Xenoblade chronicles.

I was amazed at how i could go wherever i wanted. I remember when i reached the forest area with a big chasm and a rope bridge. Going into the bridge i was thinking. Yeah, this is it. Theres gonna be invisible walls on this bridge to prevent me from falling, or i will just die from jumping and spawn at the start.
I tried it and i was marveled. I managed to jump off the bridge. There were no walls. i fell into the river down in the bottom. I didnt die. And down in the river there were more areas to explore down and up the river, populated with enemies and landmarks. That was the moment i concluded: This game is amazing/revolutionary! Every game should give you this degree of freedom to explore.

Oh did i mention that after that i swam until the waterfalls i could see in the distance? Yup, thats Xenoblade.

I'll have to go with Wonderful 101. I've never played an action/platform game that required me to draw shapes on a tablet in order to use different weapons. Really off-the-wall game in every respect, which made it extremely unique.

First there was System Shock. I wish Bioshock was the first of its kind that I had played though. It was a better game but far less scary. System Shock 2 was a real struggle for me just because it made me too uncomfortable to play. Bioshock was brilliant though.

I'd have to agree with this. Not my favourite game, but certainly innovative.

If I want something new I go to Xbox or Indie games. Even though they have some hits and misses at least they try to push variety and new possibilities in gaming. Without them there would be very little risk taken.

OT: Probably Minecraft for the way it allowed you to create many things with just your imagination, the way it handled circuits with redstone and how people could make full machines within a game was pretty innovative.

I'll second this. I had no idea what Nintendoland was when I bought my Wii U but I was blown away by the responsiveness and intuitiveness of the gyro controls. They were very different from my experiences with accelermoter based games on my iphone and ipad.

Glad to know I`m not the only one who thinks so. : )

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Xenoblade Chronicles easily.

CoD4 was the last time I played an innovative online shooter.