7 Games that Changed the World (according to Yahoo)
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It's the fact it almost works which makes it borderline funny. "My mom is a... buzz-line intended to induce sensationalism... oh, I can kinda see how the word 'sensationalism' is almost like sensation, yes, that almost works."TheMatt said:
though everquest was around before world of warcraft, wow took everything that mmorpgs did and did them better. I honestly dont believe we would see the multitude of online games that exist today if it hadnt been for wow. plus, im fairly certain that if you looked hard enough, you could find an online game that predated everquest. arguing about who came first is a dead end, but no one can deny the size of wow. its undisputed, hence it makes the list.
I think mario would have been near the list too. he certainly changed gaming by basically inventing platforming, but that still had little reprecussion outside of the gaming world. keep in mind folks, its not a top 7 games ever list. its a list of games that changed the way the rest of the world thinks about gaming. and in that respect I think its pretty good.
I think mario would have been near the list too. he certainly changed gaming by basically inventing platforming, but that still had little reprecussion outside of the gaming world. keep in mind folks, its not a top 7 games ever list. its a list of games that changed the way the rest of the world thinks about gaming. and in that respect I think its pretty good.
WoW borrowed from EQ and DAoC (but made it significantly less painful. WoW is only a "grindfest" if you've never played games that ACTUALLY require grinding to reach the top. But... EQ and DAoC and all those games borrowed from Ultima Online. Which borrowed from Meridian.
What WoW did that was noteworthy, though, was it exploded the popularity of MMOs. For all EQ and DAoC were addictive and popular (by their contemporary standards), they never had entire South Park episodes dedicated to them. I think it unquestionably deserves to be on the list.
Others, though... DDR? really? And no SMB is really a glaring omission.
What WoW did that was noteworthy, though, was it exploded the popularity of MMOs. For all EQ and DAoC were addictive and popular (by their contemporary standards), they never had entire South Park episodes dedicated to them. I think it unquestionably deserves to be on the list.
Others, though... DDR? really? And no SMB is really a glaring omission.
That might have been true at first, but when they raised the level cap, they brought the grind. What was something like 300 hours at release became what - 1000 hours now?CantFaketheFunk said:
Granted, their casual-friendly initial grind did encourage the genre to embark down that road, so I guess that's something.
What E.T. for the Atari 2600 isn't there? It showed the world how bad we could really fuck up a game.
Top 3:
1. Dune2. It is not only the very first RTS with base construction, it was also quality and very popular.
2. Rogue. First of it's kind and spawned the RPG genre. Not well known at the time ofcourse, since computers were for scientists at the time.
3. Doom. Not the first FPS, but the first FPS that did everything right and reached a huge audience. Fast code. Textured floors and ceilings. Z-axis. Variety of weapon types.
That's the 3 most succesful super genres into the 21st century accounted for.
Honerable mentions: pong, pitfall, kings quest, tetris
1. Dune2. It is not only the very first RTS with base construction, it was also quality and very popular.
2. Rogue. First of it's kind and spawned the RPG genre. Not well known at the time ofcourse, since computers were for scientists at the time.
3. Doom. Not the first FPS, but the first FPS that did everything right and reached a huge audience. Fast code. Textured floors and ceilings. Z-axis. Variety of weapon types.
That's the 3 most succesful super genres into the 21st century accounted for.
Honerable mentions: pong, pitfall, kings quest, tetris
Super Mario was the birth of Platform games, The sims was the birth (or at least the perfection) of life simulation games (you'll probably say that it's the ONLY life sim game, but you forget that many games include life sim elements), Dune 2 was the birth of the rts. the rest I agree with though. except for putting Guitar Hero AND DDR, pick one, they're both simulation games, the only difference is one is dance and the other is playing music...