Games that should honestly be considered games of the generation.

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enrageorange said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

enrageorange said:

Not sure if you want most influentail or best

Anyway most influential would be

Gears of War
Wii Sports
Call of Duty 4
Just Dance

Best games would be

Halo 3
Bioshock
Dark Souls
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion(with a few mods)

Don't forget Uncharted. Most games in this coming gen will be taking from its immersion, cinematics, gamplay and camera movement.

Call of Duty 4's campaign made super scripted cinametic campaigns popular. Gears of War is what made the cover based third person shooter popular. As for their platforming in a third person shooter and character interaction among each other. I really don't think too many games have done that for it to be considered one of the most influential games this gen.

Actually its their multiplayer, rarely do people ever talk about COD's single player. Infinity Ward found the answer to create multiplayer thats fun an addictive for hardcore and casual gamers alike. Tomb Raider, Star Wars 1313 and other games took from Uncharted. The Gears formula doesn't work for any game but Gears and being a Gears head myself I haven't seen any other games succeed in copying it. Tecmo tried to copy Gears and failed hard. Assassins Creed has more games taking Succeed from its style than Gears, look at Batman Arkham Asylum. Uncharted has set the standard for narrative based action adventure TPS. Gears sold better than Uncharted, but Uncharteds style works for telling stories better. Gears is fun as hell and I love it, but its style works best for itself. I wouldn't copy it outside of animations.