What are your favorite games of this decade (2000-2009)?

[VG_Maniac]

So now that the decade is nearly over...what are your favorite games released from 2000-2009? Also, what one game would you nominate for "game of the decade"?

Being mostly a classic gamer...my list of favorite games from this decade isn't going to be as long as most other people's, but here it is anyway:


The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Final Fantasy IX
Chrono Cross
Mega Man X5
Metal Gear Solid 2
ICO
Halo
Grand Turismo 3
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Metroid Prime
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Halo 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid Prime 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Resident Evil 4
Gran Turismo 4
New Super Mario Bros.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Halo 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Metroid Prime 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[Lerxstnj]

Half Life 2 gets my vote.

[Kid Ice]

off the top of my head:

Wipeout HD/Fury

GTA Vice City

Jet Grind Radio

Resident Evil 4

Gradius V

Metroid Prime Pinball

N+

Guitar Hero

Burnout 3

Street Fighter IV

Puzzle Quest

GTA Chinatown Wars (DS version)

Funny thing...if I had to name a favorite of the decade it would be GTAVC...but of all the games on my list, that's the one I'll least likely be playing in ten years.

[Yukima]

Hmm...

These games, obviously - and they span the ENTIRE DECADE!:

Pokemon Gold/Silver and Crystal (2000-2001)
Pokemon R/S/E/FR/LG (2003-2005)
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (2009)

And these, off the top of my head:

Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Megaman ZX
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Trace Memory

There's probably others I can't think of at the moment, and many others I haven't played yet... just that my gamer mind is still stuck in the '90s! :D

[TheDomesticInstitution]

Hmmm... I'll try and stay at 10. These aren't really in any particular order.

Morrowind
GTA: San Andreas
Fallout 3
Diablo II
The Orange Box
Ninja Gaiden Black
Knights of the Old Republic
Oblivion
Metroid Prime III
Animal Crossing

[hbkprm]

metroid prime
lost planet
sonic the hedghog
fallout 3
megaman annersary collection
time crisis 3
blue dragon
ff iii

[Nebagram]

My personal top 10 (in no particular order):

Shenmue
FFX
San Andreas
Rez
Metroid Prime
Fallout 3
Mario Galaxy
Portal
Bioshock
Rock Band

Honorary mentions for Perfect Dark, Timesplitters 2, Oblivion, Animal Crossing, LittleBigPlanet and MGS4 which I sank a hell of a lot of time into but I feel just don't match up to the top 10.

[vivaeljason]

My top 10 for the decade (alpha order):

Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto IV
Ico
Kingdom Hearts
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Portal
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

EDIT: Forgot Jet Grind Radio. Let's give it an honorable mention.

[diskoboy]

-Jet Grind Radio
-Ninja Gaiden/Ninja Gaiden Black/Ninja Gaiden Sigma
-Bioshock
-Fallout 3
-Rez
-Pac-Man Championship Edition
-Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
-InFamous
-Black & White

Edit - thought of more.
-Samba De Amigo
-NFL 2K series (I still say screw Madden...)
-Power Stone 2
-Resident Evil 4 (but the Wii edition is the best version, by far)
-Phantasy Star Online (DC version was best by far)
-Quake 3
-Metroid Prime Trilogy
-Neverwinter Nights

And one of the defining games of this decade, that I quit playing a while back
-World of Warcraft

Did Armada come out in '99, at the Dreamcasts launch, or was that released in 2000? If that was in 2000, you can add it to my list as well.

[Aussie2B]

That's tricky since I have to sort out what games on N64, PlayStation, GBC, etc. came out past 2000.

Well, my top favorites from this decade would definitely be Valkyrie Profile (which came out in Japan in '99 but in 2000 here) and Star Ocean: Blue Sphere, since if you throw in Star Ocean 2, you got a three-way tie for my favorite game ever. Plenty of other good stuff from tri-Ace this decade as well (well, basically everything they've ever released besides 2 gamesin the 90s), with Star Ocean 3 and Radiata Stories being a couple other of my favorites from this decade.

Plenty of good stuff on the GameCube, with a few favorites being Super Monkey Ball (heck, for just Monkey Target alone), Super Mario Sunshine, and Pikmin.

Besides the tri-Ace games, I think the greatest thing to come out of the PlayStation 2 was Katamari. Damacy was the very first US PS2 game I ever owned, and if I remember correctly, I think I still didn't have a US system by the time I got We <3 Katamari as well. I'm sure I was a pain borrowing a PS2 to play through both beginning to end. :) Now that I think about it, a lot of my PS2 gaming has been with weird, quirky stuff, like Chulip and Cho Aniki.

[Rob2600]

N64:
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Perfect Dark

GameCube:
Beach Spikers
Burnout 2

Wii:
Dr. Mario Online Rx
Mario Kart Wii
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection
Tiger Woods PGA 10

[Baloo]

Hmm, this is an interesting question. There are just some of the ones I've liked that have come out, not my favorites of all time though really.

Star Wars Battlefront
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
Timesplitters 2
Pokemon Crystal
Mickey's Speedway USA
Super Smash Bros. Melee

*Edit* Whoops, I forgot Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney, Justice for All, and Trials and Tribulations! And Mario Kart Wii. And Street Fighter III 3rd Strike.

[Snapple]

Britney's Dance Beat

[diskoboy]

Wow...

Only one vote for Halo, and none for Halo 2..

Why does this not shock me?

[Kid Ice]

Wow...

Only one vote for Halo, and none for Halo 2..

Why does this not shock me?

I liked them both (especially Halo 2), they just weren't among my favorites. If I expanded my list from 12 to 20 they would both be on it.

[maxlords]

Let me think. Correct me if any of these are pre-2000 please. For series, I put the first game in that series but I generally liked most of the sequels too. These are in NO particular order by the way. That's a bit over 50 titles, not counting sequels...and some of those AREN'T good...but most are.

Condemned: Criminal Origins
Mass Effect
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Super Mario Galaxy
Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth
F.E.A.R.
Psychonauts
Resident Evil 4
Ico
Lost Planet
Metroid Prime
Eternal Darkness
Cubivore
Tales of Smyphonia
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Time Hollow
The World Ends With You
Demon's Souls
Wii Fit
Half-Minute Hero
Patapon
Space Invaders Extreme
Legend of Heroes
Clock Tower 3
Okami
Shadow of Destiny
Shadow Hearts
Silent Hill 2
Suikoden III
Trapt
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Call of Duty 3
Rogue Galaxy
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Tron 2.0
The Thing
Jet Set Radio Future
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
Painkiller
Darwinia
Retrogame Challenge
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Ninja Gaiden
Star Ocean: First Departure
Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hands
Metroid Fusion
Fire Emblem
Riviera
Valkyria Chronicles
Ninja Five-O
Car Battler Joe
Zone of the Enders
Zone of the Enders: Fist of Mars
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater/Subsistence

My wife would also toss in:
Animal Crossing
Diner Dash
Maple Story
Clubhouse Games
Crossword DS
Mario Kart DS
Most of the "Hidden Object Game" genre

[heybtbm]

Resident Evil 4
GTA: San Andreas
ESIV: Oblivion
Battlefield Series (any of them)
Crackdown

Not a game, but the best thing about this decade is the advance in online gaming. Specifically FPS's. I've been playing online FPS's from the beginning (1995...Doom II 28k modem to modem), but what we have these days is just beautiful.

2nd place is the concept of the in-game "open world".

[kupomogli]

I'm going to make a list of quite a few. This list is nothing compared to the amount of great games released the last decade. Also no ports unless it added something significant, a complete remake, or first time released in the US.

Arc the Lad 2
Wild ARMs 2, 3, 4, 5, and Wild ARMs XF
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2
Final Fantasy 9
God Hand
Phantasy Star Online 1 and 2
Devil May Cry 1 and 3
Suikoden 3
Demon's Souls
King's Field The Ancient City
Eternal Ring
Evergrace and Forever Kingdom
Armored Core series(Master of Arena for PSX released in 2000, two were released previously, the rest on PS2/PS360/PSP)
Gundam Battle Universe
Star Ocean First Departure
Castlevania Circle of the Moon, Aria of Sorrow, Lament of Innocence, Dracula X Chronicles, and Dawn of Sorrow, and Symphony of the Night
Dragon Warrior 7, 4 DS, 5 DS, and Dragon Quest 8
Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Caravan Heart, and Joker. (The original DQM was 12/31/99. One day from 2000.)
Ogre Battle 64 and Tactics Ogre the Knight of Lodis
Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3(yeah, I love this game.)
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution and 5
Gurumin A Monstrous Adventure
Grand Theft Auto 4 and San Andreas
WWF No Mercy


*edit*

I had to edit the list to add Ogre Battle 64(I added Knight of Lodis and didn't even think of OB64) and WWF No Mercy after reading what Aussie2B wrote. I didn't think of any N64 games before then. I would have also added Wrestlemania 2000 but I knew it wasn't released in 2000.

[BydoEmpire]

Phantasy Star Online - my favorite game of all time
Elder Scrolls: Morrowind (PC) - in my top 5 of all time
Knights of the Old Republic - my favorite Xbox game
Devil May Cry - my favorite PS2 game
Resident Evil 4 - my favorite Gamecube game
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - my favorite Wii game
Zelda: Twilight Princess - my favorite Zelda game

[kupomogli]

Phantasy Star Online - my favorite game of all time

Resident Evil 4 - my favorite Gamecube game


If Phantasy Star Online is your favorite game, wouldn't Phantasy Star Online 1 and 2 be your favorite Gamecube game? PSO 1 and 2 is, obviously, twice as large with all the new areas.

[Berserker]

Console:

Animal Crossing
Dead Rising
Final Fantasy XII
God of War
GTA: San Andreas
Katamari Damacy
Mass Effect
Metroid Prime
Okami
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Resident Evil 4
Rez
Shadow of the Colossus
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Super Mario Galaxy


PC:

5 Days a Stranger
Cave Story
Deus Ex
Diablo II
Fallout 3
Half Life 2
Morrowind
N
Neverwinter Nights
Oblivion
Sid Meier's Pirates!
The Sims
Spelunky
Thief II: The Metal Age
Torus Trooper

[Scissors]

I'm probably missing a few, but off the top of my head:

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Disgaea
Gitaroo Man
God Hand
Jet Grind Radio
Killer 7
Kingdom Hearts
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 1 & 2
Shadow Hearts 2
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Space Channel 5
Super Smash Bros. Melee & Brawl
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Valkyrie Profile

[Ed Oscuro]

Ehh I'm not sure, but here's some that come to mind as absolute favorites or likely to be (unlike a poll of favorites from the 80s or 90s, I can't say I'm choosing many of these for replayability, unfortunately):

Morrowind (almost certainly the most hours I put into any game on this list)
Battlefield 2 (probably the runner-up, lol I wouldn't play this anymore though)
Resident Evil 4 GC
Resident Evil remake, GC
Otogi II (need to finish that + get the first)
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (loved the "figure out all this stuff" aspect to it)
Ninja Gaiden (Xbox)
Half-Life 2 (it's easy to forget what an epic this was when first playing it)

Other good stuff: Likely anything from the Klonoa series, the Splinter Cell games, many Nintendo franchise games (that clears up a bunch, starting with Majora's Mask on the good ol' 64, and continuing on with Metroid and Zelda series entries on the GC), minor stuff like some Rainbow Six titles, the Elite Force series from Raven; Phantasy Star Online 1 & 2, Condemned: CO, the FEAR series, Psychonauts, Oblivion, Left 4 Dead, and so on. I'm missing a big chunk of the games for this decade - including a couple in that list - due to them being on PS2 or even just being Xbox / GC titles I don't have.

An awful lot of the games I would have considered putting in come in around 1999 (Tenchu, System Shock 2, Thief, Heretic II, and so on), and 1998 would have expanded things significantly (Half-Life being the big one).

[Fuyukaze]

Rez (DC)
Metropolis street Racer (DC)
Project Gotham Racing 2 (x-box)
Mars Matrix (DC)
Disgaea (ps2/ds)
Choro Q (ps2)
Rune Factory (ds)
Guitar Hero 3 (wii)
legacy of ys book 1 & 2 (ds)
etrian oddysey (ds)
the dark spire (ds)
dead or alive xtreme beach vollyball (x-box)
shin megami tensei nocturne (ps2)
trauma center (ds)
Resident Evil 4 (wii)
Resident Evil umbrella chronicles (wii)
legend of zelda twilight princess (wii)
fatal frame 2 (ps2)
r-type final (ps2)
star wars knights of the old republic (x-box)


sure i forgot something but those are all that i can think of that were heavy plays.

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

So many games but here's my list

Resident Evil 4
Okami
Odin Sphere
Shadow of the Colossus
Bully
Kingdom Hearts 1,2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Wild Arms XF, 5
Disgaea
SMT Persona 3,4, Nocturne
Legend of Zelda TP, WW, PH
Professor Layton
Legacy of Ys book 1+2
World ends with you
Time Hollow
Final Fantasy 3, 9, 10, X-2
God of war 1,2, Chains of Olympus
Suikoden 5
God Hand
Silent Hill 2
Devil may Cry 1,3
Hotel Dusk Room 215
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Dragon Quest 5,8
Touch Detective 1, 2.5
Trace Memory
Skies of Arcadia
Growlanser Generations, Heritage of War
Haunting Ground

[maxlords]

Didn't realize that Deus Ex and Thief II were 2000....those are a couple of my favorites too. In fact, Deus Ex is easily on my top 10 games of all time.

[b0ub0u]

On top of my head :

- Advance Wars series (2 games on GBA, 2 games on DS)
- Metroid Prime series
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Super Mario Galaxy
- GTA III, VC, SA and IV (PS2, 360)
- Fire Emblem series (GBA, GC and Wii)
- Geometry Wars I and II (XBLA)
- PixelJunk Eden (PSN)
- Ikaruga (DC)
- Border Down (DC)
- Battlefield 2 (PC)
- Company of heroes (PC)
- Bioshock (PC)
- Super Monkey Ball series (GC, Wii)
- Boom Blox (Wii)
- Katamari Damacy series (PS2, PSP, 360, PS3)
- Ico & SOTC (PS2)
- Zelda Winwaker
- Zelda Twilight Princess
- New Super Mario Wii (a dream come true)
- Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2
- All 2D Castlevania titles
- N+
- Castle Crashers

[vivaeljason]

Wow...

Only one vote for Halo, and none for Halo 2..

Why does this not shock me?

The Halo games have a really fun multiplayer mode, but in my opinion, the main games aren't that great. I don't care how great it is to play multiplayer, if the actual single player game is a chore to play, then it's not going to be on a list of my favorites.

[unwinddesign]

Halo 2, Deus Ex, Age of Mythology and Age of Empires 3.

[dbiersdorf]

- Viewtiful Joe
- Resident Evil 4
- Conker's Bad Fur Day
- Majora's Mask
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Pokemon Gold/Silver
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Lumines
- Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Halo: Combat Evolved

[j_factor]

Yay, another list thread. For this thread, I decided to do something a little interesting. First, I typed a long, stream-of-consciousness list of all the games since 2000 that I would describe as among my favorite. Then I broke it down by year and platform. Statistics follow. Doing this required picking a version, as far as multiplatform releases go, which arguably skews the statistics, but it's not like this is vital information. I just went with the version that I prefer.

Total number of games: 100 (by coincidence, not intent)
Games by year:
2000 - 19
2001 - 14
2002 - 11
2003 - 11
2004 - 9
2005 - 12
2006 - 7
2007 - 7
2008 - 8
2009 - 2
Games by platform:
Playstation - 7
Nintendo 64 - 2
Dreamcast - 16
Playstation 2 - 14
Gamecube - 5
Xbox - 19
Playstation 3 - 4
Wii - 7
Neo Geo Pocket Color - 1
Game Boy Advance - 12
N-Gage - 1
DS - 3
PC - 7
Arcade - 2

These numbers don't really correlate to my overall preferences. I guess I just wasted a bunch of time and none of this means shit.

Here (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/567401/Games%20by%20year.txt) is my list (grouped by year), if anyone cares to read it.

[calgon]

I didn't play many "new" games this decade, but my favorites have been:
Gitaroo man
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Jet Grind Radio
Virtual Tennis 2
Shenmue
Hotel Dusk room 213

Nothing else really stands out to me.

[cracked8ball]

Lot of great games this decade, but the ones I spent the most time with:

Gears of War / Gears of War 2
Super Smash Bros Brawl / Smash Bros Melee
Assassins Creed 1 & 2
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
Bioshock
Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask / Twilight Princess / Wind Waker
Timesplitters (all 3)
Metroid Prime (all 3)
Eternal Darkness
Halo 3
Lost Planet
Mass Effect
Grand Theft Auto series especially Vice City and San Andreas
Call of Duty 4

Honorable Mentions

Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros
Paper Mario
Dead Space
Left 4 Dead
Zelda Oracle of Ages & Seasons
Mega Man x5 and 6
Mega Man 9

[Ed Oscuro]

Didn't realize that Deus Ex and Thief II were 2000....those are a couple of my favorites too. In fact, Deus Ex is easily on my top 10 games of all time.
Yeah, I looked at the double release pack they were released in yesterday. I probably should add them to the extended list. As far as replayability, despite the wide range of possibilities in both games I didn't feel there was a big reason to replay them right away. I'll no doubt return to both someday (I need to actually finish Deus Ex for the first time).

Another choice: The original Soldier of Fortune. I've been having a hell of a time finding a machine that the Platinum release won't crash on but which also has a powerful enough graphics card to play it. Unlike Anachronox, released some years later, SoF seems to perform really poorly on Intel Extreme Graphics (integrated, with the 845G chipset).

[Cryomancer]

But the decade isn't over yet! There's still another year!

(Shenmue II yeah I said it)

[BydoEmpire]

If Phantasy Star Online is your favorite game, wouldn't Phantasy Star Online 1 and 2 be your favorite Gamecube game? PSO 1 and 2 is, obviously, twice as large with all the new areas.I played a LOT of PSO 1&2 on the 'Cube, and I loved it, but PSO came first and has a special place in my heart... plus online was free. PSO Ep. 1&2 should definitely be in my list, but it was more of the same so RE4 takes the top spot on the 'Cube.

A few more I forgot about:
PSO Episodes 1&2 - 'Cube - as mentioned above.
Animal Crossing/Wild World - 'Cube/DS - amazingly addicting and mysteriously fun.
Metropolis Street Racer - DC - my favorite racer of all time. Perfect gameplay and presentation.
Paper Mario 1000 Year Door - 'Cube - wonderful writing, and just all around fun.
God of War - PS2 - one of the best 3rd person action games of all time. Very cool gameplay, larger-than-life bosses and amazing graphics
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles - Wii - finally, a light gun game designed for consoles and executed brilliantly. One of my favorites on the system.
Shenmue - DC - I loved the fighting/adventure mix, and got totally sucked in. Yes, I do know where I can find sailors!
Shenmue 2 - DC -Fixed the few issues w/ the first one. Gorgeous and fun.

[Berserker]

Another choice: The original Soldier of Fortune. I've been having a hell of a time finding a machine that the Platinum release won't crash on but which also has a powerful enough graphics card to play it. Unlike Anachronox, released some years later, SoF seems to perform really poorly on Intel Extreme Graphics (integrated, with the 845G chipset).

Never played the original Soldier of Fortune for some reason, but before deciding to limit both lists to 15 items I almost ended up adding SoF II: Double Helix to my PC list — a qualification that would've been based on the entirely scientific reasons of being able to blow limbs off and throw knives at peoples' faces.

[Ed Oscuro]

Somebody was telling me it was one of their favorites of all time. Me, I'm having trouble remembering FPSes worthy of the "best ever" tag, although I play tons of them.

Also, I forgot to mention Uru: Ages Beyond Myst and its expansions. One of these days the dang thing will be back online...maybe. Go Cyan, go.

[BetaWolf47]

In the best order I can think of:

Super Mario Galaxy
Pokemon Gold (no love for this game guys?)
Beyond Good and Evil
Tales of Symphonia
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Banjo-Tooie
Perfect Dark
Timesplitters 2
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Metroid Prime
Burnout (as a series... IDK about a single one)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl

[SplashChick]

Jesus, these lists are huge. I like to keep things short and straightforward.

1) Mother 3
2) Super Smash Bros. Melee
3) Metroid Prime(series)
4) Skies of Arcadia
5) Castle Crashers

NOT NEARLY ENOUGH MOTHER 3 IN THIS THREAD

[Lord_Magus]

If I had to narrow it down to 3 games, then these ones don't really have much competition:

Deus Ex
Metroid Prime
Demons Souls

If I had to stretch it a bit, I would also add:

Chrono Cross
Ikaruga
Shadow of the Colossus
Final Fantasy IX+X
Silent Hill 2

and maybe a few others I'm forgetting right now...

[8-bitNesMan]

I'm gonna keep mine short and sweet also:

1) Gears of War 2 - My hands down favorite game on the 360

2) Halo 2 - Pre-Xbox Live LAN parties with my buds FTW

3) Super Smash Brothers Melee - A Nintendo fanboy's dream come true :D

4) Hot Shots Golf 3 - More local multiplayer mayhem

5) Mario Tennis - N64 Version. It had more heart and soul than its Cube counterpart IMHO

[Wraith Storm]

1. Bullet Witch
2. Bullet Witch
3. Bullet Witch
4. Bullet Witch
5. Metroid Prime
6. Pure
7. Gun
8. Skies of Arcadia
9. Wild Arms 4
10. Virtua Fighter 5

I know there are a few that I am probably missing, but post 2000 it shouldn't be too many. I am just more of a classic gamer.

[outsider]

These are my picks:

Shadow of the Colossus
Ico
Super Paper Mario
Oblivion
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Resident Evil 4
Bioshock
Super Mario Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros.
Contra 4
Perfect Dark
SMT: Nocturne
Persona 3
Gradius V
Mario Baseball
Silent Hill 2
Halo
Chibi-Robo
Katamari Damacy
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Ninja Gaiden

[exit]

Off the top of my head, mine are mixed with a little bit of old and a little bit of new

Dead Space
Ico
Arkham Asylum
Killer 7
Eternal Darkness
Parasite Eve 2
Prince Of Persia - Sands Of Time
Yakuza
Metroid Prime
Uncharted 2
Martian Gothic
Nocturne
Persona 3
GTA: Vice City

Honorable Mentions

Twilight Princess
Wind Waker
Assassins Creed 2ind
The Suffering
Scarface
Prince Of Persia - The Two Thrones
Carrier
Bionic Commando: Rearmed

[Richter Belmount]

Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
Team Fortress 2
Fallout 3
Modern Warfare 1 and 2
Half life 2
Halo
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Resident Evil remake
Metal Gear Solid 2
Killer 7
Mega Man powered up

[Rob2600]

But the decade isn't over yet! There's still another year!

That's not how decades work:

1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
etc.


Conker's Bad Fur Day

Yay! :)

[zemmix]

World of Warcraft is about the only one I can say for this decade.

Sure I beat Super Mario Galaxy and that Zelda Wii game but after beating them I had no desire to ever go back and play them again. I bought Halo 1 on the original xbox but found it insanely boring. Just not a fan of any shooters that came out after Duke 3D (I'm old hah).

[kupomogli]

Also, I didn't think about listing Japanese only releases. Even though the original Brigandine misses the 2000 mark by a couple years, Brigandine Grand Edition was released in 2000.

Arc the Lad 2 is easily the best of this decade, Brigandine Grand Edition would come at an extremely close second.

[PentiumMMX]

Sorted by year of release, here's the games I liked this decade:

2000: Zelda: Majora's Mask [N64], Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards [N64]
2001:Pokémon Crystal [GBC], Paper Mario [N64], Super Smash Bros. Melee [GCN], Phantasy Star Online V2 [DC]
2002: Ratchet & Clank [PS2], Kingdom Hearts [PS2]
2003: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow [GBA], .hack series [PS2], Project Gotham Racing 2 [Xbox], Zelda: The Wind Waker [GCN]
2004: Metroid: Zero Mission [GBA], Mario Party 6 [GCN]
2005: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow [DS], Mario Kart DS [DS], WarioWare: Touched [DS]
2006: New Super Mario Bros. [DS], Super Princess Peach [DS], Guitar Hero II [PS2]
2007: Super Mario Galaxy [Wii], Rock Band [360]
2008: Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Wii], Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts [360]
2009: Pokémon Platinum [DS]

[TheGam3r]

Basically All The main series Pokemon Games (G/S/C/R/S/E/FR/LG/D/P/PT)
GTA:San Andreas
The Whole Guitar Hero/Rock Band Series
SSX On Tour
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
NHL 2K6
Ratchet And Klank/Jak and Daxter Trilogy
Super Smash Bros Melee
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
New Super Mario Bros
Metroid Zero Mission
Zelda:Twilight Princess
ATV Off Road Fury
Tony Hawk's Underground
Harry Potter and the Prisonner of Azkaban (GBA Version)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Paper Mario The 10,000 Year Door
Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers
Lord Of The Rings The Return of The King
Lord Of The Rings The Third Age (GBA)
GTA 3
Grand Turismo 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Sunshine
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
Metroid Prime 3
Zelda:Wind Waker
Pokemon XD
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Yu-Gi-Oh The Eternal Duelist Soul
Yu-Gi-Oh Startdust Accelarator
Left 4 Dead 2
Halo
Halo 2
Prototype
LittleBigPlanet
Skate 2
INFamous
Zelda The Minish Cap
Harry Potter and The philosipers stone (PS1)
Harry Potter and the chamber of Secrets
Hamtaro Ham-Hams Unite (First Game i ever got)
Mario Power Tennis
Wii Sports
Mega Man 9
COD Modern Warfare
Kirby Superstar Ultra
Kirby Canvas Curse
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
Final Fantasy X
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts 2
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts DS
Jet Grind Radio
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Spider-Man (PS1)
NHL 2002
Mercenaries
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Wii


I'll Stop for now

[Buns34]

My top 10 of the decade would be:

1. The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2. Dragon Quest VIII
3. Super Mario Galaxy
4. Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic
5. Okami
6. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
7. Beyond Good And Evil
8. Mass Effect
9. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
10. Shenmue 1 and 2 as a whole

[calthaer]

I could agree with so many of these. Bioshock was fun, I really enjoyed Metroid Prime, the Castlevania GBA / DS series were great, and I liked KOTOR a lot. Hotel Dusk was a classic. Halo was decent, and a solid game, but it doesn't make it to any of my "best of" lists. Loved Sid Meier's new Pirates! game. I liked Half Life 2, Freedom Force, and Tron 2.0 was a favorite of mine. Morrowind was merely OK in my book, and really doesn't begin to approach the greatness that was Ultima VII.

But those are all "honorable mentions," and for my "real" list I will name but five (one of which is a series), and this is in order of favorite-ness:

1. Deus Ex. Hands-down. This may be my most favorite game of all time, possibly. But not the one I spend most of my time on.

2. Pokemon series. All of it. The main RPGs, I mean - not Ranger, not Mystery Dungeon, not any of the other "add-on" games. Can't believe how much this game series has really captured almost my full gaming attention. No game series has ever really done that before, for me. I would never even consider driving for hours for another game series, but this one...

3. Thief 2. The original was great; this was likewise awesome.

4. Beyond Good & Evil. Wished that this had felt a bit more complete, but it's pretty amazing as-is.

5. Odin Sphere. Not sure what it is about this game, but I really enjoy it. A lot. It's sheer pleasure for me to play this game - the artwork is fantasic, and the story is engaging.

[scooterb23]

No order really, just a random 10 games made in the 00's that I really enjoyed.

Rock Band
Crimson Skies
Boom Blox
Elebits
LEGO Star Wars
Bioshock
n+
Professor Leyton
Space Invaders Extreme
Zack & Wiki

[Ed Oscuro]

Jesus, these lists are huge. I like to keep things short and straightforward.

1) Mother 3
2) Super Smash Bros. Melee
3) Metroid Prime(series)
4) Skies of Arcadia
5) Castle Crashers

NOT NEARLY ENOUGH MOTHER 3 IN THIS THREAD
I was really trying to stretch my list out. I've had some fun with games this decade, but I'm struck by how few games from this decade I'd list as all-time favorites. It's due to the decline of arcades, and my refocusing on that style of game.

[mnbren05]

A few personal favorite titles in no particular order:

Half-Life 2
Resistance
Cooking Mama
Chronicles of Riddik:Escape from butchers bay
Elite Beat Agents
GTA Vice City (the reason I got around to buying a PS2)
Dance Dance Revolution
Halo
COD 4
Silent Hill 2
Crackdown
Uncharted
Castlevania X
James Bond Agent Under Fire
Burnout 3
We Love Katamari
D2

Just missed the cut by a couple of weeks/months:
Blue Stinger
Vigilante 8 second offense

[calthaer]

You know, I also have the sneaking suspicion that I should have mentioned The World Ends With You. But I don't know...

[Cryomancer]

That's not how decades work:

1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
etc.


Depends on your point of view. There isn't a year 0, so it starts with xxx1 and ends with xx10 far as I'm concerned. Give this a read, there are different viewpoints: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milennium#Debate_over_millennium_celebrations

[j_factor]

Depends on your point of view. There isn't a year 0, so it starts with xxx1 and ends with xx10 far as I'm concerned. Give this a read, there are different viewpoints: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milennium#Debate_over_millennium_celebrations

There isn't a year 0, but decade just means a period of ten years. 1976 to 1985 was supposed to be "the decade for women", for example. If he had said "the 201st decade", you'd be right.

[Rob2600]

Depends on your point of view. There isn't a year 0, so it starts with xxx1 and ends with xx10 far as I'm concerned. Give this a read, there are different viewpoints: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milennium#Debate_over_millennium_celebrations

The 1980s = 1980-1989. The 1990s = 1990-1999. That's how decades work.

[Sonicwolf]

That's not how decades work:

1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
etc.

That is unless you count the last decade of the BC era and the first of the AD era. Both of which were nine years due to the lack of the year 0.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Seriously, who cares? Any ten year period can be rightfully referred to as a decade. That is what decade means, an era of ten years... O_O

The games of 2000-2009 that I spent enough time on to kill any normal human.

Time suckers par excellence...
Diablo 2
PSO

...and their mighty henchmen/cronies
Castlevania (series)
Rollercoaster Tycoon (make 'em sick, make 'em crash and if they litter, drop them into water and drown the little bastards :evil: )
Metroid Prime(s)
Animal Crossing
King of Fighters (series)
Soul Calibur 2
Virtua Fighter 4
And a buttload of shmups...

[sebastiankirchoff]

Here is my top 10 list, in no order:

Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 5
Metal Gear Solid 3
Valkryia Chronicles
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
God of War
Half Life 2
Twilight Princess
Devil May Cry

Can't believe this decade is already over. Time flies by really fast.

[Cloud121]

In order:
1. P.N. 03

In no particular order afterwards:
Capcom vs SNK 2
Resident Evil 4
Killer7
Devil May Cry
Virtua Fighter Evolution
Virtua Fighter 5
Dragon Age Origins
Final Fantasy IX
Chrono Cross
Jet Set Radio
Shenmue
NBA Street
WWE Smackdown Here Comes The Pain

[ubersaurus]

Crap, what a wide net to throw. That's a lot of games!

Powerstone 2
Capcom Vs SNK 2
King of Fighters 2001, 2002, 98 UM, 2k2 UM
Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST
Mario Galaxy
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Pikmin
Metroid Prime
Under Defeat
Border Down
Rez
KOTOR 1/2
Smackdown Here Comes the Pain
Pac-man CE
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
Pac-Man Vs.
R-Type Final
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom

[b0ub0u]

Crap, what a wide net to throw. That's a lot of games!

Under Defeat
Border Down
Rez
R-Type Final


WOW nice to see some shmups love here =) I can't count the # of hours I must have spent playing R-Type final! Unlocking all the ships is a long process haha

[Sonicwolf]

Here are the ones that I have personally loved this decade:

- Grand Theft Auto - Vice City
- Perfect Dark
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Super Smash Bros. Melee
- Half-Life 2
- Left 4 Dead 2
- The Sims
- SimCity 4
- Team Fortress 2
- The Legend of Zelda - Majora's Mask
- Civilization IV
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Gran Turismo 4
- Lego Star Wars - The Complete Saga

Thats all I can think of right now.
Its hard for me to believe that Perfect Dark and Majoras Mask came out this decade. Just doesnt feel right to have N64 as current decade releases... Well, I guess thats not gonna last long.

[Raedon]

Man, I've been giving this thread some thought at work. So many great games in the last decade.

[Nature Boy]

I love stuff like this but think it's too soon, because I don't yet have a good 'long term' handle on how I'll feel about the games that came out in 2009 yet.

Below I'm only naming what first comes to mind when I think of each system:

Fave Portable: WarioWare
Fave Xbox: Halo
Fave Nintendo: Eternal Darkness
Fave PlayStation: Ico
Fave PC: Civilization IV

[johndarkness]

Bioshock
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Rez
Killzone: Liberation
Black
ICO
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Metal Gear Solid 2

[RPG_Fanatic]

Dragon Quest 8
Crackdown
Call Of Duty 4
Modern Warfare 2

[Zap!]

Off the top of my head:

Resident Evil 4
Zelda: Twilight Princess
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Shenmue
God Of War
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds

Many more!

[badinsults]

Considering that I didn't purchase a lot of games the last decade (I had a Gamecube, but mostly had collections of older games). I bought an Xbox 360 in late 2008, but did not accumulate a ton of games for it. As such, here are some games that I enjoyed that were released from 2000-2009 (not including remakes or collections):

- Conker's Bad Fur Day
- Paper Mario
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Katamari Damarcy
- Portal
- New Super Mario Bros.
- Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii)
- Rock Band 2
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Pikmin
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Dragon Warrior VII
- Wii Sports
- Left 4 Dead
- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

[sourday]

No votes for Farmville?


My list:

RE 5 (mercenaries mode was fun)
RE 4 (Wii)
RE Wii remake
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Warcraft III Reign of Chaos and Expansion Frozen Throne
World of Warcraft
Counter Strike Source
Halo 2
Full Tilt Poker ROFL
Fallout 3
GTA San Andreas
Wii Sports/ Sports Resorts
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Fat Princess
Call of Duty: World at War