Plaupius on 10 June 2009
| WereKitten said: This list suffers of the same fundamental flaws many of them have: - chronological bias, as in giving way too much merit to recent games (COD IV? Really?) - popularity bias, as in giving credit to the popular games instead of the real innovators (Halo CE instead of Goldeneye? Doom instead of Ultima Underworld?). Where is Elite? Where is Zork? Where is Ultima Online? What about Populous? |
Quite right. What makes it funny and sad at the same time is that in many cases they acknowledge that the listed game didn't really innovate (for example RE copying Alone in the Dark, Warcraft copying Dune II etc.) and they still listthe copycat asone of the most innovative games ever.
The games you ask about should most definitely be on the list, though I'm kind of on the fence between Populous and Civilization. They are not in the exact same genre, so maybe both could make the list? Heck, maybe we at VGC should compile our own list of the most innovative games that really defined a genre.
