
But what really makes it work is its heart.

It's still the same shooter at its core, though, with horrific enemies, boisterous comrades, loud, crappy guns, and the best Eastern European post-apocalypse this side of Stalker. Metro Exodus trades the claustrophobic Moscow subway tunnels of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light for a mix of open and linear environments across an unexpectedly lush, living Russia. These are the top 100 video game shooters of all time.Release date: 2019 | Developer: 4A Games | Steam (opens in new tab), Epic Store (opens in new tab) Other considerations for inclusion include legacy and influence on the genre popularity historical quality (was it incredible at the time?) modern quality (does the experience hold up?) and lastly pure editorial preference. Naming just 100 greats is no easy task - how can Half-Life 2's pitch-perfect storytelling be compared to Doom's interplay of tension and player power? But through sheer determination and plenty of shouting, we've managed to narrow the nearly endless supply of shooters down to 100 must-play picks.Īll the shooters on this list must all obviously exhibit very high overall quality. Shooters have continued to evolve and remain relevant longer than nearly any other video game genre.

Since then twitch-skill games like Serious Sam and Painkiller have helped us blow off steam, tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Star Wars Republic Commando have worked our brains, and franchises like Halo and Call of Duty have helped shooters dominate the video game landscape. We've been overcoming impossible odds in shooters ever since Wolfenstein 3D first popularized genre way back in 1992.
