Painful Quandary
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I'm probably going to vote for AoE II, but I did enjoy Super Smash Bros. and Rollercoaster Tycoon as well. I still have to get around to play System Shock 2, it is in my GoG library.
Ooookay, 199 list:
Other Potentials:[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Age of Empires II EverQuest Heroes of Might and Magic III Planescape: Torment Quake III Arena Rollercoaster Tycoon Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Silent Hill SoulCalibur Super Smash Bros. System Shock 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Unreal Tournament
What should stay, go , good enough?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Driver Final Fantasy VIII Gran Turismo 2 Grandia Homeworld Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Mario Golf Mario Party Medal of Honor Rayman 2: The Great Escape Syphon Filter
Everquest was a big deal and an important historical game but I'm not sure it has many fans around here, could be wrong.
I never played Everquest, but as you say it's a historically significant game - the first successful no-subscription MMO I believe?
I'd say Mario Party is pretty historical.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it the first game to involve mini-games and possibly the first "party" game as well? It also was a cool intersection between board games and video games.
EverQuest used a subscription model. Its legacy is that it was the first massively successful 3D MMO.
Also its expansion model.
I'm not sure that it was any different than Ultima Online. UO's first expansion was in 1998, the year before EverQuest was released, and it's had eight more since. EverQuest might've pioneered digital distribution of expansion packs, though, if that's what you're referring to.
EQ's expansions were a borderline software as a service conveyor belt, releasing 1 at least every year and sometimes 2. I'm not sure any game to that point had done that.
Crash Team Racing should be on the list as well.Ooookay, 1999 list:
Other Potentials:[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Age of Empires II EverQuest Heroes of Might and Magic III Planescape: Torment Quake III Arena Rollercoaster Tycoon Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Silent Hill SoulCalibur Super Smash Bros. System Shock 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Unreal Tournament
What should stay, go , good enough?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Driver Final Fantasy VIII Gran Turismo 2 Grandia Homeworld Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Mario Golf Mario Party Medal of Honor Rayman 2: The Great Escape Syphon Filter
Everquest was a big deal and an important historical game but I'm not sure it has many fans around here, could be wrong.
I'd say Mario Party is pretty historical.
EQ's expansions were a borderline software as a service conveyor belt, releasing 1 at least every year and sometimes 2. I'm not sure any game to that point had done that.