Games that revolutionized games
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: maebach
I just want to know in your opinions, which games revolutionized gaming for you. For example, games that made you go "Amazing". My choice for the revolutionary game would be Max Payne2. That was one of the first pc games that I fell in love with. THat game made me pay more atention to games and then I went to HL2 and Doom3 etc.
Posted by: Barbarossa
That ping pong one was pretty revolutionary.
Posted by: DorisInsinuate
Maniac Mansion pretty much made the adventure game genre.
Same thing with Doom (technically Wolfenstein 3D) and first-persons.
GoldenEye pretty much kicked off the whole stealth and sniper fads.
Elite is one of a kind, except for its sequels :dabs: . It probably didn't revolutionise games, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
Posted by: Peerzy
Perfect Dark
Posted by: ziggyjuarez
Grand Theift Auto: 3 (First time i seen a free roaming video game)
Half Life 2: (The interactivity)
Posted by: Busyman
GTA 3
Wolfenstein 3D
Pong
Street Fighter
Pole Position and Night Driver
Posted by: asmithz
Grand Theift Auto: 3 (First time i seen a free roaming video game)
Yea the fere rmiaong tihng is a big dael
Posted by: JunkBarMan
GTA 3
Wolfenstein 3D
Pong
Street Fighter
Pole Position and Night Driver
Took the post from outta my hands.
Posted by: thecreator89
perhaps.... Mario Bros.?
Posted by: thecreator89
command and conquer series... WHOA!!!!!! :O
Posted by: Formula1
GTA3 is definetely up there. But i'd say Super Mario World, that game kicked ass, but i never go to beat it.
Posted by: silent h3ro
command and conquer series... WHOA!!!!!! :Olol, they were great games but they never revolutionized the genre.
Posted by: ziggyjuarez
Grand Theift Auto: 3 (First time i seen a free roaming video game)
Yea the fere rmiaong tihng is a big dael
Yep.Im sure the next GTA with revolutionize the gameing world again also.
Posted by: asmithz
GTA3 is definetely up there. But i'd say Super Mario World, that game kicked ass, but i never go to beat it.
Started a new genre is what it did. Platforming gaming wouldnt be what it is without mario.
Posted by: S!X
Id say HL2 and all the other games that run on the source engine like CSS, DODS ect.
Posted by: asmithz
Id say HL2 and all the other games that run on the source engine like CSS, DODS ect.
I'd say that the engine that HL2 runs is great, but what did it do for gaming. We see engines just like it, but its not revolutionizing anything. Great tho.
Posted by: DorisInsinuate
What about Grand Theft Auto? GTA 3 was just GTA in 3D and less fun, and a tad less open-ended :mellow:
Posted by: Voetsek
leisure suite Larry Mario 64 Quake packman space invaders
Posted by: DorisInsinuate
Leisure Suit Larry was ingenius
Posted by: DrBeerMan
Tekken 2
Posted by: Gripper
Hl2,Quake,Balders gate.:)
Posted by: 3RA1N1AC
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (for Atari 2600)
Superman (for Nintendo64)
Mary-Kate & Ashley's Magical Mystery Mall (for Sony Playstation)
Pokemon Chartreuse (for A Young Child Who Has Still Not Managed To Catch 'Em All)
Upcoming Game Based On A Shitty Action Movie (for Gullible Customer)
A Sequel To A Popular Game (for A Sequel To A Popular Console)
Final Fantasy XXVIII (for A Disc That Can Hold 5000 Hours Of CGI Cut-Scenes)
Posted by: tesco
Mario was first video game I ever played so that revolutionized for me. :01:
Duke Nukem was first game to have slopes so that's pretty revolutionary in terms of all games.
Posted by: maebach
Tekken 2
Personally I don't like fighters. They get boring very quickly for me. The only fighter I played for more than 20 mins would be DragonBallZ Budukai 2, I think. Tekken 5 was also boring.
Posted by: sArA
space invaders...defender...super mario brothers...tomb raider...GTA...The Sims.....oh and don't forget tetris :)
Posted by: scribblec
metal gear solid definetly for me
Posted by: Rip The Jacker
Grand Theft Auto 3... the whole idea of being able to go anywhere... to roam freely... it was amazing...
Posted by: GepperRankins
gta3 for the fact that the side missions alone could have each been accomplished games. so gta3 for being so damn big
Posted by: Eclectic_Loner
Sad to read lots of undeserved credit for GTA 3. I guess that's what hype can do.
Anyways the first 3d roaming game/driving/fighting game I've played is Batman and Robin for the PS. (The sad thing? Although the game sucks and suffered from lots of problems, the character details for Batman, Batgirl and Robin looked better than all of the GTA 3 main characters)
I'll give credit for GTA 1 for being the one that made free roaming and doing crimes a hit but seriously GTA doesn't deserve anything revolutionary other than being the bastard child of Batman and Robin, Driver, Crazy Taxi, Syphon Filter and GTA 1.
It might seem unfair, but GTA wasn't revolutionary because it didn't do something that was technologically difficult or unthinkable. All it needed was the right amount of technology to do it like all was needed for Halo to be great is to implement a regular pc fps with adequate control scheme for console and then release it at the time where a console is able to generate a great looking fps.
IMO revolutionary games are:
Most Sid Meier/Microprose games. Even to this day, Civ 1 and Civ 2 rivals one of the deepest games ever made.
Fallout series. This is a gimme.
Ogre Battle (first successful game to combine real time strategy with turn based rpg into the Snes for that matter. This is the type of game that would have been a pain to think of during the snes days)
Tenchu (first ninja game to portray a realistic ninja successfully and implement a more realistic stealth system than even MGS and this is for the PS)
NBA 2k series (first NBA console game series to actually implement sliders and franchise mode to a console NBA basketball game setting the standards for every basketball game to come.)
Posted by: twisterX
gta series
CS
Mario
Goldeneye
Posted by: MagicNakor
I can't believe Legend of Zelda, FFVII, or Myst haven't been mentioned yet.
:shuriken:
Posted by: GepperRankins
i keep thinking zelda, but there's not too much revolutionary about it. it's just a really really good game.
...rethink...
ocarina of time was a massive free roaming world with sidequests and such, before gta3 :o :dabs:
Posted by: silent h3ro
I can't believe Legend of Zelda, FFVII, or Myst haven't been mentioned yet.
:shuriken:Legend of Zelda: A link to the past for the SNES is definitely one.
Posted by: maebach
Zelda was ok, Some of the puzzles were good, but some were annoying. I liked Windwaker the most.
Posted by: Seedler
Mario Bros its fckin pimped
Posted by: MagicNakor
A lot of the hallmarks of RPGs definitely got their start with Zelda. The first one. The one for NES. No, it's not as flashy as GTA3 (which, really, isn't that revolutionary), but games that are forerunners are always built upon.
:shuriken:
Posted by: GepperRankins
one no-one's thought of... wave race 64. just cause it must have been a bitch to make that engine, then run it on an n64 :ermm:
Posted by: maebach
i was watching G$ tech tv and it said 'alone in the dark' was one of hte first 3d games. also some monkey island game was really good too.