what do you think is the most influential game series this gen?

What do you think is the most influential game series this gen? I think its pretty close between call of duty and gears of war. Gears of war influenced games in their cover systems and horde modes.Like uncharteds cover and halo's firefight mode. First person shooters try to take elements from call of duty to make their game better. Like armor abilities in halo reach and the xp level systems in newer games. Cant think of any other game series that I see other games get an influence from.

Call of Duty, everyone wants to jump the Generic Millitary FPS Bandwagon now. Can't blame 'em, it's the money maker of this gen.

Call of Duty, everyone wants to jump the Generic Millitary FPS Bandwagon now. Can't blame 'em, it's the money maker of this gen.

FoolwithaLancer

...Yep, pretty much :P

Call of duty is the only correct answer do to the huge amount of games that attempts to copy it

Call of Duty, everyone wants to jump the Generic Millitary FPS Bandwagon now. Can't blame 'em, it's the money maker of this gen.

FoolwithaLancer

Who's "everyone"?

There was Homefront, and I guess the new Ghost Recon games take a lot from CoD, but what else? And don't say Battlefield since Battlefield has been here since before CoD.

CoD. The fact that you put Gears next to CoD is very questionable.

Call of duty is the only correct answer do to the huge amount of games that attempts to copy it

fueled-system

Call of Duty, everyone wants to jump the Generic Millitary FPS Bandwagon now. Can't blame 'em, it's the money maker of this gen.

FoolwithaLancer

Call of duty is the only correct answer do to the huge amount of games that attempts to copy it

fueled-system

what is the point of this poll

and lol at gears being influentional

I would say Call of Duty, but with that said, both of these titles had games from last gen, that influenced them greatly, such as RE4 ushering in the over the shoulder shooting.

and lol at gears being influentionalDiviniuz

[QUOTE="Diviniuz"]and lol at gears being influentionalGenesis-X

I don't buy that for a second. I am sure it influenced Uncharted a bit, but MGS4 not so much. RE4 influenced all of these titles more than GeOW did, no doubt.

[QUOTE="Genesis-X"][QUOTE="Diviniuz"]and lol at gears being influentionalNaveedLife

I don't buy that for a second. I am sure it influenced Uncharted a bit, but MGS4 not so much. RE4 influenced all of these titles more than GeOW did, no doubt.

Well, even as a rfan of both Gears and CoD, I feel you should have titled this thread, "Which of these series do you think has been more influential". Because you only listed two series and imo neither is the MOST influential this gen.

However between the two I would say Gears was more influential. Coming within the first year of this gen the cover system has made a bigger impact than even CoD's aim-down-scope mechanic. However by the next gen I think the ADS from CoD will be more prevelant. But as it stands I think Gears has had the bigger impact when speaking purely from a gamerplay standpoint.

I guess CoD just because of how many FPS's there are now. although it more popularized the genre than influenced it.

and imo neither is the MOST influential this gen.Darth-Samus

I guess CoD just because of how many FPS's there are now. although it more popularized the genre than influenced it.

turtlethetaffer

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I guess CoD just because of how many FPS's there are now. although it more popularized the genre than influenced it.

Ly_the_Fairy

Well then games similar to CoD, with leveling up and stuff like that. Don't tell me that FPS is as popular as last gen.

[QUOTE="Diviniuz"]and lol at gears being influentionalGenesis-X

please elaborate :roll:

[QUOTE="Genesis-X"][QUOTE="Diviniuz"]and lol at gears being influentionalDiviniuz

please elaborate :roll:

MGS has been around for quite some time...

Call of Duty! Terrible series, I don't see why anybody buy these games anymore. But since they are so popular every single developer tries to copy them and utterly fail! Why can't they realize that the people who want games like Call of Duty buy Call of Duty and that the the people who want different games buy different games.

COD for the not so best reasons.

Call of Duty because a lot of developers are taking elements and gameplay from it and putting it in their games.

COD, everyone wants to copy COD gameplay.

Everyone seems to have forgotten the most obvious answer:

Wii Sports

Both COD and GOW combined don't come anywhere near the kind of influence that Wii Sports has had on the gaming industry as a whole for these past five years.

But between COD and GOW, I'd choose GOW as the more influential, simply because the over-the-shoulder cover system that it popularized has been more influential than any possible mechanic COD may have popularized. Selling more copies does not make COD more influential.

I would argue that both Angry Birds and Xville (farmville ect) are more influential than any of those... despite being complete rip offs of previous games. Farmville made Facebook gaming as big as it is these days, and was a big part in making social gaming one of the most popular genres today. Angry Birds was a big part for iphone gaming.

Even if Gears of War wasnt created, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune would still have been created. Both Drake's Fortune and GeoW1 was heavily inspired by the first whac-a-mole, Killswitch.

Call of Duty. I feel like all GeoW did was Horde mode.Mr_Cumberdale

Gears of War popularized the whac-a-mole.

As for being innovative, neither was particulary innovative. Gears of War's horde mode has been done before and done better in Unreal Tournament's 2k4's invasion mode, the first game I played which had an invasion mode was Alien vs Predator's skirmish mode in 1999.

I would argue that both Angry Birds and Xville (farmville ect) are more influential than any of those... despite being complete rip offs of previous games. Farmville made Facebook gaming as big as it is these days, and was a big part in making social gaming one of the most popular genres today. Angry Birds was a big part for iphone gaming.

Even if Gears of War wasnt created, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune would still have been created. Both Drake's Fortune and GeoW1 was heavily inspired by the first whac-a-mole, Killswitch.

Maroxad

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I would argue that both Angry Birds and Xville (farmville ect) are more influential than any of those... despite being complete rip offs of previous games. Farmville made Facebook gaming as big as it is these days, and was a big part in making social gaming one of the most popular genres today. Angry Birds was a big part for iphone gaming.

Even if Gears of War wasnt created, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune would still have been created. Both Drake's Fortune and GeoW1 was heavily inspired by the first whac-a-mole, Killswitch.

Jag85

The most innovative games are not always the most influential. Despite being a clone of older games, I believe it was Farmville that made social gaming as big as it is today.

WoW is one of the most influential mmos of all time. But yet, it was not innovative in any shape or form.

What do you think is the most influential game series this gen? I think its pretty close between call of duty and gears of war. Gears of war influenced games in their cover systems and horde modes.Like uncharteds cover and halo's firefight mode. First person shooters try to take elements from call of duty to make their game better. Like armor abilities in halo reach and the xp level systems in newer games. Cant think of any other game series that I see other games get an influence from.

slipknot0129

Lol @ the poll. :lol:

Call of Duty is the same kind of game as Fifa or NHL - comes out every year and barely changes. It doesnt influence anything, because it doesnt do anything new. Its just milking the shooter genre.

Gears of War is quite influential for TPS genre, thats for sure. But I wouldnt call it one of the most influential games this gen.

I think its between Demons Souls (even The Witcher devs admitted they were highly influenced by it when developing The Witcher 2), Mass Effect (epic storytelling is one of the defining aspects of this gen) and Uncharted (which simply is the highest rated and most treasured new franchise of this generation).

Of the two, CoD. But we've had generally very few "influential" games like we had in the other generations. I don't find GeoW all that influential myself.

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[QUOTE="Maroxad"]

I would argue that both Angry Birds and Xville (farmville ect) are more influential than any of those... despite being complete rip offs of previous games. Farmville made Facebook gaming as big as it is these days, and was a big part in making social gaming one of the most popular genres today. Angry Birds was a big part for iphone gaming.

Even if Gears of War wasnt created, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune would still have been created. Both Drake's Fortune and GeoW1 was heavily inspired by the first whac-a-mole, Killswitch.

Maroxad

The most innovative games are not always the most influential. Despite being a clone of older games, I believe it was Farmville that made social gaming as big as it is today.

WoW is one of the most influential mmos of all time. But yet, it was not innovative in any shape or form.

I would say either Mass Effect or Bioshock.

Lol @ the poll. :lol:

Call of Duty is the same kind of game as Fifa or NHL - comes out every year and barely changes. It doesnt influence anything, because it doesnt do anything new. Its just milking the shooter genre.

Gears of War is quite influential for TPS genre, thats for sure. But I wouldnt call it one of the most influential games this gen.

I think its between Demons Souls (even The Witcher devs admitted they were highly influenced by it when developing The Witcher 2), Mass Effect (epic storytelling is one of the defining aspects of this gen) and Uncharted (which simply is the highest rated and most treasured new franchise of this generation).

BlbecekBobecek

It's Gears.... Horde mode? Taking Cover "stop n pop" gameplay? I dont see anyone emulating CoD, tbh.... of course there are other military shooters... but there always have been. And the only game I've seen that really has tried to emulate CoD this gen is Homefront.moistsandwich

Perks? Killstreaks? Loadouts? I don't remember these before CoD. They certaintly weren't anywhere near as popular. CoD is by far the most influential game this generation, though that isn't a good thing. As for Demon's Souls being the most influential.. Witcher 2 is only one game & the influence wasn't as blatent as Homefront, Halo Reach, Medal of Honor etc.

As for Uncharted.. What has it influenced? It just copied a bunch of genres. And it isn't the highest rated new franchise if you include the first. Gears of War is rated higher as a franchise (there may be others also), & most treasured is subjective, & doubt it's the most treasured to the majority.

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[QUOTE="Jag85"] In that case, the credit should go to Happy Farm, the first farming social network game. It was (and still is) hugely popular in China, and inspired most of the other farming social network games in other countries, like Farm Town and FarmVille. With that said though, Happy Farm itself was heavily influenced by the long-running Harvest Moon series (which has been around since the SNES era), though Happy Farm deserves credit for bringing that style of gaming to social networks.

Jag85

The most innovative games are not always the most influential. Despite being a clone of older games, I believe it was Farmville that made social gaming as big as it is today.

WoW is one of the most influential mmos of all time. But yet, it was not innovative in any shape or form.

But it did the most to make social gaming the phenomenon it is today. Right?

As said, a game does not need to be innovative to be influential. Heck most of the most influential games of all time were not innovative at all. Take Half Life for instance.

Everyone seems to have forgotten the most obvious answer:

Wii Sports

Both COD and GOW combined don't come anywhere near the kind of influence that Wii Sports has had on the gaming industry as a whole for these past five years.

But between COD and GOW, I'd choose GOW as the more influential, simply because the over-the-shoulder cover system that it popularized has been more influential than any possible mechanic COD may have popularized. Selling more copies does not make COD more influential.

Jag85

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

Everyone seems to have forgotten the most obvious answer:

Wii Sports

Both COD and GOW combined don't come anywhere near the kind of influence that Wii Sports has had on the gaming industry as a whole for these past five years.

But between COD and GOW, I'd choose GOW as the more influential, simply because the over-the-shoulder cover system that it popularized has been more influential than any possible mechanic COD may have popularized. Selling more copies does not make COD more influential.

exiledsnake

Wii sports paved the way for motion controls. And really gave them the push. Wii sports also inspired quite a few games. Not just on the wii, but also on the PS3 and 360.

Edit: I wouldnt say it is the most influential. But at the same time, I wouldnt say it has had no influence either.