I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry.

The most famous one that comes to my mind is Assassin’s Creed, with the tower climbing for map information.

  • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    What are you smoking? That’s like a 2005 game.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_shooter

    Jonathan S. Harbour of the University of Advancing Technology argues that Tomb Raider (1996) by Eidos Interactive (now Square Enix Europe) is “largely responsible for the popularity of this genre”.

    Hell, Max Payne was definitely more popular, and it came out in 2001.

    • BigLgame@lemy.lolEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      Well you are right but I’m talking about the style and feel that one of those earlier pivot resident evils created. It plays the same as gears of war and all other cover shooters that followed. Sure third person existed but everything today plays in a way that series established.

      • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        So like the other person said, specific camera things in the genre, not the genre itself.

        Which would be more accurate, since the genre existed for years pre-RE4