Many games experimented with ambitious ideas and gameplay concepts that we wouldn’t see popularized until years later. Here are some cool examples.
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0:00 Intro
0:18 Crysis
1:54 Eternal Darkness
3:03 Nier
4:26 Demon’s Souls
5:39 Planescape: Torment
6:44 Shenmue
7:51 Live a Live
9:27 Super Mario 64
11:04 System Shock 1
12:40 Trespasser (Jurassic Park)
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Surprised none of Bioware's releases are in here (Bioware was awesome at RPG's). Though Neverwinter Nights was a great game with an awesome story, NWN 2 had an even better story…particularly Mask of the Betrayer expansion had one of the best, if not the best, stories in a crpg. On the graphics side for NWN 2 point light shadows was ahead of it's time, it was such a resource hog that it wasn't til I got a GTX 980 that I could turn it on without major lag.
Mass Effect was amazing as well, best 3rd person rpg shooter ever. Great story, great gameplay (first one.. second was blah, third was shit… we won't talk about Andromeda). The best Mechanic was how guns functioned in 1… no effing reloading only thermal management… with the right mod combo you could fire near infinitely.. oddly enough the low level cryo rounds were better than higher level, the lower level would snap freeze enemies (sooo useful), the higher level would not.
How about the TES III: Morrowind? It set a path for any open-world rpgs until nowdays.
I can think of a number of awesome favorites of mine that did some revolutionary stuff that would eventually become standard or at least more common;
Perfect Dark was the first FPS (pretty sure) to not only feature alternate fire modes, but include one for literally every single gun. Was also the first console shooter that let you play against customizable AI opponents.
Final Fantasy 11 broke a lot of ground for being the first major MMORPG to feature a heavy emphasis on the story, as well as connecting players across the world all together on the same servers which necessitated the creation of the auto-translate function.
Borderlands basically spawned the whole looter shooter genre.
And Assassin's Creed deserves MASSIVE credit for the bold steps it took in the state of the world it was made in – so much so they had to include a disclaimer that said it was developed by a diverse, multicultural team and to please not bomb them.
And last but not least, The Division for its Dark Zone, which really cemented the PvEvP experience.
The enemies in Souls games still use the movement mechanics from Lost Kingdoms 1 & 2. Smoothed out, but the same attacks and movements.
I'm very surprised Black isn't on here. That shooter game was truly something else.
I would add Gears of War.
What about the first Assassins Creed?
Shenmue and nier area till two games I play over and over again till this day people may not enjoy them but they are by far two of most enjoyable games to play
marines vs aliens and combining a FPS and RTS all into a single multiplayer experience was mind blowing to me.
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I'm surprised fatal frame 2 isn't on here. My girl bought it. Had me to help her with it and I got hooked and bet the game.
Crisis was soooooo goood!!
What happened to “ shadow of mordor” the nemesis system ?
Halffffff lifeeeeeeeeeeeee?????????????!!!!!??????????????!!!?????????????????????????
pssssh. fuck this ENTIRE video for NOT MENTIONING SOCOM. in any capacity. TRASH. coherently ordering a group of 3 other seals via drop down menus OR FUCKING ACCURATE VOICE COMMANDS THROUGH A HEADSET!??? SOCOM HAD MULTIPLAYER AND CLAN BATTLES AND STARTED MLG. literal cooperation with U.S. NAVY SEALS. whatta waste of a video to not mention THE MOST DESERVING GAME OF A REMASTER in present tech. bleh. TACITICAL 3RD PERSON SHOOTERS WOULDNT EXIST TO THE DEGREE THEY DO WITHOUT SOCOM. SHAME ON YOU FOR IGNORING IT.
do you know what game was way ahead of it's time? Gothic…. the first 2 Gothic games were just…. incredible for the time they came…. the mommy and daddy for some of the modern rpgs
Battlefield 3.
I always thought that Max Payne 1 was at least 5yrs ahead of its own time…
I remember having a Radeon card when I first got Crysis – I'm afraid to say that it may have started this whole global warming thing.
I'd say the 1992 Alone in the dark was pretty ahead of it's time, deserves an honorable mention, also POPULOUS and Sim City both came out 1989. I never heard of like.. seven out of the ten games you guys mention in the video. Making top-ten lists is getting kinda difficult now that there are literal millions of games for dozens of systems (over 50 or so years, depending how you count.)
The impact that from software had on the industry is crazy as a whole
apply blackfire mod on crysis 1 if you have a old pc, and boom
that will looks like remastered with rt on
Bug! on Sega Saturn came out an entire year before Mario 64 . It is one of the earliest examples of 3d platforming though even it is not the earliest. It did not have a 3d moveable cam though .
I feel around 2010 was the time when graphics were just where video games need to be. They looked great and the hardware would've been accessible to everyone by now. I would rather play a great story rather than watch the npc's hair blow in the wind.
The Last of Us Part very underrated
I would have thought assassins creed would be on here for their climbing on any surface mechanic
Crysis literelly FAILED because it's so ahead of its time, just wow.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Is it just me or is this video partially super dark and hard to see?
I want a list of the best fourth wall breaks in games please
What do we have nowadays man. We can play cod in third person.
I'm not amused.
Bruh where is far cry 1 which was released in 2004
Oblivion was a much better game overall than Crysis though.
Trespasser, 20 something years later… I never knew the heart on the chest was your health meter and I loved that game, haha
When I was in Afghanistan in 2011, a Marine I knew built a desktop in the Squadron hangar. It took him a couple months to get all the parts but when he finished he raved about Crisis and showed me Crisis 2. It was definitely my first glimpse at the future of graphics in games. Over 10 years later and all I own now is an MSI and a Switch. I don't see myself ever buying another console unless it's a Nintendo, the only consoles that feel like they offer something my PC doesn't.
Diablo? GTA III? Quake? CW3D? Bard's Tale? Ultima Online? Elite? I feel like you were trying to impress us with these obscure titles mixed in with obvious choices like Crysis and Mario 64. Maybe I'm just too old…I mean, everyone who played the original Bard's Tale definitely needs to get their colon or breasts checked for cancer…
On the great games that came out in 2007 you missed one: Mass Effect.
what about The Last Of Us 1? was in 2013 and felt like should be frol 2018
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Common Nintendo L, using the high poly, low poly in the distance without the frames suffering as well in the 2000's but not in the 20's
Control is also way ahead of it's time!