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Since GTA III was released and its got me thinking, what games have dramatically changed the gaming industry.

Straight off

Gran Turismo 1
GTA III...
Call of Duty 4 MW
Golden Eye
Mario Kart

and recently, I think Red Dead has made a massive impact that we probably won't notice for a few years.

I'm sure there's loads more.
 
Oh and

Mario 64, Final Fantasy 7 and Zelda Ocarina of Time have all had a big say
 
World of Warcraft, Super Marios Bros, Street Fighter II, Tetris, Pac Man etc...

Oh and E.T.
 
Metal Gear Solid
 
marchi-91 said:
Since GTA III was released and its got me thinking, what games have dramatically changed the gaming industry.

Straight off

Gran Turismo 1
GTA III...
Call of Duty 4 MW
Golden Eye
Mario Kart

and recently, I think Red Dead has made a massive impact that we probably won't notice for a few years.

I'm sure there's loads more.
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It's basically a spiced up Counter strike...
 
Richter said:
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It's basically a spiced up Counter strike...
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If any modern FPS changed things it has to be Half Life 2. First one I can really remember that utilized next gen graphics and blew my mind with collapsing buildings and amazing grenades and explosions and stunning physics. I'll never forget the Physics Gun.

Modern Warfare, like Richter said, is just a glamorized FPS that adds nothing new but makes a lot of tried and tested FPS stuff perfect.
 
MW is just Counter Strike for the casual market. Great game no doubt, but it brought nothing new to the table.
 
The Sims
Sim City
Winning Eleven
Counter-strike
Team Fortress
Wolfenstein 3D
Bejeweled
Donkey Kong (handheld version)
King Of Fighters
 
Richter said:
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It's basically a spiced up Counter strike...
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Doesn't change the fact it changed the CONSOLE FPS from then on though does it? The fact that nearly every other company has tried to copy it has proven that.


Ocarina of Time is probably the biggest gamechanger of all time, it was just wow amazing when you first got your hands on it, even today, it holds up, but yeah, still the single GOAT. Nothing comes close really.
 
Zen said:
Ocarina of Time is probably the biggest gamechanger of all time, it was just wow amazing when you first got your hands on it, even today, it holds up, but yeah, still the single GOAT. Nothing comes close really.
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Ocarina of Time wouldn't even be the biggest gamechanger on the N64.
 
Zen said:
Doesn't change the fact it changed the CONSOLE FPS from then on though does it? The fact that nearly every other company has tried to copy it has proven that.


Ocarina of Time is probably the biggest gamechanger of all time, it was just wow amazing when you first got your hands on it, even today, it holds up, but yeah, still the single GOAT. Nothing comes close really.
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Could be true ... if it had been released before Gears of War, Halo and The Orange Box. But it wasn't, and it's not :)
 
Starfox on SNES was immense for 3D graphics applied to rail shooters.

Wii Sports for interactivity

Mortal Kombat for very graphic gore in fighting games

Wolfenstein 3D for 3D first person shooters

Metal Gear Solid for stealth

WoW for MMORPG (at least popularizing it)

Tetris for puzzle and timewasting madness

Madden for not only realism but as an educational tool to teach people about a sport
 
cina said:
Could be true ... if it had been released before Gears of War, Halo and The Orange Box. But it wasn't, and it's not :)
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I'm not denying the importance of Half-Life/CSS/TFC, but that has never ever translated to the consoles, I was struggling to get games on the Xbox version of TF2 after about a month of it being out. I can still get a game of TFC in like a minute on the PC....kinda sums it up really.

Modern Warfare was the game when it came to elevating FPS's on consoles to the next level, everybody played it, that was never the case with either GoW or Halo, despite them being better games, and now that's the game that's getting copied all over the place right now, from the modern setting to the levelling system, everything does it now, and it's all already got stale, the MOH beta was godawful.
 
Zen said:
I'm not denying the importance of Half-Life/CSS/TFC, but that has never ever translated to the consoles, I was struggling to get games on the Xbox version of TF2 after about a month of it being out. I can still get a game of TFC in like a minute on the PC....kinda sums it up really.

Modern Warfare was the game when it came to elevating FPS's on consoles to the next level, everybody played it, that was never the case with either GoW or Halo, despite them being better games, and now that's the game that's getting copied all over the place right now, from the modern setting to the levelling system, everything does it now, and it's all already got stale, the MOH beta was godawful.
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Wouldn't that make it more of a fad than a dramatic change that revolutionizes gaming?
 
marchi-91 said:
Since GTA III was released and its got me thinking, what games have dramatically changed the gaming industry.


and recently, I think Red Dead has made a massive impact that we probably won't notice for a few years.

I'm sure there's loads more.
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In what way??

I saw it as the next step of the sandbox game to a point, but it all stems from GTAIII. It's the evolution of this type of game rather than a changing point.
 
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