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>Yfw you found out that World of Warcraft originally started

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>Yfw you found out that World of Warcraft originally started as an RTS series, and not an MMO

Post more obscure gaming facts.
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CS is actually a mod for deus ex
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>>390054196
you can't be serious
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>>390054196
TF2 is a sequel to a Counterstrike mod.
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Call of Duty originally started as a good and original FPS series
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>>390054196
excellent bait
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>>390054417
I am serious, and don't call me
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Super Mario Bros 2 is actually a reskin of the obscure Japanese only game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
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Mario's first game was actually Donkey Kong, not Super Smash brothers
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>>390054196
There was a few FF-titles before FF7???
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>>390054565
t. Euro
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>>390054196
the people who make cod used to actually make good, historically accurate WW2 fpses
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The M on Mario's hat stands for "Mario".
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>>390054565
I thought FF7 was just some Star Wars: Episode 4 bullshit
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>>390054196
Warcraft came to be as a result of Blizzard being unable to acquire Warhammer license.
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A hot coffee mod existed for Super Mario 64
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halo was initially slated for a release on the mac
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>>390054196
doom is actually 2d but uses some illusion fuckery to render the map in "3"d.
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Mario Bros started development as a sequel to Nintendo's Popeye.
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>>390054492

A copycat of medal of honor you mean
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>>390054196
>Fallout started as an RPG
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Yamauchi murdered Yokoi
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Final Fantasy VII actually isn't the first entry in the franchise.
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>>390054648
Really?
I always thought it stood for Mega Man
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>>390054196
>wow being a rts
>obscure gaming facts
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Half-Life was never intended to be a trilogy.
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>>390054765
and it was supposed to be an RTS IIRC
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the save icon in some games that looks like a box is supposed to be a floopy, and old physical memory storage device

the icon of the app that lets you make phone calls that looks like a fucked up banana is actually what phones used to look like
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>>390054196
That's pretty impressive op
But did you know Dark Souls wasn't actually From Software's first game. It turns out that they made some game called Demon Souls before Dark Souls.
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The game Half Life is named so because HP pickups are hard to find and you spend most of the game at half health.
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>>390055359
It's almost like he's making a fucking joke or something
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>>390055608
if thats obscure maybe the average user's age in /v/ is a bit low
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bigfoot exists in san andreas
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>>390054564
marios first game was jump man you cuck
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>>390055629
the broken portal to the "land of giants" is actually dark souls.
in my headcanon
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>>390054492
Call of Duty is a reference to "doing ones duty to their country", a popular meme in the times of World War 2 which politicians posted to get the news out about the war. The first games actually focused on WW2 itself because of this.
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>>390054692
I knew warcraft was trying to be warhammer but I didn't know it was because they wanted to make a licensed warhammer game

neat
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>>390055706
>>390055359

Dumb weeb shit.

>>390054196

I heard that Command & Conquer was first owned by a small studio. Luckily EA Games bought that studio and saved the series with 3D graphics.
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The 2015 Star Wars: Battlefront game is not an original title; in fact 2 games came before it during the PS2 era.
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>>390054674
Are you sure you're not confusing Final Fantasy with Fallout?
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>>390054674
star wars shit in FF started way before 7, biggs and wedge are from star wars.
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The first two GTA's were not 3D.
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>>390054196
>with every year, more people will unironically think this even though OP is baiting.
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>>390056660
but isnt it true? There were several Warcraft games before
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>>390054196
>There was a previous game that came before Dota 2
What the fuck?
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Unreal Tournament is called Unreal Tournament because it was actually the dream of an autistic boy hence it was not real and thus unreal.
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>>390056047
>Star Wars: Battlefront
>Star Wars: Battlefront II

>Star Wars: Battlefront
>Star Wars: Battlefront II
I will never be able to sleep again.
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THQ paid an out of court settlement to CliffyB for the gross similarities between Gears of War and Space Marine.
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>>390054196
The name Minecraft is actually a combination of two gameplay elements inside the game itself, mining and crafting. To those who haven't played the game the name appears peculiar because of this.
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>>390054196
There's no way you didn't know this.
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>>390057791
Interesting. Reminds me of Command & Conquer, and RTS game where you command your troops and conquer the enemy. It's a riveting wordplay
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>>390054836
COD was created by former MoH developers. It's codename was "Medal of Honor Killer".
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>>390054196
Persona 3 isn't the first in the series,and smt is not the spin off.
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>>390054196
Wow has now been longer post-Cata than pre-Cata
And will turn 13 this November
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>>390054196
Did you know, before Metal Gear Solid, there were two other games in the Metal Gear franchise, Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge?
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>>390057761
this could be true
spess marine has the better multiplayer imo
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>>390057791

All jokes aside I never realised how much Minecraft sounds like Mineshaft
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>>390059008
I was just memeing, it all comes from this article.
It's by the same guy who failed so spectacularly at Cuphead's tutorial.
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>>390058705
theres even 2 metal gear 2s

:o
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>>390057791
the name was actually based on Hitler's autobiographical best seller. the maker of the game is also an alt right nazi
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>World of Warcraft is 13 years old in November
>there are non-underageB&s on here that were only 5 when WoW released
>TFW can seriously believe there are people on here right now that didn't know about Warcraft pre-WoW
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>>390054196
Fire Emblem Awakeningnis not the first game in the series, but actually the thirteenth.
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Did you know that Splatoon 2 is actually a sequel?

Yeah, there was a Splatoon 1 for a console called the Wii U!

Blew my mind when I heard about it.
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>>390054825
Your screen doesn't auslly produce 3d it's a 2d plane trickery
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>>390054196
>There are not 64 Mario games, but in fact 137 Mario games
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>>390056660

>with each passing year, more dumbshit underage unable to spot sarcasm or ironic statements arrive
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Fallout 3 wasnt the first game in the series
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>>390059557
>Hitler's autobiographical best seller
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In Japan, Mega Man is known as Rock Man. Very cool.
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Not many know this but there actually was a call of duty 2 before modern warfare 2.
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>>390057791
MINEY CRAFTA
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>>390059557

I thought this was common knowledge?
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