Games that should have been the next Halo, Super Mario, or Ocarina of Time, but weren't.

[Tsaba]

My vote goes to Black

Spoiler

 

[Asuka Soryu]

I'd name this great game, but I can't remember it well. I got it 8 years ago.

My dad pawned it without my knowledge.

You basically ran around cities fighting in mechs, shooting eachother with anime character icons and the music was great. I had so much fun with that game. Wish I could remember the name. It was for the old Xbox.

It wasn't Phantom Crash was it ? Also that game, S.L.A.I., and Gungriffon Blaze were all very good mech games.

No. But thanks anyways.

 

[Rusty pumpkin]

well, lets see...
valve games
portal (i know, ignore it)
Dragon age origins
Amnesia dark descent (okay, maybe not, but it was the only good horror game in the last 2-4 years)
portal
... um, Metro 2033, for having a fallout 3 world in which the reason behind the nuclear apocalypse isn't as important as trying to survive. aka, the back story was "We got !@#$ed pretty bad" and i love it for that.
Minecraft, because it is the most addictive game with super pixel graphics ever. Sadly, its kinda obscure to most non-pc gamers, and to some pc gamers. (BUY NOW)
killing floor, for being the most genuinely terrifying multiplayer game ever, and for living up to its description of being a survival game and swiftly smacking your head whenever you think its halo or cod.

(this is pretty big, but whenever i see the sequels get X million sales, i think of all the games that defined my gaming life)

 

[DAOWAce]

THIS! A million times THIS!
I loved the Zone of the Enders games. Fast paced combat, and the enemies did seem to learn how you fought forcing you to mix up your combat tactics a little. High speed combat that smoothly transferred from long range to short and back to long range combat. What more could you want? Other than a sequel?

Don't know why I didn't see the first comment about ZoE..

I was stuck at the train for a few weeks. Damn games get harder as I get older for some reason, but hey, at least I have more anger management now.

I want another ZoE game. I can't recall ever playing anything like Zone of the Enders.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Yay! Its a thinly disguised VS thread!

No, it was an idea that came from me thinking about all the lesser known gems in the gaming industry.

 

[jebussaves88]

In order to reach the level of Halo, Ocarina and Super Mario, they have to define, or redefine their genre. Halo defined console FPS for nearly a decade, Ocarina of Time was the unreachable pinnacle of action adventure, and Mario has always been the one to beat in the platform genre. For me, I feel Left 4 Dead and its sequel define co-op, and should be seen as such. I may be a little glazey eyed over it, but I believe everyone should own those games.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

In order to reach the level of Halo, Ocarina and Super Mario, they have to define, or redefine their genre. Halo defined console FPS for nearly a decade, Ocarina of Time was the unreachable pinnacle of action adventure, and Mario has always been the one to beat in the platform genre. For me, I feel Left 4 Dead and its sequel define co-op, and should be seen as such. I may be a little glazey eyed over it, but I believe everyone should own those games.

Well said, but the point of the thread is for games that SHOULD have, as you put it "redefine their genre", but for some reason were ignored or unnoticed.

Timesplitters > Halo
Sweet Home > Final Fantasy
Klonoa > Mario (This last one is debateable but I just prefer Klonoa as a character.)

I remember getting upset at the ending of Klonoa... But that was a damn good game at the time.

OT, I'm going to preach Conkers Bad Fur Day to be greater than Mario 64. *Readies flameshield*

Oh and I prefer Dark Cloud to OOT.

I remember that Dark cloud 2 (or dark chronicles in some places) was AMAZING!

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Ack, sorry about the double post.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Sorry for the triple post, but I just remembered this:

The bad company series.

The 1st was a solid fun experience in single player and multiplayer, and story wise came off as a humorous parody of the time's call of duty and other serious shooters.

The multiplayer wasn't as fun as it's competitors, but it featured a imperssivce envoermential destruction system which, to date, I think EVERY FPS should be using.

The second game in the series I think takes it'self a tad to seriously, which would be fine if it didn't try to be as funny as the first game.

But the multi-player has be grinning like I was when I played 16 player team slayer of Coaglation for the first time in Halo 2

If FPS's were board games, Halo and COD would be checkers, but BBC would be chess: it requires stragy and thought.

How should I blow a hole in that wall? should I use a smokescreen? should I sneack undenetin and plant c4 under the floor?

I can't put into words how fun it is to plant c4 in just the right spots in a 3 story building, run up the stairs and a ladder to the roof, snipe off the opposing team, then right as the entirety of them storm up thee stairs, jump and parachute off the roof and detonate the c4, sending the building collapsing unto the team.

It's just that awesome.