y ago
      Interesting. I just went and had a look at that. So this game had true 3D levels where you could have multiple floors sitting one above the other? If that's the case, interesting that it's so unknown.
starpilot 7y ago
When Q3 came out everyone was bored of single player. It looked like the whole industry was going that way and that single player FPS was pretty much dead. Then Half-Life was released and blew everyone's minds. I don't think anyone has been able to craft an experience like HL to this day, it's like they just "get" how interactive fiction should feel rather than being a shoot-em-up interspersed with cutscenes.
- lgl 7y ago
  This is wrong, Half Life was released in 1998, quake 3 arena in 1999.
  - Koshkin 7y ago
    And then came Unreal - the most advanced single-player shooter of that time.
    - lgl 7y ago
      Not exactly, Unreal the single player game is also from 1998. If you meant Unreal Tournament, it was released November 22nd 1999, just a few days before Quake 3 Arena that was released on December 2nd 1999. UT was also mostly a multiplayer arena type game like q3a. It was a really hyped up battle of giants back then between those two. Good times. EDIT: corrected release dates after checking wikipedia

recursive 7y ago

Descent came out in 95. Quake was 96.

tachyonbeam 7y ago
I should have said the first true 3D FPS. Descent is in a different genre that is a little more niche.
- whywhywhywhy 7y ago
  Terminator Future Shock predates it, had 2D guns but the world and enemies were polygons and it even had driveable vehicles.
  - tachyonbeam 7y ago
    Interesting. I just went and had a look at that. So this game had true 3D levels where you could have multiple floors sitting one above the other? If that's the case, interesting that it's so unknown.

starpilot 7y ago

When Q3 came out everyone was bored of single player. It looked like the whole industry was going that way and that single player FPS was pretty much dead. Then Half-Life was released and blew everyone's minds. I don't think anyone has been able to craft an experience like HL to this day, it's like they just "get" how interactive fiction should feel rather than being a shoot-em-up interspersed with cutscenes.

lgl 7y ago
This is wrong, Half Life was released in 1998, quake 3 arena in 1999.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  And then came Unreal - the most advanced single-player shooter of that time.
  - lgl 7y ago
    Not exactly, Unreal the single player game is also from 1998. If you meant Unreal Tournament, it was released November 22nd 1999, just a few days before Quake 3 Arena that was released on December 2nd 1999. UT was also mostly a multiplayer arena type game like q3a. It was a really hyped up battle of giants back then between those two. Good times. EDIT: corrected release dates after checking wikipedia