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Sunhawk
07/17/18 8:39:36 AM
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Pong
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Sonic 1
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Final Fantasy VII
Modern Warfare 1
Ocarina of Time
BoTW
Halo: CE
Goldeneye
Tomb Raider 1
Tetris
Mario Kart
Virtua Fighter 1
Street Fighter II

I think those are pretty much the super heavyweights of gaming, due to various reasons. Impact upon release, or units sold, or how much they influenced later games. I think that's actually a pretty good list. I can't think of any serious omissions, and whether I like each of those games or not, I can't really deny how major they are.

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Blitz4532
07/17/18 8:40:38 AM
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I would say Deus ex belongs on any list too, considering how many games took direct influence from it.
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pogo_rabid
07/17/18 8:41:41 AM
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No doom? Joke list
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Dorfmann_
07/17/18 8:42:04 AM
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Metal Gear Solid deserves a spot on the list.
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Darkrobotisback
07/17/18 8:42:36 AM
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Dorfmann_ posted...
Metal Gear Solid deserves a spot on the list.

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Slayerblade11
07/17/18 8:42:52 AM
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GTA 3 has to be up there too
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Sativa_Rose
07/17/18 8:42:55 AM
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Grand Theft Auto, World of Warcraft or maybe EverQuest for making MMOs mainstream
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apolloooo
07/17/18 8:43:35 AM
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Blitz4532 posted...
I would say Deus ex belongs on any list too, considering how many games took direct influence from it.

Ultima underworld
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Sativa_Rose
07/17/18 8:43:45 AM
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Fortnite and Minecraft for the newer generations. Also League of Legends and Dota 2
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BlueBoy675
07/17/18 8:43:49 AM
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Pokmon
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 8:44:47 AM
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Yeah, I'll accept Doom, MGS and Pokemon. Let's not kid around though, Minecraft really doesn't matter that much, and although I haven't played Fortnite, it's been largely denounced by serious games.
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Mr_Biscuit
07/17/18 8:45:02 AM
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 8:45:47 AM
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WoW is a computer game, not a video game.

Although I suppose, you could say that about Doom, but I'm pretty sure it came to consoles eventually.

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Sativa_Rose
07/17/18 8:45:54 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
it's been largely denounced by serious games.


That is irrelevant when it comes to its impact on gaming. I think it will leave a significant historic mark on gaming. I've never even played it.
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BlueBoy675
07/17/18 8:46:26 AM
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Super Smash Bros
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Slayerblade11
07/17/18 8:47:33 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
WoW is a computer game, not a video game.



Computer games aren't video games. You heard it here folks.
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 8:47:41 AM
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Sunhawk posted...
it's been largely denounced by serious games.


That is irrelevant when it comes to its impact on gaming. I think it will leave a significant historic mark on gaming. I've never even played it.


Significant impact? It's barely been out for anytime at all, it's much too soon to tell. It could just be a flash in the pan. Or a game that has a small impact, but certainly not a significant or major impact.

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clearaflagrantj
07/17/18 8:48:22 AM
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Literally Sonic the Hedgehog but no Super Mario Bros

Are you insane
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thelovefist
07/17/18 8:49:15 AM
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List is missing Elder Scrolls entries and Dragon Warrior
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happibivouac
07/17/18 8:51:13 AM
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Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4. One changed survival horror, the other heavily influenced over the shoulder.
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 8:52:59 AM
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clearaflagrantj posted...
Literally Sonic the Hedgehog but no Super Mario Bros

Are you insane


I thought about it, but World and 64 are both there. I mean, Super Mario 64 blew the lid of gaming. It was just like, wtf. I still remember getting my N64, with a grey and gold controller, and Super Mario 64 (and Wetrix), and how amazing those first few days were.

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BlueBoy675
07/17/18 8:55:50 AM
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Metroid
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DeadSite
07/17/18 8:58:10 AM
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OP refusing to be objective in this list smh
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AlisLandale
07/17/18 9:01:49 AM
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Street Fighter 2 is arguably the most important fighting game in existence, (it invented combos lol) but Idk about its impact outside that genre and community.

FFVII and MGS could be considered vital to shaping modern AAA gamings heavily cinematic approach to games.

Doom pretty much started the modding community, right?

Mortal Kombat created the ESRB and between that and Night Trap, popularized the idea that games could be violent or "sexy" (though lol at Night Traps controversy.)

I'll also say Pokemon. Not for any huge move in the industry itself but because the franchise itself has become ingrained in pop culture in a way not even Mario can brag about.
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 9:03:51 AM
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DeadSite posted...
OP refusing to be objective in this list smh


Sure I am. Some stuff, like MGS, I don't like much at all, and some stuff, like FFVII, I've never even played. I would've been a lot happier if the MGS series (and Hideo Kojima), and as for Final Fantasy, I've played the series a little, and it had little effect on me.

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SailorGoon
07/17/18 9:03:54 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
clearaflagrantj posted...
Literally Sonic the Hedgehog but no Super Mario Bros

Are you insane


I thought about it, but World and 64 are both there. I mean, Super Mario 64 blew the lid of gaming. It was just like, wtf. I still remember getting my N64, with a grey and gold controller, and Super Mario 64 (and Wetrix), and how amazing those first few days were.

Yeah, but you gotta remember how we got here.

Super Mario Bros 2 was the game changer. The games were able to change because of it.
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 9:05:00 AM
#28:


Updated list.

Pong
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Sonic 1
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Final Fantasy VII
Modern Warfare 1
Ocarina of Time
BoTW
Halo: CE
Goldeneye
Tomb Raider 1
Tetris
Mario Kart
Virtua Fighter 1
Street Fighter II
Resident Evil 1
Doom
MGS
RE4
Pokemon

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Mr_Biscuit
07/17/18 9:06:51 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
WoW is a computer game, not a video game.

Although I suppose, you could say that about Doom, but I'm pretty sure it came to consoles eventually.

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Caution999
07/17/18 9:07:01 AM
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Replace Super Mario World with Super Mario Bros. Have we forgotten the video game crash and what system and what game got people going again?

Legend of Zelda was also important as it was the first case us westerners had shown interest outside of platforming and stuff. Well, first case since some of the classic Atari games where you solve puzzles - so maybe add whatever those are.
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MarshallStack
07/17/18 9:10:17 AM
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Overrated, poorly-aged joke FFVII but no Symphony of the Night.

Joke list confirmed.
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Irony
07/17/18 9:10:44 AM
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Night Trap
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DevsBro
07/17/18 9:11:54 AM
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I would replace World with Bros also. Unless your list is secretly "games I liked" instead of actually influential games. World is obviously a better game but the platformer frenzy was well underway in Bros' wake by the time it came out.

I would also add Adventure, and as others mentioned above, MGS1 and GTA3.
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Sunhawk
07/17/18 9:13:45 AM
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List, 3rd Edition.

Updated list.

Pong
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Sonic 1
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Final Fantasy VII
Modern Warfare 1
Ocarina of Time
BoTW
Halo: CE
Goldeneye
Tomb Raider 1
Tetris
Mario Kart
Virtua Fighter 1
Street Fighter II
Resident Evil 1
Doom
MGS
RE4
Pokemon
GTA 3
Sonic Adventure 1
GTA3

You know, I'm really surprised I didn't think of SA1, and that nobody else mentioned it. It was the first proper 3D Sonic game, and people really liked it.

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Blue_Target
07/17/18 9:18:00 AM
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thelovefist
07/17/18 9:19:10 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
List, 3rd Edition.

Updated list.

Pong
Space Invaders
Pac-Man
Sonic 1
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Final Fantasy VII
Modern Warfare 1
Ocarina of Time
BoTW
Halo: CE
Goldeneye
Tomb Raider 1
Tetris
Mario Kart
Virtua Fighter 1
Street Fighter II
Resident Evil 1
Doom
MGS
RE4
Pokemon
GTA 3
Sonic Adventure 1
GTA3

You know, I'm really surprised I didn't think of SA1, and that nobody else mentioned it. It was the first proper 3D Sonic game, and people really liked it.

thelovefist posted...
List is missing Elder Scrolls entries and Dragon Warrior

DeadSite posted...
OP refusing to be objective in this list smh

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AlisLandale
07/17/18 9:21:34 AM
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No Sonic after the originals could really be considered "important", and I say this as a massive Sonic fan.

Its also way too early to say BotW when any effects it has on gaming cant be objectively analyzed. Give it at least 10 years.
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gunplagirl
07/17/18 9:28:02 AM
#39:


Wolfenstein 3D
Half Life
Possibly portal given the impact upon indie developers and the massive surge that has since followed
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IfGodCouldDie
07/17/18 9:28:09 AM
#40:


Sunhawk posted...
Sativa_Rose posted...
Sunhawk posted...
it's been largely denounced by serious games.


That is irrelevant when it comes to its impact on gaming. I think it will leave a significant historic mark on gaming. I've never even played it.


Significant impact? It's barely been out for anytime at all, it's much too soon to tell. It could just be a flash in the pan. Or a game that has a small impact, but certainly not a significant or major impact.

But you have BotW in that list, which has been out even shorter than Fortnite.
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WheezinEd
07/17/18 9:30:38 AM
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Sunhawk posted...

You know, I'm really surprised I didn't think of SA1, and that nobody else mentioned it. It was the first proper 3D Sonic game, and people really liked it.


In terms of it's influence on the industry, it's not important.
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DeadSite
07/17/18 9:31:02 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
DeadSite posted...
OP refusing to be objective in this list smh


Sure I am. Some stuff, like MGS, I don't like much at all, and some stuff, like FFVII, I've never even played. I would've been a lot happier if the MGS series (and Hideo Kojima), and as for Final Fantasy, I've played the series a little, and it had little effect on me.

WoW literally changed the world
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catboy0_0
07/17/18 9:31:12 AM
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you forgot Half-Life ya dingus
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Vindris_SNH
07/17/18 9:49:49 AM
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Super Mario Bros
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DevsBro
07/17/18 9:50:35 AM
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I dunno if I necessarily agree, but I could see Sonic 1 making the list. SA1, absolutely not, lol. SA1 was a way better game IMO but the only games that have copied it are its own sequels. Maybe some shovelware.

But S1 notably had lots of branching paths and physics-based mechanics, which could be considered a milestone.
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orangefire25
07/17/18 9:56:18 AM
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BlueBoy675 posted...
Super Smash Bros

Yeah this game may have saved gaming tbh.
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catboy0_0
07/17/18 9:58:05 AM
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Literally no Souls?
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DarthWendy
07/17/18 9:58:13 AM
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pogo_rabid posted...
No doom? Joke list

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AvantgardeAClue
07/17/18 9:58:17 AM
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Why the hell is BOTW on there

It wasn't anything particularly new for gaming, just for Zelda
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luigi13579
07/17/18 10:02:37 AM
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apolloooo posted...
Ultima underworld

BlueBoy675 posted...
Metroid

DeadSite posted...
WoW literally changed the world

Those. Fuck OP's aversion to PC gaming. You can't really separate it from console gaming in terms of influence, especially nowadays when many traditionally PC-centric genres are popular on consoles.

Ultima Underworld basically influenced "immersive sims" (and other games), from System Shock / 2 to Deus Ex to BioShock to The Elder Scrolls (and arguably BotW, at least indirectly), and many others. Allegedly it even influenced the graphics in Catacomb 3-D (a precursor to Wolfenstein 3D and of course Doom). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Underworld:_The_Stygian_Abyss#Legacy

Metroid pretty much goes without saying, inspiring greats like Super Metroid and SotN, and more recent indie Metroidvanias like Cave Story, Guacamelee!, etc.

WoW changed MMOs and gaming more generally, whether its influence was positive or negative.
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