Game of the Decade Discussion Thread - Winner at 9pm

Skippy wrote:Yeah I completely forgot about this No need to rush anything though so let's just have a look at the list as of when the last thread was closed and see if we can't make a few slight adjustments. There are 160 games which will be put into 20 groups of 8 which will be whittled down further and further in a tournament style until we have our winner. For now though let's look at the list




38. Fallout 3


58. GTA San Andreas
60. Half Life 2 (+ Episodes)
87. Metal Gear Solid 2
88. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

115. Resident Evil 4
120. Shadow of the Colossus
121. Shenmue
122. Silent Hill 2

139. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

148. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

These I think.

Yeah this thread was more about the tale-end games of the last year and whether they could get in. General consensus on Saboteur was that it's crap so no dice on that one but Assassin's Creed 2 and Boarderlands have found a place at the expense of the Buzz games and Black.

Yeah I pretty much just looked at the top of the list

Skippy wrote:Yeah this thread was more about the tale-end games of the last year and whether they could get in. General consensus on Saboteur was that it's crap so no dice on that one but Assassin's Creed 2 and Boarderlands have found a place at the expense of the Buzz games and Black.

Yeah I pretty much just looked at the top of the list

What, that is beyond retarded

But since none of them will come close to winning anyway I don't suppose it matters, but still

Peter Crisp wrote:I was joking about the fact that it always wins these types of polls and I get the feeling it always will even if better games have been made since as its almost become a self fulfilling prophecy.

As was I.

Calm down Herbi.

Why do you care about Black? It's just some terrible console fps.

My list for the last 10 would be

3. Baldur's Gate II
18. ChuChu Rocket
32. Diablo II
44. Fire Emblem
45. Football Manager Series
62. Halo: Combat Evolved
80. Lumines
110. Project Gotham Racing 2
118. Rome Total War
134. Super Monkey Ball

Skippy wrote:General consensus on Saboteur was that it's crap

Yeah, but people have actually played it now. And everyone who has played it thinks that it's brilliant.

Winckle wrote:Haha Deus Ex isn't on that list Chris, cred destroyed.

I've not played it, and I've a feeling that if I did play it now I'd be underwhelmed because other games have appropriated its ideas and its visuals have been surpassed.

I was just listing my favourites. I wouldn't ever suggest a list of my favourite games to be in any way 'definitive' or 'best'.

Surely you'd rather have me be honest than pick Deus Ex when I've not played it just because loads of people think it's great.

Shenmue should win

rudderless wrote:

Winckle wrote:Haha Deus Ex isn't on that list Chris, cred destroyed.

I've not played it, and I've a feeling that if I did play it now I'd be underwhelmed because other games have appropriated its ideas and its visuals have been surpassed.

I was just listing my favourites. I wouldn't ever suggest a list of my favourite games to be in any way 'definitive' or 'best'.

Surely you'd rather have me be honest than pick Deus Ex when I've not played it just because loads of people think it's great.

I had no idea you hadn't played it . And yeah I do think you should pick your favourites over popular opinion.

However the reason Deus Ex remains so good is that other games have been totally unsuccessful at integrating its ideas. No other game does story quite like Deus Ex, no other game lets you play how you want quite like Deus Ex. And with modern texture upgrades the game looks better than it ever did.

8. Bioshock
13. Burnout 3: Takedown
24. Crackdown
25. Crysis
27. Dead Space
33. Doom 3
37. Fable 2
38. Fallout 3
44. Fire Emblem
46. Forza 3
49. Gears of War
54. Golden Sun
57. GTA IV
60. Half Life 2 (+ Episodes)
61. Halo 3
62. Halo: Combat Evolved
68. Jet Set Radio Future
72. Left 4 Dead
76. Legend of Zelda: Windwaker
85. Mass Effect
94. Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
97. OutRun 2
101. Perfect Dark
102. Phantasy Star Online
110. Project Gotham Racing 2
115. Resident Evil 4
116. Rez
121. Shenmue
124. Skies of Arcadia
139. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
151. Valkyria Chronicles
153. Virtua Fighter 5


That was quite hard to get to 32.

Winckle wrote:

rudderless wrote:

Winckle wrote:Haha Deus Ex isn't on that list Chris, cred destroyed.

I've not played it, and I've a feeling that if I did play it now I'd be underwhelmed because other games have appropriated its ideas and its visuals have been surpassed.

I was just listing my favourites. I wouldn't ever suggest a list of my favourite games to be in any way 'definitive' or 'best'.

Surely you'd rather have me be honest than pick Deus Ex when I've not played it just because loads of people think it's great.

I had no idea you hadn't played it . And yeah I do think you should pick your favourites over popular opinion.

However the reason Deus Ex remains so good is that other games have been totally unsuccessful at integrating its ideas. No other game does story quite like Deus Ex, no other game lets you play how you want quite like Deus Ex. And with modern texture upgrades the game looks better than it ever did.

I'll give it a bash someday, I think. I'm a little too busy to play games I don't need to play for work, or those I don't really really want to play. It's in an increasing list of 'games I think I should play but can't really muster the enthusiasm to dedicate my spare time to'.

Don't bother HOC it's gooseberry fool and Twilight Princess is better which you still haven't played

Herbi

Herbi

Is that GRiD, or DiRT?

Out of all of the games, these are the ones I've played:

4. Batman: Arkham Asylum
7. Beyond Good and Evil
8. Bioshock
10. Black & White
11. Braid
12. Burnout 2: Point of Impact
13. Burnout 3: Takedown
14. Burnout Paradise
15. Buzz Series
18. ChuChu Rocket
24. Crackdown
26. Dead Rising
27. Dead Space
29. Deus Ex
31. Devil May Cry 3
32. Diablo II
33. Doom 3
36. Eternal Darkness
37. Fable 2
38. Fallout 3
40. Fifa 10
43. Final Fantasy XII
48. F-Zero GX
49. Gears of War
50. Gears of War 2
51. Geometry Wars 2
52. God of War
53. God of War 2
57. GTA IV
58. GTA San Andreas
59. GTA Vice City
60. Half Life 2 (+ Episodes)
61. Halo 3
62. Halo: Combat Evolved
65. Ikaruga
69. Katamari Damacy
70. Killer 7
72. Left 4 Dead
73. Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
75. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
76. Legend of Zelda: Windwaker
79. Lost Winds
80. Lumines
82. Mario Kart DS
84. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
85. Mass Effect
91. Metroid Prime
92. Ninja Gaiden
95. Okami
97. OutRun 2
98. Pacman: Championship Edition
100. Peggle
101. Perfect Dark
106. Portal
107. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
114. Resident Evil (GC)
115. Resident Evil 4
116. Rez
118. Rome Total War
120. Shadow of the Colossus
121. Shenmue
123. Singstar Series
125. Soul Calibur II
126. Splinter Cell
130. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
131. Street Fighter IV
132. Super Mario Galaxy
133. Super Mario Sunshine
134. Super Monkey Ball
135. Super Smash Bros Melee
136. Team Fortress 2
139. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
140. The Sims
142. Thief II
143. Timesplitters 2
144. Timesplitters 3: Future Perfect
145. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas
147. Trials HD
148. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
152. Viewtiful Joe
153. Virtua Fighter 5
156. Wii Sports
158. World of Goo

And these are the ones I haven't (although I may have played others in the series).

1. Advance Wars 2
2. Animal Crossing: Wild World
3. Baldur's Gate II
5. Battlefield 2
6. Battlefield: Bad Company
9. Black
16. Call of Duty 2
17. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2
20. Colin McRae Rally 2.0
21. Colin McRae: GRID
22. Company of Heroes
23. Conkers Bad Fur Day
25. Crysis
28. Demon's Souls
30. Devil May Cry
34. Dragon Age: Origins
39. Far Cry
41. Fight Night Round 4
42. Final Fantasy X
44. Fire Emblem
45. Football Manager Series
46. Forza 3
47. Freedom Fighters
54. Golden Sun
55. Gran Turismo 4
56. GTA III
63. Hitman: Blood Money
64. Ico
66. Infamous
67. Jak and Daxter
68. Jet Set Radio Future
71. Kingdom Hearts
74. Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
77. LittleBigPlanet
78. Loco Roco
81. Manhunt
83. Mario Tennis
86. Max Payne
87. Metal Gear Solid 2
88. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
89. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
90. Metroid Fusion
93. No More Heroes
94. Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
96. Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
99. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door
102. Phantasy Star Online
103. Phoenix Wright 3: Trials and Tribulation
104. Pikmin 2
105. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
108. Pro Evolution Soccer 4
109. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
110. Project Gotham Racing 2
111. Psychonauts
112. Quake 3
113. Ratchet and Clank
117. Rock Band 2
119. S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadows of Chernobyl
122. Silent Hill 2
124. Skies of Arcadia
127. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
128. SSX Tricky
129. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
137. The Beatles: Rock Band
138. The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
141. The World Ends With You
146. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
149. Unreal Tournament 2004
150. Vagrant Story
151. Valkyria Chronicles
154. Warcraft 3
155. Wario Ware Twisted
157. Wipeout HD
159. World of Warcraft
160. Yakuza 2

Not bad average I think.

Just realized PP that Phatom Hourglass is in there, it should absolutely be replaced with Spirit Tracks which is significantly better, everyone in the thread thinks so.

House of the Dead: Overkill should win

Herbi wrote:Just realized PP that Phatom Hourglass is in there, it should absolutely be replaced with Spirit Tracks which is significantly better, everyone in the thread thinks so.

Agreed.