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[A Black Falcon]

Well it feels more 3D than Myst does, and you can move in more directions than that. Rather, you should think of something like Space Harrier (NES version), but with walls and more directions to walk in. Then make it really slow, choppy, and almost impossible to move where you want to.

Space Harrier for NES? Haven't played that, just the near-arcade-perfect 32X version...

But it seems to be a attempt to do 3d without having full, real 3d. Whether or not it counts as a true FPS... I don't know.

I don't know if HP2 has that mode, but I'm sure the sequel (NFS Underground or something like that) will have something similar to that since it's all about underground street racing. And hopefully the GC port of that will be good.

NFSHS is pretty good. Oh, did I mention that it has a (still operational) online service run by EA? I didn't play it online a lot, but its fun there...

Online was also one of Pod's greatest strengths. How many other racing games had a functional online service in late 1997 that you can feasibly play on a modem?

Didn't think so...

Unfortunately, about a year ago Ubisoft killed the Pod online gameservice. Which stinks, but almost no one used it anyway...

Oh well, at least Pod still has splitscreen/modem/network/IP. :)

Only the ones that deserve it. Not many games radically change or create new genres, but Mario Kart did both.

I'm just not comfterble with saying it radically changed the genre to the degree you say...

Controls differently, sure, but the gameplay is essentially the same. Same thing with Super Metroid and Metroid Prime. You run through a huge non-linear world exploring and shooting and find power-ups to gain access to new areas.

I know when I played OoT for the first time it was so different from LA that it almost felt like a different series... it has critical differences, such as the dramatic difference in the overworld -- LA had a large, challenging overworld you spent a lot of time in, wandering around and fighting badguys and doing quests. In OoT, you spend some time in the overworld but not that much and its much more open and there are very few enemies. I love it that way too, but its quite different...