What is the greatest or most influential video game series

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:49 pm

Metal Gear Solid Series. I didn't even have to think, lol.

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:00 pm

lemmings

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:02 pm

Pacman !!

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:04 pm

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:06 pm

pmsl the "single player in the dark version" I guess ?!?

Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:36 pm

Decsent

Rise of the triad

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 1:34 am

What's about Mortal Kombat ?

Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 5:59 am

Well, I know I already posted a pic of Lara BoomBoom Croft, but I gave the question posed in the o.p. some serious tought. As most might know, I've been a games addict for over 30 years so I looked back and tried to figure out what the single game was that pushed games and the gaming industry into overdrive with a quantum leap.

I have to say that it would have to be Ultima Underworld. Now, I doubt many, if any here ever played it, but it was the very very first fluent 3D virtual world from a first perspective.

The second they released that game, computer games evolved from 2d flat screens (as in the old platform-style games) to a simulation of reality.

Most people think it's Doom that was the very first, but it was Ultima Underworld.

Seeing as it was released in 1992, it beat out Doom by a year. Not only that, but it allowed you to have your character jump and swim... Something not introduced again into gaming till Doom 2 and 3 even.

Besides that, it was a role playing game pur sang... the games I like the most Smile

Anyway... that's it... my 2 devaluated euro cents

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:33 am

Definitely GTA!!

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:43 am

I would go with Zelda, mechanics from that series are still even now cropping up in current gen games like Darksiders and Castlevania.

The Fallout series is pretty awesome, But I havent really seen it influence many other games, dunno if you could call Baldurs Gate influenced by Fallout.... pity I can only vote once Sad

I'm not a huge shooter fan (just finished and thoroughly enjoyed CoD BO), I think they are all pretty derivitive of Wolfenstein 3D, I never really enjoyed GTA series, the only one I completed wasnt even part of that series, but has the same dev (Red Dead Redemption).

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 6:51 am

As the question was related to past tense in what great game and influence in general I can only say that the master chiefs and any other alien blasting hero has to move over. There is only one true great mother out there and it was the DUKE.
"Duke Nukem Forever"' I played more hours than any other game on the planet and even though the mechanics the graphics and the game play are simple by todays standards i still think he kicked arse better and further than any other game hero to date. But then I was playing Duke when some were still sucking mama's teats. Laughing

next year he's back, I only hope they don't mess it up.

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:32 am

I loved Duke Nukem, I played it on PS1, N64 and PC, it kinda lost its way when it went into Third Person Shooter I think.

The new version is made by the people that made Borderlands a top class shooter, they do humour and shooting VERY well, I think its in safe hands mate Smile

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:55 am

For me its the Grand theft auto series & Metal gear solid series Smile

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:45 am

I'm still trying to master Space Invaders. lol

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:58 am

It would have to be that hedgehog or that plumber Mario Smile