Game of the decade?

[FantasiaWHT]

Somebody with more brains and get-up-and-go than me should arrange a GOTD poll, 2000 - 2009. Gamefaqs has one with all of the GOTY's it had, thought it was an interesting idea (but don't really give much credit to the populace there)

[RCM]

My favorite game of last decade is Panzer Dragoon Orta, which was released seven years ago tomorrow!

[b0ub0u]

Mine would be Super Mario Galaxy, and for the decade before that I would pick StarCraft easily =)

[phreakindee]

Fallout 3. There were many games that could be called "better" in many ways, but I haven't spent so much time with any one games and I'm still coming back to it 120+ hours later on all 3 systems!

[kupomogli]

I think a game of the decade poll really wouldn't be worth the time. There are so many different games it's almost guaranteed that everyone will have a different favorite.

With mine it would be Brigandine Grand Edition if we're also talking about import titles. Arc the Lad Collection/Arc the Lad 2 if we're talking about US releases.

[Snapple]

GOTY polls on GameFAQs are as bad as the character battle. People take it so seriously and see it as "I have to prove my favorite franchise is better than your favorite franchise" so they'll vote for every Final Fantasy game or character, or every Zelda game or character. Fans this year voted Dissidia as the best PSP game of 2009 by a humongous margin. Dissidia is a terrible, terrible game. I'm fairly sure most of the people who voted in the poll haven't even played a PSP game in the past year, but they felt it necessary to pimp Final Fantasy.

Now look at the schlock in the Game of the Decade poll. Final Fantasy X is the only Final Fantasy there, and so it is obliterating the competition. I mean, really? FFX was a good game, but is it far and away the best game of the decade? Probably not.

The best part of the Character Battle is at least when a joke character has the opportunity to make a run, and people who take the contest seriously get ANGRY and go nerd rage because a Tetris piece beat Crono (who is such a deep and complex character himself). No such luck here.

[portnoyd]

FFX game of the decade? These people need their heads examined.

[Kid Ice]

This?
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139113&highlight=decade

[Nature Boy]

FFX game of the decade? These people need their heads examined.

I *love* voting on the polls, but yeah, they're an easy lot to predict. Anything RPG always 'wins'.

It makes a kind of sense, as what genre would require looking to the internet more than the RPG genre? Obviously a site that caters to that would have a disproportionate number of RPG fans.

The blind devotion to Final Fantasy side of things is really no different than the blind devotion to anything: Sports titles, FPS, Mario, Zelda....

[Wraith Storm]

My favorite game of last decade is Panzer Dragoon Orta, which was released seven years ago tomorrow!

A fine choice! Seldom does a series improve with each installment like the Panzer games did.

As for me... I'll have to go with Bullet Witch! One of the best games I have ever played, and played, and replayed.

[robotriot]

Mine would be Rez for exploring new territories of style. There are a LOT of contenders though, very close call.

[BHvrd]

I came into the decade playing Phantasy Star Online, Phatasy Star Universe in the middle of the decade (on and off relationship here), and oddly enough I left the decade playing Phantasy Star 0 (zero).

The decade was almost all Phantasy Star for me in my eyes, though there were other great games and ones I possibly liked better, there is no other game I played as much this decade or that had as much impact on me as a gamer.

To me the decade will always be remembered as the Phantasy Star Online/Universe/0 decade and therefore it is my pick.


Edit: Just gave Universe another go (haven't tried it in about a year) and it's FINALLY to the state it should have been at when first launched. The whole "episode" formula Sega was shooting for didn't quite pan out I believe, but at least now in the end it's a solid product.

[dbiersdorf]

All of these would be pretty damn close IMO

- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
- Phantasy Star Online I & II (DC, GCN, XB)
- Pokemon Gold, Silver & Crystal (GBC)
- Quake III: Arena (DC)
- Elite Beat Agents (DS)
- Beyond Good & Evil (GCN, PS2, XB)
- Viewtiful Joe (GCN, PS2)
- Resident Evil 4 (GCN, PS2, Wii)
- Wario Ware: Twisted (GBA)
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons (GBC)
- Metroid Prime (GCN)
- Animal Crossing (GCN)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
- Halo: CE (XB, PC)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (XB, GCN, PS2)
- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (XB, GCN, PS2)
- Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
- Uncharted 2 (PS3)
- Jak & Daxter (PS2)
- Lumines (PSP)
- GTA: San Andreas (PS2, XB, PC)
- Half-Life 2 (XB, PC)
- Metal Slug 3 (ARC, XB)

[skaar]

Ninjabread Man!

[The 1 2 P]

I'd have to give love to a game that many others might have passed over: Burnout 3. That was the most fun I have ever had playing a racing game and completing all of the challenges(I really wish they had gamerscore and achievements back then) was a fun adventure. Add in XBL support and you have a game I continue to play today.......six years later.

[Richter Belmount]

Bioshock for its story.
Fallout 3 for its story and gameplay. Nuff said

[LaughingMAN.S9]

metal.
gear.
solid.
4.




notable mentions: indigo prophecy, shadow of the colossus, fallout 3, persona 3, uncharted, heavenly sword, cod4

[Flippy8490]

I have Panzer Dragoon Orta for Xbox and it rocks.

GOTD for me....crap....I'm going to have to go with Mega Man 9. I know, weird choice. But I have spent SO MUCH TIME with that game.

[VG_Maniac]

I would have to say Super Mario Galaxy was my favorite game of the decade. I consider it to be the best 3D platformer ever made.

[Jorpho]

Fans this year voted Dissidia as the best PSP game of 2009 by a humongous margin. Dissidia is a terrible, terrible game.o rly? I've only heard good things.

I quite like Destructoid's list.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-top-50-videogames-of-the-decade-10-1--155591.phtml

[Icarus Moonsight]

Duke Nukem Forever

Hey, it was making news through the entire decade right? LOL

[Fuyukaze]

There's no such thing as a GotD. How do you decide among all the games without being completly biased by personal opinion? Everyone has their own GotD then. Hell, even a game like Bullet Witch can measure up by those merrits.

[kupomogli]

o rly? I've only heard good things.

I quite like Destructoid's list.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-top-50-videogames-of-the-decade-10-1--155591.phtml

No. Snapple is right, Dissidia really is a terrible game.

Playing the game one player it's easy, infact the game is a joke, but it's somewhat fun for awhile. Awhile being through each character's story while skipping all of the cutscenes. I'm glad when I played the Japanese version I skipped the storyline as I didn't know what they were saying, because when I got the US version and played through as one character and watched the cutscenes with that character, I honestly believed it was one of the worst storylines I have ever seen on a video game. Period. It's like Square-Enix found the worst fan fiction possible and based their game around that. The storyline is that bad.

Anyways. The real game is when playing multiplayer with friends. Now this would be good if it wasn't extremely flawed. First off, the game is highly imbalanced. It's got a set of some of the most imbalanced characters in the history of a fighting game, not including cheap bosses from specific games, I'm talking about characters altogether.

I've played the game well over 100 hours with friends and the thing that truly needs to be fixed is the blocking mechanic. I've got one friend who is fairly good because he does nothing more than throw block up every once in awhile. Unless you immediately do an HP attack during the start of the block he'll be able to dodge out of the way. If you happen to do a brave attack while he throws the "completely random" block up, he's going to get your weak point and counter for massive damage. I've won against him more than he does me, but because he throws random blocks up ALL THE TIME, I have to dash towards him and keep back dashing away so he doesn't know when I'll attack and fake him into blocking so I can do a brave combo the second his block is gone.

Also, since HP attacks are so slow, you can just wait for either a Brave attack to be used and immediately block, or an HP attack, dodge them hopefully you can attack before the character regains himself. Extremely flawed where if you are defensive you are guaranteed a win. Because anyone that knows the game well will play nothing but defense, I play counter defense by dashing in and back in order to get them to defend and then attack the moment it is gone. There's not really any other way to play which is retarded.

The last thing is that once you get hit once you're pretty much dead. If you play with EX Cores, whoever gets the Ex Core first just won. Full ex allows you to guard in the middle of anything(once,) breaking the enemy and using your special righter after(dead in one hit.) If you happen to block any of their attacks without Ex Core, you'll do all criticals and break them, most likely killing them in one hit.

The best thing about the game is the fanservice. You have an FF reminiscence menu, a tutorial that's old school FF based, 48 music tracks from older games(I think,) FF characters and boss, and weapons in armor from various FF games. That's it.

Overall you might enjoy it a bit. Even though I dislike the game it's addicting to play it with friends so that's really the only enjoyment I get out of it.

*edit*

This post is just the beginning of the flaws. I could write a book on how bad this game is.

[RASK1904]

Ima go with..... the Gameboy.
From 2000 to now that thing has gone crazy!

[Nature Boy]

There's no such thing as a GotD. How do you decide among all the games without being completly biased by personal opinion? Everyone has their own GotD then. Hell, even a game like Bullet Witch can measure up by those merrits.

Having a bias doesn't mean you can't have a game of the decade. What's wrong with everybody having their own, and their not being a 'universal' choice?

What I hate most about GOTD type stuff is that I feel I need time to digest the games of 08 and especially 09 before deciding where they fit into my gaming lexicon.

I have no qualms about putting WarioWare on a list for GOTD, as it was released 7 years ago and I still play it today. I loved playing Fallout 3 (released in 08 but I didn't play it until 09), but I can't guess as to what I'll think about it 7 years from now at this point.

I'd rather revisit the question in 2011, but I recognize a GOTD conversation in a year from now isn't quite as appealing to most :)

[FantasiaWHT]

There's no such thing as a GotD. How do you decide among all the games without being completly biased by personal opinion? Everyone has their own GotD then. Hell, even a game like Bullet Witch can measure up by those merrits.

How does GOTY not have the exact same "problems"?

[chrisbid]

i dont think there can be a true game of the decade, that is taking into account parts of three generations of hardware, and two generations of control schemes.

think about the game of the 80s... do you go with a game from the NES era, or a game from the 2600 era?

or in the 90s do you go with a genesis/snes title or a playstation/n64 title?

by picking one, it is a disservice to the other



in pop culture for whatever reason, decades seem to be well defined. the 70s and 80s have a distinct feel, the very early 90s felt like the tag end of the 80s, but grunge and generation x coming of age in 91 gave the decade a unique feel.*

but video games dont follow this line, decades are artificial time markers

all that said, the gravity of the title of game of the decade would have to have historical importance as well as good gameplay and sales. so i would have to give the title to either halo or wii sports. the two hardware pushing killer apps of the decade.





*the late 90s and the 00s broke the trend though i would argue there is no longer a mainstream pop culture, everything now is niched

[Icarus Moonsight]

How does GOTY not have the exact same "problems"?

Because it's 1/10th the time frame and console generations are traditionally ~5 years so you have two to four generations to choose from in a GOTD consideration. Latest generations are going to have the edge, since they are building on what came before.

Q: What platforms had releases between 2000 and 2009?
A: A shit-ton.

A game of the decade per platform would be better... Then again, why not just throw out the time frame and just say "Best Game of the Platform"?

See? Totally hard to justify, but fun to talk about for a while.

The most reasonable method I can think of is take all 10 the GOTYs and have a Ladder Cage Match. But even then... Is pitting GOTY 2000 against GOTY 2009 really fair and objective? Probably not. And who determines the 'actual' game of a year? It's just a showcase preference.

[GrandAmChandler]

The Way to determine this is simple. Worldwide total sales. Nintendogs doesn't count because Nintendo counts total sales of all different versions. Has to be a single game.

No Pack-ins.
No PC Versions.
You may combine multi-platform.

Wii Fit - Wii - 22 Million+
New Super Mario Bros. - DS - 21 Million+
Mario Kart - Wii - 20 Million+

(By the way, Wii Play has 26+ Million copies, but I don't count that.)

-GAC-

[Icarus Moonsight]

Wii Fit is the GOTD... yay...

http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1560/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1560R-2056023.jpg

The anti-climax is palpable.

[Jorpho]

Dissidia really is a terrible game.

...

I've played the game well over 100 hours with friends

...

I could write a book on how bad this game is.I love posts like this.

[chrisbid]

The Way to determine this is simple. Worldwide total sales. Nintendogs doesn't count because Nintendo counts total sales of all different versions. Has to be a single game.

No Pack-ins.
No PC Versions.
You may combine multi-platform.

Wii Fit - Wii - 22 Million+
New Super Mario Bros. - DS - 21 Million+
Mario Kart - Wii - 20 Million+

(By the way, Wii Play has 26+ Million copies, but I don't count that.)

-GAC-




why no pack-ins? wii sports drove wii sales. without that game, the wii would be in worse shape than the gamecube

[GrandAmChandler]

why no pack-ins? wii sports drove wii sales. without that game, the wii would be in worse shape than the gamecube

Because I said so? Are you looking for a logical explanation, because unfortunately I don't have one.

Wii Fit is GOTD. God help us all.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Man GAC, who pissed in your Fruit Loops? Between Wii Fit and your new avatar, I'm ready to open a vein over here! LOL

[RASK1904]

I did some research, ie. best games year by year, and you do run into say a game form 2000 or 2001 that is no way as good as say a game for 2008 or 2009. So I'd go with the best game from 2008 or 9. Just becuase in ten years technology advances so much and games get better, hopefully and with new systems comming out you do end up with better games. Usually. So even best game ever is really going to consist of something that came out in the last 3 or 4 years. Right? Unless you get the people that say SMB3 is the best game ever. Then I'd say, OK you play SMB3 and I'll play Fallout 3 and we will see who gets sick of there game first. I understand Mario started EVERYTHING. But come on. Pitfalls a great game but you can't compare it to GTA4.....or can you?

I'd just go with the game of the year last year or the year before.

[kupomogli]

I love posts like this.

The game is addicting due to the competitive nature of the game. The fact that you have to level up your characters in order to get new attacks to fully be aware of what those characters can do akso takes time. So yeah. Even though I played that much time the game does suck.

[jms5118]

wii fit comes with the console so i dont think it's really fair to use the "everyone owns it" argument. for me it's probably Uncharted 2, that game was as close to perfect as i've seen in a very long time. GTA Vice City would also be a worthy nomination. i never really thought about it much until now but this decade in gaming just wasn't as memorable as the previous two.

[Jorpho]

Even though I played that much time the game does suck.I advise you to spend less time playing games that suck, sir. (And also spending less time watching videos that you hate.)

[BHvrd]

Man GAC, who pissed in your Fruit Loops? Between Wii Fit and your new avatar, I'm ready to open a vein over here! LOL

http://urbanlegendsonline.com/images/mikey.jpg

[kupomogli]

wii fit comes with the console so i dont think it's really fair to use the "everyone owns it"

Wii Sports comes with the console. Wii Fit comes with an accessory you'll never use again except with that game.


I advise you to spend less time playing games that suck, sir. (And also spending less time watching videos that you hate.)

It's Final Fantasy. I was all hyped up about it the length of time I had to wait for release. This was one I was actually really interested in for the longest time. Also. I like James' videos. Atleast 80-90% of them.

[hbkprm]

metroid prime

[b0ub0u]

Wii Sports comes with the console. Wii Fit comes with an accessory you'll never use again except with that game.

Incorrect. The next Super Monkey Ball coming out in a month will make use of the Wii board and I plan on playing it using it, so yes my Wii board will have some use beside Wii Fit.

[vandy160890]

I am a football freak & so FIFA is the game of the decade for me.

[monkeychemist]

as people have pointed out this threat is out of touch with reality. It should instead be Game of the Generation such as PS2/GC/Xbox or PS3/X360/Wii at the END of their relative cycle. Otherwise you're shortchanging a generation.

and Wii sports/fit as the GOTD? haha no way. I played maybe a total of 1 hour of that and never have the desire to touch a Wii again. It's ingenious but just too gimmicky for me. The gameplay is relatively shallow and gets old fast... maybe it's because I (a trained fighter) got destroyed in Wii boxing against a pregnant woman who was wiggling the wiimotes like maracas... yea, that's probably what's made me so bitter haha

[jms5118]

[QUOTE=kupomogli;1669427]Wii Sports comes with the console. Wii Fit comes with an accessory you'll never use again except with that game.QUOTE]

yeah i meant wii sports, i misread the post and thought it said wii sports was the best selling game lol. my bad, guess i should have looked more closely.

[Lord_Magus]

metroid prime

This man speaks the truth.

Although I do agree that the question is a bit broad/unfair, if it had to be one game for the decade then Metroid Prime is the easy answer. Maybe I would sneak in some honorable mentions for Deus Ex and Demons Souls, but that's about it.

[diskoboy]

My winner would be Jet Grind Radio. I had the import long before it came out here in the states. When it came here, I bought 3 copies - 1 the day it was released, the other 2 when the DC was on it's death bed, and I could find copies for $9. Still have them both, shrinkwrapped. I have been playing his game since early 2000, and a decade later, I still have to play it at least once a week!

Runner up: Ninja Gaiden/Black/Sigma - deep game. Took me FOREVER to finally finish (4 years!)

[Robocop2]

Duke Nukem Forever

Hey, it was making news through the entire decade right? LOL

You took the words right out of my mouth

[FantasiaWHT]

World of Warcraft really should be up there.

[duffmanth]

Metal Gear Solid 4 would be my choice, however anything from Metal Gear Solid, GTA, Final Fantasy, Halo, Zelda, and on and on...would all be contenders.

[Zoltor]

That's a hard one, because it clips the PS1 as well(tring to short out PS1 games by date, probally Isn't an easy feat to say the least). However I narrowed it down to one of two games, FFT(PS1) or Dragon Warrior 7.


Honorable mentions: Disgaea 2, FF4: The After Years, and Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis.

[kupomogli]

FFT(PS1)

1998.

[Zoltor]

1998.

Oh damn, thought it was like 2001.

[CelticJobber]

I'd pick Grand Theft Auto Vice City or San Andreas.

[Drifter 2000]

For me it's easily Deus Ex. I still consider it to be my favorite game of all time, and a benchmark for storytelling and in depth gameplay.

Nothing has come as close to impressing me as far as games are concerned as Deus Ex. A true masterpiece.