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Top 10 Genre defining Game Franchises in the history of Gaming

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 high quality games.

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geniusgamerdoc4489d ago

Zelda, Final Fantasy, Super Mario and Tomb Raider are my Favourite games that gave birth to their respective Genres.

Ranma14489d ago

FF for RPG....but not so much these days

*sigh*

geniusgamerdoc4489d ago

Yep.

Hopefully Tetsuya Nomura might bring back the Huge Franchise to life with Final Fantasy VERSUS XIII !!

Only time will tell...

I pray for it to stay PS3 Exclusive nonetheless!

Solid_Snake374488d ago

ah yes... Metal Gear Solid... good times

thats_just_prime4489d ago

half the games listed the shouldnt be on there the list all has a lot of mistakes. It says doom was the 1st fps but wolfenstien came out before doom.

Why is GT on the list its not a defining game if you want a defining racing game try Virtua Racing not only was it one of the 1st "3d" racers it was one of the 1st "3d" games. it was also the 1st game to be in widescreen.

Why isnt Halo on the list ? even if you hate the game (and I do) it still the game that made xbl a success and intro us to the online gen that we have now

MaxXAttaxX4489d ago (Edited 4489d ago )

Also, why would Halo be there and not Counter Strike(for example).

Either way it's just an "opinion piece".

Kurt Russell4488d ago

@Nathan
Because Halo nailed shooters on consoles where as before they felt like ropey ports.

MaxXAttaxX4487d ago

The article doesn't specify consoles only.

Besides, consoles had great FPS games, many of which were far from "ropey ports" before Halo. Like the 007 games, Red Faction, Unreal Tournament, Quake, Half-Life, Time Splitters, etc, etc, etc.

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StraightPath4488d ago

Halo & Half Life should be added aswell.

mindedone4489d ago

I like the choices, but that was DEFINITELY not Street Fighter 1 in the picture

mindedone4489d ago

I didn't realize it was ranked though, SMB > FFVII in terms of genre defining game franchises

myps44488d ago

.Nice list mate....the original Silent hill gave me goose bumps back in the day..

TooTall194489d ago

I never knew that FFVII intended to release on the N64.

MariaHelFutura4489d ago (Edited 4489d ago )

Sony designed what was suppose to be the Nintendo CD. Nintendo screwed them over last minute, Sony made the tech they developed into the the PSone and here we are today. I would imagine it had something to do w/ that. Hey, everything worked out in the end. Sometimes in life, negatives have a weird way of becoming posistives.

geniusgamerdoc4489d ago

Absolutely Right.

SONY capitalized on their downfall and have now become Gaming powerhouse especially in JAPAN!

ShaunCameron4489d ago

Actually Sony tried to screw Nintendo over by thinking they could relegate them to being a 3rd-party developer on their own console. That's why Nintendo cancelled the deal at the last minute.

MariaHelFutura4488d ago (Edited 4488d ago )

^^^

You may be right, but to me that doesn't make sense. For that fact that Sony bought all of their studios after that happened. Nintendo already owned studios previously.

acemonkey4489d ago

maybe a good MP game should have been on the list and maybe mmorpg too

myps44488d ago

I wished World of Warcraft could have made it to the list though.

ljh2174488d ago

Diablo/Diablo II was more genre defining than WoW. Hell, most MMO's that came after diablo followed basically the same design in gameplay terms.

TheComedian4489d ago

Lol I like the fact that every single one of us hit the article because of the pic but everyone is acting like they don't see the elephant 5 feet away from them...

shreeveera4489d ago

HaHa!!Absolutely TRUE dude//

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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?

ravens5222d 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.

MrNinosan22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

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

ravens5222d 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.

VIK212122d ago (Edited 22d 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...

MrNinosan21d ago

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

ravens5221d ago

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

ravens5221d 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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Barlos22d 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.

Barlos22d ago (Edited 22d 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.

Tapani21d ago

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

Rebel_Scum22d ago

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

I_am_Batman22d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim22d 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_Scum22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

I disagree Batman

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Famitsu Weekly Sales [3/25-3/31] - Princess Peach, Dragon’s Dogma 2 + Winning Post 10 2024 in top 10

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time, we bring you a summary of estimated weekly game software and hardware sales from March 25th to March 31st, 2024.

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ZeekQuattro26d ago

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

Switch OLED Model – 42,957 (6,958,780)
PlayStation 5 – 18,272 (4,713,002)
Switch Lite – 8,302 (5,793,705)
Switch – 6,274 (19,755,912)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,574 (746,561)
Xbox Series X – 938 (252,674)
PlayStation 4 – 679 (7,925,339)
Xbox Series S – 438 (306,446)
New 2DS LL (including 2DS) -6 (1,192,906)

VersusDMC26d ago

Rise of the ronin sold twice as much as Dragons Dogma 2 this week...but no articles about that. It's only news if a PS exclusive is being outsold.