i think in that case it was a mix of a high price of entry and the series being fairly spread out that led to it not getting a ton of recognition. it was still one of the top 20 franchises for the generation.
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i think in that case it was a mix of a high price of entry and the series being fairly spread out that led to it not getting a ton of recognition. it was still one of the top 20 franchises for the generation.
sleazefrenzy
Member
Surprised how little Microsoft features considering how dominant that platform seemed for so many years. I wonder if their first party games would have been remembered more fondly if they weren't still milking them to this day.
Good top 10, lots of Mario, lots of Souls, nothing too surprising. I need to play Xenoblade some time.
Race Driver: GRID was robbed.
Good top 10, lots of Mario, lots of Souls, nothing too surprising. I need to play Xenoblade some time.
Race Driver: GRID was robbed.
Interesting to see what people voted for.
A lot different than what I would have picked.
I lol'ed
A lot different than what I would have picked.
I lol'ed
Way too high!
ChamplooJones
Formerly Momotaro
Bayonetta grabbing the #10 spot.
Good job GAF.
Good job GAF.
1st Course
Member
Fucking lol @ MGS4 winning the 2008 GOTY for the 3rd time here.
CorporateClown
Member
I was going to say how the list is skewed towards particular series, platforms, but then saw only 252 ballots were cast so that makes sense.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
I can't not agree with this list.
Well deserved
giancarlo123x
Banned
MGS4 should be number 1,game of the year twice baby!
Megatron
Member
Team Fortress 2 is part of that also on consoles.
Also being kind of a fad. Saying this as someone who voted for it and put hundreds of hours into the games. GH/RB just aren't something people have a lot of nostalgia for, at least not yet. I think most people look back on the games as gimmicks that took up too much space in their living spaces for too long.
Luckily the clear best game in the series, RB3, outranked everything else. Which makes sense, because the people who really loved the games probably stuck it out for that long and got to see Harmonix's vision fully realized with that game.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Why would one not vote for two games in a series if one thinks they are the best of the gen? In my eyes Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 are the closest thing to perfection, have sublime level design, are filled to the brim with creative ideas, they are just all around marvel and are significantly better than anything else this generation, even though I really enjoyed a ton of games this generation. I am sure others would be able to say something similar about Souls or Naughty Dog games (though I would not agree with them). Why is it you just assume people vote for games in a series for outside reasons than just loving those games?
Version 3.0
Member
Yay, results time! Thanks again for doing this, Anihawk.
My prediction came true, sort of. Dark Souls and Demon's Souls split the vote and lost to The Last of Us, because Naughty Dog fans gravitated more to a single game.
But man, just barely in both cases. Only 4 votes separated The Last of US and Dark Souls, and only 7 votes separated Demon's Souls and Uncharted 2! Talk about neck and neck.
But I didn't see Mario Galaxy leapfrogging them both. Congrats to Mario!
My prediction came true, sort of. Dark Souls and Demon's Souls split the vote and lost to The Last of Us, because Naughty Dog fans gravitated more to a single game.
But man, just barely in both cases. Only 4 votes separated The Last of US and Dark Souls, and only 7 votes separated Demon's Souls and Uncharted 2! Talk about neck and neck.
But I didn't see Mario Galaxy leapfrogging them both. Congrats to Mario!
in the middle of the gen we had a couple 'best games of all time' threads and smg consistently won. i think uncharted 2 was a runner-up too.
So I pretty much nailed the top 5. lol
Anyway, lots of game I haven't played on the list yet. I got some homework to do.
I call it justice.
The prophecies foretold a 4th victory yet to come.
Anyway, lots of game I haven't played on the list yet. I got some homework to do.
I call it justice.
The prophecies foretold a 4th victory yet to come.
dancingphlower
Member
I am pretty surprised that Arkham City is so low compared to Arkham Asylum. City is the much better experience, felt more...TIGHT and COHESIVE. But really, City is the better game. And no love for any of the Devil May Cry games? Also kind of strange, though to be fair 4 and DmC are among the weaker entries in the series (2 doesn't count).
Melchiah
Member
Good choices, and there are many of my favorites in the top 25. It's great that WipEout HD topped the racing section. Well deserved. The horror section is pretty underwhelming, but so was the whole generation in that regard. It's odd, that The Last of Us is not included there. It's not really a 3rd person shooter, unless you play it on easy. On normal and hard it would fit the stealth section far better.
EDIT: Thanks to Anihawk for compiling and presenting the data.
EDIT: Thanks to Anihawk for compiling and presenting the data.
Surprised Dark Souls did not top the list, figured GAF's souls fans outnumbered Naughty Dog fans.
Props to the other person who voted for PMD: Explorers of Sky.
People really overblow the story aspects of Galaxy. I don't dislike Rosalina's backstory, but it's a cute detail at best. It really baffles me that people value something like that so highly over the step up in level design and difficulty present in Galaxy 2.
Props to the other person who voted for PMD: Explorers of Sky.
Galaxy is the best Mario game, so that's that on that. Galaxy 2 is a better platformer/game, but 1 has such an amazing soul.
From the iconic cutscenes
to the incredible, sad and deep Rosalina's backstory,
Galaxy 1 deserves to be called the better one of the duology.
People really overblow the story aspects of Galaxy. I don't dislike Rosalina's backstory, but it's a cute detail at best. It really baffles me that people value something like that so highly over the step up in level design and difficulty present in Galaxy 2.
the last of us is an odd bird. i think it can slot into many different places. batman arkham asylum could be a stealth game too but i feel like it fits more into the metroid style of action-adventure instead for instance.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I always saw Action-Adventure as a game that mixes at least 3 genres on the regular for the experience since the first time I heard it it was applied to Zelda. With Zelda you have the combat, puzzles, and rpg components.
Batman you have combat, stealth, platforming, and puzzles.
Uncharted you have shooting, platforming, and puzzles.
Metroid is just platforming and combat. Action-Platformer
LiquidSolid
Member
TLOU is all about resource management and avoiding fights (if you can), so it's a survival horror game.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Glad to see Dark Souls and Demon's Souls are so high.
Salty that they aren't #1, and that Dragon's Dogma and my other favourites are so low. Booooo
Once again thanks for your hard work, AniHawk.
Salty that they aren't #1, and that Dragon's Dogma and my other favourites are so low. Booooo
Once again thanks for your hard work, AniHawk.
AuthenticM
Member
Glad to see that even during the whole hateboner for Japan last gen, 4/5 of the top 10 were Japanese games. It's interesting to see what games have held up better than others.
I'm surprised for all of the love for ME2, though. For me it always sat as the weakest entry of the trilogy. Sure, the first mission (where you recruit Garrus) and the suicide mission were great, but so much of the game felt like trawls down linear corridors with repetitive combat. Lacked the exploration and sense of wonder that the first had (although the combat was definitely much smoother), and the gameplay at least was better in 3.
Anyways, I expected Radiant Historia to do much better, and I'm pleasantly surprised by Xenoblade's placement (easily my #1 from that gen), since the game was such a limited release. I really should have voted
I'm surprised for all of the love for ME2, though. For me it always sat as the weakest entry of the trilogy. Sure, the first mission (where you recruit Garrus) and the suicide mission were great, but so much of the game felt like trawls down linear corridors with repetitive combat. Lacked the exploration and sense of wonder that the first had (although the combat was definitely much smoother), and the gameplay at least was better in 3.
Anyways, I expected Radiant Historia to do much better, and I'm pleasantly surprised by Xenoblade's placement (easily my #1 from that gen), since the game was such a limited release. I really should have voted
Kevin Shields
Member
Just checking this list out for recommendations and I didn't see Bioshock 2 like at all... I thought that game had a big following on Gaf?
Also I hope the reason there is only one honorable mention for metro games is because most people played the redux. Last Light entered my top 10 after I beat it last week...
Also I hope the reason there is only one honorable mention for metro games is because most people played the redux. Last Light entered my top 10 after I beat it last week...
Don't know how you got that impression. Every discussion of Bioshock 2 that has ever happened has started out with "Well, it's not a bad game..." It is one of the most utterly forgotten sequels that has ever existed.
The story is that there is no Gen 6 skip-over, and I don't know what you're talking about. The Gen 6 thread is linked right at the top of the OP.
Kevin Shields
Member
Check any bioshock series lttp threads and you'll see numbers of people praising it as best game in the series. Better gameplay etc.
I thought there was enough of a following to at least rank on the entire list.
bayonetta is a lot more popular here due to the semifrequent re-releases and the gameplay being so sooooo good.
