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Tyto
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Posted - 2005.09.09 23:23:00 -
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Just wondered what people's top 3 genre busting, games world rocking, jaw dropping, most influential games ever were.
My personal list would probably be....
In no particular order,
1) Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
I could play this right now for sheer brilliant gameplay.
2) Tomb Raider
Blew my mind, had never seen anything like it.
3) Wipeout
The first game to make games 'cool'?
"Dulce Bellum Inexpertis"
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Layrex
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Posted - 2005.09.09 23:50:00 -
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Silent Hill - Raised the bar for survival horror that no game other than further Silent Hill's has ever come close to matching.
Wipeout - As you said, it's what changed games from 'geeky' to the norm.
Final Fantasy 7 - No one could believe the sheer scale and brilliance of it when it was first released. I still can't. Yet to see another RPG come close to it.
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Allen Miles
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Posted - 2005.09.09 23:59:00 -
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Edited by: Allen Miles on 09/09/2005 23:59:03
Personally the games that kept me busy at the time 24/7 were
Age of Empires
Counter-Strike (back in the day)
The Realm (first graphical MMO I ever played and got addicted too)
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Sadist
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Posted - 2005.09.10 00:03:00 -
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1. Fallout 2
2. Baldur's Gate series.
3. Warcraft
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Galk
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Posted - 2005.09.10 00:07:00 -
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Wipeout.
Definition in our time.
Sony bought that home, ps looked cool, they sold it cool.
PC..... Think civilisation, doubt you find many argue with that.
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Jessa
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Posted - 2005.09.10 00:19:00 -
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Planescape:Torment
nuff said.
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Tyto
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Posted - 2005.09.10 00:29:00 -
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Well, some great games being listed, but I want to know which games you feel defined the gaming industry, rather than your personal favourites.
Warcraft for example, hmmm. Not sure - did it bring anything to the table that redefined a genre?
Wipeout, absolutely without question changed games forever. As did Tomb Raider. (maybe I got a little wistful with Speedball 2)
Although Wolfenstein came first, Doom would have to be there for me. The game that spawned a billion clones.
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Layrex
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Posted - 2005.09.10 00:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Jessa
Planescape:Torment
nuff said.
Oh yes. Can't believe I forgot that. It's like a great novel.
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Lig Lira
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Posted - 2005.09.10 01:21:00 -
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I think MGS sparked off 'film-style' games, and it did a fantastic job.
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Galio Starcrusher
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Posted - 2005.09.10 01:25:00 -
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I am addicted to squad based FPS games.
I have 2 game series that got me hooked on this type of game. Both are Tom Clancey works.
Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon.
Currently playing Raibow Six 3:Raven Sheild
I also like space sims, and the one that stands out as the best space sim, hands down, is Star Trek:Bridge Commander.
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Sadist
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Posted - 2005.09.10 01:51:00 -
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Quote:
Warcraft for example, hmmm. Not sure - did it bring anything to the table that redefined a genre?
Warcraft, Dune 2, Age of Empires are the games that defined RTS genre. Kinda like what Doom and Wolfenstein did to FPS genre.
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Galio Starcrusher
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Posted - 2005.09.10 02:06:00 -
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Originally by: Sadist
Quote:
Warcraft for example, hmmm. Not sure - did it bring anything to the table that redefined a genre?
Warcraft, Dune 2, Age of Empires are the games that defined RTS genre. Kinda like what Doom and Wolfenstein did to FPS genre.
You forgot one....Starcraft. It was the first RTS i ever played, and i thought it rocked.
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Lig Lira
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Posted - 2005.09.10 02:11:00 -
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Originally by: Galio Starcrusher
Originally by: Sadist
Quote:
Warcraft for example, hmmm. Not sure - did it bring anything to the table that redefined a genre?
Warcraft, Dune 2, Age of Empires are the games that defined RTS genre. Kinda like what Doom and Wolfenstein did to FPS genre.
You forgot one....Starcraft. It was the first RTS i ever played, and i thought it rocked.
Same here! Still one of the best RTS. Starcraft came before C&C?
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Galio Starcrusher
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Posted - 2005.09.10 02:17:00 -
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I think Starcraft did come before C&C....my old P2 350 system can play Starcraft, but not C&C.
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Alex Kynes
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Posted - 2005.09.10 02:40:00 -
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I'm damn sure C&C came first. The first one with NOD and GDI and all.
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Gamer4liff
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Posted - 2005.09.10 03:04:00 -
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1. Homeworld, defineing space RTS and warming up our hearts to space-baced games. I sometimes wonder if we would even have EVE if homeworld never existed.
2. Starcraft, for defineing how a ground baced RTS could be balanced and varied.
3. Half-life, for reviloutionising the first person shooter.
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Sadist
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Posted - 2005.09.10 03:13:00 -
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Actually starcraft didnt "define" the RTS genre as much as warcraft did, not only because it was released 4 years after WC, but also because it didn't actually bring any new ideas into RTS. It was still a good balanced game, but there were many, many games before it with the same ideas and similar gameplay.
So yea, I left it out for a good reason.
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nahtoh
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Posted - 2005.09.10 03:37:00 -
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Originally by: Sadist
Actually starcraft didnt "define" the RTS genre as much as warcraft did, not only because it was released 4 years after WC, but also because it didn't actually bring any new ideas into RTS. It was still a good balanced game, but there were many, many games before it with the same ideas and similar gameplay.
So yea, I left it out for a good reason.
I would have left out warcraft and stuck with Dune 2 it defined the RTS, all others picked up where it left off and ran with it...
"I am not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but
why can`t we just take the safety labels off everything and let the
problem solve itself" (credits to mcallister TCS)
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Omber Zombie
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Posted - 2005.09.10 03:50:00 -
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SimCity
The Sims
Zelda
Grand Theft Auto
All are genre defining/breaking, and all I can think of atm
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Pimpmaster
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Posted - 2005.09.10 04:51:00 -
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Super Mario Brothers
Age of Empires
Ultima Online
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Calderio
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Posted - 2005.09.10 04:57:00 -
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oregon trail.......
playing that game on a green screen defined pc gaming forever.
doom, the first pwnage fps
and starcraft rts its the own
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Kyguard
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Posted - 2005.09.10 07:10:00 -
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C&C
Warcraft (so many other games shaped around it)
Super Mario (all of em on Super Nintendo)
Final Fantasy 7 (do game developers not take a clew for future RPGs...)
Diablo
Medal of Honour (it was great the first few games)
That's all I can remember off the top of my head.
Note: They are not in any particular order.
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Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2005.09.10 07:48:00 -
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I'd go for
1. Tetris
2. Zelda: A Link to the Past
3. Half-Life
Ayeilla > Yes, Lineage 2
has the most unhelpful
Gm's and tech support
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Atandros
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Posted - 2005.09.10 08:05:00 -
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1) Master of Orion
The first game that can really be called 4X, with amazingly well-designed and balanced game mechanics. Stands the test of time very, very well.
2) Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Uniquely excellent storytelling via the computer game format.
3) Half-life
Changed FPS games from "plow into the zombie horde, holding your finger on the fire button" into a more immersive and involving adventure experience.
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FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2005.09.10 08:19:00 -
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Dune
Ultima VII
VGA Planets
Possibly one of the 23 # ex: P-TMC | USAC |
Akaviri
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Posted - 2005.09.10 08:34:00 -
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Civilization
X-COM
Duke Nukem 3D
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Mamarto
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Posted - 2005.09.10 08:37:00 -
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Dune 2, it's the mother of all real time strategy games, very few RTS games have strayed from the Dune 2 recipe.
UFO: Enemy Unknown, best game ever!
Guild Wars, for the best technology in online gaming, their way of patching and updating is sheer brilliance.
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Tyto
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Posted - 2005.09.10 11:34:00 -
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Ok, so we have the following so far...
Wipeout - For the way it brought gaming into the mainstream (and the music!)
Half Life - Redefined the FPS shooter.
Dune 2 - For starting the economic/gathering RTS
Doom - The first recognisable FPS
Tetris - Making a game into a kind of addictive brain-drug
What about Lemmings? I can't think of anything that came before it.
Another World by Delphine on the Amiga? Beautiful stylistic minimalist graphics, jaw dropping animation, great story, awesome intro.
Another World
Elite - Open ended game play and the freedom to choose any path you wanted - in SPACE!
Alone in the Dark - The daddy of survival horror?
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R31D
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Posted - 2005.09.10 16:32:00 -
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Total Annihilation anyone?
(can't wait for the sequel, supremem commander, to be released)
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Tyto
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Posted - 2005.09.10 18:20:00 -
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Originally by: Sadist
What genre is Lemmings?
Lemming 'em up
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