If you could choose 1 game to be wiped from history forever... What would it be?
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I don't care who's gonna bash 'em, I love Halo, Final Fantasy, Gears of War, and just about any shooter/rpg series that people love to hate on.
There's a couple of games though that I'd love to wipe out:
The EA Sports franchises: All of 'em. People complaining about Halo bringing the fratboys into things obviously haven't been looking at these. We do NOT need new ones every year.
The Pokemon series: Nintendo-syndrome at its worst. Re-releasing the same game over and over with slightly different characters and a somewhat-altered map.
Guitar Hero/Rock Band: If only to end the bickering between the fanboys and the music purists.
There's a couple of games though that I'd love to wipe out:
The EA Sports franchises: All of 'em. People complaining about Halo bringing the fratboys into things obviously haven't been looking at these. We do NOT need new ones every year.
The Pokemon series: Nintendo-syndrome at its worst. Re-releasing the same game over and over with slightly different characters and a somewhat-altered map.
Guitar Hero/Rock Band: If only to end the bickering between the fanboys and the music purists.
Sigh, somehow I knew that I'd see Halo and WoW up here, and suddenly I feel kinda old. To truly change history, you need to start at the root, and that's why I'd choose one of these:
Everquest/Ragnarok Online both were among the first MMO's to make a big impact in MMO history. Everquest for Western audiences, Ragnarok Online for Eastern, (and PSO for console, but I <3 PSO so shh). Both had elements that would later infect the market (for Everquest it was buying/selling things on "Ebay" for real money, Ragnarok it was endless grinding leading to botting), and cause a strange rift in the market that WoW resolved (and subsequently why there's a ridiculous amount of players in the US and Asia). Even though I've sampled both of them, I'd still axe EQ over RO.
As for shooters: even if you hate shooters, you can't hate Goldeneye for what it was. It was a supremely crafted shooter with a good story and awesome multiplayer on a CONSOLE. If I could change history, I would have had Rare become the next hot company (and have Bungie go further down the path with more games like Oni). If I couldn't, then I'd eliminate UT2k3. UT is a classic that belongs in the archives with QIII,etc. but everything devolved from there (there were a few nice perks in 2k4, but it just felt tired). CS and Halo are actually decent games when viewed on their own.
As for RPGs: If I could change video game history, I would have modified the N64/stopped FF from going over from Nintendo to Sony. I seriously believe that FFVII's acclaim was the product of Sony's hype bandwagon + 3D + having an epic and decent game (I'm not saying that it wasn't deserving of praise, just not so much). If I couldn't...then I'd probably have to go with FO:Brotherhood of Steel. It was so...meh. Or maybe FFXI?
Everquest/Ragnarok Online both were among the first MMO's to make a big impact in MMO history. Everquest for Western audiences, Ragnarok Online for Eastern, (and PSO for console, but I <3 PSO so shh). Both had elements that would later infect the market (for Everquest it was buying/selling things on "Ebay" for real money, Ragnarok it was endless grinding leading to botting), and cause a strange rift in the market that WoW resolved (and subsequently why there's a ridiculous amount of players in the US and Asia). Even though I've sampled both of them, I'd still axe EQ over RO.
As for shooters: even if you hate shooters, you can't hate Goldeneye for what it was. It was a supremely crafted shooter with a good story and awesome multiplayer on a CONSOLE. If I could change history, I would have had Rare become the next hot company (and have Bungie go further down the path with more games like Oni). If I couldn't, then I'd eliminate UT2k3. UT is a classic that belongs in the archives with QIII,etc. but everything devolved from there (there were a few nice perks in 2k4, but it just felt tired). CS and Halo are actually decent games when viewed on their own.
As for RPGs: If I could change video game history, I would have modified the N64/stopped FF from going over from Nintendo to Sony. I seriously believe that FFVII's acclaim was the product of Sony's hype bandwagon + 3D + having an epic and decent game (I'm not saying that it wasn't deserving of praise, just not so much). If I couldn't...then I'd probably have to go with FO:Brotherhood of Steel. It was so...meh. Or maybe FFXI?
If you saw any of halo's history, they were gonna make Halo an rts before turning it into a fps. (Bungie started developing it as a rts, but after market data research and crap they switched it to a fps due to the inability for a console rts to live.)Syphonz post=9.70087.824611 said:
My choice would be Mario's Time Machine. This was back when I was a little kid, and my money on hand relied on a $1.25 weekly allowance. That game rental for 3 days cost me $9! That's almost two months of scraping!!!!! IT WAS A DARN HISTORY GAME AND TO A BLOODY 8 YEAR OLD HISTORY IS THE WORST THING IMAGINABLE!
however now I'm enthralled by history....
