Comment on The most influential video game of all time - BAFTA
Azzu@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Personally, I’d either say World of Warcraft or Minecraft.
WoW was just such a massive phenomenon (and still is, tbh), basically everyone at least knew about it, and for so many people it basically became more of a second life than second life (old people joke), massively changing the life of these people (me being a part of it). It was basically the place where social outcasts could be social, which was huge. For me, and many others, it was all the friends they had.
And Minecraft… Well. It just wins “influential”.
WoW was just such a massive phenomenon (and still is, tbh), basically everyone at least knew about it, and for so many people it basically became more of a second life than second life (old people joke), massively changing the life of these people (me being a part of it). It was basically the place where social outcasts could be social, which was huge. For me, and many others, it was all the friends they had.
Its legacy now lives on in FFXIV.
I dunno about that. Wow has been eating good the last little bit while FFXIV is utterly stagnant in their own formula. I’d say FFXIV wins in social aspects (and definitely in “social” aspects ifyaknowwhatimean) but WoW is winning in the gameplay department.
Yep already heard much about that, I think much more popular in Asia. But yeah I think this MMO social aspect will live on through different games.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
These were the first two to come to mind for me as well. I hate what they’ve become, especially wow, but they were both clearly extremely influential.
Azzu@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Same for me :) can’t play them at all anymore, but influential is not related to that