most influential games this generation?

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:24

My picks

Microsoft Xbox 360:
Gears of War (cover system)

Sony Playstation 3:
Little Big Planet (user generated content)

Nintendo Wii:
Wii Sports (for all the wrong reasons)

Multi-Platform:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Perks)

antijoke · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:27

PS3 - Killzone 2
360 - COD MW
Wii - ???

beachBOYken · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:29

influential , what is this word

are there really games that are influential?

wannabedamned · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:34

I'm finding it hard to come up with anything. : \

and I'm really trying! lol

eyetrip · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:35

Personally wouldn't say either had an exclusive which has been very influential... perhaps Gears for 360, but at a stretch.

Actually not even sure there has been a hugely influential cross-platform game this gen. Admittedly I have not played them all though.

Perhaps modern Warfare?

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:39

anticonscience said:
PS3 - Killzone 2
360 - COD MW
Wii - ???

MW is on every system.

beachBOYken · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:40

i suppose gears of war is influential , i saw someone walking around once at the shops wearing a wooly hat with gears on it

antijoke · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:41

So that stops it being influential? I only played it on the 360.

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:42

anticonscience said:
So that stops it being influential? I only played it on the 360.

Its not a 360 title.

I added a multi-platform category to my first post.

antijoke · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:47

Thank you.

Dead Rising for the most amount of zombies on screen.

Alpherah · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:48

Wii - Wii fit (People raved over getting healthy .. what the hell? but it sold bucket loads)

360 - Gears of War (First 'big' easily accessable TPS on a console, although more testiment to Live being so easy to use on the 360 then the game itself possibly)

PS3 - LBP

Kinda struggled to pick though :X

*Edited

Happy OCUKers?

Manlove is my forte · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:51

Alpherah said:
360 - Gears of War (First 'big' easily accessable FPS on a console, although more testiment to Live being so easy to use on the 360 then the game itself possibly

I hate to pick holes... bah who am I kidding, I'm an OcUKer, poking holes in arguments is what we live for.

There is a relatively unheard of game called Halo which I believe may be the first Big easily accessible FPS on consoles, and that came out last generation

Gears of War isn't even an FPS, it's a TPS (Third Person Shooter)

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:53

Alpherah said:
360 - Gears of War (First 'big' easily accessable FPS on a console, although more testiment to Live being so easy to use on the 360 then the game itself possibly)

Its not an FPS and Goldeneye was the first FPS on a console to work right. Halo then redefined how FPS games should work on a console.

Alpherah · 14 Sep 2009 at 16:57

Yeah yeah i know

like i said its hard to pick. Okay .. online shooter then?

As i said, Halo 2 was 'big' on the original xbox but it wasnt easily accessable, setting up live was a hastle for most people since it wasnt hard intigrated into the console itself.

Point in - this generation sucked for big influential games, just more of the same. but better.

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:13

Alpherah, name 3 games from last gen (xbox,Gamecube & ps2) that were influential. You've already mentioned Halo.

Margaret · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:17

I really hate the Gears of War cover system as every game now feels as if it needs some variation of it to be good. >_____<

As i said, Halo 2 was 'big' on the original xbox but it wasnt easily accessable, setting up live was a hastle for most people since it wasnt hard intigrated into the console itself.

Eh??? Live was integrated into the console, it was just as accessible as it is now really. Main difference was that I don't think you could sign up from the console itself, only via the starter packs.

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:24

Margaret said:
I really hate the Gears of War cover system as every game now feels as if it needs some variation of it to be good. >_____<

It influenced a bunch of games this gen. I now can't play any third person shooter game without some sort of cover system.

Actually, I want to use a cover system in every FPS game too now after playing Killzone 2.

cheets64 · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:31

Dead Space, refreshing horror survival with amazing physics engine.

Robert1986 · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:33

cheets64 said:
Dead Space, refreshing horror survival with amazing physics engine.

What has Dead Space influenced on other games? No hud? in game hud?

Teaf · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:41

Sorry, I'm lost... influential to the industry, person playing them, or the console itself?