Which of these is the most groundbreaking game?

I don't think Starcraft, Warcraft and Resident Evil should be on here. Don't get me wrong, I love all three, but they are "just" extremely well made refinements/rip-offs of earlier games in the their respective genres.

OXO - All of the ground was broken.

This isn't going to end well.

You missed out Doom and didn't mention Street Fighter at all which makes this poll completely pointless.

None of the above?

For me it was Grand Theft Auto 3, a lot of those games did new things well, but didn't GTA 3 create a new genre of gaming?

You missed out Doom and didn't mention Street Fighter at all which makes this poll completely pointless.

People are actually voting for Halo? I didn't think this was that kind of community.

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What do you mean by groundbreaking?

Groundbreaking in terms of gameplay?

Graphics?

Storytelling?

Immersion?

Genre defining?

I would put different games in top depending on the definition of groundbreaking that is being taken into consideration but I voted for super mario because of its historical significance. Mario brought video games to life just like Mickey mouse brought animation to life.

Really? Sonic the Hedgehog? Groundbreaking? Really?

People are actually voting for Halo? I didn't think this was that kind of community.

@Sooty: I said out of those. You cant expect me to list all games.I also wanted to list 007 for N64, but I stoped because I already have to many.

Dont see how one game can be most groundbreaking if many of these games were groundbreaking for different and yet equally important reasons.

@Sooty: I said out of those. You cant expect me to list all games.I also wanted to list 007 for N64, but I stoped because I already have to many.

We should move on from the old games. Pong and Pac Man are ancient history, it's time to move on. 
 
I'd say Resident Evil, but it only created the foundations for TODAY'S lame ass development style, so fuck it. 
 
@ProfessorEss said:

@sugetipula said:

@Sooty: I said out of those. You cant expect me to list all games.I also wanted to list 007 for N64, but I stoped because I already have to many.

Yeah, but Doom dude? DOOM!

If by groundbreaking you mean paving the way for a million wannabes, then COD, Halo, Mario 64, and GTA would be the winners.

@ProfessorEss: Yeah, I know, and trust me, I would have put them, but I was afraid people are gonna jump on me for having to many. Everquest would be another one....

If Doom was on there I'd vote for it. But since it isn't, I don't know, Halo? Sure, I'll go with Halo, cause man, Halo.
 
No, but seriously. Halo broke ground for first person shooters on consoles, and see what that lead us to.

I picked Mario 64. Because I found it to be the very first of it's kind with many imitators that weren't up to the fight at all.

and I think there's some confusion between groundbreaking and influential.

Call of Duty 4 wasn't groundbreaking, it didn't do anything drastically different and played identically to Call of Duty 2, it was just set in a different era. It was influential, though, just look at how many games have perks or a system very similar now.

Doom and Half-Life are groundbreaking series in the FPS genre. Call of Duty is just a Medal of Honor competitor, I guess Battlefield 1942 deserves a mention and KOTOR probably does.

Well you break the most ground in Farmville do you not?

@ProfessorEss: Yeah, I know, and trust me, I would have put them, but I was afraid people are gonna jump on me for having to many. Everquest would be another one....

Dig Dug- a lot of ground is broken in that game!

Pac-man

I think PONG, since it started all this video game awesomeness.

Pac-Man

There all wrong, you want FRAcTURE.

@Winternet said:

Really? Sonic the Hedgehog? Groundbreaking? Really?

And people voted for it.

Lets not compare games, it's stupid and childish.

Anyway most of the games on your list aren't revolutionary in a significant way.

Super Mario Bros.

That's pretty much when video games transformed into what we recognize them as today.

I don't know if there's a legitimate argument against Pong when it comes to "most groundbreaking".

For me it was Grand Theft Auto 3, a lot of those games did new things well, but didn't GTA 3 create a new genre of gaming?

Xbox Live, it killed gaming in 2 short years. Pretty impressive if you ask me.

Superman 64.

@xaLieNxGrEyx said:

Xbox Live, it killed gaming in 2 short years. Pretty impressive if you ask me.

Weird

Ugh, none of the above, so i'm just gonna pick CoD.....

I chose CoD because I gripped the mouse the wrong way and accidentally clicked it. So if one of you future CoD voters can vote for Super Mario Bros. for me, that would be awesome.

Everyone who says "Cool story bro" deserves castration.

Where's Tetris?

Half-Life, hands down. What other game on that list was a first title for a developer that perfectly married (for the time) tight control, great graphics, an awesome/startling single-player campaign that can't be forgotten, terrifyingly acute AI (for the time), multiplayer, AND the proper tools for the modding community to go ahead and create whatever they wanted right from the get-go? I can't think of any other title.

Half Life, but not Half Life 2?

i can tell you sonic is the least groundbreaking haha

Serious lack of Minecraft.

Get it? Groundbreaking?

i would say super mario 64. i felt there was a  big leap from the difference graphics.

@ModerateViolence said:

None of the above?

Check.

If I made this, it would be a pretty different list. Super Mario Bros fits, but where is GTA 3? And certainly the original Legend of Zelda was more influential than Ocarina, right? AND WHERE THE HELL IS TETRIS?!?

And what the Hell is Warcraft, Halo, CoD, Gran Tourismo, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, and Sonic the Fucking Hedgehog doing here? All of those games are important, but groundbreaking? I think you maybe should have been more specific about what you meant by groundbreaking

Half-life I guess.