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.

By Kristan Reed, October 8, 2009


No One Lives Forever. Can you believe Monolith went on to make Condemned?

No One Lives Forever. Can you believe Monolith went on to make Condemned?

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.


0 Responses to “The History of First-Person Shooters: Part 3”

  1. Genki says:

    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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