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KLAMarine on 10 March 2016
| Ka-pi96 said: hmm, I dunno about Super Mario 64, don't think it had that much impact. Would probably go for Final Fantasy 7 instead, it really made the RPG genre huge! Would also disagree with Halo. Didn't play it until the Xbox 360 re-release so maybe it just never aged well or something but it just isn't that good of a game to me. I'd give it to Grand Theft Auto 3 instead, that game has had a truly huge impact and led to GTA becoming one of the strongest franchises in gaming. Of course if it was purely down to personal preference I'd go... 5th gen: Final Fantasy 8 6th gen: Final Fantasy 10 7th gen: The Last of Us |
When compiling this list, I didn't factor in my own opinions on the game, I just took a look at the industry and the game's impact on said industry. I've never played CoD4 but there's no denying its influence. Halo pushed a new player, the Xbox, into the business and even compelled Sony to come up with a "Halo-killer" despite the market penetration of the ps2. FF7 was in the back of my mind when I chose sm64: the biggest factor in choosing the latter over the former was the fact that the industry at the time was transitioning from 2d to 3d, this was the big thing: 2d to 3d and sm64 alongside the reintroduction of the joystick paved that road. FF7, being turn-based, doesn't exactly take advantage of the extra dimension.
