The Article by me That Was Banned For Being Too Dangerous

3 Games That Started a Craze

by Peter-Shaun Tyrell

Before I start I want to add this disclaimer - These are the video games that started the craze. Although a video game may have used the things I discuss they never caught on and saw other games repeat their innovations. They were overlooked by the mainstream media and the focus fell on the games mentioned below.

3. Grand Theft Auto: Ignoring Main Missions

Missions or storylines in games entice us to play the next level, without the mission briefing we are lost lambs traversing the land of game limbo. Then Grand Theft Auto came onto the scene. I don’t believe I finished the first or second GTA this was when it was the birds eye view GTA. I would name my character BSTARD which would give me full armour and all the weapons and go nuts. It was enough for me to spend hours looking over the city looking for the tank that had a working cannon. Hours of fun that would normally require a series of completing levels and feeling of accomplishment were replaced with hours of carnal chaos. It was glorious, now we have so many distractions so many games go unfinished as we divulge in our own series of random and pointless quests.

2. Call of Duty: Aiming Down the Sight

Before the introduction of aiming down the sight or ADS, aiming was only done through the cross hairs centred in the middle of the screen. It was such an alien concept that when COD showcased it, it blew our primordial minds away. Ever since this historic day no game which strives for realism would dare to exclude it from the game. It is also safe to assume that ever since this game Hollywood re-evaluated shoot-outs, forcing the heroes to actually aim their weapons. When you watch or play ‘realistic’ games now and ADS is not a factor it feels very weak and loses that realism immediately. Our character would just charge into hordes of enemies like Rambo, hip-firing with deadly accuracy, very cool but not very realistic.

1. Resident Evil: Zombies

Zombies. Zombies. I just love saying Zombies. When I saw the first screenshots of Resident Evil I was overjoyed, the concept of slow moving enemies that could only be eliminated by puncturing several rounds into its primitive, ex-deceased mind send such waves of pleasure through me, few things have been able to top it, it was on my 6^th birthday. Now although zombies existed before this, it was Resident Evil that introduced them as a foe to fear, a game that would centre around the infamous enemy itself. Some may say zombies in games are overused but are they? I ask myself this every time I go to sleep, then I wake up and laugh at my yesterday self and say ‘No we need more!’ The COD zombies for some are more popular then the main game, the Red Dead DLC was huge and very popular. DayZ the Arma 2 mod had people buying the game just for the mod. Although not official Zombies have became a genre upon itself, all thanks to the classic Resident Evil.