What is the Citizen Kane of videogames?

I read this article on GamesRadar and it was very intersting

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-citizen-kanes-of-videogames/a-20090723134438115098

Out of the choices in the article Mario, but if i had to say one it would be Ocarina of time or final fantasy 7 or maybe pac man or something.

Mario

Gears of war 2 because it has blood and chainsaws and stuff.Wii_Gamer_277

Im going to say Legend of Zelda. Because that was like the first game of its kind, were you needed to save because it was so complex that it couldnt be beat in one sitting, it was a new kind of beast. It was the first real adventure in gaming imo.

Mario is more like Gone with the wind lmao

I guess there is more then one right answer but I don't agree with Mario, Citizen Kane was an evolution in techniques and story telling, camera work etc As inspired as the Mario's were and are, I just don't think it fits.

Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

Wow, if you haven't played Silent Hill 2 yet, you better not read that part of the article. Pretty much ruins the entire story in one parenthetical aside.

Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

Vaasman

Devil may cry :|:|

CoD4:|:|:|:| wow.....

Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

Vaasman

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Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

clubsammich91

That article had a lot of arguable points. Well maybe now some people will stop the nonsense that JRPs inspired WRPGs.

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"][QUOTE="Vaasman"]

Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

Stevo_the_gamer

Not only that but:

Pioneered: Innovative storytelling techniques that used multiple characters and perspectives, RPG-style multiplayer progression.

I have to laugh at the above criteria.

Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

That article is a microcosm of all that is wrong with gaming. :(

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"][QUOTE="Vaasman"]

Sorry but CoD 4 is not video games' Citizen Kane. No ****ing way.

Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="clubsammich91"] That list wasn't a top 10. It was just showing the innovative games over the years.clubsammich91

Addictive =/= innovation. And personally, no, I thought CoD 4's MP was hyper-streamlined and boring.

I'd say Tetris.

Cod4 got mentioned but no crysis for its extensive freedom in gameplay?

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"][QUOTE="clubsammich91"] That list wasn't a top 10. It was just showing the innovative games over the years.clubsammich91

From that list Ultima 3 easily, while the article says it had influence on all JRPGs, it forgets to mention that it had huge influence on WRPGS too. That said most of the article is pretty lame

I stopped taking this list seriously when they didn't even add Chrono Trigger, and for some reason they called Cod4 innovative? That is just so cute, they sound like they started playing FPS's recently. Call of duty 4 stole it;s RPG progression based Multiplayer from Rainbow Six, which by far has so much more depth than COD4. And I think Halo: Combat Evolved should replace COD4, considering it showed that not only really talented people can make FPS's on consoles(Goldeneye), but also simpleton's. Goldeneye should replace Half-Life 2, no offense. Other than that, some really bad choices, but also some good ones.

If there was anything comparable it would be the Gran Turismo franchise. It goes from

1: perfect

2: impossible (600 cars in one game)

3: best graphics seen in a game although sligtly less cars (my least fave)

4: hyper-perfect

PSP: (unreleased) ZOMFG!!! 800 CARS???

5: ZOMFG!!! 1K CARZ!?!?!?

5: (again) ZOMFG!!! F16s and NASCAR?!?!?

I reckon there hasn't been one yet, but Heavy Rain looks really good, and if it combines gameplay and story like it shows in the trailers i think it could be the Citizen Kane of games.

Legend of Zelda: OoT, LoZ: aLttP, PlaneScape Torment, XenoGears, Vagrant Story, FF6, Half Life 2IMO of course.

I would say Command and Conqure and Legend of Kane :P

Anyways I would really say Chrono Trigger, Sim City, and Half Life. Why is Call of Duty 4 on that list?

That's a pretty good list of influential games. The only one on there that blatantly doesn't belong is CoD4.

That's a pretty good list of influential games. The only one on there that blatantly doesn't belong is CoD4.

t3hTwinky

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That's a pretty good list of influential games. The only one on there that blatantly doesn't belong is CoD4.

Stevo_the_gamer

Ocarina of Time > Final Fantasy 7

Did they have to put multiple games from the same series?