It has nothing to do with what other people think or performance of the game. The mass market can all rate a game 1 out of 100. Just as long as the person playing it enjoyed it extremely. I never played a ratchet and clank game until Future. I was fascinated with it and believe it was AAA. Uncharted was AAA to me.
Halo(1 and 2) I have tried playing through and can't complete the damn things. I find them dull and boring.
Gears I find lacks any type of story and doesn't influence me to finish it. (I did though in Co-op)
Those games for me were not AAA
Nintendo games... I haven't played the Zelda or Mario games but SSBB I have played. I find that game not so much fun by yourself. It is only fun playing with your friends in my experience. I would not define it AAA. Don't get me wrong I really enjoy it... only in certain circumstances though. I didn't enjoy NMH. They went the artistic route for that game and I like those type of games... but I don't know it just didn't rub me the right way... Maybe it was the motorcycle... maybe it was the pixles...







