Whats the closest gaming equivalent to sliced bread?

[heyheysg]

As in the one thing people will use as a yardstick to compare all other games.

As in, this is the best game since Pong.

This is the best platformer since Super Mario Bros.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Best detective game since "Carmen Sandiego"?

Not possible in my opinion, but hypothetically.

 

[Squilookle]

The One. The Only.

Goldeneye.

Even today, booting it up (as well as it's counterpart Perfect Dark) feels like slipping back into a perfectly molded and modelled supercar you've owned for years.

 

[Space Spoons]

Best feature since the jump button.

That's the one that seems to carry the most weight for me, 'cause I love to jump.

 

[maffro]

I'd say the gaming equivalent of sliced bread was cooking mama.

Bam.

 

[Kazturkey]

Baldur's gate.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Best feature since the jump button.

That's the one that seems to carry the most weight for me, 'cause I love to jump.

I'm guessing you didn't care for Gears of War?

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

The One. The Only.

Goldeneye.

Even today, booting it up (as well as it's counterpart Perfect Dark) feels like slipping back into a perfectly molded and modelled supercar you've owned for years.

I probably wouldn't go that far, but it was the equivalent of the Halo series of that generation and is the granddaddy of all console shooters.

 

[tiredinnuendo]

Best feature since the jump button.

That's the one that seems to carry the most weight for me, 'cause I love to jump.

I'm guessing you didn't care for Gears of War?

MMOs, on the other hand, I bet he loves. I swear "Jump" is the only button most folks in those games can find.

They sure as hell can't find the "y" and "o" keys...

- J

 

[Proteus214]

I tend to use Ocarina of Time as a basis...

Therefore everything sucks.

 

[Acaroid]

the best thing since doom? or quake?

best thing since cake? (ok bad portal joke XD)

 

[HentMas]

the best FPS since DOOM??

the best RTS since Dune 2??

the best fighting game since Street Fighter 2??

thats what you were thinking of??

 

[blackfrancis567]

I'd say the gaming equivalent of sliced bread was cooking mama.

Bam.

Stole my idea dang it

 

[Beatrix]

The best dungeon crawler since Castle

 

[Distorted Stu]

This is the most orange game since San Andreas

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

The best selling franchise since Halo... Oh wait...

The latest game to take as much piss out of sequel numbers since Final Fantasy... Oh wait...

 

[Kelbear]

WoW and GTA are commonly held as standards for MMOs and Sandbox games.

 

[Tartan_Ninja]

The best FPS since Doom, or perhaps Goldeneye, obvs.

The best stealth game since the original MGS, before the story got all complicated and wanky.

 

[Mr. Fister]

I'm assuming we're referring to the archetypes of certain genres. If that's the case...

Contra is the archetype of run-and-gun games
Mario is the archetype of platformers
Halo is the archetype of modern first-person shooters
Grand Theft Auto is the archetype of sandbox games
World of Warcraft the new archetype of MMORPG's (the previous one being Everquest)

 

[Lordmarkus]

Equivalent to sliced bread?

Heavy's vicious Sandvich?