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re: The Best Year in Gaming History?
Posted on 11/20/14 at 4:56 pm to Mr Gardoki
Posted on 11/20/14 at 4:56 pm to Mr Gardoki
quote:I mostly agree with you but I was hoping this year would be more like 2001. The PS2 launched in the US in late 2000 and look at all the awesome games we got on it the following year. You also have representation for the Xbox and Gamecube in 2001 with Halo and Smash, respectively, which were the "killer apps" for those systems which launched that year.
It's not a strong year but I don't think that it's any worse than 2012 or 2006 (console generation first year like this )
Of course, games are more complex these days than they were then but it still makes for a disappointing year. The remakes of last year's games don't help matters, even if they are still fantastic games and their most recent incarnations are what they should have been to begin with.
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 5:01 pm
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Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:02 pm to DieDaily
2007 cause MW2
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:16 pm to DieDaily
quote:
Of course, games are more complex these days than they were then
I think it really comes down to that. 2015 looks good though right now. The remakes are getting old though. I don't mind them but I also don't need a remake for everything.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:22 pm to DieDaily
I say 1996, though '97 is a close second. The N64 release was mind blowing and '96 is the year we started seeing great PS1 games. Not to mention some awesome SNES games: Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star, and Harvest Moon)
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:23 pm to DieDaily
1997 and 2001
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:24 pm to sicboy
quote:
GOAT
I hope you aren't talking about The Last of Us.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:24 pm to Mr Gardoki
'85.
Without 85, we don't get the other years IMO
Without 85, we don't get the other years IMO
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:25 pm to Mr Gardoki
quote:
The remakes are getting old though. I don't mind them but I also don't need a remake for everything.
I think we have so many remakes because when it comes to Playstation and Xbox there was backwards compatibility on the 360 and PS3. I don't mind the remakes if they are done well though like GTA 5 and The Last of Us.
I actually think GTA 5 needed a remake because the online has so much damn potential.
I'm not ashamed I'd buy a remastered Mass Effect collection if it was released on Xbox One in a heartbeat
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:55 pm to RTR America
quote:
I'm not ashamed I'd buy a remastered Mass Effect collection
Me too since I missed the series the first time
quote:
Without 85, we don't get the other years IMO
Competently agree
quote:
I think we have so many remakes because when it comes to Playstation and Xbox there was backwards compatibility on the 360 and PS3. I don't mind the remakes if they are done well though like GTA 5 and The Last of Us.
I overall agree
Posted on 11/20/14 at 5:58 pm to DieDaily
2004 was very solid.
Games that also need mentioning from that year:
Red Dead Revolver
Star Wars: Battlefront(probably my most played PS2 game...)
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid gamecube remake
Sims 2
Rome: Total War
Katamari Damacy
KOTOR 2
Games that also need mentioning from that year:
Red Dead Revolver
Star Wars: Battlefront(probably my most played PS2 game...)
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid gamecube remake
Sims 2
Rome: Total War
Katamari Damacy
KOTOR 2
Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:06 pm to DieDaily
2011 also had Witcher 2
Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:20 pm to Meursault
2004
All those games you listed plus Ninja Gaiden and Final Fantasy XI (the last good one)
All those games you listed plus Ninja Gaiden and Final Fantasy XI (the last good one)
This post was edited on 11/20/14 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 11/20/14 at 7:48 pm to theunknownknight
quote:This is probably the "right" answer since it probably saved the video game industry from collapse. (Though I think it would have made an eventual comeback regardless.)
Without 85, we don't get the other years IMO
While I didn't list them all, the years where the NES was undisputed king (1985 - 1990) was when many of the franchises that shaped gaming for the next decade and beyond were born, many of which we love to this day.
The Legend of Zelda ('87)
Megaman ('87)
Contra ('88)
Metal Gear ('88)
Ninja Gaiden ('89)
Nintendo's version of Tetris ('89)
Final Fantasy ('90)
And on PC you had these huge games:
The King's Quest series, The Ultima games, SimCity, and Wing Commander just to name a few.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:07 pm to DieDaily
How do you not have 2000 as a choice?
The Sims
Final Fantasy IX (greatest game ever made)
Vagrant Story
Majora's Mask
Perfect Dark
Deus Ex
Chrono Cross
Thief 2
Diablo 2
Counter-strike
The Sims
Final Fantasy IX (greatest game ever made)
Vagrant Story
Majora's Mask
Perfect Dark
Deus Ex
Chrono Cross
Thief 2
Diablo 2
Counter-strike
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:07 pm to DieDaily
Great thread! I'm partial to the late 90's bc of my age. The more I think about it the more I realize I'm pretty dumb lucky to experience the gaming industry at its peak.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:53 pm to MFn GIMP
quote:I was at work and didn't have infinite time.
How do you not have 2000 as a choice?
I was trying to strike a balance between what I thought deserved to be in the list and what games this particular community would recognize and respect. Regardless, I've added 2000. It seemed like a crime not to have Deus Ex in the discussion. Counter-strike came out in 1999 and is represented in its year.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 8:55 pm to HamCandy
quote:Thanks!
Great thread! I'm partial to the late 90's bc of my age. The more I think about it the more I realize I'm pretty dumb lucky to experience the gaming industry at its peak.
It's easy to quickly dismiss those games because of their simplicity compared to today's titles, but they were mind blowing in their own time. Some of them still hold up quite well today.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:07 pm to DieDaily
2001 or 2007 (with additions of Heavenly Sword and Folklore) for me.
Posted on 11/20/14 at 9:11 pm to Carson123987
socom 2 was also 04' I think. I spent at LEAST 500 hours on that game in high school.
Posted on 11/21/14 at 8:46 am to Adam4LSU
I thought I'd do a quick (totally non-scientific) tally of which years got the most mentions in here. Top 3 years for gaming in the boards opinion were:
1. 1997 (5) TIE
1. 2004 (5) TIE
2. 1996 (4)
3. 1998 (3) TIE
3. 2001 (3) TIE
3. 2007 (3) TIE
General consensus seems to be that the greatest period of gaming was 1996-1998.
Maybe I'll do this thread again later next year and will list the top 10 games (per Metacritic or Gamerankings) for every year, beginning in 1985. I'm aware the "votes" could have come out differently if more games and years were listed.
1. 1997 (5) TIE
1. 2004 (5) TIE
2. 1996 (4)
3. 1998 (3) TIE
3. 2001 (3) TIE
3. 2007 (3) TIE
General consensus seems to be that the greatest period of gaming was 1996-1998.
Maybe I'll do this thread again later next year and will list the top 10 games (per Metacritic or Gamerankings) for every year, beginning in 1985. I'm aware the "votes" could have come out differently if more games and years were listed.
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