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[DEAD ORIGINAL]

PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, so the Halo trilogy, Uncharted 1 and 2, Pro Evolution soccer 5 & 6, WWE here comes the pain, Mgs 2,3,4, Gears of war GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, GTA 4, Left for dead 1 & 2, Bioshock, Dead Rising, Oblivion, Resident Evil 4, God of War 1 & 2 this just a small amount of how good the 2000's was.

 

[Major Insano]

PS1 kinda made games less geeky. Wasn't just nerd stuff anymore.

Exactly, and that wasn't a good thing.
Sony taking gaming mainstream is one of the worst things to happen to the industry.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Gotta respect the 2000's in gaming, especially with all those Zelda games.

 

[Gp1]

2000 is a very competent decade even with just the "B" tier games. The ones usually neglected at these kind of list (and a very PC centric kind)

2000 Counter Strike, The Sims, NOLF, Perfect Dark, Shenmue, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
2001 Red Faction, Operation Flashpoint, NOLF 2, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Max Payne, Golden Sun, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
2002 Mafia, Resident Evil Zero, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (and TFT)
2003 Need for Speed Underground (at the height of Fast and Furious popularity), POP, Freelancer, C&C Generals, Rise of Nations
2004 Far Cry, Ninja Gaiden, UT 04
2005 Civilization 4, Vampire, Warhammer Dawn of war, Swat 5
2006 Okami, Oblivion, Fight Night Round 3, Guitar Hero, Medieval II: Total War, Persona 3
2007 Assassins Creed, Forza Motorsport 2, The Orange Box
2008 Braid, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Dead Space
2009 Order of Ecclesia (the entire troup of GBA-DS Metroidvanias), Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Empire: Total War

 

[ToneyJ]

2000-2005 are like legendary both on the japanese console game side and PC gaming side. 2000s win on that alone imo.

Plus games came out much more frequently in the 2000s. Long dev cycles take hold in the 2010s.

 

[pixelation]

The PS2 era has no equal when it comes to variety and quality, there were a lot of weird quirky games and they were at least AA in budget. In the 2010's the weird and quirky games were made almost entirely by indies with miniscule budgets (and it showed).

 

[adamsapple]

The 2000's had RE4, MGS2/3, Silent Hill 2, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Mass Effect, Halo, Bioshock, Final Fantasy X, Dragon Quest 8, Persona 3/4 etc etc etc etc. Both the east and west were in their prime.

This is such a one sided slaughter.

 

[pixelation]

The older period always win these types of polls. Everything was always better before.

And the more time that goes by the better things are remembered. Human nature tends to focus more on the things you liked better about those times, while ignoring later improvements that are now expected, but we did not have in those times.


Exactly, what I'm talking about. If someone found gaming better in the 70s than any time this century, they are remembering enjoying life more then and attributing that to gaming.

Nah, there was way more diversity and off the wall games out there in the 2000's. The games were made by big developers with decent budgets. In the 2010's it was almost all shooters and GTA wannabes. Sure there were platformers and weird games... but with a miniscule budget and made by unknown/indie studios. Unless you really only like shooters and GTA clones then sure... the 2010's were awesome!

 

[Xaeroxcore666]

2000s all day!

6th and 7th gen are still the peak of gaming!!!
That decade brought:

- Evolution of 3D graphics with 6th gen and amazing HD graphics since 20 years ago. Both still look pretty good today.

- Massification of online gaming and services for consoles, but still free on Sony and Nintendo plattforms.

- Massification of motion controllers.

- The peak of portable consoles and games: GBA, DS, PSP...If we don´t put Switch within the ecuation.

- Beginnings of Smartphone era and therefore the firsts steps of the leviathan moble gaming industry has became.

- Historical games which made a permanent impact on industry until this day like The Sims, Shenmue, Jet Set Radio, Marvel vs Capcom 2, NBA/NFL 2K, Metal Gear Solid 2, Ratchet and Clank, GT3, GTA 3, Devil May Cry, PES, God of War, World of Warcraft, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 4, Halo, Forza Motorsports, Burnout, Mario Galaxy, Wii Sports, Mario Kart Wii, Gears of War, Uncharted, Killzone 2, Doom 3, Half Life 2, Far Cry, COD MW, Assassin´s Creed, Crysis, Demon´s Souls, Angry Birds, Minecraft (yes, those two were released on 2009) and probably i´m still missing lotta relevant games

 

[StreetsofBeige]

2000s. My fav games/series off the top of my head.

PC
Wasnt a big PC gamer back then except for HoMM3 Complete Edition and some Unreal GOTY Edition (red box). Both came out in 2000

PS2
GoW
GT
DMC
Ace Combat
Twisted Metal Black
NFL 2k
F1

360
Gears
COD 4, WaW, MW2
Mass Effect
Oblivion
Fallout
EA NHL
Forza
Geometry Wars