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The Citizen Kanes of videogames

Let the critics pine for a medium-changing masterpiece – we've got 25 games that already qualify

Words: Mikel Reparaz, GamesRadar US
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johnthe5th  - 4 months 1 day ago 
@NotBraze:
I totally agree with you. Myst seems to have been completely forgotten by everyone.

And lol at the pun
Thelonius  - 4 months 1 day ago 
Great article Mikel as always!
MarchIntoTheSea  - 4 months 1 day ago 
@ gamertags suck- El pork is talking about the planned Trilogy for Mass Effect not Kotor. And no Bioshock? when i read the title i thought for sure bioshock would be on the list but its not. I dont understand
MarchIntoTheSea  - 4 months 1 day ago 
And what about Ico? Mass Effect should be here too. It did come after kotor but it does the job so much better. And the dialogue is revolutionary while 2 is gonna be better
CrazedPenguin  - 4 months 12 hours ago 
Great read, I always enjoy your articles :)
All this talk of genre changing and defining titles has made me strangely excited for HEavy Rain.
LordRevan111  - 4 months 5 hours ago 
Great article, especially love the KOTOR part ha ha, but no Goldeneye for the N64? No halo?
lovinmyps3  - 3 months 30 days ago 
BIAS!!!! It's an article by Mikel so someone had to say it. Just kidding. I really liked the article Mikel.
deathrebellion  - 3 months 30 days ago 
my two most fav games r on dis list ^^ and i seriously don't think that Tomb Raider wuz the cause of DMC , Assassins Creed and Mirrors Edge
deora2dude  - 3 months 27 days ago 
WHERE. IS. PORTAL.
MOOMAN  - 3 months 22 days ago 
TOO MUCH NINTENDO THEY DON'T DESERVE ATTENTION THEY ARE SO RACIST! THE WII FIT RESORT COMMERCIAL WAS RASCIST!!!!!! IT WAS VERY CONVIENENT THAT ONLY BLACK PEOPLE PLAYED THE BASKETBALL IN COMMERCIALS AND JAPANESE PEOPLE PLAYED SWORD-FIGHTING!!!!!!!!
SandroTheMaster  - 2 months 12 days ago 
I know I'm late to the party but... a lot of these "pioneering" actually started in PC games. The worst case is Grand Theft Auto 3, which is claimed to influence Elder Scrolls 4. Oblivion was mostly influenced by Morrowind (AKA, Elder Scrolls 3)! Actually, it is more or less a Morrowind lite, which was a refinement upon Daggerfall (guess what, Elder Scrolls 2!). And all free-roaming games out there owes everything to Wizardry and Might & Magic, years before any console RPG considered gamers smart enough to handle derailing from the plot.
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