Uncharted 2 is still fondly remembered and will be for a while. Possibly as much as RE4. Don't see why TLoU will be any different.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Is 2013 the best year for gaming...ever?
- Thread starter ChocolatePuddin
- Start date
Uncharted 2 is still fondly remembered and will be for a while. Possibly as much as RE4. Don't see why TLoU will be any different.
Twilight Gap
Member
2014 is going to be insane. So many ridiculous games coming out.
This year was good for the 3DS though. I don't think they'll top it next year.
This year was good for the 3DS though. I don't think they'll top it next year.
A lot of people hate on 2012 for stuff like Diablo 3, AC3, Halo 4 being big disappointments, but in terms of variety and surprises 2012 was fantastic. There's still a bunch of games from last year that I'm constantly coming back to.
Hmm, I still lean towards 1998 and 2007 being the best years.
I'm also a huge fan of 1996 which was easily the Saturn's best year. Not to mention SM64 and another strong SNES year.
Alphabetical order of 1996 gems. Based on North America release:
Death Tank
Dragon Force
Guardian Heroes
Kirby Super Star
Metal Slug
Mr. Bones (only for me, no one else appreciates its awe)
Nights
Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Resident Evil
Super Mario 64
Super Mario RPG
Tetris Attack
Twisted Metal 2
Virtual On
Wipeout 2097
I'm also a huge fan of 1996 which was easily the Saturn's best year. Not to mention SM64 and another strong SNES year.
Alphabetical order of 1996 gems. Based on North America release:
Death Tank
Dragon Force
Guardian Heroes
Kirby Super Star
Metal Slug
Mr. Bones (only for me, no one else appreciates its awe)
Nights
Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Resident Evil
Super Mario 64
Super Mario RPG
Tetris Attack
Twisted Metal 2
Virtual On
Wipeout 2097
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I don't think so, but 3DS makes it damn close. The year was damn mindblowing for the thing. At the very least, this is the best year ever for handhelds. It was like 3 years worth of output crammed into 1.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Your two statements are highly ironic juxtaposed like this.
Anyway, 2014 looks way better than 2013, and we don't even know the full 2014 release schedule yet.
Manmademan
Member
true. here's what I consider fun or noteworthy that released this year:
All platforms-
Retro City Rampage
DMC: Devil May Cry
Super Hexagon
Dead Space 3
Afterburner Climax
Crysis 3
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
SimCity
Tomb Raider
God of War: Ascension
Lego City Undercover
Hotline Miami
BioShock Infinite
Ninja Gaiden 3
Injustice
Guacamelee!
Don't Starve
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
State of Decay
The Last of Us
Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara
Civilization V
Dota2
Pikmin 3
Dragon's Crown
Diablo 3: (Ps3/360)
Killzone: Mercenary
Puppeteer
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix
Ducktales Remastered
Wind Waker HD
Grand Theft Auto V/GTA Online
The Wolf Among Us
Rocksmith 2014
Batman: Arkham Origins
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Battlefield IV
Killzone: Shadowfall
Resogun
Killer Instinct
Tearaway
The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds
Gran Turismo 6.
Edit: Forgot Pokemon X and Y.
That's a HELL of a lot of good stuff in there, and ignores the fact that we got two massive hardware releases. Easily stacks up to 1998.
Derrick has a hard time recognizing that his opinion is sometimes in the minority, and that the kids who grew up on linear games this generation are going to remember their favourites fondly in 15 years.
Mass Effect, Rock Band, Assassin's Creed
ZombiePlatypus
Member
Lol no. Onslaught of generi-AAA titles doesn't automatically = amazing games.
Still, we've had some hands-down fantastic titles to play with. (Especially on 3DS!) But yeah, nothing close to the hights reached on previous generations.
Still, we've had some hands-down fantastic titles to play with. (Especially on 3DS!) But yeah, nothing close to the hights reached on previous generations.
What?
You think Uncharted or TloU is the new Half Life or Starcraft? Cmon.
Fuck Assassin's Creed, I despise that game with every fiber of my being.
But yeah, can't believe I forgot the two others.
No, I said they'll be remembered.
revolverjgw
Member
TLOU and 3DW is as good a 1-2 punch as any gen in terms of the top stuff. I have to clean up my 2013 backlog before I can really evaluate the whole year though.
Tanner1495
Member
2013 was fantastic for the 3DS, also some good AAA titles that came out, but 2014 looks absolutely ridiculous and we don't even know a full release schedule yet, I know 5 games in February alone that I'm picking up, should be an awesome year.
Games don't have to be genre defining to be remembered.
Plenty of people have fond memories for games like Donkey Kong Country and Spyro 15 years after the fact. I don't remember either defining their genre.
Acquiescence
Member
I think it's safe to say that in my 20+ years of playing video games, this certainly has been one of the best years for my hobby yet. Looking at my top ten so far, it already far exceeds the other lists I've made for the past few years, and it's still not over yet! I've got next(current?)-gen stuff to play when the PS4 comes out here in the UK, there's Broken Sword 5 and Doki-Doki Universe in December, and I've still got Stick It to the Man and Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut in my backlog. By the end of 2013, I could probably do a top 20 and not reach to find something to place at #20.
Manmademan
Member
Absolutely, totally true.
There was a thread on reddit gaming just this afternoon about how awesome Syphon Filter was, and people talking about their fondest moments with the game.
Syphon filter.
not genre defining by any means, but well put together, fun, and a pleasant surprise for those that tried it. 2013 has more than enough of these.
The guy had a weird/funny running animation. Like he shit his pants or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QobEJ4-gddM
Manmademan
Member
You know criminals shit themselves when they saw him coming, though.
"Haul ass! It's Gabe 'crazylegs' Logan!"
in some ways that game was more fun for me than metal gear. shame the sequels never quite measured up.
Tertullian
Member
1998
1998
1998
Seriously, it's 1998.
1998
1998
Seriously, it's 1998.
revolverjgw
Member
If they didn't shit themselves upon seeing him, they certainly evacuated their bowels after being tasered for 2 full minutes
Every Syphon Filter game for PS1 and PSP is great, only the PS2 game dropped the ball
Manmademan
Member
Ouya crying itself to sleep in the corner
unknownstranger
Member
Not really. This fall has been pretty dead outside of GTAV. Another EA shooter, another CoD, another Assassin's Creed, etc. Next year looks a lot better for something other than yearly franchises, although we have 0 idea what's coming out in fall.
Fourth Storm
Member
I think '01 still takes it for me. MGS2, FFX, and GTA3 was a trifecta of awesome.
97 was also great for FF7, Symphony of the Night, and the N64 stuff like Goldeneye, Star Fox 64, and so on.
97 was also great for FF7, Symphony of the Night, and the N64 stuff like Goldeneye, Star Fox 64, and so on.
Austriacus
Member
I love how everyone here is basically riding the nostalgia train. 2013 Has been spectacular, better than 2007 and equally as good as 1998 imo.
LizardKing
Member
Possibly Nintendo's best year ever, they spat fire.
Everything else, average to below average year.
Everything else, average to below average year.
This
We will have way more real Next gen games on WiiU/PS4/Xbone plus some strong 360/PS3 only games like Dark Souls 2
Austriacus
Member
You are telling me ima forget about dota 2 and Hearthsone(a blizzard game ffs)?
lmao Derrick.
Kageshinzo
Member
'Not close to 2013'? Pray tell what games this year has been considered genre-defining and will most probably be considered classics of the medium.
Not for me. All the games that people seem to care about bore me to death. I had more fun with games during the PS2 era and before. Everything wasn't homogenized, and "by the books" back then, games seemed more experimental. I'm awaiting VR to take off because power increases don't do anything for me. You can coat the same stale third-person shooter stuff with a new varnish but it's still the same shit at the core.
Shmuely Bully
Member
I disagree, 1997 and 1998 were better years and I'm hard pressed to think of any better (although certainly it could be nostalgia speaking).
1997:
Alundra
Castlevania: SoTN
Fallout
Final Fantasy VII
Golden Eye 007
Gran Turismo
Megaman X4
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey
Rampage World Tour
Star Fox 64
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Ultima Online
1998:
Banjo Kazooie
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gauntlet Legends
Gex: Enter the Gecko
Legend of Legaia
Megaman Legends
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 2
Soul Calibur
Spyro the Dragon
StarCraft
1997:
Alundra
Castlevania: SoTN
Fallout
Final Fantasy VII
Golden Eye 007
Gran Turismo
Megaman X4
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey
Rampage World Tour
Star Fox 64
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Ultima Online
1998:
Banjo Kazooie
Final Fantasy Tactics
Gauntlet Legends
Gex: Enter the Gecko
Legend of Legaia
Megaman Legends
Metal Gear Solid
Resident Evil 2
Soul Calibur
Spyro the Dragon
StarCraft
Even the shit on 3DS this year is great in terms of being the first wave of really great 3DS games, but I don't know if I'll still be playing any of these games even five years from now. Possibly Pokemon but we'll have to see.
I still like Uncharted 2 more than TLOU. And even Uncharted 2 doesn't match up to the highest highs of last gen. Honestly I don't think any current-gen game does. Maybe Demon's Souls and TF2, but I just don't know. There's shit from 1998 I played for the first time this year and it still stands out as some of the best stuff I've played this year.
nrvalleytime
Member
Out of curiosity, how many games from past generations do you regularly play? It's very difficult to judge a game's worth simply by its replayability, though games designed that way certainly should take it into consideration.
I love many games from past years (even if I don't play them as often), but that doesn't prohibit me from looking at this year's gaming lineup as perhaps the best ever.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Yes. Quite easily too.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
People who say yes-are you 21 or under?
I mean each to their own but I think this is a question for someone who has at least experienced gaming since the 8bit eras.
Answer to OP though-not even remotely close. It's average at best.
I mean each to their own but I think this is a question for someone who has at least experienced gaming since the 8bit eras.
Answer to OP though-not even remotely close. It's average at best.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Either too young to remember 1998 or forgot one.
for its time, 1998 was outstanding. if we are to look at a year relative to just itself and the years prior, 1998 is still the most impressive. that's when ocarina of time, metal gear solid, pokemon, and panzer dragoon saga all hit. and people knew back then that they were playing legendary groundbreaking games. it was a really exciting time. it was also the middle-late part of a generation and things were really getting good (well, it was the end of the saturn and the start of the dreamcast).
2013's been a good year. nintendo's had more critical success this year than any i can remember in recent history. rayman legends, the last of us, and grand theft auto v were also extremely well-received. but it's also the year that saw the wii u flounder without software and the ps4 and xbox one come out to a fairly standard launches. i'm not sure if i played any legendary classic games yet, but at least this year's lineup's been better than the previous two.
2013's been a good year. nintendo's had more critical success this year than any i can remember in recent history. rayman legends, the last of us, and grand theft auto v were also extremely well-received. but it's also the year that saw the wii u flounder without software and the ps4 and xbox one come out to a fairly standard launches. i'm not sure if i played any legendary classic games yet, but at least this year's lineup's been better than the previous two.
nrvalleytime
Member
Let's explain this one before trying to call out people. A gamer's lifetime doesn't depend on years gaming, just time spent in it.
And yeah - owned a Commodore 64. Great little system. Only surpassed by Atari's ET era.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
It wasn't supposed to be a "call out", more a legitimate question.
And "ever" implies since gaming began. "Ever in your experience in gaming" would be more accurate if your description was what the OP implied.
This year had a chance, but there have been too many AAA disappointments and the next-gen launches have been duds so far.
Looking back at 2001 even, not 1998, Gamecube and Xbox both launched--Xbox with Halo and Gamecube with Luig's Mansion, Pikmin, and Smash Bros--not to mention MGS2 on PS2 and a ton of extremely quality third party stuff like GTA III. Plus I think GBA launched in May or June that same year. Advance Wars, Ico, FFX, THPS3, Paper Mario...it just goes on and on. 2013 ain't got shit on that.
I mean, just look at this amazing list of releases.
Looking back at 2001 even, not 1998, Gamecube and Xbox both launched--Xbox with Halo and Gamecube with Luig's Mansion, Pikmin, and Smash Bros--not to mention MGS2 on PS2 and a ton of extremely quality third party stuff like GTA III. Plus I think GBA launched in May or June that same year. Advance Wars, Ico, FFX, THPS3, Paper Mario...it just goes on and on. 2013 ain't got shit on that.
I mean, just look at this amazing list of releases.