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ITT: video Games so good that no future Games in the genre were ever made

Or nothing notable was made similar F Zero GX (copied so...
Exciting boiling water
  07/14/25
Why is the GOP protecting pedophiles? https://x.com/juddl...
soggy adventurous corner windowlicker
  07/15/25
Phantom Dust
magical psychic
  07/14/25
X-com
Twinkling federal base
  07/14/25
that's a good one too
Exciting boiling water
  07/14/25
wtf. There are tons of xcom-likes.
sickened depressive area
  07/14/25
name one.
Twinkling federal base
  07/14/25
https://www.polygon.com/what-to-play/24170442/best-games-lik...
sickened depressive area
  07/14/25
none of these games combine turn-based tactical combat with ...
Twinkling federal base
  07/14/25
Starfox
Marvelous Cyan Trailer Park Circlehead
  07/14/25
there have been plenty of other 1st person rail shooters
Twinkling federal base
  07/14/25
None that took place in space with anthromorphic pilots sass...
Marvelous Cyan Trailer Park Circlehead
  07/14/25
E.T. for the Atari 2600
confused provocative mexican
  07/14/25
a Triumph
Twinkling federal base
  07/14/25
...
maize learning disabled puppy
  07/14/25
Myst
Appetizing obsidian point
  07/14/25
leisure suit larry
Concupiscible deer antler
  07/14/25
there have been many more graphic adventure games.
Twinkling federal base
  07/14/25
Planescape: Torment
crystalline flirting hall codepig
  07/14/25
Have not played Disco Elysium but isnt that the 'evolution' ...
Bateful bistre field
  07/14/25
Mario Party. Super smash bros.
fishy wonderful potus
  07/14/25
Sony made their own Super Smash Bros: https://en.wikipedi...
Stimulating library
  07/14/25
Not Notable.
fishy wonderful potus
  07/14/25
Eat shit
Stimulating library
  07/14/25
Check again, hoss.
fishy wonderful potus
  07/14/25
Mirror’s Edge (Though there seem to be some recent cop...
balding indian lodge
  07/14/25
...
Dun telephone
  07/14/25
Dr. mario shits on tetris you gopnik pos
comical den factory reset button
  07/15/25
Dr Mario is my favorite of this genre
Exciting boiling water
  07/15/25
Dr Mario is insanely dumbed down and so has no notable compe...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  07/20/25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NplRR0wikHg dr mario has...
Pablo Chocobar
  07/20/25
These guys don’t even have to finger roll like top Tet...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  07/20/25
Pong
Light Theater Digit Ratio
  07/14/25
Depression Quest
maize learning disabled puppy
  07/14/25
Starcraft Brood War solved RTS. Blizzard cashed in on a mon...
Frozen parlor
  07/14/25
Did Brood War do anything that SCII didn’t do better? ...
fishy wonderful potus
  07/14/25
lmfao SC2 is complete garbage compared to BW
fantasy-prone glittery piazza weed whacker
  07/15/25
Pretty certain even the koreans still play BW over SC2
DrakeMallardxo
  07/21/25
Shadow of the Colossus Disco Elysium Subnautica
confused provocative mexican
  07/15/25
Isn't Super Monkey Ball the same Game as Marble Madness. You...
Sadistic Big Degenerate
  07/15/25
It's different. Camera angle, goals etc.
Exciting boiling water
  07/15/25
Just because it's 3d and has cameras unlike a 2d game it doe...
Sadistic Big Degenerate
  07/15/25
It's a different Game Guys can we get a tie breaker opini...
Exciting boiling water
  07/15/25
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kororinpa There was also th...
Sadistic Big Degenerate
  07/15/25
Still different IMO In that game it's a game of labyrinth...
Exciting boiling water
  07/15/25
You're a Joke.
Sadistic Big Degenerate
  07/15/25
No
Exciting boiling water
  07/15/25
indie tranny shooters
vivacious sick public bath karate
  07/15/25
rocket league there are a fair number of super shitty mob...
carnelian low-t pozpig tanning salon
  07/15/25
Thief. They should have stopped at Thief II, those two games...
Self-centered spot knife
  07/15/25
Have you played the SS2 remake? I was hopeful but now see t...
Red legal warrant incel
  07/15/25


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Date: July 14th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: Exciting boiling water

Or nothing notable was made similar

F Zero GX (copied some but never surpassed)

Joust

Centipede

Arkanoid

Marble Madness (unreal that no one even tried to do this genre again)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49099915)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 10:06 AM
Author: soggy adventurous corner windowlicker

Why is the GOP protecting pedophiles?

https://x.com/juddlegum/status/1945115439995998711?s=46

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102566)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 10:19 AM
Author: magical psychic

Phantom Dust

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49099924)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 10:26 AM
Author: Twinkling federal base

X-com

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49099932)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:15 PM
Author: Exciting boiling water

that's a good one too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100359)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: sickened depressive area

wtf. There are tons of xcom-likes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100397)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Twinkling federal base

name one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100403)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:35 PM
Author: sickened depressive area

https://www.polygon.com/what-to-play/24170442/best-games-like-xcom-turn-based-tactics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100405)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:38 PM
Author: Twinkling federal base

none of these games combine turn-based tactical combat with full strategic campaign modes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100418)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: Marvelous Cyan Trailer Park Circlehead

Starfox

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49099969)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: Twinkling federal base

there have been plenty of other 1st person rail shooters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100037)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Marvelous Cyan Trailer Park Circlehead

None that took place in space with anthromorphic pilots sassing you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100840)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: confused provocative mexican

E.T. for the Atari 2600

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100043)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Twinkling federal base

a Triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100051)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: maize learning disabled puppy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101642)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:18 PM
Author: Appetizing obsidian point

Myst

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100366)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Concupiscible deer antler

leisure suit larry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100374)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:27 PM
Author: Twinkling federal base

there have been many more graphic adventure games.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100384)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:33 PM
Author: crystalline flirting hall codepig

Planescape: Torment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100400)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: Bateful bistre field

Have not played Disco Elysium but isnt that the 'evolution' of Planescape Torment. There was also "Tides of Numenara" which apparently wasn't good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100411)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 1:43 PM
Author: fishy wonderful potus

Mario Party.

Super smash bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49100425)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:31 PM
Author: Stimulating library

Sony made their own Super Smash Bros:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_All-Stars_Battle_Royale

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101588)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:44 PM
Author: fishy wonderful potus

Not Notable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101619)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:51 PM
Author: Stimulating library

Eat shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101627)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: fishy wonderful potus

Check again, hoss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101630)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:33 PM
Author: balding indian lodge

Mirror’s Edge (Though there seem to be some recent copycats but with zombies that I’ve never looked into?)

Portal

Tetris (despite dumb Dr. Mario-esque attempts to copy it)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101595)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Dun telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101598)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 2:15 AM
Author: comical den factory reset button

Dr. mario shits on tetris you gopnik pos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102132)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:01 AM
Author: Exciting boiling water

Dr Mario is my favorite of this genre

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102369)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 9:33 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

Dr Mario is insanely dumbed down and so has no notable competitive following

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49117622)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: Pablo Chocobar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NplRR0wikHg

dr mario has so many more ways of clearing, tetris is just drop shit vertically, in dr mario you can clear viruses horizontally and from below, all kinds of advanced strats



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49117927)



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Date: July 20th, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III

These guys don’t even have to finger roll like top Tetris pros. Weak controller game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49117933)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:42 PM
Author: Light Theater Digit Ratio

Pong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101616)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:56 PM
Author: maize learning disabled puppy

Depression Quest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101643)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 8:58 PM
Author: Frozen parlor

Starcraft Brood War solved RTS. Blizzard cashed in on a money grab trilogy sequel but the genre was effectively perfected with BW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101647)



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Date: July 14th, 2025 9:09 PM
Author: fishy wonderful potus

Did Brood War do anything that SCII didn’t do better? Also, arcade mode (desert strike, tower defense) on SCII is legendary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49101663)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 1:47 AM
Author: fantasy-prone glittery piazza weed whacker

lmfao SC2 is complete garbage compared to BW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102112)



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Date: July 21st, 2025 12:31 PM
Author: DrakeMallardxo (🦆)

Pretty certain even the koreans still play BW over SC2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49118824)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:03 AM
Author: confused provocative mexican

Shadow of the Colossus

Disco Elysium

Subnautica

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102371)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:05 AM
Author: Sadistic Big Degenerate

Isn't Super Monkey Ball the same Game as Marble Madness. You roll a ball around ffs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102376)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:12 AM
Author: Exciting boiling water

It's different. Camera angle, goals etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102400)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:16 AM
Author: Sadistic Big Degenerate

Just because it's 3d and has cameras unlike a 2d game it doesnt make it not the Same Genre imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102413)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:21 AM
Author: Exciting boiling water

It's a different Game

Guys can we get a tie breaker opinion here?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102424)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:26 AM
Author: Sadistic Big Degenerate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kororinpa

There was also this game which had the subtitle Marble Mania. Mania is the same thing as Madness imo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102433)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:28 AM
Author: Exciting boiling water

Still different IMO

In that game it's a game of labyrinth where the player controls the floor angle not the character directly. iIrC monkey ball was like this too.

Marble madness had you actually control the marble itself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102440)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: Sadistic Big Degenerate

You're a Joke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102446)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: Exciting boiling water

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102448)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:07 AM
Author: vivacious sick public bath karate

indie tranny shooters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102381)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:27 AM
Author: carnelian low-t pozpig tanning salon

rocket league

there are a fair number of super shitty mobile "clones" but nobody has really attempted to make a proper competitor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102438)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 9:33 AM
Author: Self-centered spot knife

Thief. They should have stopped at Thief II, those two games were perfection, the best gaming I have ever done and ever will do. All else pales by comparison except for Systemshock I&II which were outstanding. Ok. Come at me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102450)



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Date: July 15th, 2025 10:05 AM
Author: Red legal warrant incel

Have you played the SS2 remake? I was hopeful but now see that it’s not a complete revamp; it reuses largely the same assets as the original

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5750220&forum_id=2Reputation#49102564)