Games of the generation

Deadwing

With the next generation of gaming almost upon us, i got to thinking what the greatest games to come out of the current generation are. for myself, id have to say:

Gamecube:
Resident evil 4
REmake
Metroid prime
Wind waker

PS2
Ico
GTA3

Xbox
KOTOR
Halo
Ninja gaiden

PC
WOW
Battlefield series
Half life 2
Doom 3

Still some great games to come this gen tho, zelda twilight princess, shadow of the colossus etc etc

Retr0gamer

PS2

Final Fantasy X
Gradius V
God of War
ICO
GTA Vice City
silent Hill 2
MGS 3

Xbox

Panzer Dragoon Orta
Ninja Gaiden
Halo 1+2

Gamecube

Metroid Prime 1+2
Resident Evil 4
Super Smash Bros. Melee
F-zero GX
Viewtiful Joe

Dreamcast

Shenmue 1+2
Ikaruga
Rez

PC

Half-life 2
KOTOR 1+2
Call of Duty

Multiformat

Beyond Good and Evil
Prince of Persia: SOT

Deadwing

Im so ashamed, i totally forgot Silent hill 2 on the ps2..best in the series by a country mile..and how in the hell did i forget the DC :rolleyes:
On DC:
Power stone
Shenmue
Crazy taxi

grimloch

PS2

GTA series
Final fantasy X-2
Metal gear solid
Gran turismo 3
Devil may cry series

PC

Far cry
Half life 2
Doom 3

1huge1

Gamecube:
remake
re 0
re 4
zelda wind waker
mario kart dd
eternal darkness

ps2:
max payne 2
gta series
gt3
red faction

multiformat:
timesplitters 2

rainbow kirby

Retr0gamer wrote:

Gamecube

Metroid Prime 1+2
Resident Evil 4
Super Smash Bros. Melee
F-zero GX
Viewtiful Joe

Add Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2 to that and you've got my games of the generation. Also multiformat: TimeSplitters 2.

and handhelds...
Metroid Zero Mission
WarioWare Inc: Minigame Mania (original and best)
Metroid Fusion
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire

Sand

Rome:Total War
Half Life 2
Knights of the Old Republic
Silent Hunter 3

Theyre the classics of the current generation of games. I could throw in a few other titles I like, but we're talking classics here.

TheAlmightyArse

Gamecube:
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Metroid Prime
Resident Evil 4
DK: Jungle Beat (no, honestly)
Paper Mario
Super Monkey Ball
Viewtiful Joe
Pikmin 2

GBA:
Warioware Inc
Advance Wars

PS2:
Disgaea
GTA Vice City
Silent Hill 2
Devil May Cry

Xbox:
... tbh...*

Multiformat:
TimeSplitters 2
SSX3
Morrowind

*This is simply my own opinion formed within my own realm of experience and should on no account be misinterpreted as a declaration of an inarguable universal truth. Please.

OY

I agree with most of the entries but this one...

grimloch wrote:

PS2

GTA series
Final fantasy X-2
Metal gear solid
Gran turismo 3
Devil may cry series

PC

Far cry
Half life 2
Doom 3

:eek:
Seriously, you are having a laugh right? Because that game was a travesty!

grimloch

OY wrote:

I agree with most of the entries but this one...



:eek:
Seriously, you are having a laugh right? Because that game was a travesty!

Oh dear god, that was a typo of the highest order

I swear that was meant to be FFX not X-2

i thank you sir for pointing out that error

Citizen_Erased

Gameboy advance:
Zelda minish cap
Pokemon series
Harvest Moon : Friends of mineral town

Ps2
Gta series (maybe not sa)
Final Fantasy X (not x-2)
Metal Gears

Pc
Half Life 1+2
Counterstrike
Farcry
BattleField series

OY

grimloch wrote:

Oh dear god, that was a typo of the highest order

I swear that was meant to be FFX not X-2

i thank you sir for pointing out that error

LOL! I nearly crapped myself at the thought of someone enjoying that game!
Nice one...

RuggieBear

pc
Farcry

GC
Metroid Prime

Xbox
tigerwoods 2005 ( it's all i have)

PS2
pro evo soccer (emm..it's the only thing i've ever played on PS2)

grimloch

OY wrote:

LOL! I nearly crapped myself at the thought of someone enjoying that game!
Nice one...

i assure you that was no joke my friend....

id wet myself laughing if someone put that game down as legendary

im really not paying attention tonight, at least that potentially destroying situation was averted

danniemcq

N64
Goldeneye
Mario Kart
Perfect Dark

Master Ststem
Sonic (all except 3)
Streets Of Rage
Chase HQ

Playstation 1
GT2
Grand Theft Auto (Old School Style)
Final Fantasy VII

Playstation 2
Metal Gear Solid
Colin McRae Rally
Time Crisis

PC
Far Cry
Doom 2
Rise Of Nations

Xbox
Halo 2
Fable
Project Gothem Racing

CiDeRmAn

Spectrum
3D starstrike
Aliens
Bobby Bearing
Spindizzy
TLL
Trashman

C64
Uridium
Sanxion
Ghostbusters
Paradroid

Nes
Duckhunt
Supermario 3
GreenBeret
Marble Madness

MegaDrive
Sonic 1/2/3
Thunderforce 3&4
Vectorman
Roadrash 2
VirtuaRacing

MegaCD
Sonic CD
EarthWorm Jim CD

Virtual Boy
Galactic Pinball
Wario
Red Alarm

3DO
Road Rash
Need 4 Speed
Star Control 2

Snes
SuperMarioWorld
Yoshis Island
Super Metroid
StarFox
SimCity
Cybernator
Zelda

N64
Conkers Bad Fur Day
Super Mario 64
Jet Force Genimi
Diddy Kong Racing
Zelda

Gamecube
ResiEvil4
Eternal Darkness
SuperMonkeyBall
SuperMarioSunshine
Animal Crossing
Zelda

PS1
Resident Evil
The whole Ridge Racer Series
Descent
Doom
Gran Turismo
Formula 1 '97

Saturn
Quake
Nights
Burning Rangers
Sega Rally

Dreamcast
Powerstone
SegaRally 2
Toy Commander
Samba De Amigo
Space Channel 5
Metropolis Street Racer

PS2
Ico
GTA Vice City
Rez
Need 4 Speed hot pursuit 2
Burnout 2

Xbox
Steel Batallion
Knights of the Old Republic
Burnout 3
Fable

GBA
Wario Ware

PSP
Ridge Racers

DS
Wario Ware Touched
Mario 64 DS

Neo Geo Pocket Color
Metal Slug 1+2
King of the Fighters

Sorry the list is so long but each of those games gave me immense pleasure on release and still do when I switch the old machines on.

For the record the racing game I got the most pleasure out of was Metropolis Street Racingon the DC, the realtime in game clock, the real world cities, the cars, the progression through the ranks. The follow ups, Gotham 1+2, don't really come close, not in the same way.

jaggeh

32x
starwars

Amiga
Frontier

Pc
Sopwith camel II - damn if i didnt play that game to death

megadrive
urban strike

snes
final fantasy series

nes
Mario 3
duckhunt

Master system
Alex the kid

GB
solar striker

GBA
advance wars

Ps1
wipeout 2097

gamegear
california games

bleh

TerrorFirmer

Jesus, I just knew this was going to turn into a pointless exercise with people listing games for every console in existance :rolleyes:

Current gen I believe he meant Xbox, Ps2, cube, pc etc.

:rolleyes: .....lol

All we need now is retrogamer to come and blow all the other lists out of the water.

You should change the thread title to "Best games in the industry to date", thats what everyone else has turned it into!

Retr0gamer

It's late, I've a new PC upgrade and a load of pc games to catch up on so sorry to dissapoint you.

I'd like to add the nippon ichi games to my PS2 list. thanks for reminding me almightyarse.

jesus_thats_gre

jaggeh wrote:

32x
starwars

Woop... Virtua Racing Deluxe too!!!

jaggeh

never got a chance to play VR deluxe

TerrorFirmer

Although now that someone mentions it, Star WArs on the 32x was actually brilliant.....

One of the few games that made that pathetic add on worthwhile in some form.

CiDeRmAn

Granted Virtua Racing Deluxe is the best console version so far, better than the Megadrive and Saturn editions, but Star Wars 32X? Just had a go of it again yesterday and man that game stinks, only keep the cart for completeist reasons, don't like it at all, the Snes games dance on its grave man. Really though, you thought it was excellent? Dude, dude, dude

TerrorFirmer

CiDeRmAn wrote:

Granted Virtua Racing Deluxe is the best console version so far, better than the Megadrive and Saturn editions, but Star Wars 32X? Just had a go of it again yesterday and man that game stinks, only keep the cart for completeist reasons, don't like it at all, the Snes games dance on its grave man. Really though, you thought it was excellent? Dude, dude, dude

Thats the one thats a 3d flight sim? Unless I'm thinking of a different game on the 32x, I still think it was a great game for its time, very Star Wars.

I loved it.

evad_lhorg

enough of this retro sh!t.

current generation!


PS2

ICO
Devil may cry 3


XBOX
Halo 2
Ninja gaiden
jade empire


Gamecube

Metroid prime
f-zero gx
pikmin series
eternal darkness
RESIDENT EVIL 4
soul calibur 2
paper mario 2
viewtiful joe


GBA

zelda the minish cap
advance wars 1+2
fire emblem


Multi format

GTA SA
Prince of persia series
beyond good and evil



ID say the following will be definite additions:

PS2
shadow of the colossus
god of war
okami

XBOX
conker live and reloaded

Gamecube
zelda:twilight princess
fire emblem
killer 7

1huge1

even though it didnt sell as well as expected the gamecube had some really great games
which shows quality not quantity is more important

CiDeRmAn

And don't call retro ****, young whipper snapper, why I was twiddling knobs and trackballs before you wrapped your sweaty palms around your first analog stick, Why I Outta!

Best current gen titles that will be remembered in 20 years when the current gen is retro,

Metroid Prime,
Resi 4,
Ico,
Halo,
Zelda, the wind waker,
GTA vice city.

Driver 3 (only kidding!)

evad_lhorg

doubt wind waker will be remembered as a great thing. iwata himself admited he rushed it to finish it. which is what he plans on not doin with this one.

and i said retrosh!t cause its current gen games we were talkin aout not 32x games. and i aint no whippersnapper.

Deadwing

evad_lhorg wrote:

doubt wind waker will be remembered as a great thing. iwata himself admited he rushed it to finish it. which is what he plans on not doin with this one.

Wind waker is a classic tho. I mena, i lent my cube to my gf with a copy of wind waker, and shes not a gamer at all but shes spent severl nights up til 2am playing WW, any game that can make a non gamer sit up and take notice is a good game imo

bounty

i got that sega classics collections (ntsc) for ps2, and it has a new version of virtual racing included

very good fun but a little easy and something retro stylish about untextured polygons

i prefered this old game to gran turismo 4

CiDeRmAn

Can't wait to get my hands on that collection, at the risk of bringing up retro **** once again, may get ps2 chipped so I can get it, is it getting an eu rekease?

Its games from the current gen with a certain something that wil never be repeated, thats what makes a true classic, so many games look great on their release but soon sink below the dozens of similar and often better titles, games like Halo will be remembered as being one of the best possible solutions to the FPS genre, as was Goldeneye before it.

Retr0gamer

I think it will be released, they had an article about it in Games TM this month.

The retro collection I'm most looking forward to are both megaman anniversary collections. Unfotunately I think my order from play-asia is lost in postland. I hope they have a better return policy than dvdboxoffice's wait 60 days before we send another out.

Back on topic, here is my GBA list:

Metroid fusion and zero mission
Fire Emblem
Advance Wars 1+2
Zelda Minish Cap
Castlevania Aria of sorrow
F-zero
Mario Kart

super_furry

Probably on my own here, but Thief: Deadly Shadows on the Xbox is probably my game of the generation. It's the whole atmosphere throughout the game that really makes you feel like you're a master thief sneaking through filthy medieval streets, skulking from shadow to shadow. I hadn't played a Thief game before that (since did on the PC, but wasn't that impressed) and I usually hate the likes of Splinter Cell, but something about this just caught my imagination. Couple that with a great story and some of the best graphics ever seen on a console and it's my favourite game of the last five or six years.

Honourable mentions go to ICO, Star Ocean III, Resident Evil 4, Morrowind and Halo 2 (online).

jesus_thats_gre

jaggeh wrote:

never got a chance to play VR deluxe

Ah how I loved my 32X... It broke 3 times so never really got the play it as much as I wanted. Kept being sent off and eventually replaced. Thank god my dad knew someone who worked for Sega's main Irish supplier back then!!