By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Gaming - Top 10 Genre Defining Game Franchises Of All Time

so the criteria is "not only kick started the multi-million selling franchises but also defined and gave birth to their respective genres, which wouldn’t have existed without these high quality games."

Yet FF7 defines JRPG... No wonder I never played any JRPG on NES and SNES.



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.

Around the Network
Rath said:
Why do you have the genres Tactical Espionage action and Survival Horror which are very small (especially espionage) and not major genres such as any form of strategy game?

Very good point. Strategy is definately a more important genre than Tactical Espionage (seems like he included this so he could put MGS on the list) and Survival Horror. It's pretty clear that the author is biased towards console games.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

Zkuq said:
Umm... They invented sub-genres just to be able to put some games on the list? Tactical espionage action? Sci-fi first-person shooter?

Good observation. I thought they put the 'sci fi' in front of 'FPS', so they could make a 'military FPS' category and add Call of Duty to their list. They didn't even do that, which makes that category even lamer.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)