1) Valkyria Chronicles - One of only 2 new IPs in my list. Really original, great story, awesome music, and just really high production.
2) Ninja Gaiden 2 - Although I think Ninja Gaiden 1 was slightly better, this was definitely a great game.
3) DMC4 - SLAM DUNK!!
4) Lost Planet - Thought the demo sucked, but when I actually played the game it really blew me away. Some people found the mechs to be clunky, but I thought they were a blast.
5) Ace Combat 6 - Omg this game is gorgeous and with the flight stick its a ton of fun. A bit short though =(
6) MGS4 - Kind of low on the list simply because the gameplay felt dated and clunky. It really took video games to a whole new level with it's production values and story telling and I give Konami props for that.
7) VF5 - Although this came out way before any of the other next gen iterations of fighters, visually it beats almost all of them. Plays great too.
1. Tales of Vesperia
2. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
3. Chrono Trigger DS
4. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
5. Kirby Super Star Ultra
6. Elite Beat Agents
7. The World Ends With You
8. Tetris DS
9. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
10. Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
If you want to kick out the remakes (CT, KSSU, DQIV), then Meteos, DoReMi Fantasy, and Metroid Prime 3 join the list. If you want to kick out the remakes and disallow DoReMi for being a VC game (though 2008 was its first time released in North America), then Mega Man 9 joins in.
I'm surprised to see the lack of mario and zelda on these lists.
Mine in no order:
WoW and its expansions
Twilight Princess
Galaxy
Bioshock
Portal
Braid
Gears
Gears 2
MGS4
Brawl
1. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (It's MGS so it's a little heavy handed and longed winded, but damnit did it make me cry more than once and has the best combination of graphics and production values ever. Would rather have a long detailed story than brief one)
2. Bioshock (The best use of the medium for storytelling)
3. The Orange Box (I cheated mwahahaha. Great multiplayer, Portal one of the most unique games ever, and HL2: Ep2 is Valve at their best)
4. Rock Band (The game I was waiting for since Guitar Freaks first came out)
5. Call of Duty 4 (The biggest additions to the FPS multiplayer genre since Halo, and a singleplayer that has enough twists and turns to make every COD since look like child's play)
6. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Didn't play Morrowind, so this was the first time I experianced a game like it)
7. Little Big Planet (Most innovate game this generation)
8. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Great characters and humor, amazing graphics. The real Indiana Jones IV)
9. Grand Theft Auto IV (It's GTA. While the fun stuff was removed the emersiveness was raised)
10. Left 4 Dead (Valve again shows what time can do)
1. Wrath of the Lich King
2. Burning Crusade
3. Bioshock
4. Super Mario Galaxy
5. Rock Band
6. Guitar Hero II/III
7. Metal Gear Solid 4
8. Portal
9. Resident Evil 4: Wii
10. Gears of War (and GoW 2 I guess, since it's exactly the same thing)
Not how I thought this list would look if you asked me 4 years ago.
1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
3. Mario Kart (Wii)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
5. Wii Sports (Wii)
6. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
8. Space Invaders Extreme (DS)
9. Endless Ocean (Wii)
10.. Art Style: Orbient (WiiWare)
1. Bioshock- Still my fave this gen. Can't wait for the sequel.
2. Zelda Twilight Princess- Not my favorite 3d Zelda though. Nintendo is slipping.
3. Patapon- Favorite PSP game
4. Phoenix Wright 3- Best Ace Attorney Game
5. SSBB- Melee was better but this has online mode.
6. Super Mario Galaxy- Hated SM64. Love SMG
7. Uncharted- Nice looking game
8. Metal Gear Solid 4- Big time disappointment. Kojima can do better....way better.
9. Metroid Prime 3- Reason I bought a Wii
10. Crisis Core- Decent, expected better
The Orange Box
BioShock
Grand Theft Auto IV
Super Mario Galaxy
Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
Mass Effect
Call of Duty 4
Gears of War 2
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
~ Wrath of the Lich King
~ The Burning Crusade
~ Assassin's Creed
~ GTA IV
~ Crackdown
~ Gears 1
~ Left 4 Dead
~ Bioshock
~ Oblivion
~ Team Fortress 2
An honorable mention goes to LOTRO, which, despite two major MMO's being released this year and Wrath be on the tip of everyone's tongues, is continuing to kick ass and is easily, in my opinion, the best MMO out there next to WoW.
That said, I have yet to play Fable II, Fallout 3, Prince of Persia, or Gears 2, so the list could change once January comes rollin' around.
1. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
3. Mario Kart (Wii)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
5. Wii Sports (Wii)
6. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
7. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
8. Space Invaders Extreme (DS)
9. Endless Ocean (Wii)
10.. Art Style: Orbient (WiiWare)
This thread has got three strikes against it--stupid list thread, original poster doesn't contribute to his own thread, and stupid exclusionary rule that doesn't make any sense ("no portables")
For what it's worth:
Tie Fighter (PC)
Actraiser (SNES on VC)
Legend of Mana (PSX ripped for PSP)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES emulated on PC or PSP)
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES on VC)
Theme Hospital (PC) Yosumin (Flash, DS)
System Shock 2 (PC)
Tomba (PSX ripped for PSP)
Mass Effect
10. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
09. No More Heroes
08. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (<3)
07. Bangai-O! Spirits
06. Elite Beat Agents
05. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
04. Mega Man 9
03. Valkyria Chronicles
02. MOTHER 3 (it came out in 2006)
01. Super Mario Galaxy
Note that I, unfortunately, don't have much exposure to Xbox 360 or PS3 (or, Hell, Genesis).
1. Mother 3
2. Phoenix Wright trilogy
3. Super Mario Galaxy
4. Picross DS
5. Rhythm Tengoku
6. Rhythm Tengoku Gold
7. Ouendan/EBA series
8. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
9. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
10. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Tilted towards DS, hopefully I'll fill it out with 360 games when I get one.
- Bioshock
- Rock Band/2
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Gears of War/2
- Call of Duty 4
- Little Big Planet
- Grand Theft Auto 4
- Kameo
- Dead Space
- Rainbow Six Vegas
01. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
02. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
03. Super Mario Galaxy
04. Chrono Trigger DS
05. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
06. Devil May Cry 4
07. LittleBigPlanet
08. Half-Life 2: Episode 2
09. Portal
10. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Special nods to:
-Silent Hill: Homecoming
-Gears of War 2
-Bioshock
-Resistance 2
-Uncharted
-Grand Theft Auto IV
-Fallout 3
Bioshock
Tales of Vesperia
Infinite Undiscovery
Dead Rising
Sega Rally Revo
Dead or Alive 4
Gears of War
Virtua Fighter 5
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Folklore
[360] Bioshock
[360] Tales of Vesperia
[Wii] Super Smash Bros. Brawl
[Wii] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
[PC] Team Fortress 2
[PC] Audiosurf
[NDS] Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
[NDS] Pokemon Pearl Version
[NDS] Mario Kart DS
I didn't include Orange Box because this is just made up of several different games packaged as one.
1. BioShock
2. Mass Effect
3. Halo 3
4. Gears of War 2
5. Super Mario Galaxy
6. Fable II
7. Sid Meier's: Civilization Revolution
8. Crackdown
9. Resistance 2
10. Uncharted
I haven't played a couple of games that have come out int he past two months or so, so my list will probably change after christmas.
Mother 3
Mega Man 9
Tales of Vesperia
Chrono Trigger DS
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Tetris DS
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Geometry Wars 2
Super Mario Galaxy
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
Note the bias towards 2D, portables, and downloadable services.
1. Super Mario Galaxy- GOTY 2007 and possibly GOTF. The best Mario game ever released.
2. LittleBigPlanet- An overall amazing experience and without a doubt my GOTY 2008. It's a toss-up between it and Galaxy. The reason why I purchased a PS3.
3. Bioshock- I DO NOT like shooters yet I would consider this one of my favorite games of all time. THAT is saying something
4. Metal Gear Solid 4- This completely consumed a week of my life that I will never get back. I skipped classes, told my girlfriend that we couldn't hang out unless she wanted to play the game with me and I, for the second time (first was the Sonic Adventure 2 ending), cried at a video game
(The Raiden sacrifice scene in Act 4, I thought he was dead.)
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5. Wii Sports- Revolutionary, fun, and got my Grandma addicted to video games.
6. Burnout Paradise- I would go as far to say that this is perhaps the greatest racing video game ever made. The amount of content in the 29.99 downloadable game is just OUTSTANDING. Props to Criterion for making an amazing game and perfecting the use of DLC.
7. Warhawk- One of the few games that I play super competitively online and it has kept me hooked since the first day I picked it up. Also, being a downloadable game is a plus.
8. Super Smash Bros. Brawl- Melee was my favorite game of last-gen so of course I adore this Smash Bros. iteration. Only reason it isn't higher on the list is because Geno, Mega Man, and a Square-Enix character didn't make it as playable characters. Seriously though, it amazes me people hate it so much.
9. Portal- This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
Wow, what a generation so far, seriously, WOW. This is without including portable games (many of which on the DS I would consider as some of the best games I have ever played). I never want this gen to end.
In no particular order:
Mario Galaxy
Assassin's Creed
GTA4
Halo 3
LBP
Phoenix Wright/Ace Attorney Series
Call of Duty 4
Bioshock
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
Dead Rising
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart Wii
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition
Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles
Final Fantasy IV (DS)
Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
My list doesn't come from necessarily the top 10 best playing games, but also the experiences that come out of each title due to their story, characters, etc.
1a. Super Mario Galaxy
1b.Twilight Princess
2. COD4
3. Brawl
4. NSMB
5. SSF2THDR
6. Little Big Planet
7. Mario Kart Wii
8. Rock Band series
9. Minish Cap
Hon Mentions: RE4Wii, EBA, Prime3, LOZH, Resistance 2, TWEWY, Sonic Rush 1
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Bioshock
The Orange Box (Portal, TF2, & Episode 2 in one box? Hell Yes!)
Burnout Paradise
Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
Gears of War (How many games implemented a cover system after this was released?)
Halo 3 (The benchmark for community features in a console game.)
Fable 2
Mass Effect
Honorable Mention: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Not a popular game by any means, but even with its flaws, I loved it.
Dead Space
Metal Gear Solid 4
Gears of War
Fallout 3
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Little Big Planet
Call of Duty 4
Mass Effect
Far Cry 2
Super Mario Galaxy
