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For me =D
Like anyone else, I have my favorite games. And it just so happens that 2010 hosts new iterations of my favorite franchises or new IPs from my favorite developers, more so then any other year has. And it's not even a question of whether these games are going to end up being good or not -- because I know they are going to be great. No question.
Anyways, my personal 4 big picks:
I.+ Show Spoiler +Final Fantasy XIIII've gamed all my life so it's hard for me to consistently find games that blow my mind. So when I say this is the best game I've ever played, I really mean it. A lot of people's favorite games are always ones from their childhood or some really classic title and mine was too. So you can imagine how special this game had to be for me to put it above all else. This game is just majestic -- not everyone's cup of tea, but I definitely feel like someone at Square knows my personal tastes more then I do.
II.+ Show Spoiler +Starcraft IIYeah, do I really need to say anything?
III.+ Show Spoiler +
The Last GuardianTeam ICO is responsible for both ICO and Shadow of the Colossus on the PS2, which really are two of the most powerful gaming experiences I've ever had. They send really powerful messages with their brilliant art direction and atmosphere as opposed to loads of dialogue. Greatest action/adventure games ever IMO. Get a PS3 for this if not for anything else.
IV+ Show Spoiler +. Super Street Fighter 4I've only gotten into 2D fighters recently but they captivated me almost immediately. I put nearly 200 hours into SFIV and I still suck but I don't even care. This next iteration looks to be 100x better and is honestly going to compete with the time I can devote to Starcaft II.
And of course, those are only 4 games for me, and wouldn't cut it for the "best" year of gaming.
So, I'm looking forward to trying out a lot of the following titles as well, and I put some on there that other people might be looking at to:
+ Show Spoiler +Already released:
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Mass Effect 2
Bayonetta
God of War III
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
Bioshock 2
Upcoming:
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Metroid: Other M
Gran Turismo 5
Final Fantasy XIV
Halo Reach
CoD 7: ?
Civilization 5
Fable 3
PoP:Forgotten Sands
MGS: Peace Walker
KH:Birth by Sleep
Medal of Honor
Ghost Recon 4
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Witcher II
etc..
(Ok I even surprised myself here, there's actually quite a bit more to list but I'm sure you all know what's out there =D )
And let's not forget the new motion technology for the 360 and PS3 coming this fall (although not sure what to expect, exactly).
Let the good times roll
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51507 Posts
best year since 1998 imo :D
co-incidentally with sc 1 har har.
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never really got into FF, not sure why seams up my ally, i guess i just was busy playing zelda and mario instead lol
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On March 25 2010 14:28 GTR wrote:
best year since 1998 imo :D
co-incidentally with sc 1 har har.
hahahah i see what u did there.
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Got about a total of about 70 hours into BC2 already since its release + beta. I really wish COD and MoH revert back to WW2, CODUO and MoHAA was the best of the series. The infantry combat in original COD was the best during its glory, though not saying Modern Warfare wasnt good.
And the motion technology is a joke, just to hype it up for the casuals. I prefer my gamepad or mouse/keyboard. Metro2033 should be similar to STALKER, if you would like to try it and GT5 should be worth it(Think they were adding NASCAR and WCR in too?)
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On March 25 2010 14:44 LuDwig- wrote:
ok where is starcraft 2?
It's on there 0_o
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God of War 3, SC2, Civ V, Mass Effect, and KH are probably the games I am/was looking forward the most to.
Seems like a great year for gaming indeed 
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1998:
Alpha Centauri
Unreal
Starcraft + BW
Tribes
Thief
Half-life
Fallout 2
Rainbow Six
Grim Fandango
BG
Dark Omen
QED.
(+MGS if you swing that way).
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
Are you bitches serious?
METROID OTHER M
METROID
CMONNNNNNNNNNN
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On March 25 2010 15:00 MrHoon wrote:
Are you bitches serious?
METROID OTHER M
METROID
CMONNNNNNNNNNN
woaahhh totally forgot it was coming out this year, good call
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
but I totally agree with you
When people called 2007 the 'best gaming year' I was pissed off (I loved 1998)
But this year just seems to explode with amazing games
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SNES and N64 for memorable moments.
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Totally agree, especially for the PC. It's gonna be a PC renaissance.
My standouts so far/anticipating greatness:
Mass Effect 2
STALKER: Call of Pripyat
Bad Company 2
Starcraft 2
Deus Ex 3 (!!!!!)
Syberia 3
Gray Matter
Beyond Good and Evil 2
Check out other reasons why it's Good to be a PC Gamer:
http://adrianwerner.wordpress.com/games-of-2010/
This dude has been doing that for years
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On March 25 2010 14:58 Spinfusor wrote:
1998:
Alpha Centauri
Unreal
Starcraft + BW
Tribes
Thief
Half-life
Fallout 2
Rainbow Six
Grim Fandango
BG
Dark Omen
QED.
(+MGS if you swing that way).
can't possibly imagine any year beating this. Tribes + SC...that alone takes it. Everything else is gravy
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FFXIII
God of War 3
Starcraft 2
Bioshock 2
Time to finally go pick up a PS3. :D
Best year for gaming in a long time IMO.
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Control F "Super Mario Galaxy 2"
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what
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1998 was great. I'd also throw in Banjo Kazooie, Ocarina of Time, and Pokemon Red and Blue. I was 12 and that may have been the golden year of my gaming!
Additionally, Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be undoubtedly be amazingly good.
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SC2
FFXIV
those are the two i want
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Nothing beats the NINTENDO SIXTY FOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Thought SC does come close.
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I didn't know about the last guardian.
I just spent an hour watching trailers and reading about it, as well as fantasizing, Fumito Ueda is possibly the most baller game designer ever.
SotC was so much damn fun, I was literally screaming and wildly rocking back and forth according to the way I wanted to climb during every level.
Haven't played Ico yet, I'll try and download it.
I might have to buy a PS3 for The Last Guardian.
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I am really looking forward to The Last Guardian. Shadow of the Colossus is probably one of the greatest games ever created in terms of single player experience.
I am also looking forward to the official MGS 5  W on the psp.
I will also get a new super desktop computer to play SC2.
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Man 2007 was the best year (for 360).
Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Cod4.
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It's settled, tomorrow I replay Shadow of the Colossus.
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On March 25 2010 15:37 ShaperofDreams wrote:
It's settled, tomorrow I replay Shadow of the Colossus.
Download and play Ico first
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I think I have warped the shape of my thumb by playing SF4 so much with my buddies. Such damn intense matches
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sorry, 1998 will ever be the best year in gaming
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On March 25 2010 14:58 Spinfusor wrote:
1998:
Alpha Centauri
Unreal
Starcraft + BW
Tribes
Thief
Half-life
Fallout 2
Rainbow Six
Grim Fandango
BG
Dark Omen
QED.
(+MGS if you swing that way).
/thread. 1998 was fucking amazing.
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Completely agree with the OP
My copy of sf4 is pushing 500 hours at this point. And it's only that low because I started spending most my ps3 fighter time on marvel vs capcom 2 once it was released.
I'm gonna laugh when sc2 gets pushed back to 2011 just to spite your list though =P
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Looooool
1998 best year ever.
Rainbow Six
Unreal
BG
Fifa 98
Sc
Half life
Oh and World Cup
Since 2000-2001 i think that all the years have been meh at best.
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United States22883 Posts
On March 25 2010 14:58 Spinfusor wrote:
1998:
Alpha Centauri
Unreal
Starcraft + BW
Tribes
Thief
Half-life
Fallout 2
Rainbow Six
Grim Fandango
BG
Dark Omen
QED.
(+MGS if you swing that way).
This just isn't close. You've also got Grand Tourismo, RE2, Tekken 3, Ocarina of Time.
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On March 25 2010 14:28 GTR wrote:
best year since 1998 imo :D
co-incidentally with sc 1 har har.
Seconded
My PS3 is now collecting dust ever since I have the beta.
There are Bioshock2, AC2, FF13 on my shelves and I dont even bother open them lol
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On March 25 2010 15:35 Chrispy wrote:
Man 2007 was the best year (for 360).
Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Cod4.
No no no, a great year for FPS fanatics at best.
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It always intrigued me how people can want to play so many games at once... I guess I'm the simplest person, All I can ever dream of playing is SC and Chess (Not a video game, but I play correspondence). Anyway, good luck with playing all of those
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1999 would be my pick, though I'm probably biased because System Shock 2 and Planescape: Torment were both released that year. It also saw the birth of some of my all-time favorite PC games, notably HoMM3 and Freespace 2.
Then 2000 came in right after with ridiculously awesome titles like Baldur's Gate 2, The Longest Journey, and Deus Ex. No doubt about it, the late 90s and early 2000s were some of the best years to be a gamer alive.
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On March 25 2010 14:58 Spinfusor wrote:
1998:
Alpha Centauri
Unreal
Starcraft + BW
Tribes
Thief
Half-life
Fallout 2
Rainbow Six
Grim Fandango
BG
Dark Omen
QED.
(+MGS if you swing that way).
Oo
crazy, I didnt know that were all 1998 games.. alpha centauri, thief, Baldurs Gate, Unreal, half life, BW
wow that's so sick. Ok Alpha Centauri is basically a Civ3 but still. Sick Oo
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I don't have any new consoles but the new Metroid and Golden Sun are tempting me to get a Wii and DS.
And holy crap I never realized how awesome '98 was.
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United States47024 Posts
On March 25 2010 20:16 Caphe wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2010 15:35 Chrispy wrote:
Man 2007 was the best year (for 360).
Halo 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Cod4. No no no, a great year for casual FPS fanatics at best.
Fixed, seeing as 3 of these 4 games didn't live up for the more devoted fans of their predecessors (Halo 3 disappointed the competitive Halo 1/2 crowd, Bioshock was a System Shock rehash with shiny graphics and EZ mode features, and from what I've head, CoD4 was not up to snuff for some CoD 1/2 players).
OP is also missing Alpha Protocol.
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On March 25 2010 21:29 TwilightStar wrote:It always intrigued me how people can want to play so many games at once... I guess I'm the simplest person, All I can ever dream of playing is SC and Chess (Not a video game, but I play correspondence). Anyway, good luck with playing all of those
single player games take like 10-60 hours to play through
multiplayer sc/chess takes a lifetime to play through
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1998 from wiki
* January 21 – Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
* January 28 - Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
* February 12 - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Win)
* February 28 – Tekken 3 (PS1)
* March 29 – Parasite Eve (PS1)
* March 31 – StarCraft (Win)
* April 30 - Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (Win)
* April 30 - Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sat)
* May 6 – Warhammer: Dark Omen (Win)
* May 22 – Unreal (Win)
* June 29 - Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64)
* August 21 – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Win)
* August 31 - I-War (Independence War) (Win)
* September 10 - Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
* September 30 – Fallout 2 (Win)
* September 30 – Pokémon Red,Blue and Yellow (GBC)
* October 20 – Xenogears (PS1)
* October 21 - Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
* October 30 – Grim Fandango (Win)
* October 31 – Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion (Win)
* October 31 – SiN (Win)
* October 31 - Heretic 2 (Win)
* November 20 – Half-Life (Win)
* November 21 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
* November 30 – StarCraft: Brood War (Win)
* November 30 – Starsiege: Tribes (Win)
* November 30 – Thief: The Dark Project (Win)
* November 30 – Baldur's Gate (Win)
* September 30 - Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (Win)
* October 31 - Blood II: The Chosen (Win)
* December - - King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (Win)
* December 10 – Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)(Win)
* December 20 – Myth II: Soulblighter (Win)
All bold are game I played like mad... so good :o
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Whoa, '98 was also the year Sunsoft re-released Final Fantasy Legend I/II/III and Adventure. I got them along with a green Game Boy Pocket for my birthday. '98 just gets better the more I think about it.
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United States2822 Posts
Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver
Golden Sun DS
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On March 26 2010 03:10 FaCE_1 wrote:
1998 from wiki
* January 21 – Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
* January 28 - Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
* February 12 - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (Win)
* February 28 – Tekken 3 (PS1)
* March 29 – Parasite Eve (PS1)
* March 31 – StarCraft (Win)
* April 30 - Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (Win)
* April 30 - Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sat)
* May 6 – Warhammer: Dark Omen (Win)
* May 22 – Unreal (Win)
* June 29 - Banjo-Kazooie (Nintendo 64)
* August 21 – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Win)
* August 31 - I-War (Independence War) (Win)
* September 10 - Spyro the Dragon (PS1)
* September 30 – Fallout 2 (Win)
* September 30 – Pokémon Red,Blue and Yellow (GBC)
* October 20 – Xenogears (PS1)
* October 21 - Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
* October 30 – Grim Fandango (Win)
* October 31 – Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome Expansion (Win)
* October 31 – SiN (Win)
* October 31 - Heretic 2 (Win)
* November 20 – Half-Life (Win)
* November 21 – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
* November 30 – StarCraft: Brood War (Win)
* November 30 – Starsiege: Tribes (Win)
* November 30 – Thief: The Dark Project (Win)
* November 30 – Baldur's Gate (Win)
* September 30 - Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (Win)
* October 31 - Blood II: The Chosen (Win)
* December - - King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (Win)
* December 10 – Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)(Win)
* December 20 – Myth II: Soulblighter (Win)
All bold are game I played like mad... so good :o
GRIM FANDANGO and Tekken 3 definitely deserve to be balded as well.
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1998 is and always will be the best year in gaming.
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On March 26 2010 03:43 KingofHearts wrote:
u forgot about hon
Lol HON... DOTA > HON in almost everything except for some interface changes such as latency, no drophacks and the glyph thing.
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United States43346 Posts
I played Spyro recently and was amazed how good it was. The gameplay was pretty basic but the levels were better than any of the more recent Spyro's and there was some beautiful dark humour that I didn't appreciate until I was older. You don't know how good those games are until you replay them.
Also the pokemon games owned.
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if some crazy prof invents a tool with which certain parts of your memory can be deleted i'll be the first person to replay half of the games in this thread........
golden age of video gaming was so f'in nice, planescape - where art thou
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