Dune 2 definitely came up with the formula before C&C. Not sure if you've played it?

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DooM defined FPS games for some time, but I'd say that Goldeneye defined them for consoles for awhile, and Halo was another genre-definer.
I wouldn't agree with that. They may have set the benchmark at the time, but Doom still defined how those games played out when it comes to the basics of the gameplay. You move around and shoot things. I'd say Wolfenstein 3D defined it but you couldn't move up and down throughout floors.

However it's possible that one could point out the first game that allowed you to move in one direction while looking in a different direction (eg. mouse + keypad)... but then, even in W3D you could strafe.

It should be noted that by 'define' I don't mean 'is the most famous'...