New generation console games are not just pushing the
technology envelope, they're tearing it apart. GamePro names 12
innovative games on the near horizon and the
cutting edge design choices that are blazing a trail into the
future.
1. Assassin's Creed
What's innovative about it?
1. Defensive Combat
2. Extreme Environmental Interaction
3. Social Stealth
2. Stranglehold
What's innovative about it?
1. Infinitely destructible environments.
2. Gunfire Combos
3. Auto Slow-Mo
3. BioShock
What's innovative about it?
1. Morally Challenging Gameplay
2. Strategic Customizing of Weapons
3. Dynamic Enemy Behavior
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
What's innovative about it?
1. Exposition and Storytelling
2. Multiplayer meets RPG
5. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
What's innovative about it?
1. Ultra Smooth FPS Shooting
2. Lock-on Free Aiming
3. Direct Interaction with Objects
6. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
What's innovative about it?
1. The Octocamo Suit
2. Emotional A.I.
7. Halo 3
What's innovative about it?
1. Video Sharing
2. Community Tools
8. Fracture
9. Spore
10. Left 4 Dead
11. LittleBigPlanet
12. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

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