Genre defining games

Imnickson · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 19

What game had helped define a genre for you? For me Thief defined what a stealth game should be.
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MattAY · Posh B**tard Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 10823

I grew up with Final Fantasy and Crash Bandicoot. So I bum RPGs and Platformers. Japanese RPGs rock my world.
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cyberjim2000 · Forum Bum Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 1462

Thief 2 to me is probably the best Thief game in the series and my greatest achievement was beating it on the hardest difficulty.

Baldur's Gate defined Western RPGs and put Bioware on the map for me.

For me, it was Daggerfall not Morrowind nor Oblivion showed me what a free roaming RPG was like.

Bretimus_v2 · The Japazillian Dynasty Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 8282

Angry Birds defined games in general for me.
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Imnickson · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 19

De-Ting · Formerly Known as Prince Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 7263

Let's see...I could go on and on about this, but I'll just mention some of the more important ones in my head.

Putt-Putt Joins the Parade defined point-and-click.

Syphon Filter defined covert-ops/espionage.

Spyro defined 3D open world platforming.

Street Fighter II defined fighters.

Dynasty Warriors 3 defined hack-and-slash.

Call of Duty defined first-person shooters.
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WickedLiquid · In Limbo Joined: 18 Mar 2009 Posts: 5321

Resident Evil defined survival horror, Silent Hill defined psychological horror.
Metal Gear Solid defined story-telling in games
Ocarina of Time defined 3rd person targeting
Grand Theft Auto PS2/Xbox era defined open-world enviroments.

Ting, I disgree with Call of Duty defining first person shooters. Maybe it's a generation gap thing but I personally feel that credit goes to Goldeneye. I agree with your others though.
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HK-47 · You are all meatbags Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 2913

The Curse of Monkey Island for Adventures
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for platformers
Killer7 for god knows what
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Juggernaut, Hunter of the Gods.

De-Ting · Formerly Known as Prince Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 7263

Bretimus_v2 · The Japazillian Dynasty Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 8282

Dual analog, definitely goes to Call of Duty...I feel though that HALO really defined the Multiplayer FPS. While COD has influenced the way they handle ranking, perks, unlocks in MP.
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cyberjim2000 · Forum Bum Joined: 28 Feb 2010 Posts: 1462

I'd say Halo might've been the one that brought console FPS games to the mainstream. While Goldeneye was the first one to do it correctly on the consoles. Quake and the first Half-Life do deserve some mention at least on the PC side. I mean, there is a reason why there's Quakecon every year.

Imnickson · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 19

Since I went with PS2 instead of XBOX the genre defining FPS for me is Ghost Recon 2, it was also my introduction to online gaming.
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Bretimus_v2 · The Japazillian Dynasty Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 8282

Online PS2 games...ha. I'd laugh more but I used to play GR2 a lot too.
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Imnickson · Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 19

UghRochester · Fattest Jedi Around Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 5541

For me, Tenchu is what got me into stealth games. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past got me into action-adventure.
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