If paintings and sculptures are big deals, why not video games? Video games have more man-hours of labor put into them, more money invested, a plot, music, animation, gameplay mechanics, and keep people's attention for hundreds of hours. Even more so with entire game franchises. I don't see how painters beat software designers in any way.
If we look at all the great gaming franchises that have sprouted up starting around the time of the Nintendo, this is what we get:
Role-Playing Games:
Final Fantasy
Tales of 'x'
Chrono-
Xeno-
Dragon Quest
Zelda
Lunar
Grandia
Star Ocean
Parasite Eve
Octopath Traveler
First Person Shooters:
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Hack and Slash:
Dynasty Warriors
To align with my other hall of fame posts, I'll also provide a rough ranking of how good these game franchises are compared to each other, from an entirely subjective point of view:
1. Heaven Burns Red
37. Star Wars: Dark Forces
38. Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen
39. Zelda
40. The King of Dragons
41. Dune II
Bravely Default
Granblue Fantasy Relink
Heaven Burns Red
Metaphor Refantasio
Sandbox Games:
Star Control
Shenmue
Massive Multiplayer Online RPG:
World of Warcraft
Tactical RPG's:
Ogre Battle
Sandbox Games:
Star Control
Shenmue
Massive Multiplayer Online RPG:
World of Warcraft
Tactical RPG's:
Ogre Battle
Final Fantasy Tactics
Disgaea
Soul Nomad
Phantom Brave
Valkyria Chronicles
Disgaea
Soul Nomad
Phantom Brave
Valkyria Chronicles
Fire Emblem
Triangle Strategy
Real Time Strategy:
Starcraft/Warcraft
Dune II
Real Time Tactics:
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Real Time Strategy:
Starcraft/Warcraft
Dune II
Real Time Tactics:
Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Unicorn Overlord
Strategy Games:
Colonization
Master of Orion
Heroes of Might and Magic
Warlords
Master of Magic
Racing:
Mario Kart
Platformer:
Mario
Mega Man
Donkey Kong
Side Scrolling Beat-em-up:
X-men
The King of Dragons
Fighters:
Street Fighter
Powerstones
Smash Brothers
Mortal Kombat
Guilty Gear
Bloody Roar
Strategy Games:
Colonization
Master of Orion
Heroes of Might and Magic
Warlords
Master of Magic
Racing:
Mario Kart
Platformer:
Mario
Mega Man
Donkey Kong
Side Scrolling Beat-em-up:
X-men
The King of Dragons
Fighters:
Street Fighter
Powerstones
Smash Brothers
Mortal Kombat
Guilty Gear
Bloody Roar
First Person Shooters:
Star Wars: Dark Forces
Hack and Slash:
Dynasty Warriors
To align with my other hall of fame posts, I'll also provide a rough ranking of how good these game franchises are compared to each other, from an entirely subjective point of view:
1. Heaven Burns Red
2. Final Fantasy
3. Xenoblade/Xenogears/Xenosaga
4. Fire Emblem
5. Tales of 'X'
6. World of Warcraft
7. Dynasty Warriors
8. Final Fantasy Tactics/Tactics Advanced
9. Unicorn Overlord
10. Chrono Trigger/Cross
10. Chrono Trigger/Cross
11. Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre Reborn/Knight of Lodis
12. Powerstones
13. Mega Man
14. Lunar
15. Dragon Quest
16. Octopath Traveler
17. Starcon
18. Master of Orion
19. Warlords
20. Heroes of Might and Magic
21. Guilty Gear
18. Master of Orion
19. Warlords
20. Heroes of Might and Magic
21. Guilty Gear
22. Valkyria Chronicles
23. Soul Nomad
24. Phantom Brave
25. Street Fighter
26. Star Ocean
25. Street Fighter
26. Star Ocean
27. Master of Magic
28. Mario Kart
29. Parasite Eve
30. Triangle Strategy
31. Shenmue
32. Disgaea
31. Shenmue
32. Disgaea
33. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
34. Metaphor Refantasio
35. Granblue Fantasy Relink
36. Mario37. Star Wars: Dark Forces
38. Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, Dark Omen
39. Zelda
40. The King of Dragons
41. Dune II
42. Grandia
43. Warcraft/Starcraft
43. Warcraft/Starcraft
44. Bloody Roar
I'm sure I'm missing a number of valid inclusions into this list (Sort of like how Dynasty Warriors still has a lot of characters it needs to add, despite already having 94). But the important thing is to get your mind around the concept of how many different types of video games and how many different types of gamers there are in the world. Once you realize how sophisticated and innovative the industry is, you'll start to appreciate how many great people are working in this field.
Video games are a larger industry that entertains people for more total hours than movies. It's absurd to talk about how great various movie directors are from an artistic viewpoint while ignoring the much more important video game industry. Granted, Charles Murray avoids this hypocrisy by throwing movies under the bus too (just like he throws rock music, television shows, comic books, and all other modern art under the bus), but that isn't a sane position so it isn't necessary to refute.
45. Colonization
46. Bravely Default
47. X-men (side scroller for arcades)
48. Donkey Kong
49. Smash Brothers
50. Mortal Kombat
I'm sure I'm missing a number of valid inclusions into this list (Sort of like how Dynasty Warriors still has a lot of characters it needs to add, despite already having 94). But the important thing is to get your mind around the concept of how many different types of video games and how many different types of gamers there are in the world. Once you realize how sophisticated and innovative the industry is, you'll start to appreciate how many great people are working in this field.
Video games are a larger industry that entertains people for more total hours than movies. It's absurd to talk about how great various movie directors are from an artistic viewpoint while ignoring the much more important video game industry. Granted, Charles Murray avoids this hypocrisy by throwing movies under the bus too (just like he throws rock music, television shows, comic books, and all other modern art under the bus), but that isn't a sane position so it isn't necessary to refute.
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