Best Shooter Of 2010- My Verdict

So who wins this competition of great shooters? In essence, no-one: though for me Halo Reach was undoubtedly the high point of FPSes released in 2010, nothing I've seen this year has really brought something new to the table, to the point that the FPS is becoming a rapidly tired genre for gamers such as myself. Reach is definitely this year's top shooter, but even then it still felt often like Halo 3.5, and no matter what revolutionary changes Bungie had made I suspect this would have always been the case. Black Ops turned out to be a showcase of just how much the world of FPSes needs a rest for a while, lacking any sufficient innovation to make it seem like a worthwhile purchase over Reach or even prequel Modern Warfare 2, and it's for this reason that I am getting increasingly worried as to the annual COD instalments (another of which is set to hit around the same time in 2011, along with another Medal of Honor) ruining a once-magnificent type of game. Yes, Halo: Reach is the winner, but in this writer's opinion something needs to be done to resurrect the FPS genre of gaming- and fast!