Games That Were Ahead Of Its Time?

Shenmue was so ahead of its time. I played it the other day and it still holds up nicely. The amount of interactivty is still ahead of most games today which is mindblowing. For example: in your house you can open every drawer, take painting off your wall, use a telephone to dial numbers, etc. its still one of the most realistic virtual cities ever created and it came out more than 10 years ago! :o

such a shame it flopped

RIP Dreamcast :(

On topic, i think Halo CE was ahead of its time!

The MGS franchise certainly felt ahead of it's time.

This one.

was shenmue really that ahead of it's time? i mean Deus Ex was out in the same yearbingbaocao

was shenmue really that ahead of it's time? i mean Deus Ex was out in the same yearbingbaocao

On consoles there was nothing that came close to the level of interactivty shenmue had. hell, there still isnt anything quite like shenmue

ex; compare a sandbox game like gta4 to shenmue, and shenmue's enviorment is still much more interactive

Montezuma's Return... The first 1st person platformer ever, made in 1997, over 10 years before the second one (Mirror's Edge). Too bad nobody's played it.

Also, anything made by Looking Glass and Origin.

System Shock 1 (1994) was years ahead of its time, and still influences games to this day and here's a very good and professional read why:

http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index24.shtml

Dreadnot. To this day,alternate reality gaming has had little attention outside of being a marketing ploy (iLoveBees). Majestic got some notice, but never really took off.

I still don't think people are ready for it.

OoT. Crysis for graphics as it's still the best looking game 2 years later.Zero5000X

Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

Shadow of the Collosus. I feel that it must have been made for the PS3 instead, it had many technnical limitations for such a huge and detailed world.

Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

DarkGamer007

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Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

TheHeroism

........ Right.

Half Life and Half Life 2 were both well ahead of their time. Its amazing that Half Life 2 saw 2 console releases and is still holding up strong from generation into the next. I can't wait to see where the series will go from here and what Half Life 3 will bring.

Deus Ex.

[QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]

Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

TheHeroism

[QUOTE="TheHeroism"][QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]

Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

kejigoto

........ Right.

Half Life and Half Life 2 were both well ahead of their time. Its amazing that Half Life 2 saw 2 console releases and is still holding up strong from generation into the next. I can't wait to see where the series will go from here and what Half Life 3 will bring.

[QUOTE="TheHeroism"][QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]

Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

redbaron3

Crysis in terms of graphics I guess.

Riddick, Butcher Bay was really ahead of its time. Also the Panzer Dragoon Saga was really phenomenal, I know thats going way back, but still an outstanding game that pushed the system!

[QUOTE="redbaron3"][QUOTE="TheHeroism"] gears of war obliterates half life in my opinion i played bothTheHeroism

Wow. So only popular games can be "ahead of their time"? Lol. Well it's no wonder that you think so, since you like Gears and Halo more than Half-Life. :lol:

[QUOTE="TheHeroism"][QUOTE="redbaron3"] good thing my opinion isnt the same as yours :P anyway I think the game Trespasser was ahead of its time, may not of been all that good but I don't know of any other game with physics before Trespasser.HenriH-42

Wow. So only popular games can be "ahead of their time"? Lol. Well it's no wonder that you think so, since you like Gears and Halo more than Half-Life. :lol:

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[QUOTE="TheHeroism"] if i RTEMEMBER correctly sir tresspaser failed in scores thus csnt be revolutinaryTheHeroism

Wow. So only popular games can be "ahead of their time"? Lol. Well it's no wonder that you think so, since you like Gears and Halo more than Half-Life. :lol:

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[QUOTE="TheHeroism"] gears of war obliterates half life in my opinion i played bothTheHeroism

........ Right.

Half Life and Half Life 2 were both well ahead of their time. Its amazing that Half Life 2 saw 2 console releases and is still holding up strong from generation into the next. I can't wait to see where the series will go from here and what Half Life 3 will bring.

Somebody make him stop. Please.

dont feed the troll

get back on topic

[QUOTE="TheHeroism"][QUOTE="DarkGamer007"]

Half-Life 2, considering its still one of the best shooters you can find at the moment 5 years after it came out is just evidence that it way ahead of its time.

redbaron3

It was a very cool game, but very buggy. The physics were great and its easily one of the best dinosaur games. Being attacked by raptors was very scary, nothing like hearing something, and turning around only for it to be to late to save yourself. Also best way of telling how much health you had left ever!

Quake 2.

Was the best fps multiplayer shooter for what was6 to7years.

[QUOTE="redbaron3"][QUOTE="TheHeroism"] gears of war obliterates half life in my opinion i played bothSully28

It was a very cool game, but very buggy. The physics were great and its easily one of the best dinosaur games. Being attacked by raptors was very scary, nothing like hearing something, and turning around only for it to be to late to save yourself. Also best way of telling how much health you had left ever!

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[QUOTE="redbaron3"] good thing my opinion isnt the same as yours :P anyway I think the game Trespasser was ahead of its time, may not of been all that good but I don't know of any other game with physics before Trespasser.redbaron3

It was a very cool game, but very buggy. The physics were great and its easily one of the best dinosaur games. Being attacked by raptors was very scary, nothing like hearing something, and turning around only for it to be to late to save yourself. Also best way of telling how much health you had left ever!

Deus Ex It's a game without pretenders, because even now it can compete with current gen games in the gameplay department. The gameplay was very enhanced for its time and even now it's deeper than most games that have been released in recent years. An honorable mention would be Half Life 2mo0ksi

i may have to check this game out

Games ahead of their time...... Halo CE, GoldenEye, Super Mario 64, Zelda OoT. Probably more, can't think right now.

System Shock 1 (1994) was years ahead of its time, and still influences games to this day and here's a very good and professional read why:

http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25underrated/index24.shtml

Salt_The_Fries

If only the controls had been ahead of their time. :P

Brilliant game though (better than 2 imo) and way ahead of it's time in every other aspect.

SHODAN = greatest video game villain.

Quake, HL, Goldeneye or the N64 in general, infact the NES and SNES were ahead of it times, most games on those consoles were awesome. Newer stuff would included MGS, Halo CE, Crysis or would we just say that that game was just ahead of the hardware rather than time.

Mostly though it was all about the SNES and N64. I remember when Ocarina of Time came out "what!! but its only 1999" or whenever it came out.

Earthbound.

No one understood it at the time.