DirtyBast8rd
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Awards. Who gives a shit.
Influenced me to take a bath and change my clothing before talking to my colleagues at work and now im ceo of my country.7. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (2025)
Shits only been out for a few months, and not sure what influence it's exactly had. It's looks like a good game but really?
Pretty much all of the things you mention were done in other games way way before Shenmue.Why are people acting like Shenmue isn't incredibly influential on how 3D games are structured today? It's not a list of the best games.
"Open world" (areas), time and date system, day-night cycle, NPCs with schedules and their own movements, you can talk, dialogue options, fully 3d, jobs, activities etc. It shouldn't be #1, but after SM64 and OOT, it's the most influential 3D game. Most open world games now are doing things because Shenmue did.
Some games should really shouldn't be on there though, #7, #16, #20.
I keep getting pissed with the tramps around the corner from my house, I'm blaming Henry.Influenced me to take a bath and change my clothing before talking to my colleagues at work and now im ceo of my country.
Incredibly dumb list.Here's the full list of the top 21 most influential games of all time, as voted by the public:
- Shenmue (1999)
- Doom (1993)
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
- Half-Life (1998)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
- Minecraft (2011)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (2025)
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- The Sims (2000)
- Tetris (1984)
- Tomb Raider (1996)
- Pong (1972)
- Metal Gear Solid (1998)
- World of Warcraft (2004)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)
- Final Fantasy VII (1997)
- Dark Souls (2011)
- Grand Theft Auto 3 (2001)
- Skyrim (2011)
- Grand Theft Auto (1997)
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BAFTA Announces 'the Most Influential Video Game of All Time,' and It's a Real Head-Scratcher - IGN
BAFTA — the UK's independent arts charity celebrating excellence in film, games, and TV — has just revealed the most influential video game of all time... and it's probably not what you think it is.www.ign.com
Quick Time Events!Why are people acting like Shenmue isn't incredibly influential on how 3D games are structured today? It's not a list of the best games.
"Open world" (areas), time and date system, day-night cycle, NPCs with schedules and their own movements, you can talk, dialogue options, fully 3d, jobs, activities etc. It shouldn't be #1, but after SM64 and OOT, it's the most influential 3D game. Most open world games now are doing things because Shenmue did.
W3 inspired a whole bunch of open worlds with similar structure, detective vision etc.Agreed
Not really, and I say this as huge Witcher fan.
It's not a list made by IGN, they just reported on it. Here, have a GIF:
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And this is why the public can't be asked anything right nowHere's the full list of the top 21 most influential games of all time, as voted by the public:
- Shenmue (1999)
- Doom (1993)
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
- Half-Life (1998)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
- Minecraft (2011)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (2025)
- Super Mario 64 (1996)
- Half-Life 2 (2004)
- The Sims (2000)
- Tetris (1984)
- Tomb Raider (1996)
- Pong (1972)
- Metal Gear Solid (1998)
- World of Warcraft (2004)
- Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)
- Final Fantasy VII (1997)
- Dark Souls (2011)
- Grand Theft Auto 3 (2001)
- Skyrim (2011)
- Grand Theft Auto (1997)
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BAFTA Announces 'the Most Influential Video Game of All Time,' and It's a Real Head-Scratcher - IGN
BAFTA — the UK's independent arts charity celebrating excellence in film, games, and TV — has just revealed the most influential video game of all time... and it's probably not what you think it is.www.ign.com
I recall interviews with them saying it's a new "genre" called FREEShenmue is no doubt the most influential game for the 3d era.
Not the best, but the most influential.
Pretty much all the games on this list did things that were done before, except they did it in a way that made them influencial. This is a "most influencial" list, not a "did it first" list.Pretty much all of the things you mention were done in other games way way before Shenmue.
I think Ultima V was the first game with Day/Night cycles tied to NPC scheduling for example in 1988
I was coming to point that out.7. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (2025)
Shits only been out for a few months, and not sure what influence it's exactly had. It's looks like a good game but really?
Read the thread title. Most influencial, not most popular/well known.No Space Invaders, Pac-Man to say the least.
The average Joe on the street will have never heard of Shenmue.
Where the fuck did this polling take place a Shenmue conference ...
GTA3 pretty much made the open world genre into what it is today. What did GTAV influence exactly? How to squeeze as much money as possible from absurd online microtransactions?Shenmue and KCD2 are weird, Fortnite is missing and it should be GTA V instead of 1 and 3.. Other than that a solid list.
Shenmue is amazing, highly suggest getting the 1&2 HD remasters.Who the fuck even knows Shenmue exists
I like the game but come on
highly suggest getting the 1&2 HD remasters.