curl-6 on 28 August 2026
Of course the elephant in the room is Gears of War, sneaking in just days before the release of the PS3 and a couple weeks before the 360's one year anniversary, which completely redefined what a "next gen" game could be.
While I do think the second and third game bested the first, Gears 1 is still a stellar experience that blew my mind when I first saw it, even if I didn't get around to actually playing it til a few years later. I can scarcely imagine how insane it must have been to play it back when 6th gen graphics were the norm.
