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Top Most Influential Video Game
Re: Top Most Influential Video Game
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Re: Top Most Influential Video Game
Since JT's list is really close to what mine would have been I am going to copy it and Highlight my changes.
FPS: Doom
Multiplayer FPS:007 Golden Eye
Adventure: King's Quest, Maniac Mansion (because of SCUMM), Zelda
Platformer: Super Mario Bros. & Pitfall!
3D Platformer: Mario 64
RPG: Ultima, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest
Shmups: Space Invaders for verts, Gradius for horis
Beatemups: Double Dragon, Final Fight
Racing: Pole Position
Sandbox/Open World: Grand Theft Auto III
Puzzle: Tetris
Survival Horror: Resident Evil
Fighter: Street Fighter II
3D Fighter: Virtua Fighter
RTS: Command & Conquer
Rhythm Games: Dance Dance Revolution
God Games: Populous
City Builders: Sim City
Tower Defense: Plants vs Zombies
Roguelikes: Rogue, obviously
Metroidvanias: Metroid (Metroid gets first billing for a reason. Suck it SotN).
Minecraft: Minecraft
FPS: Doom
Multiplayer FPS:007 Golden Eye
Adventure: King's Quest, Maniac Mansion (because of SCUMM), Zelda
Platformer: Super Mario Bros. & Pitfall!
3D Platformer: Mario 64
RPG: Ultima, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest
Shmups: Space Invaders for verts, Gradius for horis
Beatemups: Double Dragon, Final Fight
Racing: Pole Position
Sandbox/Open World: Grand Theft Auto III
Puzzle: Tetris
Survival Horror: Resident Evil
Fighter: Street Fighter II
3D Fighter: Virtua Fighter
RTS: Command & Conquer
Rhythm Games: Dance Dance Revolution
God Games: Populous
City Builders: Sim City
Tower Defense: Plants vs Zombies
Roguelikes: Rogue, obviously
Metroidvanias: Metroid (Metroid gets first billing for a reason. Suck it SotN).
Minecraft: Minecraft
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Re: Top Most Influential Video Game
Ultima Underworld was way ahead of its time and quite a bit more advanced than Doom on its own (coming out a full year earlier), but I have heard at the time it required a beast of a computer to run whereas Carmack made it so Doom could be run on most PC's fairly easily and was better optimized.
UU set the stage for games like Deus Ex, System Shock 1-2, probably the new Fallout's, and any other first person games you can think of with RPG elements. These often tend to be my favorite kind of games. It's not all about the shooting, there's character interaction and many forms of freedom with how to approach situations.
It's still aged very well, as I just played it earlier this year or last year and got to the end of it. UU2 I hear is even better with more varied environments, I plan to get to it someday, and the spiritual successor Arx Fatalis.
UU set the stage for games like Deus Ex, System Shock 1-2, probably the new Fallout's, and any other first person games you can think of with RPG elements. These often tend to be my favorite kind of games. It's not all about the shooting, there's character interaction and many forms of freedom with how to approach situations.
It's still aged very well, as I just played it earlier this year or last year and got to the end of it. UU2 I hear is even better with more varied environments, I plan to get to it someday, and the spiritual successor Arx Fatalis.
