I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry.

The most famous one that comes to my mind is Assassin’s Creed, with the tower climbing for map information.

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    4 months ago

    Well you are right but I’m talking about the style and feel that one of those earlier pivot resident evils created. It plays the same as gears of war and all other cover shooters that followed. Sure third person existed but everything today plays in a way that series established.

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      4 months ago

      So like the other person said, specific camera things in the genre, not the genre itself.

      Which would be more accurate, since the genre existed for years pre-RE4