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Which of these three games do you believe is the most important?

I'm under 25 - Super Mario Brothers (NES 1985)39%39% - 57
I'm under 25 - Street Fighter II (SNES 1992)3%3% - 5
I'm under 25 - Battlefield 2 (PC 2005)27%27% - 40
I'm 25 or older - Super Mario Brothers (NES 1985)12%12% - 18
I'm 25 or older - Street Fighter II (SNES 1992)4%4% - 7
I'm 25 or older - Battlefield 2 (PC 2005)11%11% - 17
Total: 144
2006-12-23 12:12:47
The_Shipbuilder
Stay the corpse
+261|6925|Los Angeles
Got the idea for this after seeing the hilarious Street Fighter: The Later Years. Which would you pick, and why?

For me it would have to be SFII, for the hundreds of hours I'd waste playing it with friends after school and for introducing an top-selling genre that's lasted well over 15 years.
2006-12-23 12:44:20
Commie Killer
Member
+192|6811
Mario is best known, so Id say that, though most people just keep going for the newest and the best looking all the time.
2006-12-23 18:11:19
[F7F7]KiNG_KaDaFFHi
Why walk when you can dance?
+77|7011|sWEEDen
WTF! BF2 wins?? We have plenty of youngsters here then...grow up...get a haircut...get a job ...and buy a 8-bit nintendo! Mario@Nes FTW!!!
2006-12-23 18:14:12
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6829|North Carolina
I voted for BF2.  I know that Mario was more significant for getting people first into video games, but BF2 really did revolutionize First Person Shooters.
2006-12-23 18:18:30
Brasso
member
+1,549|7055

Lol, nice.  Posting on BF2 forums, with at least half of the members here under 20.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2006-12-23 18:39:20
Paco_the_Insane
Phorum Phantom
+244|7069|Ohio
other. the legend of zelda.

the first game to use battery powered internal memory.

think what games would be today if you couldnt save.
2006-12-23 18:39:38
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6943|Πάϊ

Turquoise wrote:

BF2 really did revolutionize First Person Shooters.
How exactly man? I mean, if there ever was an FPS game that really made an impact that has to be CS...
ƒ³
2006-12-23 18:42:44
RedTwizzler
I do it for the lulz.
+124|6961|Chicago
Mario FTW. Revolutionized platformers forever. One of my favorite games, and one of my favorite characters.
2006-12-23 18:44:58
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6829|North Carolina

oug wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

BF2 really did revolutionize First Person Shooters.
How exactly man? I mean, if there ever was an FPS game that really made an impact that has to be CS...
True...  Counterstrike and Half-Life are great games.  They are significant in their own right.

However, BF2 (and its predecessors, to a lesser extent) incorporated a lot of strategic elements that previous games didn't have.  The emphasis on squad tactics and commander functions was, at one time, unique to the Battlefield series.  BF 2142 expands on this through the new upgrades and "field" upgrades.

To me, the Battlefield series created a new sense of strategy for FPS's that had only been touched upon with other games.  This is most of the reason why I enjoy BF2 and BF 2142.   This depth in strategy still separates the series from other contemporary games like Half-Life, in my opinion.
2006-12-23 18:47:21
mafia996630
© 2009 Jeff Minard
+319|7188|d
i am 18, and Mario was the most important. in-fact wot about Space invaders? Medal Of Honor had the greatest impact on me.
2006-12-23 18:48:25
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6944|Adelaide, South Australia

Null vote, Mortal Kombat.
2006-12-23 19:08:49
Jasp
Bongabilla
+171|7086|The Outer Circle

oug wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

BF2 really did revolutionize First Person Shooters.
How exactly man? I mean, if there ever was an FPS game that really made an impact that has to be CS...
DF1 ? DF2 ? TFD ? BHD ? ....

..before that Duke Nukem, Doom, Quake..
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2006-12-23 19:14:50
tupla_s
.
+455|7016|Finland
Mario FTW!
2006-12-23 19:27:42
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,072|7196|PNW

Anyone who doesn't go with Mario has to be freaking insane. The sheer amount of marketing early on in the series gave a pretty hefty jump start to the industry and its popularity. Who voted Battlefield 2? You've gotta be joking. Mario introduced smooth scrolling. What did Battlefield introduce? Pussified miniguns and tanks that struggle over speedbumps?
2006-12-23 19:30:58
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6829|North Carolina

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Anyone who doesn't go with Mario has to be freaking insane. The sheer amount of marketing early on in the series gave a pretty hefty jump start to the industry and its popularity. Who voted Battlefield 2? You've gotta be joking. Mario introduced smooth scrolling. What did Battlefield introduce? Pussified miniguns and tanks that struggle over speedbumps?
I was looking at it more from a gameplay perspective, but yes, Mario was certainly more significant in monetary and cultural terms.
2006-12-23 19:41:39
The_Shipbuilder
Stay the corpse
+261|6925|Los Angeles

Turquoise wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Anyone who doesn't go with Mario has to be freaking insane. The sheer amount of marketing early on in the series gave a pretty hefty jump start to the industry and its popularity. Who voted Battlefield 2? You've gotta be joking. Mario introduced smooth scrolling. What did Battlefield introduce? Pussified miniguns and tanks that struggle over speedbumps?
I was looking at it more from a gameplay perspective, but yes, Mario was certainly more significant in monetary and cultural terms.
The question was just which game is the most important.

Certainly we could find a thousand different definitions for "important".
2006-12-23 19:41:42
Blehm98
conservative hatemonger
+150|6888|meh-land
under 25

xcom is tied with BF2, but there is no option for it...
The entire battlefield series defined Massive online FPS games, and showed how great it could work
xcom just owned all the other games of its time
2006-12-23 21:40:28
jonsimon
Member
+224|6919
Mario revolutionized games, the other two didn't.
2006-12-23 21:43:45
seb--morin
Im high
+152|7064|Montréal, Québec

tupla_s wrote:

Mario FTW!
2006-12-24 00:13:11
unnamednewbie13
Moderator
+2,072|7196|PNW

Turquoise wrote:

I voted for BF2.  I know that Mario was more significant for getting people first into video games, but BF2 really did revolutionize First Person Shooters.
Not really. If you want to credit Battlefield for that, you should credit BF1942. BF2 merely continues the tradition (with each subsequent release sold with more bugs than the predecessor).

The_Shipbuilder wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Anyone who doesn't go with Mario has to be freaking insane. The sheer amount of marketing early on in the series gave a pretty hefty jump start to the industry and its popularity. Who voted Battlefield 2? You've gotta be joking. Mario introduced smooth scrolling. What did Battlefield introduce? Pussified miniguns and tanks that struggle over speedbumps?
I was looking at it more from a gameplay perspective, but yes, Mario was certainly more significant in monetary and cultural terms.
The question was just which game is the most important.

Certainly we could find a thousand different definitions for "important".
When I saw "important," I automatically associated it with video games in general, and not with which one I love the most. If I could select by "favorite," and not "most important," I'd chose all of the above.

Personally, my "omfg that's so awesome" game of all time has to be Thief II: The Metal Age. I know...I like single player. Other single player games had their ups and downs, but Thief is the only series that has kept me on my toes every second. I could go on listing the awesomeness of a hundred other games, but that's material for another thread.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-12-24 00:13:32)

2006-12-24 04:26:44
sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7182|Argentina
I started playing videogames with Atari 2600, and then I went this road: C64, C128, Amiga, PC, Sega Genesis, Panasonic 3DO, PS1, PS2 and I'm waiting the PS3 to drop the price. 
For me the most important games are those which I played the most so I will say:
1-BF2
2-UO
3-Gran Turismo Series
4-Fifa Series
5-Winning Eleven Series
6-Need for Speed Series

Last edited by sergeriver (2006-12-24 04:30:37)

2006-12-24 04:49:05
lowing
Banned
+1,662|7076|USA
The most important game is the one that started it all.............PONG

second, is the game that sealed it..............Space Invaders.

I remember as a kid having to stand in line to play Space Invaders.

The battlefield series is my personal "most important" because never before have I become so adicted to a damn game. I have never played and NOT grown tired of, or finished any other game in my life.

Last edited by lowing (2006-12-24 05:26:35)

2006-12-24 05:08:57
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6943|Πάϊ

Turquoise wrote:

oug wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

BF2 really did revolutionize First Person Shooters.
How exactly man? I mean, if there ever was an FPS game that really made an impact that has to be CS...
True...  Counterstrike and Half-Life are great games.  They are significant in their own right.

However, BF2 (and its predecessors, to a lesser extent) incorporated a lot of strategic elements that previous games didn't have.  The emphasis on squad tactics and commander functions was, at one time, unique to the Battlefield series.  BF 2142 expands on this through the new upgrades and "field" upgrades.

To me, the Battlefield series created a new sense of strategy for FPS's that had only been touched upon with other games.  This is most of the reason why I enjoy BF2 and BF 2142.   This depth in strategy still separates the series from other contemporary games like Half-Life, in my opinion.
I know thats why I like BF2 as well. The strategy is what puts it in a class of its own. I just don't consider this enjoyable improvement as big a step as Mario in the gaming world...

Anyway, Merry Xmas man!
ƒ³
2006-12-25 04:58:27
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6980
I love Streetfighter II but influence wise it has to be Super Mario (tough to admit coming from a Sega man).

Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-12-25 04:58:59)

2006-12-25 11:08:19
lowing
Banned
+1,662|7076|USA
Ya mean there is nobody that agrees that PONG is the most important, and that Space Invaders is the game that put us on track for gaming as we know it??

 

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