Games that changed gaming!

Fracture

I can't see any thread on this but i was wondering, in your opinion, what games changed gaming for you, games that you will always remember and games that changed people as kids.

Im thinking along the lines of,

Mortal Kombat
Super mario
Half life
Sonic
counter strike

what games directed you towards the games you play today?

Myrddin

Fracture wrote: »

what games directed you towards the games you play today?

Anybody remember the Half Life Demo all those moons ago...thats where my FPS days began - there and then.

Kazuma

Dune II. Made RTS' what they are today, precursor of C&C and everything. God I miss good old Westwood.

DOC09UNAM

Gran turismo, tony hawks, GH and The Sims, and WoW I guess.

3DataModem

Tomb raider
Elite
Starglider

Funglegunk

Wolfenstein 3d - invented the first person shooter. (Made it a viable genre, to be more accurate)

Kazuma

3DataModem wrote: »

Tomb raider
Elite
Starglider

Despite the fact that it was released so many years ago, I think I've yet to come across a game that really felt as free as Elite

Mr Freeze

Thief The Dark Project.....

There was no really decent stealth games before this came along...

kowloon

Ufo: Enemy Unknown (AKA X-Com)
Quake (Boards wouldn't exist without it)
Prince of Persia (not the new one)
Zork
Civilization
Counter-Strike
Sim City
Steel Panthers

I could go on, they all played their part.

bladespin

Street fighter (flawed but a sign of genius to come)
Sonic (feel the speed)
Gran Tourismo (incredible detail)

L31mr0d

Tomb Raider: "No seriously dude, jump into the water, swim towards one of the sides so the camera gets really close up, now just turn her around... how awesome is that!!!"

Dont be at yourself

I cannot believe nobody mentioned GTAIII.

It wasn't the first, but it was the catalyst for the whole open-world genre. We'd still be playing corridor shooters without it.

Blazer

Dues Ex--so many different ways to play this game every time..
Will I go the stealth root with cloak, stealth pistols etc or go all out assault with rocket launchers, plasma guns?
Tell me one other game where in multiplayer I can cloak, high speed running and jumping with silent steps and uncloak in front of someone and stick a throwing knife right into their face?

Even to this day there are still deus ex multiplayer games out there..
And for all the MW2 players out there bitching about COD6...imagine how we felt when we were told Deus EX2 was a console port with unified ammo (only 1 kind of ammo) and no multiplayer?:mad:
About 10 times worse but at least Ion Storm learned a lesson,.,they went bust shortly after making this decision.

D4RK ONION

For me, Guitar Hero 2 took over my life for a long time. Definetly changed the direction of my gaming. Street Fighter 4 has also taken up large quantities of gaming time, it's the first fighter I really got into, great game.

Spunge

Definitely baldurs gate.
Never played an rpg before except for final fantasy 7.
Someone said this game is like FF7 but with FIVE discs.
So i got it, loved rpgs ever since

ItsNoAlias

Spunge wrote: »

Definitely baldurs gate.
Never played an rpg before except for final fantasy 7.
Someone said this game is like FF7 but with FIVE discs.
So i got it, loved rpgs ever since

+1 for Baldurs gate and the stoy of FF7 was brilliant.:cool:

I would say Suikoden 1 and 2 being as you could play as so many characters. First time I had ever come across something like that.

uberpixie

Doom. First shooter that had LAN death match on the of

Half life for being the first gps with a pretty good story and ground breaking ai at the time.

Diablo 1: first rpg I played by coop LAN and by LAN I mean serial cable with two other people! We were poor teenagers and couldn't afford network cards. One of the first major online RPGs. Though I suppose MUDs beat them by a few years!

Stercus Accidit

Goldeneye not mentioned yet?

Manual aim, magazine caps, varying damage with hit point, complex tasks, multiplayer with some actual realism.

Set the bar a lot higher for the fps.

Cunny-Funt

console fps maybe, otherwise no.


WoW

Street Fighter 2

GTA 1

Super Mario

PAC MAN

DOC09UNAM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

Goldeneye not mentioned yet?

Manual aim, magazine caps, varying damage with hit point, complex tasks, multiplayer with some actual realism.

Set the bar a lot higher for the fps.

Shooting hats off people with abnormally large heads = win.

thebman

Mario, Mario Kart, F-Zero, Sonic, Smash Bros, all spawned about a million clones.

Resident Evil made survival horror games viable.

Doom, Quake, Half-Life made FPS what they are today really.

Duke Nukem introduced was one of the first FPS that had stuff other than violence aimed at an older market (lets face it the violence wasn't really aimed at a higher age market).

Red Alert perfected RTS at the time and set the bar for years and not even the same team could replicate its success.

Civilisation games made turn based gaming fun (depending on who you are).

Sims made gaming more mainstream (watered down depending on view point). So popular that no matter Spore did, it was never going to replicate its success.

GH made rhythm based gaming appeal to guys.

GTA for bringing us more open worlds even if they are very limited still :P

Mirrors Edge brought us a modern FPS with the goal of not shooting and a very innovative immersion system for trying to bring across the sensation of speed.

Gran Turismo revolutionised racing games on consoles. Grand Prix series did it on PC IMO

I think Left 4 Dead will be the next series to revolutionize gaming with the next few releases or maybe updates making a game that really is never the same twice except obviously for a lot of texture reuse :P

Penn

Metal Gear Solid

fenris

Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner - paved the way for platform games

Lords of Midnight

The Hobbit

Descent

Elite

R-Type / Uridium

uberpixie

Xwing Vs Tiefighter: first PC game that had a multiplayer focus over a single player campaign.

I remember all the bitching about it back in the day. Load of people without dialup who expected a New Xwing or Tiefighter with a good single player campaign.

Spose it's success proved you could make an online focused multiplayer game and ignore single player.

leninbenjamin

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Gran turismo, tony hawks, GH and The Sims, and WoW I guess.

See a few mentions of Gran Tourismo. Just curious as to why? I'm not fan of the series so i don't know it that well but there's nothing in GT i hadn't seen previously. Heck games like Indycar Racing have been doing what GT did imo successfully way back in MS-DOS days (they just don't look as pretty obviously). For popularizing the genre no doubt, but i don't think it introduced much in terms of gameplay that hadn't been seen in some form or other previously.

DOC09UNAM

leninbenjamin wrote: »

See a few mentions of Gran Tourismo. Just curious as to why? I'm not fan of the series so i don't know it that well but there's nothing in GT i hadn't seen previously. Heck games like Indycar Racing have been doing what GT did imo successfully way back in MS-DOS days (they just don't look as pretty obviously). For popularizing the genre no doubt, but i don't think it introduced much in terms of gameplay that hadn't been seen in some form or other previously.

IMO When GT came out, it had the best car handling out of any game and insanely good GFX for the time it was out, it's one of the main reasons car games became as popular as they did, that's just IMO though, i could understand why some people don't like it.

Should have mentioned Track and Field on the Commadore 64 was an awesome game.

DOC09UNAM

uberpixie wrote: »

Xwing Vs Tiefighter: first PC game that had a multiplayer focus over a single player campaign.

I remember all the bitching about it back in the day. Load of people without dialup who expected a New Xwing or Tiefighter with a good single player campaign.

Spose it's success proved you could make an online focused multiplayer game and ignore single player.

Almost single-handedly paved the way for MW2 then.

Bubs101

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

console fps maybe, otherwise no.

That's gaming elitism at it's worse. Easily the best FPS on any medium at that stage and completely revolutionized the film franchising aspect of games

Gillington

Golden Axe!

Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario Kart

Ciaran500

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Metal Gear Solid

What has metal gear solid changed? It still seems to sit on its own in what it does.

Otacon

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Metal Gear Solid

Ciaran500 wrote: »

What has metal gear solid changed? It still seems to sit on its own in what it does.

For me, it was the first game I played that had a strong, compelling blockbuster-esque story, wrapped in gameplay that really showed what stealth could do for gaming.

While other games had some of these elements previously, MGS was the first time I experienced them, so agree with paddyirishman.

Overheal

I mean if you go way back, you'll find them quickly. Doom, Mario, Dune II, Zelda, Commander Keen, etc.

But while a lot of those games shaped the genres there were others after them that have come and Changed those expectations, not just mimicking them. Starcraft really redefined what a great RTS should be; Metal Gear Solid re-shaped the action adventure (in fact, Konami is a constant source of Action Adventure joy); Final Fantasy (in particular 7 and 8) Really opened up this idea that games could engage you on an almost emotional level/evoke an emotional response that wasnt just fear or excitement...and that they could also last an insane length of time @ 60~80 hours on your first run through. And Half Life was one of the first major FPS titles that really sucked you into a narrative instead of just fumbling down corridors picking up passkeys and shooting zombies.

DOC09UNAM

Overheal wrote: »

I mean if you go way back, you'll find them quickly. Doom, Mario, Dune II, Zelda, Commander Keen, etc.

But while a lot of those games shaped the genres there were others after them that have come and Changed those expectations, not just mimicking them. Starcraft really redefined what a great RTS should be; Metal Gear Solid re-shaped the action adventure (in fact, Konami is a constant source of Action Adventure joy); Final Fantasy (in particular 7 and 8) Really opened up this idea that games could engage you on an almost emotional level/evoke an emotional response that wasnt just fear or excitement...and that they could also last an insane length of time @ 60~80 hours on your first run through. And Half Life was one of the first major FPS titles that really sucked you into a narrative instead of just fumbling down corridors picking up passkeys and shooting zombies.

Thanks for mentioning Konami, that got me thinking...

They really revolutionised the "Soccer Game" market, with the International Superstar Soccer series, lets not forget that.

Ravage1616

Legacy of Cain series, voice acting has excellent for a game back then! Sonic, Command and conquer and half life!

Mr. Presentable

Pong
Space Invaders
Tetris
Donkey Kong
Doom
Half life
Oblivion

And I agree with the Goldeneye remarks - only brought console gaming into the realm of (then) two year old PC gaming.

Fnz

- Gran Turismo (with brand new dual shock analogue controller). A new level of control over vehicles in racing games. Paying attention to things like 'weight shifting' actually mattered. The importance of the 'braking game' was far above that of other racing titles I had previously experienced - you couldn't, generally, barrel through corners with impunity.

- Jet Set Radio

- Left 4 Dead - "No, if you internet jackasses are getting through this campaign, you. are. going. to. cooperate!"

leninbenjamin wrote: »

See a few mentions of Gran Tourismo. Just curious as to why? I'm not fan of the series so i don't know it that well but there's nothing in GT i hadn't seen previously. Heck games like Indycar Racing have been doing what GT did imo successfully way back in MS-DOS days (they just don't look as pretty obviously). For popularizing the genre no doubt, but i don't think it introduced much in terms of gameplay that hadn't been seen in some form or other previously.

To quote the OP as people might be forgetting what was asked:

"What games changed gaming for you, games that you will always remember and games that changed people as kids."

"what games directed you towards the games you play today?"

Penn

Otacon wrote: »

For me, it was the first game I played that had a strong, compelling blockbuster-esque story, wrapped in gameplay that really showed what stealth could do for gaming.

While other games had some of these elements previously, MGS was the first time I experienced them, so agree with paddyirishman.

Pretty much it. Metal Gear Solid combined so many elements from other games, added in a great storyline, great action sequences etc. And it constantly changed the gameplay. Not to mention it completely turned the game upside down at some points. Unplugging your controller to beat a psychic. Reading your memory card. Moving your controller. Telling you not to use a turbo controller thing for the torture sequence. I know I'd never seen anything like that before.

Fair enough, there were probably stealth games before. And it may not have done anything truly original. But it combined so many elements and it never felt like they were forced in. It kept finding ways of changing little things and forcing you to think differently

Fracture

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

I cannot believe nobody mentioned GTAIII.

It wasn't the first, but it was the catalyst for the whole open-world genre. We'd still be playing corridor shooters without it.

i think zelda done it before any of the gta's

jhegarty

Indianapolis 500
Doom
Sim City 2000
Elite
Sonic
Street Fighter 2
F-Zero

Jarren

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Morlar

Quake

Being able to look up and down, jump, swim, physics, look etc, also with a rendition chipset it was beyond mindblowing in 1996. It advanced music from dodgy midi's to CD too. Half life /CS for the physics engine at that time. Every other advance since then in FPS's were not as groundbreaking. Crysis may also go on the list too I spose.

Iguana Bob

here is the games i invested serious time in to date
Duck Hunt
golden axe
super mario
c&c
halo 1 and 2 (the rest are ****)
wow
cod mw

Jazzy

Starcraft, clearly

Canis Lupus

Otacon wrote: »

wrapped in gameplay that really showed what stealth could do for gaming.

While other games had some of these elements previously, MGS was the first time I experienced them, so agree with paddyirishman.

But MGS is a game/series where stealth (loosely using the word) is only applied because the developers give you a gimpy view that means you can never really plan ahead and you have creep about. And stealth imo doesn't = hiding under a ****ing cardboard box ffs.

stainluss

MGS
****GTA 3****
Final Fantasy 8

thebman

Canis Lupus wrote: »

But MGS is a game/series where stealth (loosely using the word) is only applied because the developers give you a gimpy view that means you can never really plan ahead and you have creep about. And stealth imo doesn't = hiding under a ****ing cardboard box ffs.

lol in fairness that rarely works

Penn

Canis Lupus wrote: »

But MGS is a game/series where stealth (loosely using the word) is only applied because the developers give you a gimpy view that means you can never really plan ahead and you have creep about. And stealth imo doesn't = hiding under a ****ing cardboard box ffs.

Come on! Stealth isn't part of the game because of the camera view. The camera view is the way it is because of the stealth element. It means you can't just keep running about the place, you have to constantly stop and take a look around. It MAKES you plan ahead.

And the cardboard box is only a small element of the stealth, and in fairness, I rarely ever used it. Its not an essential part of the game and you're not forced into it. Its another way to play the game, if you so wish. Thats another great thing about MGS, it gives you loads of options to get to the same goal

F1ngers

jarecki1976 wrote: »

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I see what you did there...:pac:

Overheal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7s6-0KlNoM

tman

Fifa

EA changed gaming for the worse in my opinion by normalising the release of totally unessential sequels... Releasing 3 identikit games (road to the world cup etc) in the same year and having the public still lap them up is just plain shocking.

Nintendo seem to have lead the pack with their transitions of 2D franchises to 3D... Metroid Prime, Ocarina of Time and Mario Galaxy all showed how it should be done (yes, I said Galaxy, not 64!)

Ge6rge2515

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055762778/games-that-changed-gaming

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