Starcraft as the first eSport Game?
WoW as the first mass appeal Western MMORPG?
PUBG as the first Battle Royale and catalyst for Fortnite?
Minecraft for defining a demographic as much as a genre?
Dark Souls, Journey or Nier:Automata for redefining what actually constituted the role of 'online gamer' ?
The path from Quake or Perfect Dark -> Halo 2 was no great paradigm shift compared to the five above imo
> PUBG as the first Battle Royale and catalyst for Fortnite?
As I recall, H1Z1 actually came out before PUBG (though it has since faded into obscurity). A quick search on Wikipedia seems to back that timeline[0].
The path from Quake or Perfect Dark -> Halo 2 was no great paradigm shift compared to the five above imo