Shenmue, Doom (1993) and Super Mario Bros have become the most influential games in industry history as voted by BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA conducted a user vote to find out which games gamers consider the most influential in the history of the industry.
The list of 21 titles turned out to be diverse, but it was almost impossible to predict the leader.
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The voting showed that gamers consider the most influential game to be the famous action-adventure Shenmue (1999). This project of Sega and game director Yu Suzuki was filled with a huge number of secondary activities, took into account the life schedule of each character, was characterised by a complex plot and actually created the basis for open-world games with a third-person view.
Second place was given by users to the original shooter DOOM (1993). The game by John Carmack and John Romero needs no introduction, it changed and popularised the gaming industry, created the concept of modern shooters and became a cultural phenomenon almost all over the world. By the way, we strongly The story of John Carmack: the father of all shooters about the creative path and life of John Carmack, which contains facts that are little known to the general public.
Third place goes to the legendary platformer Super Mario Bros, a game that needs no comments.
Among modern games, two hit RPGs - Baldur's Gate III and the brand new Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 - made the BAFTA list.
BAFTA's list of the most influential video games:
- Shenmue;
- Doom;
- Super Mario Bros;
- Half-Life;
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time;
- Minecraft;
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2;
- Super Mario 64;
- Half-Life 2;
- The Sims;
- Tetris (1984);
- Tomb Raider (1996);
- Pong (1972);
- Metal Gear Solid;
- World of Warcraft;
- Baldur's Gate III;
- Final Fantasy VII;
- Dark Souls;
- Grand Theft Auto III;
- The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim;
- Grand Theft Auto.
Source: BAFTA
