Zkuq said: Dr.Grass said: Pisses me off that everyone's forgotten about MGS4. My only list MGS4 would make is the biggest disappointment list. It's main problem was and is its story, which is a huge mess and not what it should've been. It's a pretty big flaw for a game of a series I play largely for the story. Also, the game wasn't that great otherwise, either.

Did you play any of the other MGS games? Are you a fan? If you answer no to these, then you can't really comment on the story.t

MGS4 had the best story of any MGS game. It was incredible. "War has changed..." was such a terrific entry point for the plot. MGS always has and always have a strange storyline.

"Also, the game wasn't that great otherwise, either."

That's not what (all) the reviews said. That's not what I thought. It was terrific.

FrancisNobleman said: In non specific order: 1 - Portal 2 - Wii Sports 3 - Nintendogs 4 - Brain Trainning 5 - Mario Galaxy 6 - The Last of Us 7 - Plants vs Zombies 8 - Red Steel (terrible, but I like it) There are many other gems, but those are the main ones that I will remember for quite a lot of time.

Portal.  Now that game was awesome.  Wish I'd thought of it.

Games to define a generation I wouldn't say are games that are good or even that I've played. The games I think defined this gen are:

Wii Sports - well, it brought motion controls to the masses.
CoD4 - brought multiplayer to the masses
Skyrim - brought open world aventure to the masses
Uncharted 2 - adventure perfection
Mario Galaxy - platforming perfection
Mass Effect (series) - moral choices thing (Sci-Fi helped)
Little Big Planet - creator content
Journey - indie stature
Portal - because Portal.

And for my choice, Spec Ops The Line for making me feel sick and regreting playing the game.

A shame JRPG is missing from this list.

Dr.Grass said: orniletter said: Dr.Grass said: Pisses me off that everyone's forgotten about MGS4. For me this gen was defined by: Metal Gear Solid 4 Super Mario Galaxy Demon's Souls God of War III Gears of War Read Dead Redemption Maybe they haven´t forgotten, but *gasp* didn´t like it very much ? See my post above. It was GOTY. It was a masterpiece.

It wasn´t, the previous games (especially MGS3) balanced the gameplay:cutscene ratio pretty decently.

MGS4 leans FAR, FAR too much on the spoon fedding the story (which was pretty meh)/ cutscene side.

Having an 60 minutes+ non interactive epilogue is just bad.

Dr.Grass said: fighter said: Dr.Grass said: fighter said: Dr.Grass said:   Pisses me off that everyone's forgotten about MGS4. then you must be have been pissed for years now What are you talking about. It won several GOTY awards, sold well and fans adored it: What I am talking about is that recently (RECENTLY defeats the whole purpose of your post) it has been omitted from so many "Game of the generation" lists, or was very low down despited being praised by those self-same publications.   And has magically disappeared from pretty much all fav lists since a while now. That's exactly my point.

but you said recently with capital letters

d21lewis said: FrancisNobleman said: In non specific order: 1 - Portal 2 - Wii Sports 3 - Nintendogs 4 - Brain Trainning 5 - Mario Galaxy 6 - The Last of Us 7 - Plants vs Zombies 8 - Red Steel (terrible, but I like it) There are many other gems, but those are the main ones that I will remember for quite a lot of time. Portal.  Now that game was awesome.  Wish I'd thought of it.

Forgot that one too, and the cake WAS a lie

The Fury said: Games to define a generation I wouldn't say are games that are good or even that I've played. The games I think defined this gen are: Wii Sports - well, it brought motion controls to the masses. CoD4 - brought multiplayer to the masses Skyrim - brought open world aventure to the masses Uncharted 2 - adventure perfection Mario Galaxy - platforming perfection Mass Effect (series) - moral choices thing (Sci-Fi helped) Little Big Planet - creator content Journey - indie stature Portal - because Portal. And for my choice, Spec Ops The Line for making me feel sick and regreting playing the game. A shame JRPG is missing from this list.

Quoting is messed up on my PC for some reason. I'll see if this works-- Little Big Planet 2 was a gem for me! If I made a top 20, it would definitely be amongst them. My kid and I played so many user created levels together. And, while I was thinking of my list last night (that's what I do at work when I should be...err...working...) I wanted to add Lost Odyssey just to cover the RPG gap. It fally just shy of greatness, though. And dammit--how did I not include Valkyria Chronicles!! It's my favorite PS3 game!

1. Uncharted 2
2. Mass Effect
3. Red Dead Redemption
4. Journey
5. The Last of Us
6. God of War III
7. Heavy Rain
8. Portal
9. Demon's Souls
10. Batman Arkham: Asylum

That defined the generation? In no particular order:

Wii Sports
Mario Galaxy
Gears of War
Uncharted
Skyrim
Mass Effect
Minecraft
Batman: Arkham Asylum Assassin's Creed (yeah, I think AssCreed deserves that spot more)
Just Dance
Call of Duty

In no order:
-Uncharted 2 (all them Uncharted clones afterwards lol)
-Journey (best DL game imo)
-Demon's Souls (better than Dark imo)
-MGS4 (did what games couldnt in 2008, still holds really well today)
-Gears of War (my first next gen game)
-Killzone 2 (greatest multiplayer)
-Yakuza 4 (old skool/nostalgic feels to the PS2 days)
-CoD4 (started the modern warfare shooter clonez)
-The Last of Us (could a gen end on a higher note? Nope)
-Wii Sports (cant actually call it a game, more like demos that show off the wiimote capabilities, sold the Wii so on this list)