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lol...almost everyone starting with 2000. I guess thats when gaming began for most here which explains a lot.
Props to atma998 thogh...

1991: Sonic The hedgehog
1992: Street Fighter 2
1993: Mario Kart
1994: Donkey Kong Country (Not a new character but a new franchise of games)
1995: Ridge Racer
1996: Resident Evil
1997: Goldeneye
1998: Halflife
1999: Silent Hill
2000: Shenmue
2001: Halo
2002: Splinter Cell
2003: Call of Duty (1,2 and 4 are trully great games...everything else not so much)
2004: God of War
2005: FEAR
2006: Wii Sports
2007: Mass Effect
2008: ...Nothing stands out for me...
2009: ...Nothing stands out for me...
2010: Bayonetta (if they make a sequel, which they will)
2011: Bulletstorm



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2006 - Resistance
2007 - Assassin's Creed
2008 - LittleBigPlanet
2009 - Dragon Age: Origins
2010 - Heavy Rain
2011 - ???? (Most probably be LA Noire by the end of the year)



2006 - Gears of War
2007 - Bioshock
2008 - LittleBigPlanet
2009 - inFamous
2010 - Heavy Rain (maybe?)
2011 - LA Noire



2000 - Deus Ex

2001 - Halo

2002 - Ratchet and Clank (Hard decision, it was up against Sly Cooper and Kingdom Hearts)

2003 - 3D Prince of Persia

2004 - Red Dead

2005 - God of War

2006 - Gears of War

2007 - Uncharted

2008 - LittleBIG Planet

2009 - inFAMOUS

2010 - Enslaved : Odyssey to the West

2011 - Currently, L.A. NOIRE



disolitude said:
lol...almost everyone starting with 2000. I guess thats when gaming began for most here which explains a lot.
Props to atma998 thogh...

The OP said to start from 2000... Some of us read the thread.



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Dgc1808 said:
disolitude said:
lol...almost everyone starting with 2000. I guess thats when gaming began for most here which explains a lot.
Props to atma998 thogh...

The OP said to start from 2000... Some of us read the thread.


Its hard to take a thread requirement seriously when most of the best franchises started before the threads year requirements.



kowenicki said:
disolitude said:
lol...almost everyone starting with 2000. I guess thats when gaming began for most here which explains a lot.
Props to atma998 thogh...

1991: Sonic The hedgehog
1992: Street Fighter 2
1993: Mario Kart
1994: Donkey Kong Country (Not a new character but a new franchise of games)
1995: Ridge Racer
1996: Resident Evil
1997: Goldeneye
1998: Halflife
1999: Silent Hill
2000: Shenmue
2001: Halo
2002: Splinter Cell
2003: Call of Duty (1,2 and 4 are trully great games...everything else not so much)
2004: God of War
2005: FEAR
2006: Wii Sports
2007: Mass Effect
2008: ...Nothing stands out for me...
2009: ...Nothing stands out for me...
2010: Bayonetta (if they make a sequel, which they will)
2011: Bulletstorm

er... excuse me...  Gaming started for me in the 70's  but I aint going back that far for 2 reasons. 

1.  I cant remember most of it

2.  I cant be arsed


I know, I'm a total noob starting with 1991. CAn't help it though...thats when I got my first console.



kowenicki said:

2009 - Bugger all, awful year for new IP.


It hurts my soul to see this. 



2006-Gears of War
2007-Assassin's Creed
2008-LittleBigPlanet
2009-inFamous
2010-Heavy Rain
2011-Homefront?