Syphon Filter and Onimusha[footnote]Which I know wasn't mentioned in the OP, but it's on the same plane[/footnote] are two series I never got into in their heyday, but even I was aware of the massive marketing blitz surrounding them. To this day I'm kind of weirded out by how thoroughly they've been forgotten, and kind of wonder what modern games might be forgotten this way -- I mean, imagine 10 years from now, and the average person hasn't even heard of CoD.