FPS Games | The best of 2022

Since the days of Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake, progenitors of the genre, shooters have had gradual evolutions and, unfortunately, even short periods of stagnation. Ultimately, today on the market, thanks also to the proliferation of the independent industry and the hybridization between genres, we can also find titles that stand out and differ from the typical Triple A productions. In fact, alongside the usual annual Battlefield and Call of Duty we can find more cooperative shooters like Back 4 Blood or intriguing solutions bordering on roguelite like Deathloop.

What also distinguishes the best FPS of 2021 is certainly the gun play, i.e. the gameplay related to firearms: the actions and mechanics possible with them, the rate of fire and reloading, the secondary fire modes, the aesthetics of each weapon and even the speed of inter-change between weapon and the other are all parameters that greatly influence the gameplay of the FPS and which decree the preference of the players for more frantic and arcade like Doom or more tactical like Rainbow Six.

Before venturing into the best FPS, also jump into the companion guides of the best shooters, the best controllers to play Warzone and the best multiplayer games.

The best FPS games of 2022

• Halo Infinite
• DOOM Eternal
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
• Battlefield 2042
• Far Cry 6
• Deathloop
• Back 4 Blood
• Borderlands 3

Halo Infinite

• Platform: Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC

While the multiplayer is already available for free in Beta on Steam and Xbox Game Pass, developers 343 Industries and Microsoft are finalizing the final details to deliver the single player campaign of Halo Infinite to the market, arriving on December 8, 2021. The new chapter of the famous flagship FPS saga of Xbox and Microsoft has already proven its gunplay and its multiplayer game modes, but it is with the story of Master Chief that it should bring the The entire series in its former glory: at the moment we only know that players will find themselves facing one of the most ruthless enemies ever, after the events narrated in Halo 5: a clan of Wildling warriors called "the Outcasts" control the ring world Zeta Halo, in an attempt to fix it. The task of the players, therefore, is to prevent their enemies from seizing the greatest threat to the galaxy. In the meantime, you might as well catch up on the complete Halo story with the Master Chief Collection.

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DOOM Eternal

• Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia

The latest addition from id Software and Bethesda could not be missing from our list of the best FPS, DOOM Eternal. The sequel to DOOM 2016 is an excellent product that undoubtedly deserves the honor of being among the best FPS, as well as the best first person shooter of the Xbox One and PS4 epic. Fast-paced, fun, exhilarating and bloody, DOOM Eternal has everything an FPS player could ever want, a must-have title or at least to try at least once. As in any DOOM, the player has access to several inventive and grisly firearms, and quite a bit of melee weapons as well. New movement mechanics have also been introduced such as wall climbing, sprinting and weaponry with secondary fires that act as a grappling hook or as an opportunity for spectacular executions. The new system has also been implemented Destructibility Of Demons in which the bodies of enemies show wounds and deterioration when they take damage. There is also the Invasion multiplayer mode, in which players can join each other's campaigns as demons.

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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Extraction

• Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC

The life of Rainbow Six, the famous shooter by Ubisoft and Tom Clancy, continues to go on after the enormous success of Siege, arriving in the next gen with the Extraction chapter. This tactical shooter is a Siege spin-off based on the 2018 in-game event Outbreak, where players must cooperate by infiltrating an area infected with an alien parasite by completing objectives such as taking samples, or extracting civilians and injured. The key to this game is to be found more in the cooperation of your team than in the actual skill of individual players.

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Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

• Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Battlefield's "rival" in military video games, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is a new chapter in this military saga, belonging to Activision, which transports players into a modern conflict. In Modern Warfare 2, in addition to the now ubiquitous and very valid multiplayer modes, there is a captivating game campaign that shows the points of view of groups of soldiers belonging to different sides of the warring countries, all told in a very compelling way. The developers have also reintegrated game mechanics previously introduced in the Modern Warfare (2019) chapter, such as the placement of weapons on flat surfaces anddoor interaction, to ensure a slightly more tactical game approach than usual.

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Battlefield 2042

• Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Battlefield 2042 is the new chapter of the famous military saga of EA and DICE, which finally marks the return of the iconic total war of the series: in a near future where the world is in the grip of chaos, players must adapt to face their opponents in dynamic maps. It is a multiplayer a squadre with futuristic paraphernalia and technological vehicles. Some game modes support up to 128 players (at least on PC), guaranteeing gaming experiences full-scale warfare in which the action is divided into groupings and sectors. The game also comes with the portal platform, where the community of players can create their own war maps also based on assets, missions and maps belonging to previous Battlefield chapters.

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Far Cry 6

• Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Another historical saga to be counted among the best FPS is definitely Far Cry. Particularly, Far Cry 6 is the latest installment to hit the market, set on the exotic Caribbean island of Yara, a tropical paradise that appears to be frozen in time. Here the player takes on the role of a revolutionary who tries to overthrow the dictatorship of President Antón Castillo, played by the incredible actor Giancarlo Esposito (famous for series such as Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian). A prominent feature of each Far Cry, in fact, is precisely the presence of a Charismatic villain able to carry the full weight of the narrative on his shoulders. To accompany the story, there is a classic Ubisoft open world full of activities to complete, and obviously, speaking of FPS, and a gun play not bad supported by a good weapon crafting system… in short, you can even shoot entire vinyls while playing the Macarena!

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Deathloop

• Platform: PS5, PC, Xbox Series X|S

Within the panorama of the best FPS, Deathloop surely it is one of the most intriguing and unconventional video games: the whole game takes place on an island in the 70s where a time loop. The player's task as Agent Colt is to make his way through this outpost to kill the scientists who gave birth to this time ring, but he is thwarted by another female assassin hired by the scientists to stop the player. With each death, the cycle restarts and it will be necessary to repeat all over again (although having new clues available). In multiplayer players can also play as Julianna, the assassin who must stop Colt. Between stealth and action mechanics to Disonhored and Prey, historical titles of Arkane Studios, there is also a good shooter component.

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Back 4 Blood

• Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC

Another atypical shooter to be included among the best FPS is Back 4 Blood, a cooperative shooter where players face hordes of zombies, exactly like the more famous Left 4 Dead, a game created by the same authors of Turtle Rock Studios. Unlike L4D, however, Back 4 Blood differs in the addition of the PvP in which it is possible to challenge each other in teams of 4 players. The game also implements a mechanic from deck building whereby at the start of each level players can form their own deck of skills and abilities to modify different gameplay elements. Players are faced with different areas with many different types of zombies, and in some cases it will only be cooperation that offers a certain victory.

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Borderlands 3

• Platform: PS4, Xbox One, PC

A series that makes gunplay its trademark is that of Borderlands, an action RPG developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games which incorporates an incredible arsenal of sci-fi weapons. Borderlands 3, the last episode of the saga, is set 7 years after the destruction of the Hyperion Corporation, and its plot revolves around the sect of the "Sons of the Crypt", an organization that seeks to unite all the gangs of the planet Pandora around itself. Unlike previous episodes, there are several explorable planets beyond Pandora, each with a base of operations where you can rest your roster of 4 heroes. Each character has unique abilities, but nothing compares to the weapon pool loot from defeated enemies delivers procedurally generated weapons which vary in different parameters as well as in aesthetics… let's talk about more than a billion possible weapons! Impossible not to include such a title among the best FPS.

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What is meant by FPS?

Not to be confused with Frames Per Second, a unit that measures the fluidity of images on screen in video games, FPS in terms of video game genre is the acronym of First Person Shooter, translated into Spanish First Person Shooter. It is a vast sub-genre of the largest and most generic shooter, where the first-person view immerses the player in a deeper identification. In games of this type, the weapon controlled by the player is an integral part of the interface.

FPSs were born in the West, initially created in university and military settings. Among the forerunners of the genre we can mention Maze War and Spasim made in the 70s, but they never reached the general public. The turning point came in early 90s with id Software, famous development house that created games for MS-DOS that have forever established the main characteristics of the genre: Hovertank 3D, Catacomb 3D and, above all, the one who is considered the progenitor of the FPS: Wolfenstein 3D. The first Doom also came to life from id Software, one of the greatest successes in the entire history of video games.

Since then FPS have undergone several metamorphoses and incarnations. Until the 2010s, for example, the genre was always characterized by armor that allowed the player to absorb a limited amount of damage, something that has been lost over time but has recently been recovered, in particular, with the battle royale subgenre. Even the aiming mode, to give other examples, has undergone more realistic changes over time: different types of weapons have more or less accuracy, while technology in the meantime has made it possible to use the same components of a game weapon such as sights, using secondary aiming modes for increased accuracy; such type of mechanics is called aim down sight.

Our pick of the best FPS

For the best FPS we had to make a choice that combined the new with the timeless, but we tried, even when it came to new releases, to include a good representation of both mirrors of the gaming market and gaming platforms. For our best FPS of 2022 we have adopted a definition of First Person Shooter trying to emphasize the main element: the first person view. However, the gunplay component was very important and significant for the inclusion of the game in this list: that's why video games that are certainly deeper than others on the list, such as Cyberpunk 2077 or The Outer Worlds, we have excluded them from this article .