eot
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2007 without mentioning PGR4 or GT5?
2007 is only second to 1998.
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GT Top 10 Years of Gaming
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ashecitism
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UT was '99. It was going toe-to-toe with Quake 3 a couple of days apart. CS was also that year. I made a list for '99 above
Baron von Loathsome
Member
2015 was a damn good year, guys.
2007 without mentioning PGR4 or GT5
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Duxxy3
Member
For people that like open world games anyhow.
WouldYouKindly
Banned
98 and 07 man some great fucking memories
How can you put 2015 on the list when barely any time has passed since then? We need some historical perspective that comes with distance. Wait a few years. 2004 needs to be on the list.
Half-Life 2
Halo 2
GTA: San Andreas
World of Warcraft
ESPN NFL 2k5
Metroid Prime 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Katamari Damacy
Viewtiful Joe
Ninja Gaiden
Half-Life 2
Halo 2
GTA: San Andreas
World of Warcraft
ESPN NFL 2k5
Metroid Prime 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Katamari Damacy
Viewtiful Joe
Ninja Gaiden
Mr. Crow
Member
2004 was a great year and the best year for shooter fans!
Half-Life 2
Doom 3
Halo 2
Far Cry
Painkiller
Metroid Prime 2
Unreal Tournament 2004
Other games:
GTA: San Andreas
Burnout 3
Silent Hill 4
Metal Gear Solid 3
Fable
Ninja Gaiden
The Sims 2
World of Warcraft
R&C: Up Your Arsenal
Gran Turismo 4 (J)
Half-Life 2
Doom 3
Halo 2
Far Cry
Painkiller
Metroid Prime 2
Unreal Tournament 2004
Other games:
GTA: San Andreas
Burnout 3
Silent Hill 4
Metal Gear Solid 3
Fable
Ninja Gaiden
The Sims 2
World of Warcraft
R&C: Up Your Arsenal
Gran Turismo 4 (J)
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I thought it was a damn fine year as someone who didn't play more than a few minutes of any AAA open-world game.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
Arguably the four GOAT of their genre.
immortal-joe
Member
2007 is my most overrated year ever; it doesn't even crack my top 10.
GT actually had this exact same countdown a few years back and put 2007 in 1st ahead of 1998, 2001...etc. Opinions are opinions of course, but that shit surprised the hell out of me.
GT actually had this exact same countdown a few years back and put 2007 in 1st ahead of 1998, 2001...etc. Opinions are opinions of course, but that shit surprised the hell out of me.
This is the most overrated year on the list IMO. A lot of the games here are among the worst in their series(Uncharted , Witcher, Mass Effect, Prime 3), don't hold up all that well(Ass.Creed, Bioshock, Witcher 1, Uncharted, Mass Effect 1) and outside of SMG, Portal, Crysis for its technical achievements,
and maybe, maybe Halo 3, aren't things you hear talked about years later as these hallowed experiences.
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That a better top 5, no particular order.
JuanLatino
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2015 is only on the list because of the announcements - Year of the Dreams
Host Samurai
Member
2007 is by far the most overrated in history. That year I was playing more older consoles than ever before.
1998
2001
2004
Are deff my favorite years. 2005 was great too.
Not surprising that 3 years of the PS2/XB/GC era is on that list since it was the GOAT generation.
1998
2001
2004
Are deff my favorite years. 2005 was great too.
Not surprising that 3 years of the PS2/XB/GC era is on that list since it was the GOAT generation.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
I'd put 94 & 91 #1 & #2 myself
1994
Super Metroid, Final Fantasy VI, TIE Fighter, Doom II, Donkey Kong Country, Mega Man X2, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Sonic & Knuckles
1991
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Zelda ALTTP, Super Mario World, F-Zero, Civilization, Alien Breed, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter II, Lemmings, Another World, Castlevania IV, FFIV
89-95 has an incredible amount of creativity and excellence in general. I'm not sure how anyone doesn't have '94 on their list, XCOM & Metroid alone are GOAT contenders. Pretty shocking not to see it there.
1994
Super Metroid, Final Fantasy VI, TIE Fighter, Doom II, Donkey Kong Country, Mega Man X2, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Sonic & Knuckles
1991
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Zelda ALTTP, Super Mario World, F-Zero, Civilization, Alien Breed, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter II, Lemmings, Another World, Castlevania IV, FFIV
89-95 has an incredible amount of creativity and excellence in general. I'm not sure how anyone doesn't have '94 on their list, XCOM & Metroid alone are GOAT contenders. Pretty shocking not to see it there.
Good Guy Gone Bad
Member
1998 was amazing -- All of the games deserve to be on the list and their order can be argued, but 1998 was sublime.
Corvo Jensen
Banned
no 2011?
dark souls, skyrim, deus ex hr, portal 2, arkham city, rayman origins, among tons of others
dark souls, skyrim, deus ex hr, portal 2, arkham city, rayman origins, among tons of others
Aside from Mario Galaxy, i agree.
2007 was pretty weak for me.
Doesn't help that i didn't like either Assassin's Creed 1 nor Gears of War at all.
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2001 is my top year, personally... not only Silent Hill 2, my favoprite game of all time, came out that year, but also it's the year in which i got a Dreamcast with Jet Set Radio, Shenmue 1, Grandia 2, and PSO.
Then you factor in FFX(which i liked at the time) and MGS2 (which blew my mind).
Just an astonishing gaming year, for me personally.
Not a good turning point though. The term AAA went from a purely positive description to one that now brings up a mixed reaction.
For all the people saying that The Witcher 3 and Bloodborne were the only noteworthy games released in 2015, I would like to present the following:
Sunless sea - This game has the some best writing in a games since Planescape: Torment for crying out loud. Like, how is that not noteworthy. Especially considering Planescape is widely regarded as one of the best games of all time.
Dirt Rally - Probably the best racing game released in many years. A lot of people consider it better than the previous top contender, Richard Burns rally, which came out in 2004 and is still played today since not much else has been released that matched it.
Cities: Skylines - People have been asking for a worthy successor to Sim City 4 for over 10 years, and Cities: Skylines finally delivered. This essentially makes it the best city builder in over 10 years, which is definitely noteworthy.
Undertale - The success this game received is truly staggering. Clearly a lot of people really love this game, and considering how passionate some of them are about it I find it very hard to believe it won't be remembered for years to come.
SOMA - The game has sadly been quite overlooked, but this tread makes a pretty good argument for it's contribution to sci-fi videogaming, even if it's base argument is a bit overblown.
Kerbal space program - Did people just forgot this game came out in 2015? It's one of the most inventive and original games to come out in a long time, and also one of the best examples of the success of early access games. It's even NASA approved, which is quite an achievement.
Invisible Inc. - One of the smartest turn based RPG designs in years, and also probably one of the best stealth games ever made (it's not the best only because the Thief series exists)
Trails in the sky: Second Chapter - I mean, Trails in the sky: First Chapter is already mentioned in every best RPG of all time list, and Second Chapter just blows it out of the water, improving in pretty much every aspect.
All of those games are amazing and definitely better than some of the games chosen for other years on the list. Apart from that 2015 is also notable for it's shift in the gaming industry. For quite some time now people have been complaining about the decline of so called AA games - games that don't quite have AAA budgets, but still don't qualify as super low budget indie games either. I feel like 2015 really brought those games back (the above list includes several notable examples, and many other similar games also came out this year). Even if this trend doesn't stick in the future, 2015 will still be notable for giving us so many games and genres that simply seemed to be dead in the last couple of years.
So yeah, dismissing 2015 seems rather silly. Maybe if you only consider AAA PS4 and XBOX One games notable, but that is just such a narrow minded view gaming that I really don't consider it as valid. Also, I'm quite shocked I wrote such a long post defending a GT top 10 list, but I felt like something needed to be said.
Sunless sea - This game has the some best writing in a games since Planescape: Torment for crying out loud. Like, how is that not noteworthy. Especially considering Planescape is widely regarded as one of the best games of all time.
Dirt Rally - Probably the best racing game released in many years. A lot of people consider it better than the previous top contender, Richard Burns rally, which came out in 2004 and is still played today since not much else has been released that matched it.
Cities: Skylines - People have been asking for a worthy successor to Sim City 4 for over 10 years, and Cities: Skylines finally delivered. This essentially makes it the best city builder in over 10 years, which is definitely noteworthy.
Undertale - The success this game received is truly staggering. Clearly a lot of people really love this game, and considering how passionate some of them are about it I find it very hard to believe it won't be remembered for years to come.
SOMA - The game has sadly been quite overlooked, but this tread makes a pretty good argument for it's contribution to sci-fi videogaming, even if it's base argument is a bit overblown.
Kerbal space program - Did people just forgot this game came out in 2015? It's one of the most inventive and original games to come out in a long time, and also one of the best examples of the success of early access games. It's even NASA approved, which is quite an achievement.
Invisible Inc. - One of the smartest turn based RPG designs in years, and also probably one of the best stealth games ever made (it's not the best only because the Thief series exists)
Trails in the sky: Second Chapter - I mean, Trails in the sky: First Chapter is already mentioned in every best RPG of all time list, and Second Chapter just blows it out of the water, improving in pretty much every aspect.
All of those games are amazing and definitely better than some of the games chosen for other years on the list. Apart from that 2015 is also notable for it's shift in the gaming industry. For quite some time now people have been complaining about the decline of so called AA games - games that don't quite have AAA budgets, but still don't qualify as super low budget indie games either. I feel like 2015 really brought those games back (the above list includes several notable examples, and many other similar games also came out this year). Even if this trend doesn't stick in the future, 2015 will still be notable for giving us so many games and genres that simply seemed to be dead in the last couple of years.
So yeah, dismissing 2015 seems rather silly. Maybe if you only consider AAA PS4 and XBOX One games notable, but that is just such a narrow minded view gaming that I really don't consider it as valid. Also, I'm quite shocked I wrote such a long post defending a GT top 10 list, but I felt like something needed to be said.
How can you disagree with 2007?That year was fucking non-stop crazy releases, it was when last-gen kicked into gear.
We're still waiting for this gen's 2007.
InsaneTiger
Member
Nothing can beat 1998. A great time to be alive and gaming. So many games on my PlayStation and PC. Insane.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
It's 1998 #1, then 2007 #2. Everything else is whatever.
EDIT: The revisionist history here re:2007 is embarrassing. Modern Warfare and Rock Band alone changed the gaming landscape for the following 5 years at least.
EDIT: The revisionist history here re:2007 is embarrassing. Modern Warfare and Rock Band alone changed the gaming landscape for the following 5 years at least.
2015 nukes 2007 with the energy of its own sun. Higher peaks, more variety, it's not even close.
Too many bloated open world games, no thanks.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
There's not a single game in 2015 that rises to the level of Half Life 2: Episode 2, Portal, or Super Mario Galaxy. What reality are you living in?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I don't disagree that there were other great games, but think that both 2013 and 2015 would not make this list by removing one game. That is, 2013 wouldn't make it without having the rest of games plus both TLOU and GTAV, and 2015 with the rest of games plus both TW3 and Bloodborne, so they are in a delicate position just making it past the threshold.
Spieler Eins
Member
2013 sticking out like a sore thumb, ,,We really overhype Last of Us/end". 3DS was the only thing somewhat saving that year and they don't even mention it.
And last year might have been the best year for game announcements, but game-wise it was average. The first good year of this gen, but at best worthy of a bottom rank.
And last year might have been the best year for game announcements, but game-wise it was average. The first good year of this gen, but at best worthy of a bottom rank.
eot
Banned
I don't think so.
Acquiescence
Member
Good man. And now we know there's a sequel on the way too.
Sucks if that's all you played, but acting as if those were the only types of experiences to be had last year is disingenuous and you know it.
The one where a mechanically flawless game released(MSV), another game delivered an absolute master class in art direction and design(Bloodborne), and the richest, most 'lived in' world in gaming history was created(Witcher 3).
Triggerhappytel
Member
2004 and 2011 should be on there. San Andreas, Halo 2, Burnout 3, Metroid Prime 2, Dark Souls, Skyrim, Zelda: Skyward Sword, Gears 3, Resistance 3, etc. Those two years were crazy. I'd probably bump 2013 and 2015 in their favour.
Wholeheartedly agreed. It defined the entire last gen and had an insane amount of good games.
It has to be an oversight right?
I certainly agree with you regarding 2013, as I consider that a pretty disappointing year. For 2015 though I certainly think that an absolutely massive amount of great lesser known titles, a resurgence of AA games, the continuing growth of amazing and unique PC games and outstanding additions to several mostly abandoned genres (Cities: Skylines for city builders, Dirt Rally for rally sims and simulation racing in general, Sunless Sea and SOMA for games focusing on the writing, a wide variety of traditional/old school RPGs such as Trails in the sky SC and Pillars of Eternity etc.) outweigh Bloodborne and TW3 by enough of a margin that 2015 still deserves to be on the list. Gametrailers probably would not agree though, and it's clear that those two games played a big role on the year appearing on the list.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
The one where the game literally takes a crap on itself in Chapter II(MGSV), a game that's entirely predicated on how much you enjoy difficult games (Bloodborne), and the last game inspires "I HATE WITCHER 3 COMBAT" threads daily.
In short, they're not Portal, they're not Episode 2, and sure as hell not Mario Galaxy.
Way too many games this year that are better than those 3 imo.
also HL2 is overrated. I didn't even bother to finish it.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Ok Pillars is a good argument for me.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Good news for you then. Episode 2 is not actually Half Life 2 but a sequel.
The Hermit
Member
I was surprised The list started with 2002.
It doesn't beat 98, but its top 3 easily.
But I think 2015 was a fantastic year, like the video said, the vast majority of gamers haven't played most of the top 10 games from last year.