Originally Posted by bazza
Spore is an upcoming game which is likely to be completely unlike anything before it.
Race Driver: Grid. Just another racing game - but one point of utter innovation which could totally change the way racing games are designed.
These are just off the top of my head. There are many and better examples if you just look for them.
Yep I keep up to date on what's going on, I've got my eye on Spore, it just takes a lot to inspire me to play a game these days. I'm sure nostalgia has set in slightly yes lol, but there was a wonderful time in games before reviews focused on anti-aliasing and frames per second when games where played as much with your imagination as with the limited graphics. Zork, Bards Tale, Powermonger, Mercenary, Kick off 2 and Monkey island to name a few.
Currently waiting for Crayon Physics Deluxe to be released.