Thought I'd bump this thread, as FPS is my general fix and quite enjoying my recent purchase. Borederlands seems a mix of good and bad. More on that later. So did anyone list a top 10 list of FPS games?
As Stinja said, there are different types of FPS games. Are you after good online vs action, or good co-op modes, or after an immersive solo game: be it very intelligent AI, or massive maps - whats your boat? Is Fallout3 a Role Playing Game, or FPS? Personally I like anything with action and a view down the sights. I think intelligent AI is hard to come by. I like the roaming type of games like Borderlands, and even the slightly roaming style of the brilliant game Bioshock. Then you have to realise there are the very linear (story led) games like the COD franchise.
To consider: BFBC2, COD4, MW2, WAW, MOH, Spec Ops, Borderlands, Bioshock 2, Resistance 1 & 2, KZ2, then more to come. I'm looking forward to Resistance 3, Killzone 3, Star Wars Battle Front. And the day Timesplitters 4 arrives, I'll be a pig in mud. There are a lot of FPS type games to avoid out there too (Haze to mention one).
Borderlands - quite slow beginning; reminds me of the lonely rampages of Turok 2 and picking up quirky weapons, but less colourful. Then theres the glitchy bits and the massive downloads. It naffed my first game save, it became corrupt, when I switched off and the ^ symbol had dissapeared; i now backup all my save data and quit by the proper Exit menu ingame (not PS). The game is a mix of slow boring Fallout sytle, yet the action repeats and comes quite quickly. The number of weapons is bamboozeling and not sure how well its going to work with my mates online who have stupid high rated guns; seems unfair; there should be a temporary levelling-out mode for duels.