In our continued attempt to amuse ourselves at work, we continue making top 5/10 lists for shits and giggles (and because we like to argue with each other over petty shit). So yesterday we decided to jot down the top 10 revolutionary games. Here's a few examples:
It was THE game that started both the FPS market and the computer gaming market. Before this, there wasn't much of a market for games on a computer short of educational games and crappy mini games.
This one was argued for quite some time. It is deemed the worst game of all time. Every top 5-10 list of worst games ever will always list this as #1, no matter what other games they decide on. Its rare to have the entire gaming industry agree on a #1 of any list. The reason for it being revolutionary? It killed the gaming industry for 10-15 years and forced game companies to tighten licensing and force QA testing for all games that came out. It forced the gaming world to really pay attention to the shit it released.
The birth of the survival horror story video game genre and one of the more popular franchises still going strong.
There's debate as to which RTS game really brought the genre around to popularity. Some will say the first Wacraft was the boost the genre needed. I disagree and say that C&C, with its ability to do multiplayer over a direct modem connection and slaughter your friend with an unlimited sized army really helped get the genre off the ground and paved the way.
Honestly, before this game, the FPS market on consoles was pretty non-existent. This game was nearly an instant hit for N64 owners and drove more companies to develop first person shooter style games for consoles, stemming games like Perfect Dark, Turok, along with dragging existing PC companies to the consoles as well, such as Call of Duty and Soldier of Fortune.
We had a few others on the list, but thats just a brief example. Does anyone have any games they consider revolutionary to the gaming market as a whole?
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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