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Hey guys.
I was just thinking about this myself and thought I would pose the question to everyone. As the title reads, what are your favourite ten games from the current generation? Obviously this includes Wii, PlayStation 3 and XBOX games, but also PC, DS, PSP, iOS and 3DS games too. For PC games, I'll let you guys be the judge of what you consider as part of this generation.
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10. Dirt 3
9. Pinball FX 2
8. Trials HD
7. fifa 10
6. Demons Souls
5. Saints Row 2
4. Skate 2
3. Dragon Age Origins
2. Fallout 3
1. Borderlands
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10 games is a bit much but
CoD4: I think people forget how innovative this game was.
Mass Effect 1/2: I can't separate them and that is part of their appeal. Extremely solid.
Fallout 3: still Bethesda best game. Very unique tone on solid mechanics.
Oblivion/Skyrim: in a world where games are getting smaller these are gigantic.
Portal 1/2: Portal 1 is a masterpiece and 2 is one of the funniest games made.
Dragon Age 1: I'm calling it, the last oldschool RPG Bioware will make.
Bastion: as close to perfect as any game has come.
Gears 1: Innovative and still outstanding.
Saints Row 1/2/3: ok I'm weird but I have loved every game in the series and with 3 they have found their identity.
I played it loosely with my picks so this isn't final.
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In no order.
Wow I didn't think a list of 10 would be to few.
MGS4.
This is a no brainer as MGS is my favourite game series ever.
Fallout 3.
Not reading to much about the game, it wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be.For about the first 2 hours I found it boring but when I started enjoying it DAMN did I start enjoying it.
Star Ocean Last Hope International.
I used to love RPG's but in recent years myinterest in them has severely waned.Playing this game reminds me of why I used to love RPG's so much.
Batman Arkham Assylum.
Being a Spider-Man fanboy and Batman being the only DC superhero I like, it's an amazing feat when you make a Batman game that I think is the best comic hero game made.
Saints Row 2/The Third.
I never thought I would see the day where I would love SR but hate GTA.I had no interest in the first game because to me it looked like a game about gang banger wannabe's.But with the change to GTA and my hatred for the game I longed for a good over the top "GTA" and watching video's of SR2 showed that SR was that "GTA."
Uncharted series.
Do I even need to explain? 
Just Cause 2.
Unlike a lot of people, I really enjoyed the first JC but JC2 was on a completely different level.
First off the game world is HUGE and you can actually view the whole map.No disappearing of the map here.You get in a heli and fly as high as you can and you can view the whole damn thing.
The graphics are amazing for such a huge open world.
The action is just insane.What other game allows you to drive a car, get out and stand on the roof while the car is still moving then grapple onto a heli, pull out the pilot then fly it yourself, get into a masive dog fight, hijack as many other heli's you want?
Condemned 2
I never played the first one but loved the second.I'm quite a big CSI so the CSI elements of the game really made me want to play it.
It actually had one the few genuinely scary moment when you're in the lodge and that huge rabid bear is chasing you trying to eat you.
Dead Island.
I know some people here will read this scratching their head wondering how the hell this game gets on my list.
Well all I cared about was having fun in a big open world killing zombies and I got exactly that.I didn't care that the story wasn't a dramatic heart pulling experience that we all thought we were gonna get when we saw that trailer.I just wanted to run around hacking up zombies and save survivors.
Dead Risng 2.Like SR I never played the first one but unlike SR, I actually wanted to play the first.
Now I have watched a few vids of SR and in terms of violence/gore/horror, the first looks a lot better but DR2 is a great game.
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In no particular order:
Stalker
Borderlands
Bad Company 2
Portal series
Fallout New Vegas
Half-Life 2 + Episodes
Dark Souls
Audiosurf
Deus Ex HR
Donkey Kong Country Returns
edit: Honorable mention to WoW - as much as I cant stand it now, I played this forEVER
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I'm not posting my list until OP does the same.
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wait is that a riptor avatar Game? Cause... that would only be cooler if it was saberwulf.
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| Benza wrote: | | wait is that a riptor avatar Game? Cause... that would only be cooler if it was saberwulf. |
It is and yes a Saberwulf avatar would have been cooler.
I searched google and put this sites max size into the search and Riptor or Spinal were the only characters there was a pic of.
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In no order;
Pokemon HeartGold/Soulsilver
Mentioned this many times so I probably don't have to say it again, but Nintendo and Game Freak really kicked arse with this game. It was a wonderful remake and if every game remake was to this quality there wouldn't be a single complaint. These games are not a cash-in - They truly deserve full RRP, even more imo. It's fresh and inventive but still faithful with the addition of some new content.
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl & Platinum
The first time I played these games I was disappointed, but playing them recently after Black/White I can't believe how much fun these games are. So many cool additions and the map so far is really good. Also having a blast in the underground dungeons, I must have spent about 10 hours in their alone! The new pokemon have also kinda grown on me, it's pretty good when you play a game so much you constantly have to recharge your DS lol
Gears of War
Completely blew me off when I first played it, throwing you into a dark and deep story and just taking things off from there was awesome. So many cool ideas too like the one button cover, active reloads, chainsaw bayonet, Hammer of Dawn, etc. Also loved the smartarse remarks and dialogue from all the team members, especially Baird! Such a fun, interesting and dark game.
Assassin's Creed II
Didn't believe this game when I first played it, I liked number 1 but the jump in quality that this game had was a huge surprise. The gameplay was also brilliant, taking on so many guards at once is yet again awesome and Ubisoft really figured out how to make something out of the series. Initially the animus from number 1 and desmond seemed like a retardedly pointless addition, but they've completely turned that around.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
This game is wonderful, there is not a single game like it even 2 years after it's release. The amount of wacky stuff you can do is hilarious and attaching rockets and jets to a penis-mobile is my next mission. This game is clever, colourful and really immersive to play. I never played the originals but I'm glad as I would be disappointed by the thought of not liking this game. I think it was majorly over-looked.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
This game did everything right in terms of cinematic gameplay and the intensity was incredible in some parts. The setting was surreal and so many cool levels including the sinking boat and the deserted Chernobyl zone. Infinity Ward also provided a game with challenging difficulty and fun achievements. This game really did deserve the praise it got, even though it opened up the floodgates to the series we have now.
Super Mario Galaxy
Nintendo made a truly wonderful game here, it was so much fun! Almost every level was extremely well thought out and the game had some of the nicest graphics I have seen across all consoles. The Bowser fights were awesome and a few of the bonus levels in the game were intense and completely crazy with their design! Nintendo never lost their ability to make such wonderful games.
Halo 3
No secret that I love Halo, but I really think this game deserves this spot even with my bias aside. The missions are excellent and the gameplay is as fun as ever. I really enjoyed the story with this one and finding skulls was one of the funnest things I've done. Also had huge fun on the Ghosts, by far my favourite vehicle along with 'Too Close to the Sun' which is one of my favourite achievements I have earned.
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Am yet to play Skyrim which I cannot wait to do, but I still consider Oblivion to be one of the best games of the generation. The caves were pointless and the design of the Oblivion world was completely lazy but there so many beautiful locations in Cyrodiil, and so many interesting quests to be done. I loved exploring the world and the sky in Shivering Isles was mesmerizing.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The reasons here are purely personal, I probably can't convince anyone but I think they did a great job with this game. It's a sandbox type of game but in my all time favourite universe, there can be nothing wrong with it. Loved exploring Hogwarts and finding all the mini discoveries to be made, also enjoyed the mini-games and especially the Gobstones/Chess matches. I hope someone remakes these games one day, after this Lego game I'm yet to play there won't be any more Harry Potter videogames 
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Phrasing dude 
Spose I should do a list instead of just making snarky comments.
Assassins Creed Brotherhood
I've already written at length about my love for this series. And brotherhood was for my money when it really reached it's pinnacle in brotherhood. The side quests were great, the glyph exploration was fucking amazing, and the climax of that was my favourite bit of the series.
Basically everything about this game is probably the best that the game has been.
Gears of war 1
Again I've gone into a fair bit why I loved this game, the gameplay was great and co-op in it is pretty much unmatched, but the story and more specifically the vauge way it's told is amazing. It's really something that I think games need to get more into. Everything isn't explained and by the time you're finished you're left with the feeling that the world is much larger and more complicated then what you've seen. I really can't think of another game that's done that as well.
Mass Effect 2
And I love this for basically the complete opposite reasons. Just the amount of detail in the world is amazing. It got rid of the slog through the citadel and focused the gameplay much better then the first, it also alowed me to make good on my unrequited love for Garrus.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chroncials : The crystal beared
Ridiculously overlong title aside, I've always loved the Crystal Chroncials games and am of the firm opinion that the game cube game is one of the most sorely underrated games of that generation.
This game took away a lot of what I loved with the original, no co-op, a more straight forward storyline rather then the discover it yourself style of the first, no more playable Yuke. But it replaced it with some pretty awesome stuff, loved the reveal of what is under the yukes helmet (I remember I actually ran into our bedroom and woke my girlfriend up to tell her after I saw that cutscene) and the throwing stuff gameplay was heaps of fun and a smart use of the wii controller.
Prof Layton:any of em
They're all so fucking good I mean usually puzzle games are kind of eh to me but, fuck me I love those games, just the story and the writing is so consitently good, the art is gorgeous (Even if it is largely derivative) and they're so fucking addictive.
World of Warcraft
I played this game religiously for 5 years. That has to be worth something. The gameplay has become stale and watching gameplay vids for the new pandarean expac fills me with an overwhelming sense of "Dear god I just can't be fucked" but I still think it's created one of the most compelling and interesting worlds for a game. I love the characters, I love the world and the setting, the style and pretty much everything about the world that blizard created. I just can't stomach anymore of the gameplay
Blazblue: Continuim Shift
Best fighting game of the gen hands down. Gorgeous sprites, great gameplay, ludicrously indepth story mode. The only thing I'd fault it on is the character designs are really fucking derivative of Guilty Gear, they have started fixing that with CS though with the new characters added easily standing on their own instead of being slightly remixed guilty gear guys.
Saints Row 3
Balls out insane, I spent an hour louring zombies to an edge of a cliff on my hover bike before shooting them with my hover bikes mounted chain gun.
Really I think anything more said then that is unessecary.
Red Dead Redemption
DAT MEXICO ENTRY!
Although it suffered from a lot of Rockstars usual problems with pacing and story (Introducing all the interesting characters at the begining, then pushing them aside and replacing them with dull mediocer and plain old boring characters) It's still an amazing game, the occasional song with lyrics cropping up is used gorgeously. The end is one of the best endings in a game I've ever seen.
Prince of Persia
This game got a lot of shit but god I loved it. The graphics are amazing and I love seeing games that try something new with their graphics instead of going for realism. The voice acting and character development between the prince and Elika is just amazing, the animation is simply fucking gorgeous. The combat is fantastic if a little simplistc. AND THAT FUCKING ENDING!
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I think this list will probably be almost identical to if I did a top 10 of all time, maybe that says a lot about this gen, maybe that just says I played shit games during my childhood.
The Orange Box
Does this count as a game? Because if it does I think it's the best game ever made.
Dark/Demon's Souls
Finished Demon's Souls and loved it, haven't had the time to get as far into Dark Souls, but from what I've played it's just as good if not better, both of these could likely make it into my top 10.
Bastion
For me this game was fantastic, the gameplay was solid but the art style and narrator are the icing on this delicious cake.
Red Dead Redemption
The story was fantastic and I cried at least once, that's saying a lot.
Super Meat Boy
Simply put the best platform I think ever made.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
This would probably sit towards the bottom of my top 10 if I could bother putting things in any proper order. But it still makes it into my top 10 for pretty damn awesome gameplay and making me think about thing and consider aspects of morality that I've not yet really thought that much about before, and that I might have to consider in the future in about 20-40 or so years time.
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| Puddingfork wrote: | | The Orange Box |
TF2 alone should be on a few more lists me thinketh.
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Super Mario Galaxy
Portal 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum/City
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Mass Effect 2
Plants vs Zombies
Mario Kart DS/7
New Super Mario Bros
Torchlight
Halo 3
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| ThunderCurls wrote: | | Gamesta wrote: | a Saberwulf avatar would have been cooler.
I searched google and put this sites max size into the search and Riptor or Spinal were the only characters there was a pic of. |
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Sadly the site won't let me use that because it's bigger than 15kb apparently.
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^ Save it to your PC, open in Paint, and rename as .jpeg instead of the .png. This will bring it under 15kb.
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This should work Gamesta:
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Anyway, here's a bit of a list, choosing original games over sequels for next gen innovation, and choosing games which I had more fun with over others which are technically better. Just some small comments, most people TL:DR anyway
10. Skate - Definitive skating game (never touched the sequels) pretty much re-inventing the genre completely. Skating/racing games were all I played last gen, and it really put the Tony Hawk series (which I adored) to complete shame.
9. Oblivion - First true 'next gen' open world adventure game which blew me away over 5 years ago. Skyrim is marginally better but it took them 5 years to make it since Oblivion was released.
8. Trials HD I'm an old-school gamer at heart and love physics-based games so I fell in love with this instantly. Tough as nails with insane amounts of fun racing against other PALGNers (via 'ghosts') on the leaderboards.
7. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - Most amount of fun this gen with a shooter. Playing Battlefield 3 to death, but it's just missing something which made BC2 so special.
6. Dead Space - Loved the story and the isolation aspect, awesome sound and a unique weapon/upgrading system.
5. Bayonetta/Ninja Gaiden 2 - Just stupid amounts of fun with my favourite gaming genre.
4. Batman: Arkham Asylum - Best game ever made based on a comic, just loved the fluidity of the combat and the exploration within the game.
3. Mass Effect - Best Sci-fi series ever made, totally immersed in its story, yet to play the sequel.
2. Super Meat Boy - pretty much the best 2D platformer ever made IMO, getting 100% for the game was the second toughest challenge I've ever done in gaming, was just an awesome moment when I finally pulled it off.
1. Starcraft 2 - Probably not the most fun I've had with an RTS, but certainly the most competitive and with the most balance. Spent more time on this game than any other this gen, so it gets my no.1. Making platinum/diamond division is a life goal that I'll probably never reach
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| GooberMan wrote: | | I'm not posting my list until OP does the same. |
I wanted to have a think about it before posting
10. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
This was one of the first DS games I got, and it is still my most played game for the system. I fucking love the Advance Wars series, and this game took everything that was awesome about the first two and made it all better. I had a bunch of friends who I'd play with on a regular basis and the Dual Strikes were just crazy fun.
9. Pokemon Black/White
Black and White reaffirmed my love for the series. I was worried when I first found out the games would feature exclusively brand new Pokemon, but they actually managed to come up with some fantastic new designs. Add to that a ton of gameplay refinements which make them the best Pokemon games since the originals.
8. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
This is by far my most played game of the generation, and I'm still playing it at least once a week, with a group of about 10 mates. I have been a fan of the Smash series since the beginning, and this blew me away. A huge roster of characters, interestingly designed stages and just balls to the walls fun. Not much else I can say about this really.
7. Demon's Souls
Demon' Souls is the hardest game I have ever played, period. It was actually incredibly frustrating for the first few hours as it just seemed impossible to make it through a level without dying several times. At some point though, everything just kind of fell into place. I had become used to the combat, had a decent arsenal of weapons and could actually fight back reasonably well. It became clear that the game was doing everything it could to end you, and it did, plenty of times, but the frustration was gone, and all that was left was a burning desire to murder the fucker who got me.
6. Portal
I'm struggling for words with this one. The game was just awesome. It had one of the freshest ideas in years, coupled with funny dialogue and solid puzzles. I need to play Portal 2!
5. BioShock
I only finished this a couple of days ago, and it blew me away. Rapture is by far the most believable game world ever created. I loved just wandering through the city and exploring, taking everything in, noticing all the small details that showed what had happened to the place. If the same level of effort that went into making Rapture had gone into the story, it would have been much higher on my list.
4. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid Prime is my favourite game of all time, so I was always going to love this. It didn't live up to the original (which I never expected anyway), but it was an amazing game and a fitting end to the trilogy. The motion controls are still the best I have experienced on the system and they fucking rock.
3. Super Mario Galaxy
I love the Mario games. Super Mario 64 was one of the first games to totally blow me away, and while Sunshine didn't quite live up to my expectations, it was still fun. Super Mario Galaxy is something else entirely though. It has to be one of the most polished games ever - everything is just...perfect. Amazing level design, cool powerups, a phenomenal soundtrack...it seriously is the best platforming game ever made*.
* I haven't played Galaxy 2 yet.
2. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Another of my favourite game series, this was main the reason I bought a PS3. And, man, was it worth it! Yes, there's hours and hours of cutscenes, but I didn't mind as I was just absorbed in finding out what was going to happen next. It's my favourite game in the series and theres no better way to end Snake's story than that.
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
It was a touch choice between this a MGS4, but Nathan's lighthearted personality pushed it over the edge for me. The Uncharted series is easily my pick for best new IP of the generation. Drake's Fortune was fantastic, but it was Among Thieves that blew everything out of the water. The game is a cluster fuck of epic-ness couples with likeable characters and the best dialogue in any game I've played.
"There's a guy above you, there's a guy above you!"..."There's a guy below you, there's a guy below you!"
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I dunno about top 10, that's too hard, but here's a list anyway.
Portal/Portal 2: These 2 games are just fucking brilliant. Brilliant puzzles
Uncharted 2/3: In a tough fight with Portal for best new IP this gen. Again, 2 absolutely amazing games.
Professor Layton: Take your pick out of the four. Engrossing story overlaid with a bunch of puzzles, some of which are diabolical. Another fantastic series.
Ace Attorney series: Another DS series with a fantastic story, and some great puzzles in there to boot. Again, take your pick as to which ones to include, they're all great. Ghost Trick is almost the same quality as well.
Skyrim: Wow. This game is just... wow. Even though I never really liked any of Bethesda's stuff in the past (Not a fan of Fallout 3, Morrowind was OK), this game is just stunning. Probably got the greatest world in any video game ever.
Super Mario Galaxy 1/2: The best 2 Mario Platformers to date. There, I said it. Not many games are worth mentioning on the Wii, but these 2 are.
Wii Sports: Best casual game of this generation, it deserves a mention.
Plants Vs Zombies: A game so good, I bought it in multiple formats (PC and iOS). This is something I don't do ever, so it must have something good going on beyond its quirky concept.
Borderlands: Best $30 I ever spent on the GOTY. There is already so much in the original game, and each DLC pack adds hours of content. Got totally addicted to rolling around from place to place collecting loot.
And finally Catherine. Again, the story is really good, and the puzzles range from "Difficult" to "Downright Evil." To anyone who says Dark Souls is the toughest game this gen: Have you played Catherine yet?
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In no order
Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted 2/3
Mass Effect 1/2
Dragon Age Origins
Assassins Creed 2/Brotherhood (yet to complete brotherhood)
Gears Of War 1
Gran Turismo 5
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Great scott, that was supposed to be 'away' hahaha
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Christ that is hard to do. Um. I assume this starts from November 16th 2005, when the Xbox 360 came out? Because it's hard with PC games due to bridging generation gaps. Okay, so here's ten games that have contributed equally to define what this generation means to me. That doesn't mean these are the only games that have left a big impact, just the ones that immediately come to mind. And in no particular order.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
I've said it before, but as far as I'm concerned this is the best 3D platforming game ever made. Perfectly represents how great Nintendo can be when at their best, and how in touch they are with their platforming roots. Unbelievably creative and almost bloated in content, not to mention stupid beautiful, it is the standard to which all 3D platformers should be judged, and one of the best games I've ever played.
Bayonetta
Much like Galaxy 2 is to platformers, I feel that Bayonetta is the best 3D action game ever made, in terms of base mechanics, hierarchy of move combos, and focus on a player driven skill set over anything else. Its simply one of those games where the fighting mechanics are smooth as butter and never skip a beat. Easy to understand, but deep enough to be hard to master. I wasn't big on the story, but the set pieces and climaxes (literally) were incredible. I also really, really loved the art direction and the soundtrack.
The Orange Box
Cheating a bit here but fuck you I don't care. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 further cemented my believe that the Half-Life saga is still among the best quality gaming you can buy. Team Fortress 2 has been my multiplayer of choice game for nearly 300 hours, and the amount of free content it has received puts other developers to shame. Portal needs no introduction. It was Narbacular Drop with more style, instantly iconic, and ridiculously creative and memorable use of powerful game narrative in a short game experience. The Orange Box, with the entire released Half-Life 2 saga, Portal and Team Fortress 2, along with the wealth of free updates for the latter over the years, is probably the most valuable gaming release this generation.
Medieval II: Total War
My favourite Total War game. I've spent well over 100 hours, probably over 200 hours, conquering a dark ages Europe. For over a year Medieval II was my go-to game for casual play when sitting in front of my PC. I'd boot up whatever long campaign I was on and just conquer and war for what I thought would be half an hour, but in actuality turned into several hours. In terms of value for money, game content and fun factor, this is easily one of the most generation defining games for me.
Mass Effect
A weird entry for me. Mass Effect and it's sequel are yins and yangs. Both do a lot of things I absolute love, but both also do a lot of things I don't. Furthermore, each does something I felt the other did better, so I'm hoping Mass Effect 3 finds the best qualities of both. Regardless, the series has an enduring quality and attraction because I love sci-fi, I love RPGs, and I love action. I rate the original over the sequel in this instance because I felt it had a much better story, but more importantly had the advantage of being new. Mass Effect 2 had the unavoidable problem of continuing a universe that was no longer truly fresh. Enjoyable as that may still be, that first impact you get from experiencing the universe in the original game, and learning all the lore for the first time, is hard to beat. First impressions count the most, and here Mass Effect wins.
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Super Meat Boy is a better platformer, but DKCR beats it out by playing with my childhood nostalgia, which is more of a personal thing. It's the DKC game I've wanted since DKC3, and I'm not surprised Retro delivered. Like SMG2, DKCR seems to introduce a new gimmick in each level, keeping the whole experience fresh from start to finish. The graphics and animation are gorgeous too. I don't know. It just hit a lot of really good notes for me. One of those games I don't remember feeling sour on at any point. Pure classic Donkey Kong Country fun that left me with good feelings. Sexually.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
The kind of game that could only pop out of relatively unknown yet unbelievably ambitious Eastern European developer. It's a marvel STALKER ever got released. It's the ultimate "give the player complete control" first person shooter. Sure, that often results in tedium and frustrating difficult. And yeah, the game was buggy as hell. But it had that real depth and sense of ambition that was strong in old PC RPGs like Fallout. A game where survival required genuine effort and skill from players and not just a bunch of QTEs or checkpoints. It plays like nothing else and I'm absolutely devastated the sequel, along with GSC Game World, are no more. I fondly remember buying the collector's tin edition from JB HiFi Elizabeth Street on the day it came out, using a combination of coins I scraped up and literally every cent left in my bank account. Food, bills and everything else was second to STALKER and it's a decision I don't regret at all.
No More Heroes
Old school arcade hack-and-slash gameplay that should have been boring and repetitive, yet I loved. Clumsy over world design and some truly rank framerate issues, yet neither detracted from the experience for me. I absolutely loved the 'faked' Wii remote motion controls to sever limbs and perform wrestling moves. Killer7 is still my favourite game, but No More Heroes has a powerful message and genius creativity in it's story that lures gamers into a false sense of security and then mocks them. The story is loaded with so much irony it would make a hipster blush, but I also think when you read between the lines (even if it isn't true) there's really interesting and genuinely thought provoking insight into the life and hobby of a gamer. Plus it has an awesome soundtrack.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Another one of those "it wasn't perfect, but..." games. Human Revolution is weird, because it manages to be a typical blockbuster game yet also...not shit. Compromises were made, but many of them were rational, working towards a more presentable experience without severely detracting from the goal of being a faithful Deus Ex game. Streamling exists, but again it doesn't really hurt most of the design, and in some cases betters it. Art direction and audio productions were truly out of this world. It's not quite as ambitious as Deus Ex, and there's a lot of improvements that could be made to take it to the next level of game design, but I'll be damned if it isn't the closet we've gotten to that kind of game since Troika's Bloodlines many moons ago, and I honestly didn't expect we'd see anything like those games for much longer. Given I was immeasurable cynical for a very long time, Human Revolution is also probably my biggest surprise of the entire generation. Eidos Montreal made me a believer that there is still hope for WRPGs.
Vanquish
Mikami directed Resident Evil 4, Epic took influence for Gears, and so began the age of waist high cover shooters. Mikami directed Vanquish, and low and behold it takes third person shooters to a new level. It's not really a third person shooter though. Not as you know them. It's really an old school arcade shmup dressed up as a third person shooter. And that's why I loved it. Like Bayonetta there's a set of rock solid base mechanics that the player has complete control over. The experience is as good as you are a player, and at it's hardest it demands furious mastery. The fact the game emphasises playing hard and fast over stopping and popping is a breath of fresh air. The whole game is like a shot of adrenalin straight into your eyes.
So um. There's that.
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As has already been said, this is a difficult topic to answer, particular given that I think there's still a whole lot of awesome left to this generation of consoles.
In no particular order, here are the games which, so far, stick in my mind as the best this generation of consoles has to offer:
1. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune / Uncharted 2: Among Thieves / Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum / Batman: Arkham City
3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
4. Super Mario Galaxy / Super Mario Galaxy 2
5. Bayonetta
6. Vanquish
7. Dead Space / Dead Space 2
8. Red Dead Redemption
9. Assassin's Creed 2 / Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
10. God of War III
EDIT: Hmm, if we're allowing DS games which were already released on GBA, then the Ace Atotrney series has got to be up there. One of my favourite franchises ever.
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