The Shrine

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>In chronological order :

Battle Arena Toshinden

Warhawk

Wipeout

Resident Evil

Tobal No2

Super Mario64

WaveRace64

Vandal Hearts

Wild Arms

PoyPoy

Panzer Dragoon Saga

Gran Turismo and GT2

Metal Gear Solid

FF9

Those are the most influential 32bit/64bit games I played.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Here's my list:

Final Fantasy 7 (you said influential, which doesn't necessarily mean good)
Super Mario 64
Metal Gear Solid
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Tekken
Resident Evil
Goldeneye

That's really about it. All but FF7 are excellent games and I think Tekken 2 was the best, but these games had the most impact on the market IMO. If I was to list the best games I've played in the 32/64-bit era, it would include a lot of others, but these are the revolutionary ones from that generation.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Can you explain Wild ARMs? I liked the game - good use of the Western theme, nice 2D graphics - but it was highly derivative.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>From what standpoint do you mean? Influential on the gaming market or influential on the game player?</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Influential 32/64 bit games.....YOU...played. Not what ~WE ALL~ played.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>I was new to RPGs at the time. My first classic RPG I ever played. Before that, I was playing Vandal Hearts, a board strategy RPG. Hence, Wild ARMs being influential.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt "Times New Roman"; text-align: left; '>Plus, it was the first serious classic RPG on PS1. And it brought a shitload of people here, an influence in itself</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>See...all of my formative gaming experiences were in the 8 and 16-bit days! Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Gundam Wars for the Famicom, Ninja Gaiden, Ikari Warriors...the list goes on and on.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Ah, Goldeneye 007, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy Tactics, Xenogears, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Resident Evil, Zelda Majora's Mask, Mario Kart.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>For me it was, Faxanadu, Dragon Warrior III & IV, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma (Illusion of Time), Final Fantasy III, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Kirby Superstar, Mario Kart, and the DKC games</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Then you mean influential to you, not the industry?</div>

<div style='font: italic bold 14pt ; text-align: center; '>Suikoden....nuff said</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Let me repeat it again for you, Seeker...."Influential 32/64 bit games YOU played." Crikey.....</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>*Psst* That's not Seek...</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yes, YOU played, but I interpreted that as "Games you played that influenced the industry." I apologize I was not able to read your mind.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>FF7, RE, Zelda:TooT, MGS, Clock Tower, CV: SotN, Xenogears, FFT, Silent Hill, Valkyrie Profile, Threads of Fate, and the Misadventures of Tron Bonne.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Apology not accepted. =8^) If it was about the industry, it would say "What are the most Influential Games of the 32/64 bit era?" Sheesh....lemme guess....you want statistical data with that too?</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>You got me, Kupek is just me in disguise. Seriosuly though, the word influential usually means how a single thing effects a very broad number of things, an influential game would influence other people to make games similar to that one (same with a song, TV show, car, or TV model).</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>That would be a start!</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Yes. I expect a full report on my desk by Monday.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>FF7</b>
Set the stage for all further RPGs from this generation of consoles. I played Wild ARMs before I played FF7, but Wild ARMs was more of a pumped up 16-bit RPG.

<b>The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time</b>
I never owned an N64, but I played a fair amount of this game. It set the standard in my mind for this type of adventure game.

<b>Metal Gear Solid</b>
Best movie-like atmosphere I'd had in a game, really fun gameplay.

<b>Resident Evil 2</b>
First time a game has not just creeped me out (Blood on the computer did that), but actually scared me. I've yet to play another surival horror game, though, even though I think I'd like them. I don't think it would be quite the same; RE2 was the first I played, so it was all original to me.

<b>Castlevania: SotN</b>
Convinced me that spectacular 2D games could be done on any console.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>TOOOOT!! Beans bean, the magical fruit...the more you eat, the more Zelda:TooTs!</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Just a few for now.

<b>FF7</b>

I don't think I really need to explain this one.

<b>MGS</b>

Ditto, yo.

<b>Resident Evil</b>

Pretty much created a genre (debatable), has become one of the best selling series. I loved it, and am a huge fan of the series now.

<b>Goldeneye 007</b>

Proved console FPSers can be as good as their PC counterparts (shut up), or better.

<b>Silent Hill</b>

While I love RE, none of them ever really scared or freaked me out. This game did.

<b>Romance of the Three Kingdoms 6</b>

Breaks no new ground, broke no sales records, but it was probably my favorite 32/64-bit game (that's a big probably) so I'm putting it here.

<b>Tekken</b>

I was an huge Tekken fan up until Tag... not so much now. But it was my favorite fighting game series for a long time.

<b>Zelda: tOoT</b>

No need to explain.

That's all I can think of now.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Heh, I love that acronym.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Word up, G, on Clock Tower. That game may have controlled awkwardly and had a TOO obvious ending (stupid), but I really liked it (seriously).</div>

<div style='font: italic bold 14pt ; text-align: center; '>that was amazingly lame.......but for some reason I laughed. :) lame jokes kick ass</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Ah, well that changes things a bit. The it would have to be Mario 64, Goldeneye, Zelda 64, MGS, Tetrisphere, Chrono Cross, PDS, Soul Calibur, Rush 2...that's all I can think of for now</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Brigadine and Resident Evil.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Oh yeah....Xenogears damn it!</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>What the hell is 64bit?

Either way, that game rules...I hope more RPGs follow suit.

2 replies to myself...I have no friends, wooohooo!</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Marrowind? From my understanding, the port was flawed (no, not Xbox, the port). Heard it was a good PC game, though.</div>

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I've played both versions....and not imo. Same damn game actually.</div>

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Soul Calibur is on Dreamcast, 128 bit system.</div>