Top 10 Video Game Franchises That Changed Genres
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00:45 #10. “Baldur’s Gate” series (1998-2004)
01:32 #9. “Resident Evil” series (1996)
02:24 #8. “Police Quest” series a.k.a “SWAT” series (1987-2008)
03:21 #7. “Dynasty Warriors” series (1997)
04:07 #6. “Metroid” series (1987)
04:51 #5. “Castlevania” series (1986)
05:40 #4. “Sim” series (1989)
06:24 #3, #2 & #1: ????
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Grand Theft Auto????????? And how is Fallout not #1?!?
How about Horizon zero Dawn?
what about Final Fantasy?
Metroid is the best Fps fuck CoD Metroid is the best
Didn't RabbidLuigi already did this?
Wheres GTA with GTA 3
I don't think Mario should be included in this list because every sport series Nintendo made with Mario was made around the characters involving different genres. Mario Kart was always about racing, you can't say that Super Mario World was part of that franchise and you can't say that Mario Party is part of the New Super Mario Bros franchise.
The only change in genres that there was in Mario franchise is the Super Mario franchise which jumped from 2d platform to 3d platform and then back to 2d.
Wasn't the FIRST Metal Gear game (on the NES) in a vastly different genre too? I cannot remember since it has been a while but I seem to recall whipping out my old NES and showing Metal Gear to people who refused to believe it was a game in the series.
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where is pokemon??
Where is Gran Turismo on this list? It literally invented the racing simulation genre.
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supercell shooting to strategy
yeah why isn't Mario the number one spot he is the one that saved the video game franchise so he deserves the number one spot.
What happened to honourable mentions?
Warcraft indeed deserves the #1 spot, for there isnt a better MMO out there that can even hold a candle to WoW, and while many of us DO miss Warcraft the Strategy way, that's why Starcraft exists to this day, replacing Warcraft's RTS series.
Resident Evil 6 is not a bad game. I really enjoyed it. In fact. I loved it. I don't get all the complains about it
my god! did dynasty warriors 2 really look so bad?
People actually liked RE6. Isn't that why IGN gave it 8/10?
I liked Outbreak the most. =3
Why isn't the dude who change the whole the platformers genre number one he literally says: "Mario's numba one"
The old dynasty warriors Inspired The Shadow Fight series
MAN! swat series! I haven't seen this game in a LONG time!
Plants vs zombies….
Where's Mega Man?
2D Platformer to Card based RPG to Metroidvania?!
6:17 I can't believe how much bella goth evolved OMG!!!!
Tomb Raider? I mean, I hated the 3rd person shooter, super linear, way too story based uncharted ish reboot (and rise of the tomb raider for that matter) but it was, to my suffering, successful as fuck…
omg! I remember how bad the first resident evil games were,.,. terrible.
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i think Final Fantasy should be here,Final Fantasy 15 became a hack and slash rather than the turn based system on the other Final Fantasy games (Not including the spin offs)
Their argument for why Breath of the Wild doesn't count, makes 0 sense when compared to which games make the top 10 list lol
Uh your title is a bit misleading. It should be series that SWITCHED genres, not changed.
RAYMAN
Rayman. From 2D to 3D and then again 2D
dynasty warriors was good by just being a fighting game…not that repetitive crap we have today
Light surprisingly Greek invasion tax respectively punishment
Sonic the hedgehog: it makes 3d world games unbearable and makes you want to play the 2d platformer
how is jak and daxter not on here?
Halo?
where is call of duty
street fighter jumped genres also
Stop calling Bethesda games "first person rpg's"
Literally half the people play in 3rd person
So ignorant…
I expected Scott games to be on here, since he switched from playful animatronics in that chips wood game in to killer animatronics in five nights at freddys
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