The 10 Most INFLUENTIAL Video Games of All Time

[@mojoplays]

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[@Leopez02]

Resident Evil 4, Leon is My FAVOURITE Resident Evil Character and by the way I Bought Resident Evil 4 2005 Version for a Nintendo Switch in last Year 2023 with only a Price 10€. I will Play it before i'm buying and Playing Resident Evil 4 Remake on a Playstation 5. 😈💀👻👹🔫🕵🏻‍♂️

[@ryandavid1277]

Not that Last of Us nonsense y'all posted.

[@zakirstocks9514]

I'm going with *Resident Evil 4, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Donkey Kong 64, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Street Fighter 2/II, The King of Fighters '94, Viewtiful Joe and Jak & Daxter*

[@adamwarlock2099]

I personally would have picked Warframe over Destiny since it came out a year earlier and is still going strong. But that could be a mix of personal bias. But I do know it is the first and only f2p game I've played. And still do.

[@headband9577]

How didn't goldeneye 007 make the list

[@manuelacosta9463]

Ocarina of Time was my introduction to the open world adventure game. Exploring and clearing the dungeons is memorable just as much as hearing that solemn wolf howl signifying nightfall gives me nostalgia vibes.

[@jasonrandom372]

Or hearing the solemn chicken crowing at when dawn approaches.

[@domx7zero157]

It's not open world at all.

[@ARIXANDRE]

Ocarina of Time does show its age but it wil forever be my GOAT.

[@cesargomez80]

to this day i still like to play ocarine of time.

[@Gawlakman]

Never understood when people say this. How has it aged? Controls and everything still feel mint playing it now

[@robynwolph3836]

​@@Gawlakman Obvious sign of its age: the graphics

[@darth_smooth81]

@@Gawlakman: the low res 3D graphics. The low draw distance and pop-in. While the sprites on ALttP still look good to this day, OoT looks pretty bad overall. Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of my favorite games ever, BUT it hasn’t aged well - just as with most early 3D games. OoT doesn’t hold this exclusively - lots of other games in its time frame haven’t held up well by today’s standards, either. Controls and story and all of that: still 10/10. But graphics/resolution: 3/10 (and that’s nostalgia talking).

[@Nix_Abyss]

If they remade it they’d make bank

[@zd3994]

Max Payne 1 and Metal Gear Solid 1 are two of the most influential games.

[@raider_reaper_4194]

Max Payne? Lol I loved it but wth made you say that?

[@flynndean]

What about Max Payne was so influential? It certainly had its own style (although Remedy definitely looked to The Matrix's success for inspiration among other influences). I can only think of maybe Stranglehold as a title particularly inspired by Max Payne (although John Woo's movies obviously inspired both Stranglehold and Max Payne). 🤔

[@adamu124]

​@@flynndean​ Dead to rights, The Punisher, WET, Total Overdose, Rollerdrome, FEAR, Trepang 2, El paso elsewhere, El matador, my friend pedro, true crime, Maximum action and 10000 bullets. All these games are heavily influenced by Max Payne even Red dead redemption and Resident Evil 6 were influenced by Max Payne to some degree.

[@jalikquarterman4318]

Agreed ❤

[@AG-zt8ii]

Max Payne is the game that made slow mo and bullet time popular in video games. most shooters nowadays have variations of this mechanic. games like God of Ragnarok and the new Legend of Zelda have this mechanic too.

[@Zanoni-the-one]

I’m surprised metal gear solid is not on this list

[@JasonTate08]

"Tetris" should be on this list. It pioneered puzzle games with it's mechanics. Randomized pieces are falling down, which you have totally control over, and have to clear as many rows as possible in different ways. Either you have to arrange these pieces to form an even line or sort them by color or shape with specific amount to clear one row. Without "Tetris" there wouldn't be a "Candy Crush", "Collumns" or "Dr. Mario".

[@colinnixon7739]

The fact it's influenced candy crush earns its top spot.

[@atltallone907]

I'm VERY shocked that 007 Goldeneye was not on this list! However, a solid 10.

[@8ojack]

The one that had the biggest impact on me was probably the original Super Mario Bros but the one I remember blowing my mind the most when it first came out was Mario 64 🤯

[@LadyUsakoB]

mine too! :)

[@TAlshehemi]

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and GTA 3, for me, are the cornerstone and godfather of the open-world gaming format that we know now. This proves the genius and creativity of a company like Rockstar and Nintendo in the video games industry.

[@domx7zero157]

Ocarina of Time is not open world. Also they simply took A Link to the Past and made it work in 3D at a time where 3D games where already a thing. The game is great but there is nothing ground breaking about it. Btw that "open world" structure" as you call it was already established in older Zelda games. Mario 64 did a lot more for 3D gaming and A Link To the Past did a lot more for Zelda games.

[@АлександрТерехов-ж3й]

​@@domx7zero157no, Ocarina of Time essentially defined what 3D games should look like, even Den Hauser admits that all modern 3D games are inspired by Ocarina of Time, including GTA 

[@gerbrandlub]

@@АлександрТерехов-ж3й it's difficult to say what influenced what exactly, factoring development time. I mean, before GTA3 the predecessors of Rockstar released an open world game on the N64 called Body Harvest. It was very much like ánd unlike GTA3. It had shooter mechanics more akin to Goldeneye (1997), the exploration aspect of Zelda but was very much it's own game. Yet, Body Harvest was released in 1998 whereas OOT was released in the same year. It's much more likely that it was influenced by Super Mario 64.

[@domx7zero157]

Dude, it came out 2 full years after Mario 64. 3D games were already established, it was just probably the most polished of its time. That's a great accomplishment for its time but it's not that influential. People are inspired by it because it was a huge hit. Not because it did anything new. Even as a Zelda game, it's the same as the previous games, just in 3D. The original Zelda is a lot more influential than Ocarina. Who cares if Den Hauser was inspired by it? It's like saying one of the biggest musical artists of the past decades was inspired by Linkin Park so Linking Park is more influential than The Beatles. This logic makes no sense at al. @@АлександрТерехов-ж3й

[@williamsummerson1204]

Mario 64 is one of my favorite games of all time. ❤

[@pogethedoge]

I feel like final Fantasy 7 deserves a mention. Not the first RPG, but absolutely the most main stream. Tlou was very influential, but really just built off of the foundation that uncharted 2 set for it. I think that should've been included instead

[@deadmemories26]

Final Fantasy VII absolutely deserved the mention, because it showed how cinematic storytelling in games could be. Metal Gear Solid would further this concept, not only that, FFVII single handedly popularized an entire genre.

[@tarantinoish]

I guess they don’t consider JRPGs games. This list isn’t the best. I love Last of Us, but it definitely is not one of the top ten most influential games of all time.

[@domx7zero157]

If they did, Dragon Quest 1 would be the most influencial@@tarantinoish

[@54raynor]

It introduced the world to JRPGs, while also pushing them into the 3D realm and advancing video game storytelling just as much as Ocarina of Time. Watchmojo never wants to admit that PlayStation overwhelmingly won that generation of gaming.

[@jamesberry2326]

No way in hell can you give The Last of Us credit for cinematic level gaming when Mass Effect, Halo, Gears of War, Mafia, KOTOR were all before TLOU there's just no way

[@edwinsaez82]

I love that the Symphony of Night music was going on during the whole video lol

[@YajitiaGalaxy]

Ocarina Of Time is a all time classic for us Xelda fans. It was my very first Zelda game I beat followed by its sequel Majora's Mask.Truly was a amazing game and still is.

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

As if you don't have Half-Life 2 on here. The Gravity Gun, the great story with no cutscenes, the physics-based puzzles.

[@michelletackett9489]

HL2 was a lot like Metroid Prime.

[@darth_smooth81]

I’d say Half-Life 2 didn’t really revolutionize anything. While it was a great game for sure, how many of the things it did were copied years later in dozens/hundreds of games? Just like The Last of Us - great game, but doesn’t really revolutionize anything.

[@willjohnboy]

Demons souls started the soulslike/soulsborne genre id put that over dark souls

[@mindeyethemasterscreen2712]

No it didn't Zelda created it

[@stephencroft1612]

No Tomb Raider 1996? That game was unlike anything that year and was basically the blueprint for action-adventure 3D games

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

This mojonintendo

[@domx7zero157]

It's watchmojo, can't expect much

[@midwestyle]

FF7 should be on this list. Even if you don't think its a great game, its cinematic set pieces (like summons or limit breaks), side activities, and world that moved without the characters in it were monumental for the RPG genre.

[@mattalan6618]

i wont play it due to the facts that its overrated (retro channels praise it way to much) and that i know how it ends

[@domx7zero157]

It's my favorite game but Dragon Quest 1 and Final Fantasy 4 & 6 are more influential

[@54raynor]

@@mattalan6618or maybe retro channels praise it for a reason. One of the finest games ever made.

[@mymanjohan5101]

​@@mattalan6618you're missing out, it's a very very fun game and even though you know how the adventure ends, there are so much sidesquests and side stories to experience that everyone's experience is always brand new. If one day u wanna give it a try, don't hesisate

[@Gawlakman]

Absolutely couldn’t agree more on RE 4, Ocarina of time, and doom. Nice video

[@mattjohnson5568]

I feel like Pokemon on GB shoukd have a special mention.

[@misterhoobomaster]

You have Destiny .. But not Metal Gear Solid? You ok? (Edit) Destiny wasn't responsible for battle passes at all lol. If anything it was Fortnite.

[@ki11atj49]

Not just that. Bungie is big influential game was Halo destiny didn't influence anything

[@joffa99m44]

We have to do a second list and include oblivion or skyrim. WoW and FFXIV. Assassin creed and the ubisoft formula. RDR2=the future standard of immersion.

[@ryandavid1277]

Wtf did Last of Us influence?

[@MrSkullMerchant]

I personaly think the game/story is way to short, i think the joel and ellie bond was rushed

[@ryandavid1277]

@@MrSkullMerchant when a piece of media wants to manufacture what's called unearned feelings they kill a child or pet in the beginning. Just like this game did. If Watchmojo wants to say that Last of Us took it up a notch, that's fine but to be one of the most influential games of all time? Never.

[@domx7zero157]

Right? Being a massive hit doesn't mean it's influential...

[@BingBong422]

It had groundbreaking story telling and voice acting.

[@ryandavid1277]

@@BingBong422 this was hardly new or influential.

[@-2high2fly-]

Demon's Souls came out before Dark Souls.

[@SebaFuentes]

Beta

[@robynwolph3836]

Good job adding Ocarina of Time but I find the lack Final Fantasy VII on this list rather disturbing.

[@domx7zero157]

Ocarina of Time is a 3D link to the Past, while 3D games where already everywhere (Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Tomb Raider and many others). And Zelda Link to the Past is an upgrade of Zelda 1 which came out in 1985 in japan, you have your chronology wrong. Same for Final Fantasy 7, It might be my favorite game but it's basically the same as Final Fantasy 6, just in 3D, which doesn't affect the gameplay at all and both these games are heavily influenced by Dragon Quest 1, which was the inspiration for Final Fantasy 1. This list makes no sense.

[@carlosvader77]

I don't think Dark Souls belongs that high. The game that has influenced other great games the most is Ocarina of Time

[@raider_reaper_4194]

1) Pong 2) Tetris 3) Pacman 4) Mario 5) Zelda 6) Pokemon 7) Halo 8) COD 9) Minecraft 10) Fortnite

[@Rspit030]

Defently would of swapped last of us with metal gear solid

[@weezyyeswes]

Gran Turismo, Final fantasy, Sonic, Tetris, Pac-Man, Duck hunt, TMNT, all of Sims, Tomb raider, spiral the dragon, half life, halo I could go all day lol but here are a few I think has a chance to be on this list

[@domx7zero157]

how is spyro influential?

[@mattalan6618]

how are TMNT Spyro and Sonic all influential?

[@mattalan6618]

@@domx7zero157 probably thinks for 3D platforming. which is wrong cause mario 64 did it first

[@domx7zero157]

yeah@@mattalan6618

[@domx7zero157]

right?@@mattalan6618

[@aaronflowers8881]

I hate how Super Mario Bros 3 is not on any of these lists.

[@Historicutuber]

Ocarina of Time is so influential. such a masterpiece!

[@domx7zero157]

How is it influential? The Zelda formula was already established with A Link to the Past and 3D games were already established with Mario 64 which came out 2 years before Ocarina Of Time. It's a great game, was amazing when it came out but didn't do anything new. It's probably the best transition from 2D to 3D for a franchise but that's it. Otherwise it's a 3D Link to the Past. Nothing new here.

[@Historicutuber]

you know if you watched the video I think they explain it pretty well @@domx7zero157

[@Zuniam]

⁠@@domx7zero157have you even listened to the video? Or are you just brain dead

[@keynanmartinez]

Virtual Cop was the first video game to include Headshots that was a major influence for future Shooting games hitting thier weakspot.

[@RisingRaiden]

I think all of them were deserving except for last of us despite how good it was, games like final fantasy 7 were more influential

[@domx7zero157]

Ok but Final Fantasy 7 didn't really do anything new other than having cutscenes. It's pretty close to Final Fantasy 6, which is an upgrade over older Final Fantasy games, which are all inspired by Dragon Quest. Being a massive hit or the best in the series doesn't make it the most influential.

[@AnthonyOlan]

Is that a Castlevania song I hear?

[@reteppppn]

Bioshock definitely made storytelling part of the game before the last of us. If anything Bioshock influenced the last of us storytelling.

[@ChrisAllenHess]

Y'all really liking that SOTN OST.

[@Leopez02]

The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, it's Age is Really an Old 25 but it was Ahead of it's Time when it been Relased and Ocarina of Time is still a Great Game after these 25 Years, it's hard to believe that Game is older than Me, i'm 21 Years old. I'm so GLAD to I Bought The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time for a Nintendo 3DS in 2022 just before sadly 3DS and Wii U éShops closed in last Year 2023. In this Year 2024 and after Ocarina of Time 25th Anniiversary, would LOVE to see The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake or Remastered, I Hope and Believe it comes. 🏜🏝🌋🏞🐺🐎🦌🦉🦎🏯🏰🤴🏼👸🏼🧝🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♂️🧝🏻🪃🏹🛡⚔️😈👹🕷💀🐉

[@domx7zero157]

It's a great game but it's basically a 3D version of A Link to the Past and came out after Mario 64. It wasn't influencial at all. It was simply a great transition from 2D to 3D.

[@Leopez02]

@@domx7zero157 that would be Really Nice too!

[@АлександрТерехов-ж3й]

Absolutely no​@@domx7zero157

[@laytex134]

I'm actually happy that Ocarina of Time isn't in the #1 spot despite the rose tinted nostalgia for it, although had to completely skip any mention of the last of us for being horribly overrated in every way.

[@weisburgh]

You guys realize games go back farther than 1993 right? Wizardry revolutionized CRPGs in the early 80s

[@domx7zero157]

RIGHT? No Super Mario Bros, OG Zelda, Dragon Quest, Zelda Alttp, Final Fantasy 4, OG Metroid, Metal Gear. They mostly put games that were influenced by those lol.

[@mac__attack8609]

I feel Portal should be mentioned for puzzle adventure games.

[@Devilwillcry]

Dark Souls for most influential? What about Demon’s Souls? Dark Souls just refined the formula like Bloodborne and Elden Ring.

[@solidsnake9898]

MGS should be here instead of Tlou. Everything Tlou did, MGS did first.

[@danielt93]

Splatoon was a cultural reset. I’m a huge fan

[@willjohnboy]

I'd put Final fantasy 7, goldeneye, metal gear solid, fallout 3, demon souls not darksouls in the list also

[@mjdf122]

Too many games to name I’ve seen all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming

[@shaonsarkar]

Mention Bruce Straley as well when talking about TLOU, not just Neil Druckmann. Straley got rid of all of Druckmann's absurd ideas about TLOU and Uncharted 4 and made the games so crowd-pleasing.

[@ahmedmaklad6527]

He was the one that kept that idiot Druckmann in check

[@Larzy0789]

I’m happy to have experienced all of these games as they were released ❤

[@darth_smooth81]

Totally missed Final Fantasy 7! That one game alone brought RPG’s to the forefront and were now no longer just for “nerds”….from the story to the graphics to the world - everything about FF7 changed the industry. Now I’m not saying there weren’t better RPG’s before or after, but we’re talking those that had the biggest influence - and this one did it for RPG’s. I’d also like to say that while Doom was kind of the first to do FPS, Quake (PC) and GoldenEye (N64) and Halo (XBox), I believe, were more influential to the FPS genre than Doom ever was.

[@writer_man5318]

Seriously, FFVII more than any other I think really cemented the idea of storytelling in video games for a lot of people.

[@domx7zero157]

Yeah but Final Fantasy 4 is the one that started it, before that no one expected video game stories to be good. 7 is way better and made the genre mainstream but it all comes from ff4@@writer_man5318

[@thecyborgninja]

The fact you left out metal gear solid is ridiculous Saying The Last of us brought story telling to life is hilarious it all started with metal gear solid everyone knows how famous it is for its cut scenes Also gave birth to the stealth genre

[@domx7zero157]

From that viewpoint, Final Fantasy 4 and 6 did way more to bring great storytelling in video games. Before that no one even expected games to have good stories. And while MGS popularized and polished the stealth genre, Metal Gear itself started in the 80s...

[@thecyborgninja]

@@domx7zero157 I meant as in metal gear solid was like a movie with the cut scenes and the way it told a story And I know metal gear started in the 80s but I never played those I'm going off my opinion And I love final fantasy i have a cloud strife tattoo on my arm I know they are story driven games I'm just saying it's laughable they used the last of us like it was the first

[@broden4838]

Music: Dracula's Castle (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

[@syamacurrie7246]

Metal Gear Solid should be on this list.

[@eviljigglypuff2254]

Might be the most accurate list like this I've seen yet. Cheers

[@AintPopular]

Sotn is ahead of its time playing it rn

[@aaronrocket9931]

Goldeneye pioneered first-person shooter multiplayer.

[@joesaiditstrue]

that would be Doom, and Quake world. Goldeneye was a trailblazer with FPS multiplayer on a console though

[@colinnixon7739]

Right franchises, wrong games

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

I can vividly and clearly remember Super Mario being the very first game I ever felt nostalgia for. But as I got older, I realized just how much better Banjo-Kazooie was on every single level ever.

[@dubbmoon]

Vividly and clearly? 😂

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@dubbmoon Yes…. Vividly: In a way that produces strong and clear images in the mind. I’m not sure where your confusion is stemming from lol

[@dubbmoon]

@@fearlesscheshirecat1411 so you don't see what you did there? Got it 👍 🤣

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@dubbmoon Putting emphasis on “clear” yes I do. That’s kind of the point….to put emphasis on the clear part lol

[@fearlesscheshirecat1411]

@@dubbmoon Vividly doesn’t just mean “clear” anyways. It means to produce strong feelings in the mind.

[@edwinsaez82]

There is one game missing that could arguably be number 1: Rogue. It spawned 2 similar genres: Rogue-like and Rogue-lite. It actually may be the genre with the most amount of games

[@jamalvargas6146]

Street Fighter 3rd Strike (1998) My Personal Favorite video game ever !!!!!

[@flippoy]

METAL GEAR SOLID!!!

[@Lang7]

Some of these choices are very questionable but none more so than TLoU. There isn’t a single thing that game does that was original or unique. To suggest that it’s a game that influenced the entire industry is simply not true.

[@Highretrogamelord]

I'm surprised no Pong or Dune II is in this list.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Until Donkey Kong, the idea of a video game having a story just didn't exist.

[@Raveneffect1989]

Command & Conquer, Tetris, Pac Man, Metal Gear Solid, Star Craft, Pokemon Red & Blue, Time Crisis, and Final Fight are a few others that spring to mind. Also could argue that it was Mortal Kombat and Nightrap that led to ESRB. Also Pong, Space Invaders and if you go back a long way Space War.

[@StabbyRocketJoe]

> Most INFLUENTIAL games of ALL TIME > *Final Fantasy VII* is NOT found 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

[@lifeinthehands6972]

Yeah. That garbage did not anything.

[@blackhawk647]

You guys are aware that Destiny’s first season/battle pass was with season of the Undying in 2019, right? Battle passes were already used and popular with games in that genre for a long, long time. Lmao

[@cantpleasonist]

There would not be a video game industry today if not for Super Mario Bros.

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

Bullshit

[@batmanbud2]

​@@fourwingsweepa1705 How?

[@domx7zero157]

Super Mario and Legend of Zelda

[@domx7zero157]

Lol, check your gaming history dude. It's like saying the Beatles didn't do anything for the music industry.@@fourwingsweepa1705

[@domx7zero157]

are you for real?@@fourwingsweepa1705

[@arthurandrade8570]

If the argument of dark souls being influencial is its mechanics , then demons souls should be the one mentioned

[@joesaiditstrue]

demons souls didn't have the open world style map though, which is why I would rate DS1 ahead of DeS

[@_matty95wink26]

Soul calibur innovated the way you moved in a 3D fighting game space by creating the right way run system which is used in a lot of 3D fighting games

[@kristopherrobinson316]

Grab Tourismo and Arkham Asylum deserve to be on another list like this.

[@shigshug8581]

My list: 1. Super Mario Bros 2. Mario 64 3. Grand Theft Auto 3 4. Tetris 5. Pac-Man 6. Resident Evil 4 7. Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 8. Pong 9. Street Fighter 2 10. Minecraft

[@ki11atj49]

Halo influenced more shooters than any

[@domx7zero157]

How is RE4 influencial?

[@shigshug8581]

@@domx7zero157 The over the shoulder 3rd person aspect where the character is on the left side of the screen so it doesn't block all the action on the right influenced games like Batman Arkham series, Dead Space series, Gears of War series, Uncharted series, Mass Effect series, etc...

[@MBF78]

So the only kinds of games that exist that have had influence thrust upon them are action and adventure games? What about strategy? Puzzle?Sports? Why am I not surprised that nobody seems to care about those genres though? It's not like those are where the big money comes from.

[@darth_smooth81]

Well, there’s not a lot you can do with sports games - and each year seems to just be a retread of the year prior. What would you recommend as the most revolutionary football game and why? How about hockey? Basketball? Soccer? Baseball? The problem with sports games is that they’re essentially simulators - name something that Madden did that now every other videogame genre uses. While they are good/fun games, they never really redefined games at all. I can think of maybe two sports games: Tecmo Super Bowl and NBA Jam. Both of those games made their sport easy to pick up and play for anybody.

[@r-rod8116]

Metal Gear Solid set the new standard for storytelling. I also think Golden Eye 007 should also be on the list because it changed multi-player games.

[@christianlopez707]

Dragon Quest 3 should be here.

[@domx7zero157]

Finally someone realizing that Dragon Quest is the beginning of JRPGs

[@mattalan6618]

should've added Virtua Fighter. it showed that fighting games can work in 3D

[@larrywilliams2262]

I'm pleasantly surprise "Madden" is not on this list.

[@nandomps123]

Castelvania song playing on the background 🎶

[@DmarcusBaus]

What's the song name?

[@DustinKopperman]

Resident Evil 4 and Destiny and Super Mario 64 and The Last of Us and Dark Souls had the biggest impact on the video game medium on the PS3 or on the PS4 or on the switch

[@domx7zero157]

How was Resident Evil 4 influencial? It's just a really good game, didn't do anything new really. Same for Dark Souls.

[@lifeinthehands6972]

​@@domx7zero157 Over the shoulder camera that can turn around 180 degres. Cinematic quicktime cutscenes.

[@iARmusic21]

Imagine being a Destiny dev that sees this and realizes their game was only used as an example of what NOT to do lol smh I feel bad lol

[@LeadMe2TheBliss]

Shenmue should definitely be on this list.

[@zakirstocks9514]

Best Fantastic Underrated Childhood Influential Games that consider to be My Most Favorites are: 1. Resident Evil 4 2. Super Mario 64 3. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 5. Street Fighter 2/II 6. The King of Fighters '94 7. Mega Man 7 8. Devil Kings (Sengoku Basara) 9. Pokémon: X and Y 10. Viewtiful Joe 11. Capcom's Maximo: Ghosts to Glory and Army of Zin 12. Final Fantasy 6 & 7 13. Donkey Kong 64 14. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus 15. Jak & Daxter 16. Dragon Ball Z 17. Dragon Quest 18. Okami

[@adamconte3270]

Halo redefined what FPS could be with its control schemes. All 3D FPS after it adapted the core mechanics of Halo's control scheme. Should be in the Top 10.

[@SiCxNeMeSiS]

Agree

[@FrankD.Hall1986]

The Last of Us was included in the top, but not Ico? Ico is the game to which we owe the creation of The Last of Us, also Ico has influenced The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Uncharted 3, Papo & Yo, Fez, Brothers: A Tale of Sons, Rime, No More Heroes, Assassin’s Creed, Flower, Journey and Halo 4, Let’s add that if souls exist we owe it to Ico since Hidetaka Miyazaki decided to leave his job after playing it and also Ico was one of the first to use bloom lighting effect.

[@younghem]

GTA III is number one. You nailed it.

[@nicolas.grisanti]

Some games that for me are very influential: - Assassin's Creed, like it or not, i'm not a fan of the franchise but since this game, every open world game mimics some of his mechanics. - Batman Arkham Asylum: the combat system was revolutionary, and many games use it after this game. - Alone in the dark: maybe the most influential survival horror of all time, the franchise never take off, but the first one was really ahead of his time.

[@vd8549]

Max Payne 1 too

[@lifeinthehands6972]

Nobody knows alone in the dark garbage. Everyone knows Resident Evil. İt popularized the genre. Alone in the Dark shit 😂😂😂

[@jfigueroa37]

Good list outside of Dark Souls as NES difficulty was a thing way before this. What are the "innumerable" other games that adapted this style without counting other Souls games?

[@idbrooks]

Surprised Fortine didn’t slide its way on here

[@heffy36]

METAL GEAR THE FIRST TO MAKE A GAME FEEL LIKE A MOVIE

[@killingtime4444]

You got Destiny wrong. Destiny was on an expansion model for a long time. It wasn't until FORTNITE popularized the season pass that Bungie and other companies implemented it.

[@chantzashford3710]

I feel like Sonic the Hedgehog and Telltale Games' The Walking Dead was most influential. Because one popularized 2D platforming with the element of speed, and the other revitalized the weakened adventure game genre.

[@domx7zero157]

Sonic popularized 2D platforming? Never heard of Mario huh? Btw that element of speed you speak of is simply marketing, Mario games actually move faster, which shouldn't matter but you brought it up as a point.

[@thebeatlesloveisallyouneed]

Arkham games, star wars battle front 2, and the force unleashed! I could keep going. Old games are the best!

[@michelletackett9489]

No Pokemon? The series that made RPGs mainstream and all the catching monster games. Animal Crossing? All the farm simulators. The Last of Us shouldn't been in there. It didn't do anything for games. It was RE4 only not as good. You forced that one in there so the ponies wouldn't cry. Give me a break.

[@TaylorCoffman87]

Is this castlevania music in the background?

[@54raynor]

Watchmojo is kidding itself if they think Mario 64 was more influential than Super Mario Bros, aka the game that saved gaming. And from a technical sense, SMB1 popularized the platforming genre and scrolling screens. It’s often regarded as the most-cloned game in gaming history.

[@hip2besquare1972]

The most influential game that got me started as a gamer was definitely DOOM, because of that game I got really good at FPS shooters that came after that like Condemned and Prey. Before that I had played some console games like Super Mario Bros., Pole Position, and Sonic just to name a few, but overall DOOM is what made me a serious gamer.

[@thisguy41487]

I might be wrong, but a gameplay style that has disappeared a little is the cover-based shooter, which was probably made popular by Gears of War. I think... it used to be a HUGE share of the market between 2006 and like 2013-ish (whenever the last Mass Effect came out). The dedicated take cover and shoot from cover was pretty much non-existent before Gears of War, and now it's pretty mainstream. I think Quake and Unreal Tournament have places missing on this list a well. Quake had a huge impact on the multiplayer arena shooter genre. Doom had set the groundwork, but Quake really brought it to life. I don't know if it was the first, but I think Devil May Cry set the stage for the style of action hack and slash genre that's used to this day. There is a lot out there. Wouldn't mind seeing a second list put together.

[@carlpacquing2575]

I just realize that, now that you brought it up. It's been a while since I've played a cover based shooter, or any cover based game in general..

[@troydenbrum2979]

because the genre is kinda meh, you can just add that ability to any other shooter that isnt based off it entirely@@carlpacquing2575

[@AG-zt8ii]

Max Payne 1

[@sharkdrake3771]

I'd say Metal Gear Solid had more impact over The Last of Us when it came to storytelling. The PS2 era was when games were beginning to incorporate full fledged movie quality stories.

[@domx7zero157]

agreed

[@Reasonablemind]

Surprised that no mgs made the list like mgs 1 with long movie like cutscenes

[@krisaguiar8279]

The original "Legend of Zelda", ya know, gold cartridge, is the most influential for one simple reason... it was the first that had an internal battery allowing the user to save their game! Think about that.. the first to allow a game save!! Where the hell would we be without being able to save games!!?!?!?

[@tarantinoish]

Destiny is on this list, but not Super Mario Bros. Yeah, okay, that makes sense.

[@domx7zero157]

Watchmojo shouldn't do gaming videos, everytime I see one I'm like "Aight, time to disagree!"

[@TooLiveChris]

Halo 2 and Xbox Live changed the online multiplayer gaming landscape forever!

[@dolphspaghetti]

combat evolved*