Dead Space's major influences are System Shock 2, RE4, Run Like Hell, and dark Sector (when it was originally going to be a horror themed sci-fi shooter in space).
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Yeh, I know. I meant to say other HL2 inspirations, the kinesis module a likely candidate.
Oh yeah. I'm surprised some people on this forum are forgetting that so many AAA games did the whole gravity puzzle or manipulation thing after Half-Life 2. That went on for a good while.
The flipside of the last statement is true though as well. I can make a list of similarities between two pieces of media as well and present it as one influencing the other, despite it being to the contrary. Off the top of my head, there's a plenthora of similarities between the First Formic War Trilogy and the early Expanse books, but it's very unlikely that one influenced the other IMO.
Anyway, as for Dead Space and HL2, well, Chimpzy's provided evidence that Isaac was inspired by Gordon, so that's indisputable at this point, and I can see what you're getting at. But for me, the differences are so vast that they're...well, looking at this through the lens of the Five Elements of Story, the only real points of convergence I can name are in storytelling and to an extent, character. The other three elements (plot, worldbuilding, and theme) are completely divergent IMO.
Oh, and minor point, Isaac's suit isn't power armour, and I don't think the HEV suit is either, but hey, semantics.
I don't think I could possibly say that any of the games currently left in the running would qualify as the best of all time, but I also don't know what I would choose. Out of all of the games listed, the one I've had most fun playing is probably Tony Hawk's, though I think that's probably because of my age, friends, lifestyle, and generally lack of being an adult at the time it came out.
Fuck it, let's just say Tony Hawk's should've won.
Fuck it, let's just say Tony Hawk's should've won.
You are correct, but you can make his suit look like power armor by end game. Heck, some of his alternative space suits are glorified power armor.
To pivot to another sci-fi setting, remember the Internet meltdown over the original ME3 ending? A meltdown that came solely from its story choices? We're not all John Carmack.
No doubt some gamers don't care about story, but clearly a lot do. There's entire genres based almost solely on story, and neither Dead Space or Half-Life are exactly lacking in story.
(Well, I'd argue Half-Life is, but I'm probably in the minority there.)
I thought it was more of a marketing fumble.
Anyway, I was joking. Gamers don't care about storytelling either. Character matters very much. Like, it's exclusive the other way around: you aren't a gamer if you care about those things. We are a misunderstood and often oppressed demografic, us gamers.
The part of me that is studying statistics is dying inside, but I get why people enjoy this kinda thing.
My initial thought was "who even picked these games", and I winced when I read that it was decided by the IGN staff. Games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Borderlands 2 are bizzare inclusions in my opinion. And of course, Fortnite is in there... I'm pretty sure they snuck that in there hoping it would add some virality to the whole thing but I guess most younger gamers don't even bother with IGN anymore.
My initial thought was "who even picked these games", and I winced when I read that it was decided by the IGN staff. Games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Borderlands 2 are bizzare inclusions in my opinion. And of course, Fortnite is in there... I'm pretty sure they snuck that in there hoping it would add some virality to the whole thing but I guess most younger gamers don't even bother with IGN anymore.
That’s the problem is these are nothing but popularity contests among an audience that mostly doesn’t know any better.
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Half-Life 2 pioneered the use of environmental physics in games and greatly expanded the use of physics in gameplay. That's literally what the gravity gun was all about, it was a tech demo for "OH SHIT IT USES PHYSICS" and it was basically mind-blowing at the time.
Also, since this bracket only includes 1 game per franchise Half-Life 2 being there represents all of the innovation that came from Half-Life 1, which completely redefined the way that story was told in FPS games as well as the use of NPCs, and in engine scripted story sequences occurring with the player having full character control rather than in cutscenes.
Actually, what's weird, is that there's sometimes more than one game per IP. Titanfall has TF2 and Apex Legends, Legend of Zelda has Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild, and you could argue that Half-Life itself has two entries if you count Portal 2 (and the Portal franchise) as being part of the same IP.
Yeah, I think we had three or four years of "HAY LOOK OUR GAME HAS FIZZIX TOO" follow-the-leaderism.
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Then Portal happened, and everyone decided to copy it or make the "Cake is a lie joke". Regardless if it made sense or not.
Okay no WAY Rise of the Tomb Raider isn't the meme contender. I refuse to believe that when put up against Dark Souls, Tomb Raider can actually take 46% of the vote without people trying to game the system.