SicSemperTyrannis
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I'm calling it now. 2015 will top this year hands down.
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This is quite possibly the greatest year of gaming
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bluedeviltron
Member
It certainly should've been. Lots of disappointments this year.
GTAV will more than redeem 2013, though.
GTAV will more than redeem 2013, though.
Jawmuncher
Member
1998 still gets my vote for best year of gaming in all of history.
Nah, don't think do, but a great year either way.
Predictions (not including Nintendo titles since I no longer have a Wii and have not bought a Wii U).
Classic status
Last of Us
GTA V
Near classic
Bioshock Infinite
Gran Turismo 6
Really good
Watch Dogs
Killzone Shadow Fall
Solid
Battlefield 4
Assassin's Creed Black Flags
Forza 5
DriveClub
Beyond Two Souls
Predictions (not including Nintendo titles since I no longer have a Wii and have not bought a Wii U).
Classic status
Last of Us
GTA V
Near classic
Bioshock Infinite
Gran Turismo 6
Really good
Watch Dogs
Killzone Shadow Fall
Solid
Battlefield 4
Assassin's Creed Black Flags
Forza 5
DriveClub
Beyond Two Souls
terrisus
Member
Not even close.
1995 says Hello.
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Donkey Kong Country 2
Yoshi's Island
Ogre Battle
Killer Instinct
Mortal Kombat 3
Breath of Fire 2
Secret of Evermore
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4
Secret of the Stars
NBA Jam: TE
Kirby's Avalanche and Kirby's Dream Course
Mega Man 7 and X2
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Castlevania: Dracula X
And all that just on SNES, without even getting into the Genesis, Gameboy, and PC releases that year.
In general though, the mid-90s had some downright amazing years.
1995 says Hello.
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Donkey Kong Country 2
Yoshi's Island
Ogre Battle
Killer Instinct
Mortal Kombat 3
Breath of Fire 2
Secret of Evermore
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4
Secret of the Stars
NBA Jam: TE
Kirby's Avalanche and Kirby's Dream Course
Mega Man 7 and X2
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Castlevania: Dracula X
And all that just on SNES, without even getting into the Genesis, Gameboy, and PC releases that year.
In general though, the mid-90s had some downright amazing years.
That's a pretty reasonable bet.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Here's the way I see it is. Every three years, video games seem to be better than usual.
2010: Bayonetta, Super Mario Galaxy 2, RDR, ME2, SSF4, DKCR, Vanquish, StarCraft 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Just Cause 2, Guardian of Light
2007: Super Mario Galaxy, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Half-Life 2 Episode 2, Crysis, Call of Duty 4, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Virtua Fighter 4, Bioshock, Metroid Prime 3, Halo 3, God of War 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
2004: Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, GTA: San Andreas, Metroid: Zero Mission, Unreal Tournament 2004, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, LoZ: the Minish Cap, Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, Pikmin 2, Outrun2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Ninja Gaiden, Escape from Butcher Bay
etc etc to 2001, then 1998, you get the picture. I don't know what it is, but that's the way it is.
There's maybe, maybe one game a year I give a 10/10 to, if I'm lucky. 2012 was Mark of the Ninja, 2011 was Rayman Origins, 2010 had two, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Bayonetta. The Last of Us got a 10 from me. I think it's ND's most accomplished, mature work yet, and the culmination of an entire generation of trying of marrying story and action game design into a compelling package. We still got Kamiya's newest action game building on two of my all-time favorites in Viewtiful Joe and Bayonetta, sequels to two of the best platformers of the past 15 years with Rayman Legends and Donkey Kong Tropic Freeze, and GTAV looks to be the ultimate Rockstar Games creation, like ND's TLOU, taking everything they've learned over the generation from GTA4/MP3/Midnight Club 3/RDR, and putting it in one hugely ambitious game. That could be two, maybe 3 more 10/10s right there. I haven't played that many 10/10 games since 2007.
And there's been some very fine 8-9/10 games I've played this year as well. Metal Gear Rising, Bioshock Infinite, Guacamelee, Runner2, Fire Emblem Awakening, all could fill out a top 10 list near the end of the year. Starting this week there's Mario and Luigi Dream Team, the sequel to what is, IMO, the Nintendo DS' finest hour in Bowser's Inside Story. Next week is Saints Row 4, which looks insane. Then there's a much improved Lords of Shadow sequel on PC, there's the first traditional top-down Zelda by Nintendo EAD in 20 years and a sequel to one of the 16-bit era's most beloved titles, the latest 3D Mario from the creators of SMG1/2, a Metroidvania Batman created by former Retro Studios employees, a new Arkham Batman building on a great formula, Ace Attorney 5 is coming, The Wolf Among Us looks great, Gran Turismo 6 later this year, the most ambitious Pokemon installment in years with X/Y, Battlefield 4 will soon be destroying video cards nation wide, an actual Ratchet and Clank game for the first time since 2009's wonderful Crack in Time...
IDK about greatest year ever, you say shit like that you're just asking for people to disagree with you, but if most of these games live up to what I think they can, I think it will easily continue the pattern of great gaming years every 3 years from '98, '01, '04, '07, and 2010.
2010: Bayonetta, Super Mario Galaxy 2, RDR, ME2, SSF4, DKCR, Vanquish, StarCraft 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Just Cause 2, Guardian of Light
2007: Super Mario Galaxy, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Half-Life 2 Episode 2, Crysis, Call of Duty 4, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Virtua Fighter 4, Bioshock, Metroid Prime 3, Halo 3, God of War 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
2004: Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, GTA: San Andreas, Metroid: Zero Mission, Unreal Tournament 2004, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, LoZ: the Minish Cap, Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door, Pikmin 2, Outrun2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Ninja Gaiden, Escape from Butcher Bay
etc etc to 2001, then 1998, you get the picture. I don't know what it is, but that's the way it is.
There's maybe, maybe one game a year I give a 10/10 to, if I'm lucky. 2012 was Mark of the Ninja, 2011 was Rayman Origins, 2010 had two, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Bayonetta. The Last of Us got a 10 from me. I think it's ND's most accomplished, mature work yet, and the culmination of an entire generation of trying of marrying story and action game design into a compelling package. We still got Kamiya's newest action game building on two of my all-time favorites in Viewtiful Joe and Bayonetta, sequels to two of the best platformers of the past 15 years with Rayman Legends and Donkey Kong Tropic Freeze, and GTAV looks to be the ultimate Rockstar Games creation, like ND's TLOU, taking everything they've learned over the generation from GTA4/MP3/Midnight Club 3/RDR, and putting it in one hugely ambitious game. That could be two, maybe 3 more 10/10s right there. I haven't played that many 10/10 games since 2007.
And there's been some very fine 8-9/10 games I've played this year as well. Metal Gear Rising, Bioshock Infinite, Guacamelee, Runner2, Fire Emblem Awakening, all could fill out a top 10 list near the end of the year. Starting this week there's Mario and Luigi Dream Team, the sequel to what is, IMO, the Nintendo DS' finest hour in Bowser's Inside Story. Next week is Saints Row 4, which looks insane. Then there's a much improved Lords of Shadow sequel on PC, there's the first traditional top-down Zelda by Nintendo EAD in 20 years and a sequel to one of the 16-bit era's most beloved titles, the latest 3D Mario from the creators of SMG1/2, a Metroidvania Batman created by former Retro Studios employees, a new Arkham Batman building on a great formula, Ace Attorney 5 is coming, The Wolf Among Us looks great, Gran Turismo 6 later this year, the most ambitious Pokemon installment in years with X/Y, Battlefield 4 will soon be destroying video cards nation wide, an actual Ratchet and Clank game for the first time since 2009's wonderful Crack in Time...
IDK about greatest year ever, you say shit like that you're just asking for people to disagree with you, but if most of these games live up to what I think they can, I think it will easily continue the pattern of great gaming years every 3 years from '98, '01, '04, '07, and 2010.
Syphon Filter
Member
2007 doesn't compare to 1998.
IllumiNate
Member
What was released the year of FF7?
sublimit
Banned
1997
The Xtortionist
Member
DKC: Tropical Freeze, Rayman Legends, and Mario 3D World in the same year. I can't even.
Syphon Filter
Member
2010 sucked bro.
Ok wrap it up. You win.
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Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
That's gonna be every thread posing a question on here for a while
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. My favorite game, but still not enough.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Tertullian
Member
I mean the launch titles. Anything that comes out in 2013 is practically a launch title. The Wii U ushered in the era of the "launch window" (and, of course, the era of all the good games missing it).
Coolbgdog12
Member
I didn't even mention the other games coming out and those out already. I didn't even bring up the 3ds and Wii U titles.
Compared to the shit that was last year this year is godly.
Syphon Filter
Member
04 has nothing on 98. Also FF XI was 2003.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
3DS has been KILLING it this year. And a smattering of good titles on other platforms so far. The Wii U is starting to pick up steam games wise. New hardware is exciting, but there isn't a single launch game on PS4 or XBone that interests me.
On the Wii U front, If TW101, DKC:TF and SM3D World deliver as I expect them to, this will be the best year for Nintendo in a long time. Microsoft and Sony I'm pretty meh on this year.
On the Wii U front, If TW101, DKC:TF and SM3D World deliver as I expect them to, this will be the best year for Nintendo in a long time. Microsoft and Sony I'm pretty meh on this year.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I'm a huge RPG fan is what you should've said.
1998 has some classics.
Gran Turismo (PAL)
Resident Evil 2
Panzer Dragon Saga
Xenogears
StarCraft
Unreal
Banjo Kazooie
F-Zero X
Metal Gear Solid
Tekken 3 (PAL)
Half Life
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Thief
Baldur's Gate
Grim Fandango
Coolbgdog12
Member
Oh how i forgot GTA San Andreas and Metal Gear Solid 3. Halo 2 and Half-life 2 I can't comment as I didn't play them much.
NullPointer
Member
Depends. Is GT6 coming out this year?
If so, then hot damn, this is a pretty incredible year.
If so, then hot damn, this is a pretty incredible year.
Ein Bear
Member
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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Insanely great year.
Storm Chamber
Banned
It is yea. Have a feeling this will be one of the better releases of GT as well.
boom.
Pejo
Gold Member
This was the year i gave in to the PC Master Race and saw the glory of Steam sales, so yea it's been the greatest year personally. Along with the PS3 for console exclusives I have more to play right now than i could possibly play in a year's time.
Funny thing, out of the 350'ish games i now own on Steam, i only have 5 installed.
Looks like I've been turned on to the other GAF tradition as well, buying games and not playing them.
Funny thing, out of the 350'ish games i now own on Steam, i only have 5 installed.
Looks like I've been turned on to the other GAF tradition as well, buying games and not playing them.
SneakyStephan
Banned
1998, 1999 (this one has over 20 alltime classics in it), 2001, 2004, 2007 were big years, so far it seems like we'll be lucky to get 4good games and maybe one classic in 2013
IllumiNate
Member
We gotta ask ourselves how many "Great Games" does it take to replace a legendary status game? Because 98 had both Ocarina of Time and Metal Gear Solid amongst others. I'm thinking you need atleast 5 Great games per Legendary status game. 98 also had a lot of great games as well
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Metal Gear Solid
Half-Life
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Gran Turismo
Starcraft
Pokemon Red & Blue
Diablo II
Thief: The Dark Project
Xenogears
Resident Evil 2
Heart of Darkness
Einhander
Klonoa: Door To Phantomile
Skullmonkeys
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
Metal Slug 2
Fallout 2
Panzer Dragoon Saga (also the year everyone regrets not buying that import copy of Radiant Silvergun)
Burning Rangers
Parasite Eve
Brave Fencer Musashi
Alundra
Grand Theft Auto
Tomba!
Colony Wars Vengeance
Breath of Fire III
Turok 2
F-Zero X
Baldur's Gate
Spyro the Dragon
Tekken 3
MegaMan Legends
Suikoden II
Grim Fandango
Very memorable year for me..... Backlog: Dead Space (PC) blown away; Tomb Raider (PC) amazing dat hair; Bioshock Infinite (PC) exceeded expectations; Backlog: Super Mario Land 3D (3DS) best Mario I've ever played; The Last Of Us (PS3) maybe the greatest game I've ever played through; Animal Crossing New Leaf (3DS) I may be playing this into 2016.
So yeah with what little time I've had to get an escape from my divorce, 2013 will be a year I'll remember fondly for the games I've played. I expect to finish the year up with Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Grand Theft Auto V on the PS3, and Watch Dogs, Battlefield 4 on the PS4, along with the Xbone. Damn fun year.
So yeah with what little time I've had to get an escape from my divorce, 2013 will be a year I'll remember fondly for the games I've played. I expect to finish the year up with Metal Gear Rising Revengeance, Grand Theft Auto V on the PS3, and Watch Dogs, Battlefield 4 on the PS4, along with the Xbone. Damn fun year.
That was 1997 no?
EDIT: Just checked. 1997 was only for the Japanese version.
1998 wins this without a shadow of a doubt. So many titans.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I posted the short list last page, but it needs re-iterating how this year changed everything:
- Resident Evil 2: cemented survival horror as a genre that was here to stay; marked the beginning of Hideki Kamiya
- StarCraft: essentially invented eSports; king among RTSs; cemented Blizzard as a power player
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: oh so that's how you make a 3D game on a console, and oh video games can still be super fucking magical with polygons huh
- Half-Life: single-player FPSs can be really fucking something without being obtuse or overly showcasey after all
- Metal Gear Solid: finished the whole "games can be cinematic now" thing that FFVII started, plus brought stealth to the masses
- Pokemon Red and Blue: video games can be full-on serious cross-media, cross-generational media phenomenons now guys, also redefined the Game Boy, oh and it's a really fucking good JRPG to boot
Plus games like Grim Fandango, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Suikoden II, Banjo-Kazooie, Baldur's Gate, Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project, Fallout 2, F-Zero Z, Heart of Darkness, Parasite Eve, Xenogears, Spyro the Dragon, fuckin' Tribes and oh, yeah, PANZER DRAGOON SAGA.
1998, bitches.
Robot Pants
Member
Yea...... I said 2007 before but 98 definitely wins holy shit haha.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
I just looked on wiki, Dec '97 in JPN. 98 everywhere else. I rarely remember or think of JPN release dates... especially in the 90's, for what I was playing at the time, 'cause I didn't import games.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Yes 1998 wins. I should change title to best gaming year this gen.