The most important game of the decade?

In my opinion, the original Operation Flashpoint from 2001. The first real battlefield sim game with all sorts of playlable combat vehicles and the first game that proved that punishing realism can make a fun game too. Infact the core concept is so good they barely changed it for the unofficial successors (ArmA series).

Modern Warfare 2. Tough lesson on how NOT to make a sequel.

Looks like there is a little missunderstanding of this thread. This is not a joke topic, I'm actually asking you which game was the most important in the last ten years in your opinion :)

Wii Sports is the only answer. savebattery

Agreed.

I would say Halo since it was the one that drag FPS to the forefront.

I would say Halo since it was the one that drag FPS to the forefront.

wiouds

id say the orangebox.. and more importantly steam.. nothing has been as influential in gaming as steam and Digital download gaming. i use steam as it is the largest of these systems, the most successful, and argueably the first.

steam has shown us the way to a better way of gaming and playing the games we want and how to get them.. xbl psn, wii store, d2d, impulse. gfwl.. they all just imitatin

I'm surprised nobody has said GTA 3 yet. Seriously, is there any other answer? GTA 3 completely changed gaming. It was revolutionary, essentially created a genre and was also super duper popular. How many open world games do we see today? Tons. All thanks to GTA 3. Words alone cant describe how groundbreaking and how important GTA 3 was to gaming.

I'm surprised nobody has said GTA 3 yet. Seriously, is there any other answer? GTA 3 completely changed gaming. It was revolutionary, essentially created a genre and was also super duper popular. How many open world games do we see today? Tons. All thanks to GTA 3. Words alone cant describe how groundbreaking and how important GTA 3 was to gaming.

burgeg

This is the correct answer.

I'm surprised no one has said the most obvious answer: World of Warcraft

Love the game or hate the game. You cannot deny it's importance and impact on the game industry and community. It is hands down one of the most successful media products even released. Shattered records, made money on a level most of us can't even fathom, and has proven its staying power over the years. People who don't and have never even played a video game in their entire life play WoW alongside the most hardcore gaming fanatics. Most importantly it brought a relitivly niche genre into the spotlight and now every developer and publisher is trying to cash in on it.

I don't much care for WoW. Played it for about 6 months and got bored. But I certainly can't deny it's importance.

Think its clearly elder scrolls series..Its the main rpg of this erra..Its clearly sold millions of copies..From morrowind to oblivion now to elder scrolls five..Its shined through many decades..Its been one of the few series to with stand the test of time..It will sell for a long time to come..

Think its clearly elder scrolls series..Its the main rpg of this erra..Its clearly sold millions of copies..From morrowind to oblivion now to elder scrolls five..Its shined through many decades..Its been one of the few series to with stand the test of time..It will sell for a long time to come..

Gladestone1

This is supposed to be the most important game of the decade not the most succesful and the elder scrolls game that had the most impact on gaming would probably be Daggerfall and that came out in 1996.

Game of the decade = Metroid Prime (without question)

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Most important Game of the Decade = Grand Theft Auto III

I'm surprised no one has said the most obvious answer: World of Warcraft

Love the game or hate the game. You cannot deny it's importance and impact on the game industry and community.

keech

WoW would be second to GTA III as most important, though WoW had a major impact in PC gaming, GTA III had major importance in all gaming platforms.

Also, although its not the most important, original Guitar Hero deserves some kudos.

In my opinion, the original Operation Flashpoint from 2001. The first real battlefield sim game with all sorts of playlable combat vehicles and the first game that proved that punishing realism can make a fun game too. Infact the core concept is so good they barely changed it for the unofficial successors (ArmA series).

nameless12345

great game....but highly specialized for such a sweeping question.

I would say Halo since it was the one that drag FPS to the forefront.

wiouds

DOOM (late 1993) was the game that brought FPS to the forefront. Huge seller and pretty much created the PC Gaming market on a wide scale.

World of Warcraft. That thing is a BEAST.

whats the biggest genre in gaming now?? Online shooters of course, and who brought that to the forefront? Halo. No other game revolutionized fps like halo.

whats the biggest genre in gaming now?? Online shooters of course, and who brought that to the forefront? Halo. No other game revolutionized fps like halo.

pl4yer_f0und

false that was quake arena, ut and specifically cs 1.6 that brought online shooters to the forefront, halo brought attention to the consoles by creating a serious alternative to pc shooters

I would say world of warcraft (2004), Deus Ex(2000), GTA III(2001), Half Life 2 and with it steam(2004), Orange Box(2007), Warcraft 3(2002), CS 1.6(1999~2000), Halo 2 (2004)

I'd probably say Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. To me that was a game that was groundbreaking in every possible way, and from a graphics standpoint amazing. But I could also say Grand Theft Auto III for pioneering the "sand-box" era.

whats the biggest genre in gaming now?? Online shooters of course, and who brought that to the forefront? Halo. No other game revolutionized fps like halo.

pl4yer_f0und

Online shooters are nothing new though. Quake was already online enabled and highly popular back then. Halo was just a revolution for console shooters.

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In my opinion, the original Operation Flashpoint from 2001. The first real battlefield sim game with all sorts of playlable combat vehicles and the first game that proved that punishing realism can make a fun game too. Infact the core concept is so good they barely changed it for the unofficial successors (ArmA series).

AFBrat77

great game....but highly specialized for such a sweeping question.

I picked it because it is yet to be matched by the competition (counting out the ArmA series). Maybe in a few years Call of Duty and Medal of Honor will finaly match it :P

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whats the biggest genre in gaming now?? Online shooters of course, and who brought that to the forefront? Halo. No other game revolutionized fps like halo.

planetjumper

false that was quake arena, ut and specifically cs 1.6 that brought online shooters to the forefront, halo brought attention to the consoles by creating a serious alternative to pc shooters

I would say world of warcraft (2004), Deus Ex(2000), GTA III(2001), Half Life 2 and with it steam(2004), Orange Box(2007), Warcraft 3(2002), CS 1.6(1999~2000), Halo 2 (2004)

Also worth pointing out almost everything the original Halo was praised for, Half-Life did first. Only reason Halo took off is because it was the first to do it on a console and had one of the most massive marketing campaigns in video game history at the time.

I like Halo and all. But it didn't really do anything new, it just took what FPS games had been doing on the PC and brought it to consoles.

World of Warcraft. That thing is a BEAST.

ArchonOver

[QUOTE="ArchonOver"]

World of Warcraft. That thing is a BEAST.

blaqphantom

World of Warcraft for the sheer quality of the game and the work that's went into it. Blizzard created a game that appeals and is played by a large variety of players from young to old, male and female and hardcore to casual. They've introduced large amounts of free content and kept a high level of quality throughout its lifetime. The game has been maintained better than any other game even close to its scale and player base with regular patches, weekly maintenance, security and in-game support across hundreds of servers in the EU, America and Australia and Asia. It has gained fame throughout the world not just in gaming related media and has made appearances in TV shows and movies. It is a game which has made developers think about the genre, as well as developers outside of the MMO genre. The Warcraft story, characters, locations and history has been told and expanded upon through a new perspective and allowed players of the game to get a more up close look at the world. The most successful subscription based game ever developed and the most successful game of its genre ever released, it holds numerous awards from gaming publications as well as praise from reviewers. It has had record breaking sales for its expansion packs even years after release of the original game, as well a steady increase in subscribers over a long period of more than 6 years. It is also a well known game to bring non-games players to gaming despite it's massive scale and depth, this can be attributed to it's excellent interface and accessibility.

World of Warcraft for the sheer quality of the game and the work that's went into it. Blizzard created a game that appeals and is played by a large variety of players from young to old, male and female and hardcore to casual. They've introduced large amounts of free content and kept a high level of quality throughout its lifetime. The game has been maintained better than any other game even close to its scale and player base with regular patches, weekly maintenance, security and in-game support across hundreds of servers in the EU, America and Australia and Asia. It has gained fame throughout the world not just in gaming related media and has made appearances in TV shows and movies. It is a game which has made developers think about the genre, as well as developers outside of the MMO genre. The Warcraft story, characters, locations and history has been told and expanded upon through a new perspective and allowed players of the game to get a more up close look at the world. The most successful subscription based game ever developed and the most successful game of its genre ever released, it holds numerous awards from gaming publications as well as praise from reviewers. It has had record breaking sales for its expansion packs even years after release of the original game, as well a steady increase in subscribers over a long period of more than 6 years. It is also a well known game to bring non-games players to gaming despite it's massive scale and depth, this can be attributed to it's excellent interface and accessibility.

-Unreal-

That being said, i still don't think it quite had the overall impact of Grand Theft Auto III

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[QUOTE="pl4yer_f0und"]

whats the biggest genre in gaming now?? Online shooters of course, and who brought that to the forefront? Halo. No other game revolutionized fps like halo.

keech

false that was quake arena, ut and specifically cs 1.6 that brought online shooters to the forefront, halo brought attention to the consoles by creating a serious alternative to pc shooters

I would say world of warcraft (2004), Deus Ex(2000), GTA III(2001), Half Life 2 and with it steam(2004), Orange Box(2007), Warcraft 3(2002), CS 1.6(1999~2000), Halo 2 (2004)

Also worth pointing out almost everything the original Halo was praised for, Half-Life did first. Only reason Halo took off is because it was the first to do it on a console and had one of the most massive marketing campaigns in video game history at the time.

I like Halo and all. But it didn't really do anything new, it just took what FPS games had been doing on the PC and brought it to consoles.

This is true, the original Quake, Half-Life, Counterstrike, and UT 1999 are the major games that impacted FPS's in the late 90's, but Halo in 2001 wasn't really anything special, it did good with what was there though (at least co-op), though I still think the single-player level design was pitifully weak.

[QUOTE="pl4yer_f0und"]

whats the biggest genre in gaming now?? Online shooters of course, and who brought that to the forefront? Halo. No other game revolutionized fps like halo.

Online shooters are nothing new though. Quake was already online enabled and highly popular back then. Halo was just a revolution for console shooters.

It's impossible to distill an entire decade of gaming into a single title.

I'd actually submit it's impossible to distill the last ten remarkable years into ten or even twenty titles. There are simply too many important releases, many of which have had a lasting effect on the medium.

Most of the answers furnished thus far are great responses but for every quality game mentioned we automatically omit a dozen (or more) titles that deserve just as much praise.

GTA3 is the right answer

Big Rigs: Over the road racing.RandoIph

In spite of this not being a joke thread and all, this is probably one of the most important games, it shows how even if you make a crappy game-as long as it's got an attractive cover it will sell.

GTA 3 reveloutionized the whole sandbox game thingy, before there was only spiderman.

For FPS i gotta say COD 4.

You can argue with me, but you cant win.

In my opinion, the original Operation Flashpoint from 2001. The first real battlefield sim game with all sorts of playlable combat vehicles and the first game that proved that punishing realism can make a fun game too. Infact the core concept is so good they barely changed it for the unofficial successors (ArmA series).

nameless12345

Don't forget the expanision mods! :D

I thought I was alone in this regard. This game really brought a lot to the table for next generation games.

The thing that killed it was its prohibitively high system requirements.

In terms of importance, gotta also go with San Andreas. Do anything game.

technically it should be between:

Diablo II

Battlefield 1942 (never actually played it, but its the first BF game)

MGS4

Uncharted 1/2

WoW

guitar hero

Halo CE

Resident Evil 4

But for me it would be Diablo II.

I think a lot of fanboyism is starting to make this thread irrelevant. The most important game, is a game that shapes the future. Not more of the same.

Wii Sports is my answer.

Wii and it's little companion Wii Sports gave rise to the "next generation" of sorts, that being Kinect and Move. And has got so many people into gaming.

[QUOTE="-Unreal-"]

World of Warcraft for the sheer quality of the game and the work that's went into it. Blizzard created a game that appeals and is played by a large variety of players from young to old, male and female and hardcore to casual. They've introduced large amounts of free content and kept a high level of quality throughout its lifetime. The game has been maintained better than any other game even close to its scale and player base with regular patches, weekly maintenance, security and in-game support across hundreds of servers in the EU, America and Australia and Asia. It has gained fame throughout the world not just in gaming related media and has made appearances in TV shows and movies. It is a game which has made developers think about the genre, as well as developers outside of the MMO genre. The Warcraft story, characters, locations and history has been told and expanded upon through a new perspective and allowed players of the game to get a more up close look at the world. The most successful subscription based game ever developed and the most successful game of its genre ever released, it holds numerous awards from gaming publications as well as praise from reviewers. It has had record breaking sales for its expansion packs even years after release of the original game, as well a steady increase in subscribers over a long period of more than 6 years. It is also a well known game to bring non-games players to gaming despite it's massive scale and depth, this can be attributed to it's excellent interface and accessibility.

AFBrat77

That being said, i still don't think it quite had the overall impact of Grand Theft Auto III

I think a lot of fanboyism is starting to make this thread irrelevant. The most important game, is a game that shapes the future. Not more of the same.

m25105

[QUOTE="RandoIph"]Big Rigs: Over the road racing.allthatdown

In spite of this not being a joke thread and all, this is probably one of the most important games, it shows how even if you make a crappy game-as long as it's got an attractive cover it will sell.

Grand Theft Auto 3
World of Warcraft (as much as I hate it) for setting the standard for the modern Theme Park MMO
Halo: Combat Evolved for popularizing several concepts in the FPS genre and popularizing shooters on consoles

Big Rigs: Over the road racing.RandoIph

It's GTA III no argument.

Not only did it create the sandbox genre, but it was the first truly IMMERSIVE 3D gaming experience. Not only did it spawn its own genre, but it has also influenced just about every action/crime game you can think of in some way.

WoW is successful and it is important, but MMO's in general are not very popular.

Just think back to the first time you play GTA III and how blown away you were. That game made me fall in love with gaming and it set the bar so high that it took years for other games to catch up.