Most Influentual games?

[Koopa W.]

[QUOTE=Mephisto]"Yar's Revenge" I just got a hold of it & it is a great game.
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Wow. Levan, are you telling me you like an old game?  I thought this day would never come. Welcome to the club. Population- Smart People.

[Mephisto]

Get on IM?

[The RPG Critic]

[QUOTE=Luke ]Number 5, I would probably replace with The Legend of Zelda or Final Fantasy. Just because I think those games really kickstarted the whole RPG craze.  I could be wrong though. I actually know very little about RPG's.[/QUOTE]

The Legend of Zelda: maybe, Final Fantasy: no way.  If anything, it'd be Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior to Americans).  Dragon Quest VIII was the fastest selling PS2 game of all time (3 million units in 3 days).  The nation of Japan literally shuts down when a new DQ game comes out.  Besides, it came out before F.F.

[JasonhasRSI1]

FF7 paved the way for mainstream JRPGs in the US, for better or for worse.

[ActRaiser1]

Zork and Ultima

Both ahead of their time and really well done...way more influential than DQ/DW.

[Funkmaster V]

[QUOTE=Steerforth]
BTW, my record for a 9 hole game of golf is -4, can you top that!?! 
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Hell no I cant

Funk

[The RPG Critic]

[QUOTE=JasonhasRSI]FF7 paved the way for mainstream JRPGs in the US, for better or for worse.
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This is a very true statement, however how many American-made turn-based roleplaying games were created after inspiration from FF7?  Close to zero, so I wouldn't exactly call FF7 very "influential" for American games.

It was the first 3D roleplaying game as far as I know (someone correct me on this if I'm wrong), but with the debut of the PlayStation hardware, it was bound to happen sooner or later.  What I mean is that Square didn't say "Oh, hey! Let's make this one 3D!" like it was a revelation.  Aside from being 3D, it had almost the exact same gameplay as FF6.

[JasonhasRSI1]

[QUOTE=The RPG Critic][QUOTE=JasonhasRSI]FF7 paved the way for mainstream JRPGs in the US, for better or for worse.
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It was the first 3D roleplaying game as far as I know (someone correct me on this if I'm wrong),
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See Guardian War for 3DO. Awful game, but technically a 3D RPG.

[Sudz1]

[QUOTE=Steerforth]Wii Sports - I hope it becomes a very influential game because it is the poster child of having a very focused vision of a game, keeping things simple and refined until they are perfect. Everything in this game works great, the physics are true, the games are fun, the controls work great. The best multiplayer game by far, I think ever. Too many games try and fail to do too much, Wii Sports rose way above that. This game got decent reviews at launch, but will grow bigger and bigger until people realize it is a 10 in a few years. Also introduced Miis, which have made every game I have played them with more fun. Baseball especially, because it is a kick to see which of your random creations will show up for a pickup game of baseball.
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Steerforth, have we played the same Wii Sports game?  I found the tennis to get old about 10 minutes after I first experienced the thrill of swinging the controller like a tennis racket.  The baseball game has absolutely nothing going on (no fielding, no controlling of runners) beyond simulating a throw and bat swing with the controller.  8 out of 10 hits hit goes foul.  The boxing game was incredibly laggy and controlled horribly (maybe one punch thrown in the game for every 4 I actually threw).  The bowling game was also difficult to get the hang of using the controllers.  To me, Wii Sports is a case of demos created on the quick just to show off what could be possible with motion-control gamesticks, but once you get beyond the 'neat!' factor of having your real-life movements converted into action on the screen there is nothing to any of those games.  Admittedly I never played the golf game so that might rise above the level of the rest, but I just haven't understood why so many people are oooh-ing and aaah-ing over Wii Sports.
Sudz

[Funkmaster V]

[QUOTE=Sudz]

[QUOTE=Steerforth]Wii Sports - I hope it becomes a very influential game because it is the poster child of having a very focused vision of a game, keeping things simple and refined until they are perfect. Everything in this game works great, the physics are true, the games are fun, the controls work great. The best multiplayer game by far, I think ever. Too many games try and fail to do too much, Wii Sports rose way above that. This game got decent reviews at launch, but will grow bigger and bigger until people realize it is a 10 in a few years. Also introduced Miis, which have made every game I have played them with more fun. Baseball especially, because it is a kick to see which of your random creations will show up for a pickup game of baseball.
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Steerforth, have we played the same Wii Sports game?  I found the tennis to get old about 10 minutes after I first experienced the thrill of swinging the controller like a tennis racket.  The baseball game has absolutely nothing going on (no fielding, no controlling of runners) beyond simulating a throw and bat swing with the controller.  8 out of 10 hits hit goes foul.  The boxing game was incredibly laggy and controlled horribly (maybe one punch thrown in the game for every 4 I actually threw).  The bowling game was also difficult to get the hang of using the controllers.  To me, Wii Sports is a case of demos created on the quick just to show off what could be possible with motion-control gamesticks, but once you get beyond the 'neat!' factor of having your real-life movements converted into action on the screen there is nothing to any of those games.  Admittedly I never played the golf game so that might rise above the level of the rest, but I just haven't understood why so many people are oooh-ing and aaah-ing over Wii Sports.
Sudz
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I dunno. I agree that Wii Sports is not deep at all, but it also is alot of fun. Maybe you just suck at it.

Funkmaster V