Most Creative Ideas in Games

One of my favorites is being able to write something and have it appear in Scribblenauts. What is/are your favorite(s)?

Everything about FF7.

The entire concept of Assassins Creed.

Some parts of Little Big Planet levels are awesome.

I'd say the concept of Heavy Rain is the most creative thing I've seen this generation.

I'd say the concept of Heavy Rain is the most creative thing I've seen this generation.

lazyathew

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ACB multiplayer. Definitely something unique

LBP is pretty creative.

Katamari, LBP, Indigo Prophecy (The original Heavy Rain), and Nocturne's battle system.

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I'd say the concept of Heavy Rain is the most creative thing I've seen this generation.

nottu

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One the creative idea for games is the ability to choose different classes to do different things in multiplayer mode

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I'd say the concept of Heavy Rain is the most creative thing I've seen this generation.

nottu

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I'd say the concept of Heavy Rain is the most creative thing I've seen this generation.

lazyathew

Portal

Limbo

Stacking

Thief Series- what started the stealth genre...and still is at the top...

Deadly Premonition - for its astonishing story

Elder Scrolls games ( i consider them to be the ones that started open world, exploration-type RPGs, amazing games from Bethesda)

Quake 2 and Counter Strike (for their role in online multiplayer FPS games)

Being able to create your own levels in Lode Runner, spent hours just creating my own levels. Its map editor is far outshined by the likes in Little Big Planet and especially Starcraft 2, but the map editor will always have a place in my heart.

ACB multiplayer. Definitely something unique

francisoc

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood's multiplayer was neither unique or new, it was a dumbed down copy of The Ship's multiplayer.

Psychonauts with the milkman level being the jewel in the crown.

The shark gun from Armed and Dangerous. Play it and you'll see why.

Planescape: Torment - mainly for not having the usual save the world story.

Playing three characters in Dreamfall and controlling two of the characters during a conversation between them.

Guild Wars - for breaking the MMO mold and doing it well.

Thief for perfecting stealth gameplay.

Deus Ex for weaving elements from several genres and doing an excellent job.

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis for having three fully formed paths through the game that were nothing alike.

My favorite recent creative ideas in games have been:

--The universe in the Mass Effect series. Complex and sprawling with themes of politics, religion and faith, ethics, diplomacy, genocide, and war.

--Light-based fighting in Alan Wake. To kill enemies, you have to use light before you shoot them.

--Strategic dismemberment in Dead Space. It trains you off of "aim for the head."

Write anything, solve everything.

I'd say the concept of Heavy Rain is the most creative thing I've seen this generation.

lazyathew

Strategic dismemberment in Dead Space. It trains you off of "aim for the head."MathMattS

Write anything, solve everything.

turtlethetaffer

Yeah, I've never heard of Indigo Prophecy, but I'm looking into it. It doesn't seem to have branching paths like Heavy Rain from what I've gathered. But it seems to be similer style. But the branching paths is a pretty major part of Heavy Rain's design.

The game does look interesting though...

Yeah, I've never heard of Indigo Prophecy, but I'm looking into it. It doesn't seem to have branching paths like Heavy Rain from what I've gathered. But it seems to be similer style. But the branching paths is a pretty major part of Heavy Rain's design.

The game does look interesting though...

lazyathew

There were non-linear adventure titles in the 1990's .

Most creative you say? hmmmm

has to be This and Its Update.

even if you are not a fan, its still super epic!

The portal gun in Portal was a very creative idea.

Nothing I have seen listed in this thread so far, outdoes the Paintbrush in Okami.

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Yeah, I've never heard of Indigo Prophecy, but I'm looking into it. It doesn't seem to have branching paths like Heavy Rain from what I've gathered. But it seems to be similer style. But the branching paths is a pretty major part of Heavy Rain's design.

The game does look interesting though...

GeneralShowzer

There were non-linear adventure titles in the 1990's .

I feel that Portal and heavy rain are really creative games... :)