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VGPolyglot on 12 July 2015

In 2014, the highest-rated game of the year (not including rereleases or American releases that came out a different year from the Japanese release) according to Metacritic was Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, with a score of 92. However, there were 15 games that reached that number in 2001, with the same criteria:

  1. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2) - 97
  2. Grand Theft Auto III (PS2) - 97
  3. Halo: Combat Evolved (XB) - 97
  4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2) - 96
  5. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2) - 95
  6. Devil May Cry (PS2) - 94
  7. Madden NFL 2002 (PS2) - 94
  8. Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA) - 93
  9. NBA 2K2 (DC) - 93
  10. NHL 2002 (PS2) - 92
  11. SSX Tricky (PS2) - 92
  12. Advance Wars (GBA) - 92
  13. Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC) - 92
  14. Final Fantasy X (PS2) - 92
  15. Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) - 92
So, will this year, or any year, ever be able to manage this?


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Roronaa_chan on 12 July 2015

Great year. That PS2



Mr Puggsly on 12 July 2015

Well it was a lot easier to hit a 90+ back then, that's certain.



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JRPGfan on 12 July 2015

I personally dont think thats a strong list of games, even if the rateings are high.
Yes there will be much better years than 2001.



VGPolyglot on 12 July 2015
JRPGfan said:
I personally dont think thats a strong list of games, even if the rateings are high.
Yes there will be much better years than 2001.

Yeah, there was definitely a sports game craze going on back then.



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MoHasanie on 12 July 2015

No, I don't think we'll ever have a year like 2001 again. 

JRPGfan said:
I personally dont think thats a strong list of games, even if the rateings are high.
Yes there will be much better years than 2001.

I agree. Personally, from that list, I only loved 4 games. 



    

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VGPolyglot on 12 July 2015
MoHasanie said:

No, I don't think we'll ever have a year like 2001 again. 

JRPGfan said:
I personally dont think thats a strong list of games, even if the rateings are high.
Yes there will be much better years than 2001.

I agree. Personally, from that list, I only loved 4 games. 

Which games?



MoHasanie on 12 July 2015
VGPolyglot said:
MoHasanie said:

No, I don't think we'll ever have a year like 2001 again. 

I agree. Personally, from that list, I only loved 4 games. 

Which games?

Halo, Smash Bros, Conker and MGS. 



    

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VGPolyglot on 12 July 2015
MoHasanie said:
VGPolyglot said:

Which games?

Halo, Smash Bros, Conker and MGS. 

For me, Final Fantasy X is my favourite game of all-time, Super Smash Bros. Melee is #2, and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is #10.



BMaker11 on 12 July 2015
VGPolyglot said:
JRPGfan said:
I personally dont think thats a strong list of games, even if the rateings are high.
Yes there will be much better years than 2001.

Yeah, there was definitely a sports game craze going on back then.

This was when sports games didn't suck. They acctually put work into the games instead of just releasing the same game with updated rosters.