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Top 5 Games That Pioneered Mechanics

OnlySP takes a look at five games that pioneered gaming mechanics over the last decade or so.

WarThunder3865d ago

"Kill Switch was the first 3rd person shooter to feature a cover system as the main mechanic and also implemented a “blind fire” system into the game, years before the mechanic became a normal occurrence in most 3rd person shooters."

And most MS fan*** were saying gears invented cover system lol

UncleGermrod3865d ago

Idk if "most" of the MS fans believe this. I have always been a huge gears fan but the reality is that most early publications centered around gears always lent credit to killswitch. Also, you say it as if the fact that gears did not invent the cover mechanic that somehow it makes the game less of an achievement.
In reality, gears was the first game to really nail the cover-based mechanics, while setting a new bar for console third person shooters. I would be willing to bet most games to implement similar systems since then have looks to that series for inspiration, not killswitch.
Sometimes it is not so much about who invented something and more about who perfected it.
Just because someone is a fan of gears or MS systems and credits epic for their achievements in 2006 does not make them a fanboy. Just so ya know there jack

UltimateMaster3865d ago (Edited 3865d ago )

Great article

Bobby Kotex3865d ago

Considering the scope is only from the last 10 years, not a bad list, but not all of these were pioneers.

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EazyC7d ago

MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.

That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.

I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.

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neutralgamer1992283d ago

I really hope we get other activision games on GP soon. My dream would be Scarface but I know the license probably expired

P_Bomb283d ago

Love me some Scarface! I even bought the comics. Yeah, licensing would probably be an impasse.

4Sh0w283d ago

hmmm, coincidence? Either way this is a good sign for gamers after the ABK deal.

porkChop283d ago

I played through Scarface again last year and it still holds up. Such a fun game. I would love for Xbox to get the rights back to remaster Scarface and make a sequel. It sold well and they had plans for Scarface 2, 3, and 4. With how long it takes Rockstar to make games the market is wide open.

TheColbertinator283d ago

That game was so much fun. Expected a cheap GTA clone but it was a good drug empire building game.

shinoff2183283d ago

They didn't just have plans but there's actual gameplay out there for scarface 2

neutralgamer1992283d ago

Seriously man we need games like

True crime
Sleeping dogs
Watch dogs( more like original not legion)
And proper saints row

GTA can’t be the only option we need other games

P_Bomb283d ago

@neutral
Gun was Activision as well. Nice open world Wild West there imo.

neutralgamer1992281d ago

Gun is such a underrated game

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SlothLordPootus283d ago

None of those games had dedicated servers on console in the first place? Were always player hosted. Did something change?

Rutaprkl283d ago

Older cods like Mw, Mw2 and WaW were way better than Call of Dutys nowadays

GoodGuy09282d ago

Make activision remaster mw2 (2009) multiplayer please xbox.