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BHR-3 on 28 June 2011

it was alright mgs is probably my fav game of all time

the other yr beside it would probably be 05 with RE4 and NFS-MW and coming off 04 with MGS3 GTA SA



                                                             

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SaviorX on 28 June 2011

I also agree with 2001. It was a time where although the PS2 was around, everyone I know was still cranking N64/PS/Dreamcast games all day long.

From 98-01 we had GTA3 blowing up, WWF No Mercy, Power Stone 2, Jet Set Radio, Marvel v Capcom 2, Goldeneye, Forsaken, Syphon Filter, Driver 2, Killer Instinct Gold, Legend of Dragoon, Automobili Lamborghini (LATE 97) Winback, StarFox, Pokemon Gold/Silver...

I still say those 4 years (98,99,00,01) beat the pants off most games released in the last 4 years...mainly because I have played them all endlessly. With all those games available due to backlog in 2001, it was definitely the best time.



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Michael-5 on 28 June 2011
Faxanadu said:
Michael-5 said:
disolitude said:
I liked 1994 myself

Donkey Kong Country
Super Metroid
Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Mortal Kombat 2
Super Street Fighter 2
Final Fantasy III
Earth Worm Jim
Warcraft

All those rocked my socks off that very year.

Don't forget

  • Daytona USA (first good, non sprite, 3D racing game)
  • Doom
  • Killer Instinct
  • Marathon (Bungies first game)
  • Mortal Kombat 2
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  • Sonic & Knucles
  • Tekken

It was a good year, but Chrono Trigger and Super Mario RPG define the SNES for me, so I couldn't vote for it

Yes, jsut checked. Secret of Mana and Illusion of Gaia were 1993, Chrono Trigger and Terranigma 1995. So 1994 was an excellent year, but nothing special back then...

Super Mario Kart was also 1992



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Michael-5 on 28 June 2011
NightDragon83 said:
Pretty much EVERY year in the 90's was an awesome year for gaming.

The 2000's I thought had a couple of stinkers like 2003 I thought was pretty weak overall as were '05 and '06. Then 2007 got things rolling again.

2003 was still a good year

  • Battlefeild 1942
  • Beyond Good and Evil
  • Call of Duty
  • Dark Cloud 2
  • Devil May Cry 2
  • F-Zero GX
  • Final Fantasy X-@
  • Fire Emblem (GBA)
  • Golden Sun: The Lost Age
  • Manhunt
  • Mario Kart: Double Dash!
  • Max Payne 2
  • Midnight Club 2
  • Panzer Dragoon Orta
  • Pokemon: Ruby and Sapphire
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • Silent Hill 3
  • Soul Calibur 2
  • Splinter Cell
  • Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  • Viewtiful Joe
  • Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne

Two of my favorite handheld games of all time were released that year.



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yo_john117 on 28 June 2011

The year where Halo 4 and ME3 come out in the same year...



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homer on 28 June 2011

2006:
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Madden NFL 07
Need for Speed Carbon
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
NHL 2K7
NBA 2k7
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Fight Night Round 3
NBA 07
Call of Duty 3
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom
And the list goes on!... to one more...
Genji Days of the Blade (historically correct btw)



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theARTIST0017 on 28 June 2011
Cthulhu said:
no 2011 is the best


why?



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demonfox13 on 28 June 2011
d21lewis said:
I always felt like 2001 was gamings best year but it's hard to argue with that lineup. 2001 brought Ico, Tony Hawk 3, Halo, SSX 2, MGS2, Devil May Cry, Zone of the Enders, Rogue Leader, the Gamecube, and the Xbox.

But with '98 bringing Zelda (I sold my N64 in mid '97 and didn't buy another until X-Mas '99) and MGS, I may change my belief. I still remember seeing the back to back Platinum Awards in EGM. No game had ever gotten a perfect score until MGS. The very next month, it happened again!


I agree with you for the most part. OOT was good but I feel overrated, but Majora's Mask did make me happy, along with Xenogears, RE2 and definitely MGS. However DMC made me shit my pants when I first played it (there was nothing like it back then), Halo was one of the first proper console FPS, ZOE impressed me and truly showed what the PS2 could do even though it was an early gen game. I think the Pokemon craze in 98 is what kills that year being the best year to be a gamer for me rofl, I truly felt back then and still today that it is a subpar rpg with too much rock paper scissor effects, and I simply borrowed it but instead I bought Golden Sun around those years, now THAT was a win game.



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TakeMeToTheHospital on 28 June 2011

yeh 1994 for sure!! amazing year!!



Cirio on 28 June 2011

Saying X year was the best in gaming is purely opinionated as evident through the responses in this topic. Rather, I would say that 1998 was one of the most revolutionary years in gaming. Most modern gaming now is a result of games that launched in 1998. Of course, it is not THE most revolutionary year, but it is a very important year because it's tough to beat the introductions of Pokemon, MGS, OoT and Half Life to the gaming world.