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2000s, Game of the Decade

Diablo II 8 9.20%
 
Halo: Combat Evolved 10 11.49%
 
Metroid Prime 13 14.94%
 
Star Wars: KOTOR 2 2.30%
 
Half-Life 2 12 13.79%
 
Resident Evil 4 18 20.69%
 
Twilight Princess 4 4.60%
 
Super Mario Galaxy 15 17.24%
 
Super Smash Bros Brawl 2 2.30%
 
Uncharted 2 3 3.45%
 
Total:87
KLAMarine on 21 November 2023
snyps said:

Halo Combat Evolved!

This. I'll never forget playing this game for the first time. Blew me away!

Plus, the impact it had on the industry. Indelible.



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Wman1996 on 21 November 2023

Super Mario Galaxy, but KOTOR and Brawl are close of the other choices.
2000s are my favorite decade of gaming.



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Jpcc86 on 21 November 2023

Dunno if you guys voted unexciting games or what, but for a full decade this list is... just alright.
The 90s sweep.



CaptainExplosion on 21 November 2023

Smash Bros Brawl for me.



Shadow1980 on 21 November 2023

My Top 5 for that decade would be:

1) Halo: Combat Evolved
2) Super Mario Galaxy
3) BioShock
4) Perfect Dark
5) Mega Man 9


I still need to play Metroid Prime.



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The_Liquid_Laser on 21 November 2023
Jpcc86 said:

Dunno if you guys voted unexciting games or what, but for a full decade this list is... just alright.
The 90s sweep.

I don't think this is your decade.  That's ok though, because it really isn't my decade either.  There were games I really loved in the poll for most years.  However, those games never won, LOL.



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HoloDust on 21 November 2023
The_Liquid_Laser said:
HoloDust said:

Hm, I honestly, don't know how to vote, since I haven't voted for any of them as the best from their years.

I don't find any of them to be particularly at the spearhead of innovation, more of refinements to existing ideas, so I can't really pick based on that.
Also, I don't see a clear winner for most influential, so I can't use that criteria either.
I don't want to use what I'd replay the most, since that would be favouritism.
Using d10 roll to determine my vote would be silly as well.

So I guess I'm abstaining.


I do think Playstation fans are underrepresented in the poll for this decade.  Yes, this site does slant toward Nintendo games, but there are PC games in the poll above.  Oddly enough there are also OG XBox games in the poll above.  I want to say that bad luck kind of played a role in the PS2, especially, getting shut out of the poll.  FF X, GTA 3, Shadow of the Colossus, etc... all got a lot of votes, but none of them managed to pull off a win.  The best PS2 games had tough competition each year, often against other PS2 games.  And while I'm sure KOTOR is a great game, no one really believes that people on this site are biased toward XBox.  It just had easy competition in its year, while all of the best PS2 candidates had tough competition and some very narrow losses.

Anyway, I hope Playstation fans can find something in the poll that they like, even if they aren't the biggest Uncharted fans.

Not really a PS fan (I wouldn't even call myself PC fan, though I guess that's closest it comes to home computers fan) ;)

I just honestly can't pick one game from that poll and stand behind it completely (and I really like some of those games), given that I find many games that are not on that poll to be better choice for GotD. I had no problem with that in 80s and 90s GotD polls.

WoW would actually be my vote, though I personally don't care for it much.



G2ThaUNiT on 21 November 2023

Warcraft 3 will always be my game of the 2000s, but from the options of those that won each year, Halo: CE got my vote.

So many unforgettable and timeless memories.



Dreamcaster999 on 21 November 2023

Not a huge fan of any of these, so I'll abstain for now



Jpcc86 on 21 November 2023
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Jpcc86 said:

Dunno if you guys voted unexciting games or what, but for a full decade this list is... just alright.
The 90s sweep.

I don't think this is your decade.  That's ok though, because it really isn't my decade either.  There were games I really loved in the poll for most years.  However, those games never won, LOL.

Completely agree, it certainly isnt my decade lol.