I'll say Halo 4.

I'll say Halo 4.

If you'd like to know what game I enjoyed the most, it's Xenoblade.

But as for which game I think was the most influential, I'd go with Wii Sports. Minecraft is pretty close, too, but I think its influence will be much more strongly felt in the eighth generation.

Nope, I never got an x360 last gen. I'm only going by videos I've watched and word of mouth.

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Elder Scrolls Oblivion/Skyrim

I think a lot of people in this thread are mistaking influential for favorite.

COD was influential as it started the whole shooter craze with the casuals.

Wii Sports singlehandedly changed both Sony and Microsoft's strategies somewhat so I'll say Wii Sports for most influential.

Oh noooooooooo :(  the game is great and i want as many ppl to play it as possible. Looking at videos isnt good for this game. The stories told and sound effects were fantastic. Really really like this game.

I'm not sure if there was 1 single game you can point to. But rather that the hardware abilities caught up to what developers have been wanting to incorporate into their games more so, for so long.

I think games like the Uncharted Series, the Batman Series, The Oblivion/Skyrim series, FFXIII, TLoU, AC series etc., even the Lego games all brought that Cinematic Movie Blockbuster feeling to videogamers finally. Lego brought a cartoon type movie cinematic to kids games like Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks etc. would do. GTA5 started out very cinematic with the money heist.

If you look at Watchdogs being such a hotly anticipated title, and DLC for TLoU being so anticipated it is imho because of these more cinematic feels. Even "X" for the Wii U has that Cinematic feel. Now don't get me wrong Wii Sports and the Kinect/Move became influential but the Wii U doesn't even include motion controls now in any of their launch boxs with Wii U's.  

So if that was influential why did Nintendo not include it as its PRIMARY controller again? I think it is no longer influential, and will remain so for years. Unless the XB1 Kinect takes off like a rocketship with some newer IP for Kinect. The Just Dances and Wii Sports rip-offs will not launch it like a rocketship. They/XB1 or Wii U need something NEW and I doubt they have any of these TRULY NEW ideas for Kinect/Wii U that could sell 100 million consoles like Wii Sports did. That ship has sailed.

Cinematic games are still sailing in high demand and waiting for more games like them. Like I pointed @ AC4 is selling well, Watchdogs and inFamous will do well. The PS4 is teh best selling Launch console of all time because I believe people crave these cinematic experiences. I'm personally waiting for The Evil Within and FFXV for a next gen Survival Horror and JRPG cinematic experience that floors me. Even Driveclub looks very cinematic and I hope there's another spiritual successor to TLoU or Red Dead Redemption on the PS4. Tomb Raider Definitive edition is based on a more believable cinematic experience with the added visuals.

For me it's the games that boosted the Cinematic experience, and quite frankly there were games in quite possibly every genre that pulled it off very well so take your pick. :)

I have yet to find a GTA game where I can climb buildings ;)

Twilight Princess and Mario Galaxy.

Raised the bar even higher for Nintendo games, which they have yet to fill 100% for the Wii U.