Modernized Their Genre?

[Teeqoz]

Alkibiádēs said:

Teeqoz said:
I think you could make a plausible case that Skyrim modernized RPGs in the sense that it really brought about the open world revolution in RPGs. Ofcourse Skyrim wasn't the first open world RPG, but I don't think I'm exagerating when I say that Skyrim is the reason we have sooooo many open world games now.

Are you kidding? There are N64 games that feel more modern than Skyrim (aside from visuals of course). 

The OP asked for games that modernized their genre. For me that entails bringing about a broad change in its genre. It's not enough to be a lone standout game - there has to be effects seen throughout the rest of the genre. There were smartphones before the iPhone, but the iPhone modernized the phone industry, not the Nokia N95 or whatever.