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Top 10 Genre defining Game Franchises of all time

During the past two decades in the evolution of Gaming there have been gazzilions of high quality games that cater to all kinds of gamers which fall under different Genres.

These 10 Games are quite possibly the most critically acclaimed iterations which not only kick started the multi-million selling franchises but also defined and gave birth to their respective genres, which wouldn't have existed without these.

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geniusgamerdoc4616d ago

FFVIIs Success in the WEST is one of the sole reasons which made JRpgs Survive even to this day.

This game definitely deserves to stay at the
Top of the Countdown not because it is the
best among the other games. The Japanese
Role playing games hitting Western store
shelves these days is more or less because
of the Overwhelming response and Fandom this game generated when it first hit the
Western shores in 1997.

oricon4616d ago

GoW and Halo shouldn't be on the list, Should be Doom for FPS and DMC for the action adventure genre.

oricon4615d ago

@disagree at least say why you disagree, Doom pretty much created the FPS genre, aswell as DMC brought us hack and slash/ action adventure type of games, and these games came out way before both Halo and GoW, both these games were not genre defining.

Read the article, the article was about genre defining.
"defined and gave birth to their respective genres, which wouldn't have existed without these"
So as you can see both Halo and GoW were not Genre defining games.

MaxXAttaxX4615d ago (Edited 4615d ago )

I find that Halo usually gets credit for what DOOM and Counter Strike and Quake and Unreal Tournament and Half-Life, etc, already did.
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What FF7 did was pretty much make everything that other JRPGs(including past FF games) have done in the past into a 3D format.
As to who did it best? I'd say FF9, for 3D JRPGs in that era ;)
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Where's Metroid?

zerocrossing4616d ago (Edited 4616d ago )

No Zelda?

@Disagrees

Yeah cuz Zelda isn't a Genre defining game franchise
/s

BiggCMan4616d ago (Edited 4616d ago )

I agree with you, but it's two people chill out.

zerocrossing4616d ago (Edited 4616d ago )

haha yeah sorry, my comment wasn't intended to come off aggressive.

Relientk774616d ago (Edited 4616d ago )

The Legend of Zelda DEFINITELY deserves a spot on this list. You are indeed correct.

Max Power4616d ago

I disagreed because you whined about disagrees...sorry.

zerocrossing4616d ago

lol! I have to admire your honesty, that's OK I should stop whining anyway.

ATi_Elite4616d ago

The Legend of Zelda Defines Action Adventure! it should be on the list!

Quagmire4615d ago

Without Zelda, we wouldnt have Darksiders, which by the way is an epic game.

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ilovepsvita4616d ago

MARIO should have taken the top spot.

It's the only reason I became a Gamer as well as spent almost all of the Childhood playing various Mario games.
I love the Mario soundtrack even to this day.

ShaunCameron4616d ago

Where's Resident Evil? Where's The Legend Of Zelda? Other than that, good list.

stragomccloud4616d ago

I can't believe God of War is in there instead of Zelda! God of War's genre is based on Zelda. Yeesh. Kids these days.

MaxXAttaxX4615d ago

God of War is a very different game than Zelda.
Hack-and-Slash vs Adventure? Come on now.

stragomccloud4615d ago

Yes, and no.
God of War, especially the first game is basically Zelda, but with more killing(hack and slash). Which is pretty sweet. :P

MaxXAttaxX4615d ago

I would've had two separate categories in the article.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Understands That A Tonberry Is The Scariest Thing In The World

The tiny green slasher villain returns in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and is as frightening as ever.

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Cacabunga1d 23h ago

Yes Tonberry is terrifying..

MeteorPanda1d 22h ago

The way it was handled was so dumb. One shots in melee...your teammates are to ostupid to get away from its attack. So you most often end up alone in a certain fight.

Hofstaderman1d 19h ago

Two words, one accessory....Safety Bit

MeteorPanda1d 16h ago

Needing an accessory to keep a.i from dying and only one of them isnt great.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens5228d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens5227d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK212127d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan27d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens5227d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens5227d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos28d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani27d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum28d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman28d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim28d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

I disagree Batman

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