5 Games that forever changed gaming............

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halo

gears of war

forza

left 4 dead

crackdown

But you posting PS3 exclusives is fine? Okay, whatever you say little Cow...

1. HALO
2. HALO 2
3. HALO 3
4. HALO WARS
5. HALO 3 ODST

Halo is pretty much responsible for the generation only known for it's shooter titles causing the majority of developers to forget most genres and focus on shooters. Generic ones, decent ones, amazing ones, regardless their all just shooters.

1. HALO
2. HALO 2
3. HALO 3
4. HALO WARS
5. HALO 3 ODST

Pdiddy105

:lol:

You Sir are not a fanboy ;)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (innovative targeting/lock-on system, set the bar high for adventure games that has yet to be matched) Superzone

pong

space invaders

asteroids

pitfall(better than Mario)

wolfenstein 3D

5 games are too narrow, but i'll give it a try. here comes:

Doom : wolfenstein3d are the first person shooter, but Doom revolutionized it in every way. it alsoopened the multiplayer gaming madness, long before counter strike.

Super Mario: this was the basic in platform gaming. it always gets better and better in each system (Super Mario World, Mario Sunshine, Mario Galaxy).

Everquest : you'll never get your real life back ever again.

Tomb Raider : the game that launched a character that appeal everyone, even non-gamers.

Resident Evil : horror survival gaming at its best.

1) Spacewar -- First videogame ever.

1) Pong --- The first game that made its way to wide distribution. The success of Pong led to the birth of the first sets of game developers who made some of the very first games and/or consoles.

2) Pac-Man --First game to become extremely popular on an international level. There was a time when Japan had a shortage of coins because everyone spent them playing Pac-Man. Led to the great chip shortage in 1983. The USA was crazy about the game as well.

4) Wolfenstein 3D -- The first game of the First Person Shooter genre (Honerable mention goes to Myst)

5) Alpha Waves -- First 3D platformer.

Super Mario World - Obvious reasons.

Dune II - First modern real-time strategy game. Precursor to strategy games such as C&C, Starcraft and Warcraft

Doom - Obvious reasons.

EverQuest - It's a toss-up between this and Ultima, but I think EverQuest is the game that pumped life into the MMO genre.

Resident Evil - popularizing survival-horror

no matter what 5 you choose gta3 has to be in it

Super Mario Bros. (saved the industry)

Doom (Began the FPS)

Super Mario 64 (proved thumbsticks were required for 3D)

Pong (or Space Invaders possibly) [really started the industry]

The Legend of Zelda (Allowed saving)

I liked ur inclusion of gta 3 in there. I think people forget how much it changed the open world genre. And how its mission structure is still widely used today.

[QUOTE="ArisShadows"]I find your lack of Star Craft disturbing.AncientDozer

what no halo? thet revolutionized console FPS's.... mayceV

How'd it revolutionize console FPS? Rechargeable shield? :|

[QUOTE="mayceV"]what no halo? thet revolutionized console FPS's.... Shad0ki11

How'd it revolutionize console FPS? Rechargeable shield? :|

Tetris

Pacman

Super Mario Bros.

Donkey Kong

Legend of Zelda

No order

Pac Man

Final Fantasy 7

World of Warcraft

Halo CE

GTA 3

Pac Man - (not my favorite but it brought video games to the masses)

Super Mario Brothers - (probably single handedly saved the industry from collapse after Atari destroyed it)

7th Guest - (The first real playable game on CD-ROM, the visuals were mind blowing for the time. It probably sold more CD-ROM drives for computers than any other reason at the begining of the CD-ROM era)(guess a mention must go out to Myst, but 7th Guest was first)

Doom - (It started so many things, FPS, multiplayer, deathmatch, shareware try before you buy, etc.)

Grand Theft Auto - (Started open world gameplay)

There may have been other games before the above mentioned games that might have had some of the features first, but the games on the above list revolutionized their respective areas. Of course just my opinion.

1. Donkey Kong (the arcade game, first game with a plot)
2. Legend of Zelda (first explorable world)
3. Half-Life (gave context to everything in the gaming world creating unparallel immersion)
4. Fallout (heavy choice and consequence, the best roleplaying mechanics of any game I've ever played)
5. Deus Ex (unparallel interactivity, abillity to aproach any objective the way you felt like it)

zelda oot? i don't see what that game did for gaming