| HoloDust said: If you asked me in 2011, I'd without a doubt would say Portal 2 - Minecraft was quite new and not yet as influential and Souls was still not a thing. But given that what we're doing now is all in retrospect, I personally cannot ignore how much game have influence for further generations of both players and developers - hence Minecraft, without a doubt and Dark Souls in runoff (given the absence of Minecraft). |
I'm the opposite, Portal 2 only passed Dark Souls in my top 50 a few days ago after weighing them against each other again. Imitation and sequels can dampen the impact of the original or earlier titles. Same as Uncharted 3 fails to gain traction now, as well as the first Civilization and Diablo.
Call it souls like / sequel fatigue, Minecraft saturation, they're games I have fond memories of, but don't feel like playing anymore. Having a big influence isn't always for the best. It will be same for 2013, GTA5 is arguably the most influential and still most played game of 2013 with 190 million total sales, not my goty though.
