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c/games · by misk@sopuli.xyz · 1y

Shenmue voted most influential game of all time in BAFTA poll, beating Doom and Mario

https://www.eurogamer.net/shenmue-voted-most-influential-game-of-all-time-in-bafta-poll-beating-doom-and-mario

The top 20 most influential video games of all time in the BAFTA poll are as follows:

  1. Shenmue
  2. Doom
  3. Super Mario Bros.
  4. Half-Life
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  6. Minecraft
  7. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
  8. Super Mario 64
  9. Half-Life 2
  10. The Sims
  11. Tetris
  12. Tomb Raider
  13. Pong
  14. Metal Gear Solid
  15. World of Warcraft
  16. Baldur's Gate 3
  17. Final Fantasy VII
  18. Dark Souls
  19. Grand Theft Auto 3
  20. Skyrim
  21. Grand Theft Auto
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18 Comments

simple@lemm.ee · 36 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This is the dumbest list I've ever seen. Are they intentionally messing with people? How is a game that just came out "most influential"? What did Minecraft influence other than half-baked clones? Shenmue provided the blueprint for open world games and, what, Ocarina of Time didn't?

BAFTA continuing their streak of being on my black-list for being total nonsense.

vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Yeah I feel like games like Wasteland, Daggerfall, and fuck it even asteroid would be better. This is more like most popular retro games list.

Metostopholes@midwest.social · 26 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I absolutely love Shenmue, have played through many times, and this still seems crazy to me.

Telorand@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I have Shenmue III. Do I need to play the other two to understand, or can I just jump right in?

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Definitely play the others before 3.

Telorand@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks!

Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 25 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The absurd mix of some legitimate and appropriate choices, some completely unqualified recent releases that haven't even had time to exert an influence and a winner that is completely bizarre and out of left field is absolutely something else.

Shenmue? Really?

misk@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Shenmue makes as much sense as other real top spots (not counting KCD2, Skyrim or BG3 - just dumb to include). It was one of the first games of this kind and others took plenty inspiration from it which fits the original intent of the vote.

breadguy@kbin.earth · 25 pts · 1y

kcd2 being on here is so fucking funny

gianni@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1y

I've never heard of this game.

Skabby73@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y

Wait Bafta did this?? I grew up in the UK in the 80s with a ZX Spectrum, why no 'Manic Miner' or 'Jet set Willy'? Those were pretty influencial and actually British. Doom wasn't originally on console and super Mario is definitely from the 80s, wtf?

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Struggling to think of games influenced by Shenmue.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y

Yakuza series for sure.

But yeah, I wouldn't put it at the top of the list, personally.

ryedaft@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

Why are there 21 games?

B0NK3RS@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Fully deserved in my opinion.

Also why is KCD2 and BG3 on the list? That must be a mistake.

misk@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I think it was an open vote at first so KCD2 might have been an effect of brigading for a marketing effort. Capitalism is why we can’t have nice things, again.

Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Could also be explained be recency bias.

misk@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y

You’re right, some people probably thought „most influential” = best and that was the best game they played recently. What this game could influence when it just came out - who knows ;)