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#1 Doom (Classic)

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FPS games really only got worse after Doom. Games gave you fewer and fewer enemies to fight at once. Monster variety got much worse, infighting removed. Dodging projectiles went away. Looking up and down is actually bad--it inspired devs to introduce skill/precision mechanics, like headshots, that are overpowered compared to pure player tactics and wit!

I believe, in a list like this, you can't pick a #1 for its story, or its graphics, or its addictive RPG stat-building, etc. Those are all fun things, and can get a game high on a list! But #1's gotta be all about the gameplay, because that's what makes gaming special. Preferrably juicy action gameplay.

Yep, I really think it's the best playing FPS that exists, right now!! (Ehh maybe only in a modern port of the game, like "GZDoom", in software rendering mode, 144+ fps, jumping disabled, no looking up/down.)

OK, Doom 1 & 2's level design, is not always amazing. However, I'm including custom level packs and mods in this #1 ranking (since the devs designed the game to support these!). And Doom's community has produced 30 years of masterful level design--a community that is stronger than ever, even today!!

OK, nostalgia MIGHT be at play here--from age like 6 to 14, Doom was pretty much all I thought about, every day, all day. When we first got the internet when I was ~12, the first thing I wanted to do was download custom doom levels.

In fact, I think I owe my adult career in software development, to doom. I learned how to write code, when I was learning to make custom doom levels when I was 12-14 years old, and I wanted to use zdoom's scripting language to improve my levels!

BEST LEVEL: Limiting myself to just Doom 1, I'll go with E3M6, Mt. Erebus. It's a really interesting design, just a very wide open, non-linear level, of islands and buildings, in a lava lake. Big fights against hordes! And the first ever rocket jump secret.