Best Game Ever

[Jassassino]

The PS1 was honestly one of gamings greatest eras of innovation. Vagrant Story used visual trickery to give the illusion of higher detailed characters by rendering 3 separately textured models simultaneously (base model, lighting on top and shadows on top of that I believe - may be mistaken slightly!), Soul Reaver using real time vertex deformation to alter geography and utilising corners/loading tunnels to create a seemless open world-lite experience, and MGS having routine based enemies with reactive AI that listened to player made sounds, investigated footsteps, etc.

Mfer this is the last time I ever sincerely post in the MGS section of this site!

[livinin82]

played through it again just a couple days ago and it is crazy to think about how the impact of mgs1 is still felt in pretty much every single narrative-driven game today

100%, and I think that's why I always call to it. It kinda became the blueprint. Things that were never done before became game industry staples.