Games that where ahead of there time.

Personally, I think The Legend of Zelda: Majora´s Mask was one of those games. It got a lot of bad feedback because of the "three days system" and for being to different from Ocarina of Time. But people going back to it nowadays seems to be enjoying it a lot more. Perhaps because it is different from alot of the other Zelda games. I think Majora´s Mask is at least as good as Ocarina of time and back in the day I thought so too. Perhaps because i was 6 years old and I thought turning into a goron was cool. :P
 
Share your thoughts.

 

well im only familiar with 00s games, anything older than that i was too young to notice.. soo since 2000 i believe Max Payne has always impressed me for a 2001 game, Half-Life 2 was a huge FPS achievement, and Cryostasis seems to be more visionary than usual.. 

I thought Jak 3 was ahead of its time, the graphics and animations were mindblowing

I guess the obvious choice would be the original Metroid.
 

I'd say the Virtual Boy was ahead of its time, and that's precisely why it failed. Other than that...FF9 and the first two Phantasy Star games.

Halo

" I'd say the Virtual Boy was ahead of its time, and that's precisely why it failed. Other than that...FF9 and the first two Phantasy Star games. "

also i would say half life 2, no game has made such a large step further into the EPS genre then HL2

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" @Metroid545:   That was because the system itself was crap, and that was because the technology of the time couldn't make the idea viable nor affordable. "

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Did this come out before Sega's Arcade/Dreamcast game 18 Wheeler??  Just curious. "

Waffle House 2012: The Game
 
I think it is ahead of its time because it has not been made yet....but when it is, oh man will it be inovative
 
it will have many advanced physic systems running simultaneous, to create the most authentic atmosphere, Real Butter Melt Physics, Dynamic syrup, advanced grits intelligence. You play as Aunt Jemima, you work at a waffle house when a unknown attack threatens the earth's syrup supply. Use Aunt Jemima's Spec Ops training to track down and stop the aliens!....oh ya theres aliens
 
 
CAN'T WAIT!!!

" Waffle House 2012: The Game  I think it is ahead of its time because it has not been made yet....but when it is, oh man will it be inovative   it will have many advanced physic systems running simultaneous, to create the most authentic atmosphere, Real Butter Melt Physics, Dynamic syrup, advanced grits intelligence. You play as Aunt Jemima, you work at a waffle house when a unknown attack threatens the earth's syrup supply. Use Aunt Jemima's Spec Ops training to track down and stop the aliens!....oh ya theres aliens   CAN'T WAIT!!! "

i would say SotC

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" Waffle House 2012: The Game  I think it is ahead of its time because it has not been made yet....but when it is, oh man will it be inovative   it will have many advanced physic systems running simultaneous, to create the most authentic atmosphere, Real Butter Melt Physics, Dynamic syrup, advanced grits intelligence. You play as Aunt Jemima, you work at a waffle house when a unknown attack threatens the earth's syrup supply. Use Aunt Jemima's Spec Ops training to track down and stop the aliens!....oh ya theres aliens   CAN'T WAIT!!! "

I'm currently developing that. How did you find out about it? "

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I gotta say a lot of games on N64 were before their time, Mario 64 was the first 3D game to get it right, GoldenEye pretty much raised the bar when it comes to FPS, no adventure/rpg has captivated me as much as OoT/MM did, and StarFox 64 speakes for it self. That's just how I feel though.

• Sierra/Vivendi Universal (VU Games) own the rights to the Homeworld Universe as a part of the original publishing deal for Homeworld.
• Relic Entertainment is the developer of Homeworld and Homeworld 2.
• Barking Dog is the developer of Homeworld:Cataclysm.
• Neither Relic Entertainment or Barking Dog (who were bought out by Rockstar Games Canada) are able to make another Homeworld game unless hired to do so by Sierra/VU.
• After the release of Homeworld 2, Relic Entertainment were purchased by publisher THQ, and now exclusively make games for them.
• The CEO of Relic Entertainment and originator of Homeworld, Alex Garden, has left Relic and THQ to pursue other projects.
• As THQ do not own the rights to the Homeworld Universe, it is extremely unlikely (read: not going to happen) that Relic will make another Homeworld game (if they even wanted to).
• It is also extremely unlikely that Sierra/VU Games will hire another publisher to make another Homeworld game.
• In a nutshell, it is extremely unlikely that we will ever see a Homeworld 3."

Everyone are going to hate on me for this, but here goes:
 
Final Fantasy VII
 
*awaits verbal abuse*

" I thought Jak 3 was ahead of its time, the graphics and animations were mindblowing "

Halol
 
Gorgon Apple 2

A lot of the games mentioned in this thread weren't ahead of their time, but were ON TIME.  If a game is a huge success and follows after an established pattern odds are it's not ahead of its time.  It's not showing signs of trends years before.  Jak 3, Majoras Mask, and Homeworld are all such games.  While sllghtly under appreciated, they were by no means blazing innovators.  Years later we aren't saying "look at all those Homeworld like games", there were very few "space RTSs" .
 
Games that were ahead of their time?  Try Ecstatia: 

MGS I'd say.

I don't think some people in this thread understand what "ahead of it's time" means.

Jurassic Park: Trespasser 

It was pretty heavy on the physics when it wasn't really been used in that way.
Maybe not everyone will agree with me that it's a great game, but it definatly had a technological advantage at that time.
 

Resident evil 4, crysis

" I don't think some people in this thread understand what "ahead of it's time" means. "

" Everyone are going to hate on me for this, but here goes:  Final Fantasy VII  *awaits verbal abuse* "

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" Everyone are going to hate on me for this, but here goes:  Final Fantasy VII  *awaits verbal abuse* "

I'm not going to hate, but explain the reasoning "

I'd say Robinson's Requiem. Although not 100%, because the game failed a lot in execution.

" A lot of the games mentioned in this thread weren't ahead of their time, but were ON TIME.  If a game is a huge success and follows after an established pattern odds are it's not ahead of its time.  It's not showing signs of trends years before.  Jak 3, Majoras Mask, and Homeworld are all such games.  While sllghtly under appreciated, they were by no means blazing innovators.  Years later we aren't saying "look at all those Homeworld like games", there were very few "space RTSs" .
 
Games that were ahead of their time?  Try Ecstatia: 

The game virtually created the survival horror genre YEARS before Resident Evil. "

Games that were ahead of their time?  Try Ecstatia: 

The game virtually created the survival horror genre YEARS before Resident Evil. "

" Jurassic Park: Trespasser 

It was pretty heavy on the physics when it wasn't really been used in that way.
Maybe not everyone will agree with me that it's a great game, but it definatly had a technological advantage at that time.
 

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Crysis
 
From a technical standpoint, it is head and shoulders above any game. It could be years before we see a game surpass it.

The Legend Of Zelda;
Metroid (even though I hate it);
 
I can't think of anymore right now. SM64 and OOT were natural evolutions, and rather late so they weren't ahead of time, just innovative.
 
Btw, I can't stand Majora's Mask. 3 days, confusing as hell and simply not fun. The story and music were excellent though, shame they couldn't be applied in a better game.

Quake. Developers were still churning out pixel shooters for years after Quake had been released.