10 Video Games That Were Vindicated By History

10. Alien: Resurrection

In the 90s, it was crazy to think that the first-person genre could ever come to consoles. Sure, there were ports of Doom while GoldenEye 007 was a success for the Nintendo 64, but these were exceptions to the rule.

Alien: Resurrection, a tie-in to the 1997 movie of the same, was one of the early attempts at bringing the genre to consoles.

Though its atmosphere was praised, contemporary journalists drew criticism for the game's difficulty and pacing. One common complaint was its dual analog stick control scheme, which was unheard of at the time. You see, one of the biggest challenges of console games in the late 90s was translating the PC's precise keyboard and mouse controls into a controller.

This point of criticism ironically became the gold standard in console FPS games years later, as Halo: Combat Evolved would use this method to revolutionise the industry and genre. And though the Xbox original proved that the genre could thrive on consoles, Alien: Resurrection eventually got recognition for being one of the first games to implement this control scheme.