dragonfart28
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Can we just spam the thread with vgcats instead of taking the OP seriously?
I kid, I kid
Wow...I thought those were some of the golden ages of gaming.The PS2/GC/XBOX/DC era is the dark ages of video games for me.
I'd say 2000-2006/2007.
Or maybe even 1999-2006/2007.
Around 1998 or 1999 I started to see gaming magazines slowly becoming very boring. By 2002 I was completely done with modern gaming.
The PS2/GC/XBOX/DC era is the dark ages of video games for me.
2004 - 2007 had Super Mario Galaxy, Half-Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Persona 3, World of Warcraft, San Andreas, God of War 1 and 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Katamari Damacy, Mario Kart DS, Devil May Cry 3, Final Fantasy XII, Valkyrie Profile 2, Okami, Odin Sphere, Metroid Prime 2 and 3, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and numerous more I can't even think of right now.
You call that dull??
2004 and 2007 are part of 1998's legacy. 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, and 2013 are some of the best years in gaming. 2016 broke the trend and 2017 is the next true successor though.
Agreed. 2004-05 was great, and 2006 had some great stuff despite being a transitional year. But while 2007 had some really incredible games, there were a lot of warning signs of what was to come in the following years as far as AAA.It's really only the weird inclusion of 2004 and a couple of years further that drags the argument down. The start of the HD era was pretty bad, almost none of my PS3 games have the red label for a reason. There was still alternatives for PS360 for quite some time (late PS2, handhelds), but when people list Assassin's Creed and Modern Warfare as "positive" examples of late 2000s gaming, there's certainly been a problem.
Agreed. 2004-05 was great, and 2006 had some great stuff despite being a transitional year. But while 2007 had some really incredible games, there were a lot of warning signs of what was to come in the following years as far as AAA.
When I think back on 2008-09, I think of the barren Wii lineup after Brawl, and how let down I was by games such as RE5, GTA4 and MGS4.
Dark ages is too harsh, but I agree that was the most iterative generation (well outside of the one we are in now I guess). There were some standout titles, but overall a very boring few years. We had the Atari days, the crash, the rebirth, the 16 bit era where gaming came unto its own, the shift to 3D, then iteration in the time you describe, then physically active gaming, and now we're in some generally boring intermediate space again. Wonder what's going to come next. On demand or hybrid gaming.I'd say 2000-2006/2007.
Or maybe even 1999-2006/2007.
Around 1998 or 1999 I started to see gaming magazines slowly becoming very boring. By 2002 I was completely done with modern gaming.
The PS2/GC/XBOX/DC era is the dark ages of video games for me.
2004 - 2007 had Super Mario Galaxy, Half-Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Persona 3, World of Warcraft, San Andreas, God of War 1 and 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Katamari Damacy, Mario Kart DS, Devil May Cry 3, Final Fantasy XII, Valkyrie Profile 2, Okami, Odin Sphere, Metroid Prime 2 and 3, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and numerous more I can't even think of right now.
You call that dull??
Uh.... it's also the days of Dark Souls 1 and 2, The Last of Us, Monster Hunter Tri / 3U, Borderlands 2, Gravity Rush, La-Mulana, Dishonored, Rayman Legends, Fallout: New Vegas, Dragon's Dogma, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dragon's Crown, among others.2010 to 2013 were even worse. Absolutely horrid. Those were the days of Kinect and Wonderbook.
The PS2 is overrated -)
Yep, agreed.this is one of the worst opinions i've seen on this forum.
imagine not having the taste to recognize how great muchi muchi pork is
how fucked up is that
I guess you would say this if you only played huge monster release AAA dreck on consoles?
Resident Evil 4 was released so your argument is invalid.
VG Cats?
It's really only the weird inclusion of 2004 and a couple of years further that drags the argument down. The start of the HD era was pretty bad, almost none of my PS3 games have the red label for a reason. There was still alternatives for PS360 for quite some time (late PS2, handhelds), but when people list Assassin's Creed and Modern Warfare as "positive" examples of late 2000s gaming, there's certainly been a problem.
Looking at FPSs alone in 2007:
That's one genre, in one year.
Looking at FPSs alone in 2007:
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That's one genre, in one year.
It was a really, really good time for JRPGs. Then they finally had to give up on PS2 and iPhone barged into the scene and changed everything on the handheld front.
That period started with SMT:N and ended with Demon's Souls though, so I can't exactly say that was awful by any stretch! Might have been a bit weaker for AAA launches though.
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