Decade: Game Design of the Decade

Mr E

Rules
- Game Design of the Decade on ANY PLATFORM
- Looking for memorable structure, controls, game setting etc.
- No more than 3 Nominations per person, please.

- To ensure a good spread across the decade, at least one of your 3 nominees must be from 2000-2004 (all 3 can be from that era if you want!)

- Please specify the game(s) and the console(s) they are on.
- Game must have been released on or after January 1st 2000 (search for the game on www.gamefaqs.com and look at the data tab for a release date).
- Nominations of Games for all regions are applicable, providing the games work on PAL consoles (N/A for PCs)
- Vote will take place soon.
- This is the last group. Next: The Vote!

Nominees
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!/Elite Beat Agents
Silent Hill 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Metroid Prime
Shadow of the Colossus
Portal

Retr0gamer

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and Elite Beat Agents (same thing)
Shadow of the Colossus
Wii sports

corcaigh07

Scribblenauts

noodler

Bioshock

MGS3

Silent Hill 2

johnny_ultimate

Portal (for being the most memorable perspective change - sorry Prey!)
Half-Life 2 (for advancing the art of storytelling in games, + physics)
Resident Evil 4 (for kicking the action genre in the nuts)

docmol

Far Cry (the original) On a half decent PC.

rizzla

Silent Hill 2
Portal
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

tman

Portal
Metroid Prime (by far the best 2D to 3D transition of any series I've played)

Mark Hamill

LocoRoco
Psychonauts
Shadow Of The Colossus

cherryghost

Portal
Elite Beat Agents
Ico

silvine

Star Wars: KNOTR
Half Life: Episode II
Max Payne

GothPunk

PC: Deus Ex - for the level of player choice and excellent level design.
PC: Thief II: The Metal Age - for taking Thief and perfecting it - the level design and story in particular. The greatest stealth 'em up thus far.
PS3: Demon's Souls - for the integration of single player and multiplayer elements into one seamless experience.

Burgo

Portal
Shadow of The Colossus

Wobbuffet

Portal
Shadow Of The Colossus
The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask

elekid

Portal
Shadow of the Colossus
Metroid Prime

humanji

Portal - brilliantly designed levels and game mechanic
Hitman - I had Thief 2 down, but then remember how brilliantly organised the missions in Hitman were.
Assassin's Creed - Not the greatest game in the world, but brilliant level design and free running mechanic.