The History of First-Person Shooters: Part 3

1998-2000. Epic and Valve hit the scene, online multiplayer explodes and important sub-genres begin to establish themselves.

Meanwhile, Monolith continued its upward ascent with the release of a superb spy-based PC title, The Operative: No One Lives Forever. But despite winning numerous Game of the Year awards and an equally plaudit-heavy sequel, it never quite captured the public’s imagination – a predicament many classic shooters would fall into as competition within the genre grew fiercer.

With the shooter scene now maturing rapidly on PC and beginning to make significant inroads on a new generation of consoles, the FPS was entering a new phase which was to see it reach out to an entirely new audience.

Coming up in Part 4: hanging with the Chief, Gordon Freeman’s second outing and Xbox Live.

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One Response to “The History of First-Person Shooters: Part 3”

1. Genki says:

   November 10, 2009 at 12:57 pm

   Quake 3 was better than UT…which is why it still gets played a decade later.

   UT died on it’s ass.

   Q3 continued to be played throughout worldwide competitions “professionally”.

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