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The most innovative title in the last 2 years?
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Vital Tundra
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Splatoon for me. Never played anything quite like it. A third person shooter where the main objective is painting the arena more so than killing the other team. It has so much depth and is a unique competitive experience.
17 Seconds
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Nobody will admit it, but Destiny.
brianmcdoogle
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I'd have to think long and hard to answer the question of the OP, but generally speaking, 1: you won't see it in a big blockbuster AAA game, and 2: innovation does not necessarily mean a great game.
RevolverRoden
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Not much on the AAA front tbh. I guess MGSV brought something new to the stealth genre.
What a lazy shitty post....
Most innovative will be difficult. MGSV would be up there by taking the gameplay started with Far Cry and Crysis and ratcheting it up by a hundred
BlindJesus
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Kerbal Space Program
Most satisfying game I've ever played. Their are so many 'a-ha' moments when you are new.
Most satisfying game I've ever played. Their are so many 'a-ha' moments when you are new.
Elitist1945
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HyperCubed4
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Yeah, I've got to agree. Gone Home is a nice contrast to games praised for their difficulty and it really stood out because of it. Obviously one could argue that it's not as mechanically complex as something like Dark Souls or Risk of Rain, but I think the minimalist mechanics really stand out.
Alex
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I really like Destiny but I'd pick several other attempts at ORPG/MMO or their genre blends before I'd ever think of picking it for innovation.
Anyway, I'm not much of an innovation buff but I guess Undertale is indeed a pretty unique experience when taken on the whole. The way it handles storytelling and multiple playthroughs (which are pretty much required) is pretty wild, lots of unique battle mechanics and encounters, too.
I don't know if Splatoon is the most innovative, but to me it definitely feels fresh. Very fun!
As others have mentioned here, The Stanley Parable is very smart with how it handles its narrative. As is Undertale, which not only has a very clever story, but some really fun combat mechanics. Both are definitely worth a look.
As others have mentioned here, The Stanley Parable is very smart with how it handles its narrative. As is Undertale, which not only has a very clever story, but some really fun combat mechanics. Both are definitely worth a look.
MiamiWesker
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MGSV for totally redefining stealth games forever. Nothing on the genre offers the freedom and dynamic gameplay of MGSV.
Leatherface
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For truth!!!
I love Rocket League, play every night, but you can't call it innovative when it's a sequel to a game that is quite similar.
Haha good one
TouchMyBox
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Dota 2 is the most innovative game in terms of everything that surrounds the core gameplay. The menus, replays, spectating, casting, custom games, sfm, guides, workshop etc. puts everything else to shame.
d00d3n
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The survival genre on PC is one of the most exciting fields when it comes to gameplay innovation imo. The most important survival game in that time frame is probably the online innovator Rust. I had to stop playing Rust, because it was a massive time sink and the psychological stress level was too high, but I can't deny that the idea behind the game is brilliant and innovative.
The paranoia when you try to hide your base from other people, the fear when you are discovered, and the attachment you start to feel to your protective walls are some of the strongest emotions I have ever experienced in a game. The lack of a protected despawn state or a protected inventory made the game so intense ... I can really understand all those Russian kids who seem to spend their youth griefing people in Rust, DayZ and Ark. Other genres can't compete with the emotional attachment and the thrill level that online survival can deliver.
The paranoia when you try to hide your base from other people, the fear when you are discovered, and the attachment you start to feel to your protective walls are some of the strongest emotions I have ever experienced in a game. The lack of a protected despawn state or a protected inventory made the game so intense ... I can really understand all those Russian kids who seem to spend their youth griefing people in Rust, DayZ and Ark. Other genres can't compete with the emotional attachment and the thrill level that online survival can deliver.
For PC? The Stanley Parable and Papers Please comes to mind immediately (although it's mentioned by Yeef above that Papers just misses the 2 year cutoff outlined by OP)
I mean let's not kid ourselves. Splatoon is fun but de blob and that XBLA game do exist.
Poodle Cannon
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Undertale.
This is the real winner. Nobody seems to know what innovative means.
Dr. Black Jack
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Splatoon by a mile.
Z..
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This is the most depressing post I've read all year.
The core gameplay didn't innovate that much from Dota 1 aside from the balance tweaks. You kill creeps, destroy towers, and kill enemy heroes.
dickroach
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absolutely agree. when I saw an LP of this I immediately thought "holy shit this is really creative"
but, I have assume there's likely some kind of board game with a similar gimmick, and this is just kind of a reimagining of that. but I can't put my finger on what it is. maybe it doesn't exist. does it?
TheSpaceBetween
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IMO it's either Sunset Overdrive, or The Wonderful 101. Tearaway and Splatoon are also good choices.
It's sad that some of us are having a hard time listing which games are the most innovative in the last two years. Not because there's so many to choose from, but because there's barely any.
Undertale seems to be getting rave reviews.
From a AAA perspective I'd say the nemesis system in shadows of Mordor but the rest of the game is pretty average.
Undertale seems to be getting rave reviews.
From a AAA perspective I'd say the nemesis system in shadows of Mordor but the rest of the game is pretty average.
Have you played it? While killing other enemies helps you win the game, you also need to concentrate on the main objective of the match. You also help a little if you miss your shot. The weapons are absolutely very original compared to other shooters.
trikster40
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I'd have to go with Tearaway, extremely innovative, both versions.
I'll say Splatoon because it uses the ink mechanic for several beneficial ways to playing the game other than being a 'control the territory' kind of game. By laying down ink, not only can you/your teammates swim through it to go faster, but your opponents can find you faster, lowering the amount of downtime for any player in a match. Also, ink slowly damages and significantly slows opponents down while traversing opposing ink, making it beneficial/necessary to place ink. Not to mention that it allows people to travel up certain walls to open up new areas to people.
The whole ink system does a lot more for multiplayer than you'd really think and that's why it's pretty darn innovative.
The whole ink system does a lot more for multiplayer than you'd really think and that's why it's pretty darn innovative.
Primethius
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Here'd be my list:
- Wonderful 101
- Undertale
- Transistor
- Tearway
- Shadow of Mordor: It had an innovative idea, albeit with poor execution
- Gang Beasts (shoutouts to the GDStudio for some of the best streaming hilarity of sometime)
There's some more that I can't remember and others whose release dates I forget so I don't know if they fit within the timeframe requested.
- Wonderful 101
- Undertale
- Transistor
- Tearway
- Shadow of Mordor: It had an innovative idea, albeit with poor execution
- Gang Beasts (shoutouts to the GDStudio for some of the best streaming hilarity of sometime)
There's some more that I can't remember and others whose release dates I forget so I don't know if they fit within the timeframe requested.
What game?
Revolution 60 is the most innovative game in the last two years
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I couldn't tell you, I've mostly played games that have built upon prior innovations rather than innovating themselves. I am interested in checking out Her Story though, seems like a nice change of pace from my usual choices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96WZJusSqR0
Canceled XBLA game, and obviously Splatoon is of higher quality but it's basically the same idea.
ryanofcall
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Splatoon, Gone Home, Stanley Parable and many more. It really depends of what you consider innovation. It can be gameplay, narration or in some cases art design in my opinion.
If you like innovation look into Indie/Nintendo titles
Edit:wow beaten of all three of them. You got some good taste, gaffers.
If you like innovation look into Indie/Nintendo titles
Edit:wow beaten of all three of them. You got some good taste, gaffers.
digita1alchemy
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Probably not the most innovative title overall, but I thought haggling with real money as a game mechanic in Rusty's Real Deal Baseball was really interesting.
Comrade Crunch
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lastrealgameralive
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Splatoon.