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While the .rar files of the game now live in the dusty corners of abandonware sites, its DNA is alive in every modern Bethesda title. Future Shock was the proof of concept for the XnGine—the same tech that would power The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall .

: It was one of the first major shooters to implement standard mouse-aiming, a control scheme we now take for granted.

If you look closely at the ruins of Skynet-controlled L.A., you can see the early fingerprints of what would eventually become The Elder Scrolls and Fallout .

Long before Quake became the poster child for the "true 3D" revolution, Future Shock was already pushing boundaries. It abandoned the 2.5D sprite-based world of its contemporaries for a fully polygonal engine. This allowed for:

: Unlike the corridors of Doom , Future Shock featured sprawling outdoor maps.

Future Shock . Before Skyrim, There Was Future Shock: The Tech Milestone That Defined Bethesda’s Future