20 Games That Defined Each PlayStation Console - Cheat Code Central
Like Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil before it, Metal Gear Solid signaled a major shift in the way video game stories can and should be told, embracing cinematic direction and narrative techniques to prove that video games had grown up along with their audience. Like many other formerly ... Like Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil before it, Metal Gear Solid signaled a major shift in the way video game stories can and should be told, embracing cinematic direction and narrative techniques to prove that video games had grown up along with their audience. Like many other formerly 2D franchises that successfully made the transition to 3D during the 5th generation, Metal Gear's evolution into Metal Gear Solid was a major turning point for both the PlayStation and the games industry as a whole, and it stands as one of the single most important games on the first generation of PlayStation hardware.When looking back at the gameplay innovations that arose during the 6th generation, one that sticks out above the rest is Grand Theft Auto III's ushering in of the true open-world framework. Other 3D games had attempted non-linear exploration and open-world freedom before, but nothing could have prepared gamers for the quantum leap in those frameworks that Grand Theft Auto III delivered.GTA 3 quickly became one of the must-have games on the PS2 not long after its release, and it established the framework for the other two incredible PS2-era GTA games that followed in its footsteps and became two of the system's most successful games.It doesn't hurt that the original God of War is also one of the all-time greatest character action games of the era, delivering the kind of spectacle and sense of scale that few other games of the time (or since) were capable of pulling off, and having some absolutely pitch-perfect combat.
