Name the Last Original Game You Played

[MOnk]

Two big notables for me would be Half-Life and Deus Ex.

Half-Life for it's introduction of narrative into FPS games and including characters which weren't just there to be blown up. For the first time a game's story wasn't just the bits you read in the manual or on the loading screens but something you were actually a part of.

Deus Ex for bringing hub based, narrative driven gameplay into the FPS genre where you were also free to determine your own path through the game. Not the first game to ever have a decision/consequence morality system but it sure did it properly.

[Xero]

Wolfenstein 3D

[OmegaFenix]

Two big notables for me would be Half-Life and Deus Ex.

Half-Life for it's introduction of narrative into FPS games and including characters which weren't just there to be blown up. For the first time a game's story wasn't just the bits you read in the manual or on the loading screens but something you were actually a part of.

Deus Ex for bringing hub based, narrative driven gameplay into the FPS genre where you were also free to determine your own path through the game. Not the first game to ever have a decision/consequence morality system but it sure did it properly.

Good Examples. Though the original System Shock did some of that also.

[OmegaFenix]

Wolfenstein 3D

What about Maze War? Developed in 1974.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War

There are actually about 4 FPS's that pre-dated Wolfenstein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter

[Murph]

Heavy Rain? What did that copy?

[Strifehart]

For the first time a game's story wasn't just the bits you read in the manual or on the loading screens but something you were actually a part of.

SiN did that even before HL. Granted, the were released weeks apart from eachother.

[Isengard]

Heavy Rain? What did that copy?

Indigo Prophecy? It was Quantic Dreams first title if I'm not mistaken.

[Xero]

Your Question Reads:"Name the Last Original Game You Played", not which games existed prior to the one you played

[OmegaFenix]

Indigo Prophecy? It was Quantic Dreams first title if I'm not mistaken.

Which probably borrowed from Broken Sword and the like.

[OmegaFenix]

Your Question Reads:"Name the Last Original Game You Played", not which games existed prior to the one you played

Lol! Fair enough, I should have thought of that. Well Spotted.