Will any new game genres come along and be game changers?

[Onyxmeth]

Cheebee said:

Onyxmeth said:

Cheebee said:
Perhaps also whatever Retro's next game, whatever that'll be. Metroid Prime was a game changer.

What did it change?

It succesfully reinvented the Metroid frachise, which was unique in its own right, in full 3D. It was not a FPS, but a FP Adventure, and the first one to do it utterly right. Just read any of the reviews from when it came out, people were stunned. I remember it fondly. :)

We're talking about games that changed the industry, not reinvented themselves. Look at the OP. There was no rippling effect caused by the existence of Metroid Prime. The closest games to it are Bioshock and Condemned, and both could have and probably are as inspired by System Shock and Half-Life as they are to Metroid Prime.