misk@sopuli.xyz to GamesEnglish · 6 days agoThe BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: 'What is the most influential videogame of all time?'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkThe BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: 'What is the most influential videogame of all time?'www.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to GamesEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoMetroid is too new, Contra was much more of a “git gud” game. They were released around the same time, but I think Contra is more iconic.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThe question is influential though not iconic. Metroidvanias are popular. Contra doesn’t have a genre named for it
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI think the notion of a “git gud” game largely came from Contra. Yes, the genre didn’t last, but people crowding around the arcade machine translated to people making videos of themselves beating a hard game. It’s a different kind of connection.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoGit Gud started with Donkey Kong. Younger gamers have no idea how hard some of the coin driven games were
Metroid is too new, Contra was much more of a “git gud” game. They were released around the same time, but I think Contra is more iconic.
The question is influential though not iconic. Metroidvanias are popular. Contra doesn’t have a genre named for it
I think the notion of a “git gud” game largely came from Contra. Yes, the genre didn’t last, but people crowding around the arcade machine translated to people making videos of themselves beating a hard game.
It’s a different kind of connection.
Git Gud started with Donkey Kong. Younger gamers have no idea how hard some of the coin driven games were