Zkuq said:
Which three? All I can think is hack'n'slash RPGs with Diablo. RTS games existed before Warcraft (Dune and C&C), so I wouldn't personally count StarCraft, and as far as I know WoW didn't define anything either (although it really nailed it by doing everything so well). WoW did have a huge impact though, but I wouldn't call it defining anything. Hearthstone and card games perhaps, or were there popular games in that genre before it? I guess that's two. |
You might have an argument with Warcraft/Starcraft but I don't see how it can argued that that WoW has not defined MMOs. I was into MMOs when it came out and I remember it hitting the scene like a tidal wave. Ask the average person what they think of when you say "MMO" and they'll probably say "WOW". It has over 100 million accounts created--and that's for a subscription based service.
