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RightHandOfIkaros ,

Metroid, which spawned more than half of all indie games.

cyberpunk007 ,

More than half seems bold, otherwise I agree

RightHandOfIkaros ,

It sure feels like more than half of them label themselves as some blend of metroidvania, as long as it isnt a cardbattler or a roguelike, its 100% going to label itself a metroidvania.

cyberpunk007 ,

I guess I just look at it as you’re saying FPS, MMO, RPG, RTS, etc are less than half.

Anticorp ,

Warcraft started an entire genre of games. Blizzard took that concept and created StarCraft, which spawned million dollar tournaments.

Pea666 ,

You mean RTS games? Warcraft is from ‘94, two years after Dune 2 was released.

rimjob_rainer ,

I think he means Mobas or Tower Defense games

RootBeerGuy ,
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Yeah, however before Warcraft there was Dune II. But I am not sure which one was more popular at the time and I think Dune II came way before Warcraft.

I think why Dune II is more notable though is that the first Dune game was more of an adventure style came, not a strategy game. Then they changed the game with its successor and introduced the asymmetrical factions that each had a few unique units with differing strategies.

Warcraft took that concept further of course. But even there its rather Warcraft II that really had a big breakthrough.

rimjob_rainer ,

Ocarina of Time is the mother of modern 3D gaming with Z-targeting.

Lemminary ,

The Sims for the scrub-the-toilet mechanic.

breadguyyy ,

dark souls

wcSyndrome , (edited )

Maybe cheating a bit but there are several genres of games that are named after the games that popularized their mechanics such as roguelike/roguelite, souls-like, metroidvania

over_clox ,

How about the flowing hair on Lara Croft in Tomb Raider 2 and later?

From my understanding, they wanted to have that working for TR1 but missed the deadline, so Lara got a static hair bun in TR1.

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