Gamepro's 12 games that 'break all the rules' (Are innovative)

Gamepro made a list of 12 games that are breaking all the rules (Aka being innovative) -- heres their list (no particular order)

• Assassin's Creed - Innovations: Defensive Combat, Extreme Environmental Interaction, and Social Stealth
• Stranglehold - Innovations: Infinitely Destructible Enviornments, Gunfire Combos, and Auto Slow-mo
• Fracture - Innovations: Similar to Stranglehold
• Bioshock - Innovations: Morally Challenging Gameplay, Strategic Customizing of Weapons, and Dynamic Enemy Behaviour
• Spore - Innovations: Similar to Bioshock (GP, not me)
• COD4:Modern Warefare - Innovations: Expostion and Storytelling, Multiplayer meets RPG
• Left 4 Dead: Similar to COD4:MW
• Metroid Prime 3 - Innovations: Ultra Smooth FPS shooting, Lock-on Free aiming, and Direct Interaction with Objects
• MGS4 - Innovations: The octocamo suit, Emotional AI
• Halo 3 - Innovations: Video Sharing, Community Tools
• LittleBigPlanet - Innovations: similar to Halo 3 :?
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Is this a magazine that just makes stuff up to fill pages or what?

Ill eat my own face if COD4 'breaks all the rules'. Give me a break.

they forgot crysis, so i label it BS.

That list doesnt even make sense....

I agree with almost all, except:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

I don't think they understand what the word "innovation" truly means. It is to create or do something which is unique or new.

A lot of what they have listed are either small gimmick add-on's to games, or are just representative of doing some good but not being innovative.Having a good story telling element in COD4 does not make it innovative. I can think of plenty of other FPS that have done that. Being merely good at something is not innovation in itself.

I don't understand the LBP - Halo 3 connection...

I don't understand the LBP - Halo 3 connection...

XenogearsMaster

I think it's the community aspect, and Halo 3 lets you create your own characters and stuff. I don't know a whole lot about Halo 3 since I haven't looked into it much though.

I guess they don't know that Lock-on free aiming was done in red steel before Metroid Prime.Smoke_ManMuscle

yeah but it was in the godfather for the Wii as well -- but i guess its better in MP3? I dunno, some of the things behind the article are weird.

Gamepro made a list of 12 games that are breaking all the rules (Aka being innovative) -- heres their list (no particular order)

• Assassin's Creed - Innovations: Defensive Combat, Extreme Environmental Interaction, and Social Stealth
• Stranglehold - Innovations: Infinitely Destructible Enviornments, Gunfire Combos, and Auto Slow-mo
• Fracture - Innovations: Similar to Stranglehold
• Bioshock - Innovations: Morally Challenging Gameplay, Strategic Customizing of Weapons, and Dynamic Enemy Behaviour
• Spore - Innovations: Similar to Bioshock (GP, not me)
• COD4:Modern Warefare - Innovations: Expostion and Storytelling, Multiplayer meets RPG
• Left 4 Dead: Similar to COD4:MW
• Metroid Prime 3 - Innovations: Ultra Smooth FPS shooting, Lock-on Free aiming, and Direct Interaction with Objects
• MGS4 - Innovations: The octocamo suit, Emotional AI
• Halo 3 - Innovations: Video Sharing, Community Tools
• LittleBigPlanet - Innovations: similar to Halo 3 :?
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

So, what do you think? Agree or disagree?Haziqonfire

Halo 3, Metroid Prime 3, Stranglehold, COD4 and Quake Wars don't belong up there.

I'd take ET: Quake Wars out. Honestly, the game is so similar to Battlefiend and Wolfestein: Enemy Territory. CoD 4 - multiplayer meets RPG? I don't understand, if you mean gaining exp and having the ability to upgrade your weapons then it's done before.Supafly1

about COD4 -- they say " one of the most promising innovations in COD4 is its RPG-inspired online mode, which allows you to build a custom solider from scratch. RPG stats, like strength and dexterity , are key to expanding your soldiers abilities"

they forgot crysis, so i label it BS.

A_Gamerz_soul

How does crysis break all the rules? teh 1337 grafix!111111127 lolz. No, games like Shadow of the Collosus... which have an actual art style. Crysis doesn't even look fun, it's like a tech demo.

i've seen character customization in mods for halflife before

in fact, when they were explaining it for cod4, it sounded similar to desert crisis

[QUOTE="XenogearsMaster"]

I don't understand the LBP - Halo 3 connection...

BioShockOwnz

I think it's the community aspect, and Halo 3 lets you create your own characters and stuff. I don't know a whole lot about Halo 3 since I haven't looked into it much though.

Forge thing,lets you customize things inside the map.

[QUOTE="BioShockOwnz"][QUOTE="XenogearsMaster"]

I don't understand the LBP - Halo 3 connection...

ProductNumber49

I think it's the community aspect, and Halo 3 lets you create your own characters and stuff. I don't know a whole lot about Halo 3 since I haven't looked into it much though.

Forge thing,lets you customize things inside the map.

how is that revolutionary? PC games have been doing that for the past 10 years. And LBP is much deeper than Halo 3 Forge.

you are absolutely joking.

here i was expecting stuff along the lines of okami, shadow of the colossus, etc..:|

you are absolutely joking.

here i was expecting stuff along the lines of okami, shadow of the colossus, etc..:|

distrbdslipsoad

i know right. Halo 3 is innovative? how do these people have a magazine?

Halo 3? :lol:marioraider

name any other console FPS that has a video editing mode, allows you to save videos, allows you to send those saved films, and has a map editor...

[QUOTE="marioraider"]Halo 3? :lol:hockeyruler12

name any other console FPS that has a video editing mode, allows you to save videos, allows you to send those saved films, and has a map editor...

Name another console FPS period 0_o. What..timesplitters? honestly Halo has never had console competition.

Plus, gamepro said most ground breaking games. Not just on consoles. FPSs on PC have done everything Halo has done and more in the past 10 years. And consoles are just NOW getting editing tools? gg.

[QUOTE="distrbdslipsoad"]

you are absolutely joking.

here i was expecting stuff along the lines of okami, shadow of the colossus, etc..:|

HoldThePhone

i know right. Halo 3 is innovative? how do these people have a magazine?

apparently all you have to do now-a-days to be recognized as "innovative", is to throw in a video editor mode.:roll: halo is a tried and true formula, literally adding nothing fresh to the FPS genre. that's not to say that it won't stop me from playing the hell out of it...but there are far more deserving titles out there.

[QUOTE="hockeyruler12"]

[QUOTE="marioraider"]Halo 3? :lol:HoldThePhone

name any other console FPS that has a video editing mode, allows you to save videos, allows you to send those saved films, and has a map editor...

Name another console FPS period 0_o. What..timesplitters? honestly Halo has never had console competition.

Plus, gamepro said most ground breaking games. Not just on consoles. FPSs on PC have done everything Halo has done and more in the past 10 years. And consoles are just NOW getting editing tools? gg.

there are a bunch of console FPS...too many

I'd definitely take out at least half the games trhere and throw in Mass Effect for its digital actors, Fable for its one button fighting, No More Heroes for being the most socially-awkward game to play in front of others and BFME2/C&C3 for getting RTS's to work on consoles.

Wait a minute, wasn't gamepro the one that just rated Lair poorly because they had to use motion controls?

So.....if that's the case Metroid Prime 3 is doomed right?

Wait a minute, wasn't gamepro the one that just rated Lair poorly because they had to use motion controls?

So.....if that's the case Metroid Prime 3 is doomed right?

darthogre

i guess it's motion controls arn't innovative if they arn't done well by gamepro standards. These people are worse than G4.

I've said it before, I'll say it again...

Gamepro is the gaming equivalent of the National enquirer, nothing it writes is worth the ink and paper it took to make it.

Halo 3? :lol:marioraider

I laught at you sir, Halo although just a FPS to some it has managed to build a community system that goes unrivalled by any console games. That is one of the reasons people still play so much Halo to this day, Halo 3 is adding both forge and media sharing which so far is unprecedented tools to the consumer

Gamepro made a list of 12 games that are breaking all the rules (Aka being innovative) -- heres their list (no particular order)

• Assassin's Creed - Innovations: Defensive Combat, Extreme Environmental Interaction, and Social Stealth
• Stranglehold - Innovations: Infinitely Destructible Enviornments, Gunfire Combos, and Auto Slow-mo
• Fracture - Innovations: Similar to Stranglehold
• Bioshock - Innovations: Morally Challenging Gameplay, Strategic Customizing of Weapons, and Dynamic Enemy Behaviour
• Spore - Innovations: Similar to Bioshock (GP, not me)
• COD4:Modern Warefare - Innovations: Expostion and Storytelling, Multiplayer meets RPG
• Left 4 Dead: Similar to COD4:MW
• Metroid Prime 3 - Innovations: Ultra Smooth FPS shooting, Lock-on Free aiming, and Direct Interaction with Objects
• MGS4 - Innovations: The octocamo suit, Emotional AI
• Halo 3 - Innovations: Video Sharing, Community Tools
• LittleBigPlanet - Innovations: similar to Halo 3 :?
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

So, what do you think? Agree or disagree?Haziqonfire

Lol, Halo 3's innovative features have nothing to do with the actual gameplay :lol:

talk about a rehash. 8.5 confirmed.

[QUOTE="Smoke_ManMuscle"]I guess they don't know that Lock-on free aiming was done in red steel before Metroid Prime.Haziqonfire

yeah but it was in the godfather for the Wii as well -- but i guess its better in MP3? I dunno, some of the things behind the article are weird.

Nah, Godfather didn't do exactly that. It allowed you to shoot a specific part of the thing you were locked on to, but not outside of that lock-on.

COD4? Halo 3? Quake Wars?

How are those innovative. If you want truly innovative games, look at Crush, and Super Paper Mario. Many games on that list, like LBP, and Assasins Creed, I'll grant, but others are quite generic.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]

Gamepro made a list of 12 games that are breaking all the rules (Aka being innovative) -- heres their list (no particular order)

• Assassin's Creed - Innovations: Defensive Combat, Extreme Environmental Interaction, and Social Stealth
• Stranglehold - Innovations: Infinitely Destructible Enviornments, Gunfire Combos, and Auto Slow-mo
• Fracture - Innovations: Similar to Stranglehold
• Bioshock - Innovations: Morally Challenging Gameplay, Strategic Customizing of Weapons, and Dynamic Enemy Behaviour
• Spore - Innovations: Similar to Bioshock (GP, not me)
• COD4:Modern Warefare - Innovations: Expostion and Storytelling, Multiplayer meets RPG
• Left 4 Dead: Similar to COD4:MW
• Metroid Prime 3 - Innovations: Ultra Smooth FPS shooting, Lock-on Free aiming, and Direct Interaction with Objects
• MGS4 - Innovations: The octocamo suit, Emotional AI
• Halo 3 - Innovations: Video Sharing, Community Tools
• LittleBigPlanet - Innovations: similar to Halo 3 :?
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

So, what do you think? Agree or disagree?jliebel

Halo 3, Metroid Prime 3, Stranglehold, COD4 and Quake Wars don't belong up there.

Metroid does. If it had been another, standard FPS, Metroid would've been the talk of the town because of it's awesome control scheme.

But since it's a single-player adventure game, it'll only make a fizzle.

[QUOTE="A_Gamerz_soul"]

they forgot crysis, so i label it BS.

leejohnson7

How does crysis break all the rules? teh 1337 grafix!111111127 lolz. No, games like Shadow of the Collosus... which have an actual art style. Crysis doesn't even look fun, it's like a tech demo.