6. Soldier of Fortune
As with some slightly less critically-acclaimed films, a reputation can be built around shock-tactics and glorification of gore alone, which is entirely the case with the Soldier of Fortune franchise. Lacking the deft control of something like Counter-Strike, it attempted to make up for it by building a must-play reputation around the varying amounts of decapitation and dismemberment you could inflict upon an opponent. Although F.E.A.R let you literally explode a chap by way of riddling them with bullets, or fry them down to a skeleton, in Soldier of Fortune: Double Helix every weapon had quasi-realistic depictions of gore applied to their effect on the human body. Enemys would regularly burst with gushes of blood regardless of where you made contact, or perish clutching their open wounds in a variety of animations. Gamers flocked to the otherwise-mediocre series for the same thrills one expects at this time of year, and in retrospect, now that the western-world-enslaving power of Halo has dissipated, it could be worth a shot for some retro charm.