Game of the Decade

Technology and Gaming
#1

Game of the Decade
What was your favourite game of the past decade, the naughties or the nowts, whatever you perfer, mine would pretty much be the same as the above for all the above reasons, Half Life 2, what was yours?

I’ve decided to keep a tally and added more categories to make it a little more intresting, feel free to include your reasons why as well

1 - What was your favourite FPS over the past decade?

Half Life 2 - IIIII 1/3
Quake 4 - 1/3
COD4 Modern Warfare - 1/3

2 - What was your favourite Racer over the past decade?

Burnout Revenge - I
Dirt - I
Grid - II
Need For Speed Shift - I
rFactor - I
Wipeout Pure - I

3 - What was your favourite RPG over the past decade?

The Witcher - I
Mass Effect - I
Fallout 3 - I
Final Fantasy IX - I
Torchlight - I

4 - What was your favourite Platformer over the past decade?

Super Mario Galaxy - IIII
Doukutsu Monogatari (Cave Story) - I
Braid - I

5 - What was your favourite Beat’em Up over the past decade?

Power Stone 2 - I
Street Fighter 4 - I

6 - What was your favourite Action/Adventure over the past decade?

Resident Evil 4 - II
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune - II
Mirrors Edge - I
Metroid Prime - 1/2
Zelda - The Windwaker - 1/2
Assassin’s Creed - I

7 - What was your favourite RTS/Strategy game over the past decade?

C&C Tiberian Wars - I
Age Of Mythology - I

8 - What was your favourite Casual game (Includes Xbox Live Arcade, Wii VC) over the past decade?

Peggle - II
Braid - I

9 - What was your favourite gaming platform over the past decade?

Gamecube - I
Wii - I 1/3
PS2 - I
Xbox360 - 1/3
PC - II 1/3

10 - What was your overall favourite game over the past decade?

Half Life 2 - IIIII IIIII IIIII II
F.E.A.R - I 1/2
Warcraft 3 - I
Bioshock - I
Portal - I
God Hand - 1/2
Counter Strike Source - I
Halo CE - I
Grand Theft Auto 3 - I
Peggle - I

#2

Half life 2: gaming at its best

#3

peggle

#4

peggle was brillant, i never thought watching a ball hit coloured pegs for two minutes would ever be as entertaining as it was, no thats not sarcasm, casul games arguably saw some of the best games come out of the last ten years, further proving its not graphic, its gameplay, take for example braid or ricohet

#5

Warcraft III. Best fucking RTS of all time. And ultra custumizable.

#6

I think I’m not alone when I say that Half-Life 2 and it’s kin (the Episodes) deserves to be called “Game of the Decade.”

#7

Black Mesa. Oh, wait, nevermind. :frowning:

I loved Half-Life Episode 2, so it’s kind of tie between it and Half-Life 2. Halo 3 was also pretty great, but mostly for it’s mp and it’d be even better if Bungie finally released it for computer.

#8

Garth, just shut up before this turns into another Halo Hate thread.

#9

for me its a tie between half life 2(grew up on the series, amazing story and loveable characters)

or

Bioshock( quite possibly the first game to give you genuine moral choices AND have subtle philosophy messages in it while having good game play)

they were both amazing and hinted at the future of gaming

:slight_smile: such a good decade for gaming

#10

Half-Life 2, not a doubt in my mind.

#11

Orange Box.

#12

I stand corrected.

#13

Technically that is a collection of games, and not classed as one game.

#14

Wait until StarCraft II comes out :smiley:

#15

Not if you have the console version… but the PC version is superior to the console version, if only for the modding capabilities.

#16

It’s listed as one game on metacritic… :3

#17

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#18

I have no idea and there are a whole bunch of close ones fighting for the top. I think it’s safe to say “none of them”.

#19

That’s tough, only because in 10 years there have just been so many great games and I can’t remember most of the ones I played back at the beginning of the decade.

I would probably say “Portal” off the top of my head, but to mix it up and go with some great games from the beginning of the decade I’ll throw out “Banjo-Tooie” and “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask”. Not as good as the prequels, but since both were made before the decade, I’ll have to say the sequels.

#20

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