A lot of revolutionary games here. I was big into StarCraft. I was upset that the story of Warcraft continued in WoW - a game which I would never play, but I cannot deny its influence.
I've been 100% onboard with every entry so far, EXCEPT Ocarina of Time. If we define influential as "sold a ton of copies" + "had lasting influence in the industry, best expressed by other games ripping it off", OOT fails both tests. It sold a lot for the N64, but the N64 was Nintendo's worst-selling home console to that point (at least until the next one), and the only other games that copied or ripped off 3D Zelda were subsequent 3D Zelda games, and all of them except Twilight Princess sold less than the last one despite being on consoles with larger installed bases. This trend didn't reverse until Breath of the Wild arrived on the Switch. Both it and TP were special cases of a huge return to form after a disappointing entry plus launching on highly-anticipated new hardware.
I'd argue that BOTW is MORE influential than OOT because a ton of other open world games are still copying it to this day.
I see where you're coming from, and definitely agree that I should have added a final line mentioning the games influenced by it—Shenmue, Shadow of the Colossus, Ōkami, Journey, and Horizon Zero Dawn are all testaments to Ocarina's legacy.
A lot of revolutionary games here. I was big into StarCraft. I was upset that the story of Warcraft continued in WoW - a game which I would never play, but I cannot deny its influence.
I've been 100% onboard with every entry so far, EXCEPT Ocarina of Time. If we define influential as "sold a ton of copies" + "had lasting influence in the industry, best expressed by other games ripping it off", OOT fails both tests. It sold a lot for the N64, but the N64 was Nintendo's worst-selling home console to that point (at least until the next one), and the only other games that copied or ripped off 3D Zelda were subsequent 3D Zelda games, and all of them except Twilight Princess sold less than the last one despite being on consoles with larger installed bases. This trend didn't reverse until Breath of the Wild arrived on the Switch. Both it and TP were special cases of a huge return to form after a disappointing entry plus launching on highly-anticipated new hardware.
I'd argue that BOTW is MORE influential than OOT because a ton of other open world games are still copying it to this day.
I see where you're coming from, and definitely agree that I should have added a final line mentioning the games influenced by it—Shenmue, Shadow of the Colossus, Ōkami, Journey, and Horizon Zero Dawn are all testaments to Ocarina's legacy.
I reject this woke list.
This list could just as easily be a top 5 Sci-fi/Fantasy games of all time.