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    Is that for games that influenced us personally? If we're just ranking games that were objectively the most influential in the industry, is there any point in having personal lists?
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    • Reynard Fox
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      Editing … Yeah the concept of this list is a bit confusing to me too.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … I guess it's a mix of both...
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … It's like when Least Favorite Movies was called "Worst Movies." I feel this list should be moved in a more personal direction.
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … I kinda agree with what you're saying. Any suggestions?
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Perhaps it could be titled "My Most Influential Games." The description wouldn't fit the new theme, though :p
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … Wouldn't be a copy of your ATF list though?
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I guess for many people it would. Personally, it wouldn't. Considering that, this has gotten a lot trickier :p
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    • Papissama
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      Editing … This list is a problem because it is an objective one.
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    • Dr Eggnog
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      Editing … I'm trying to remember the last time someone used the word objective in a way I didn't hate.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Have you met people who use objective as a replacement for their own subjective feelings?
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … I thought it was a list of which games influenced the games industry most, that makes more sense to me. A list of which games influenced our own personal tastes in gaming sounds like a weird one. I'd guess people would just list their favourites and the games that got them into new genres.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Maybe it didn't influence your tastes, but actually affected you personally. For me, I also listed the first video game I ever owned (Pokemon Crystal), and Skyrim, the game that got me into non-portable gaming. Two of my close friends were people I befriended over Saints Row 3, so I listed that as well. The Last of Us is very important to me because it's one of the only examples of me actually caring about a child (kids are so annoying, usually).
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    • Ed Kick
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      Editing … I think it should be most influential to the industry, but there is certainly some objectivity to that ie Super Mario Bros, Doom etc should be near the top, which makes it very different to most other lists on the site. Most influential to me, obviously isn't objective but doesn't make much sense to me personally.
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    • free fall
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      Editing … I vote leave it the way it is.
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      Editing … Having an objective most influential games list is impossible. It is hard to weight out the influence of World of Warcraft, Doom, and Street Fighter II because while they are all influential they only really effect their genre. It is kind of which one you think had the biggest impact. I made my list as games I found most influential to the industry. If it was "Games that Influenced You" it would be a different story.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … That's still not a personal list, is there any point? Every single list but this one is based completely off personal taste, and favorites, then we have this "based on your analysis, which games--regardless of whether or not you played them--do you recognize as being influential?"
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    • Rich .
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      Editing … It's a "Which games created the trends in the industry that you appreciate?" thing as well I suppose. I wouldn't rank World of Warcraft in a most influential list because I don't care about the MMO genre.
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      Editing … I never had any interest in this list, myself, but as I understood it, the people who were requesting it in the first place were requesting a list of games that influenced other games. Making it something else would be like making a Favorite Beers list, deciding that beer doesn't deserve its own list, and replacing it with a Favorite Bears list (panda all the way). The people who wanted a Favorite Beers list will just be back to requesting one again.
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      Editing … Maybe the name could be changed to Favorite Influential Games, though, to emphasize what the description is saying, that these are games that have an influence you like on the medium.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … "I really like open world games, so I am thankful for GTA3 and Super Mario 64"-- that sounds perfect. I like your suggestion.
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    • Dr Eggnog
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      Editing … I wouldn't call Super Mario 64 an open world game, but I'm with Persona's idea too.
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    • Ulty
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      Editing … The list is fine. And of course it's a personal list, you're ranking the games with YOU believe to be the most influential. Some people find Super Mario Bros. more influential than Pong, others find The Legend of Zelda more influential than GTAIII. You're still using your own criteria of what makes a game more influential than the other. Good job Pape, been waiting for this list for years!
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