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2001 PCXbox

The landmark shooter where Master Chief battles the alien Covenant across a mysterious ringworld, with smart enemy AI, vehicles and open combat sandboxes. An iconic soundtrack and split-screen co-op helped redefine console shooters.

What defines Halo: Combat Evolved:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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Red Faction

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2001 PCPlayStation

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person shooter set on Mars where you play a miner joining a rebellion. Its Geo-Mod tech lets you blast through walls and terrain in real time, which made for standout moments back then.

TimeShift

Focus on a single character

A first-person shooter where you can freeze, slow down or rewind time to outwit enemies and solve small puzzles. It unfolds in a grim alternate reality ruled by a dictator.

Resistance: Fall of Man

Sci-fi setting

A grim first-person shooter set in an alternate 1951 where you play Sgt. Nathan Hale fighting an alien invasion across ravaged Britain. It stands out for blending a World War II look with sci-fi and for its inventive arsenal.

Quake 4

Sci-fi setting

A linear sci-fi shooter on the Doom 3 engine where marine Matthew Kane takes the fight to the Strogg homeworld, featuring the infamous stroggification twist. Squad missions, vehicle sections and fast arena multiplayer round it out.

Quake II

Sci-fi setting

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Killzone

Sci-fi setting

A grim sci-fi first-person shooter set in the war between the Helghast and the ISA, letting you switch between four heroes with different strengths. It also offered 16-player online multiplayer, though the servers are now shut down.

Killzone 2

Lavish presentation

A grim, cinematic first-person shooter set in the war between humans and the Helghast, featuring heavy cover-based gunplay and a squad-based multiplayer mode called Warzone.

Resistance 2

Sci-fi setting

A console first-person shooter set in an alternate 1950s, where humanity fights the Chimera invasion across the United States. Besides the campaign, it offers an eight-player class-based co-op mode and large-scale online multiplayer.

Aliens versus Predator 2

Strong, story-driven narrative

An atmospheric first-person shooter where you play three distinct campaigns as Marine, Predator and Alien, each with its own playstyle. The dark Alien-universe setting creates tense horror built on ambushes and hunting.

Halo Infinite

Sci-fi setting

Master Chief returns to a semi-open ringworld where the grappleshot and vehicles let you tackle Banished outposts your own way, framed by a more personal story. A free-to-play multiplayer suite brings back classic, fast-paced Halo arena combat.

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