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My game choices of the decade?
16 years ago
I turned around a corner and found baby rapty jesus. This is what he said:
As we reflect back on a broken decade, we need some shining moments to at least make us smile or just go, "Oh yeah....I remember that!"
I present to you my list of what I consider to be the Top 10 games of the decade.
10: Mass Effect
This game is at the bottom of my list because of 2 reasons. The first is I think they didn't do enough with the characters in the game, most of them were rather dry. Even with the actors they brought in. Secondly the game felt a little too short. You could finish everything in the game in about 1 to 2 days.
9: Republic Commando
Republic Commando has everything I like about squad based games. Intelligent squads, the members of your squad are hilarious at times when they interact with eachother, and most of the commands are done with simplicity. Why make a game more complicated than it needs to be, remember KISS people! [Keep it simple stupid]
8: Halo: Custom Edition
Ah, Halo, back when it actually had a idea that was fairly original. Now I put Custom Edition on here for the simple fact of user created content. This boosts the replay value of the game very high, and there are many creative people who design maps for the game.
7: StarWars Battlefront 2
Probably the best CP type game out there besides the Battlefield series. It's smooth, features characters you love, and even lets you develop strategy to hold your capture points.
6: CoD 1/United Offensive
Yes the game is old, and it has been put up on XBL...but that version is shitty compared to the original PC title. Probably what I enjoyed more about this game was the expansion, United Offensive. Same gameplay style only far more intense, one of my favorite levels has you in a Flying Fortress! It may not look good, but it played like a masterpiece.
5: Psychonauts
Creative, original, funny, and made you feel like a bad ass with mind bullets! Okay...telekinesis. Still though, this game took you in and made you want to keep playing, even if it was just to keep laughing at the stupid antics or to see how fucked up someone is in their head. My favorite mind was that of, the milkman/security officer. Talk about one messed up head!
4: CoD: Modern Warfare
Finally, no god damn nazis! Infinity Ward finally realized people were getting tired of WW2 shooters and made one that is set in the modern era. Now we get lasers and flying cars and....wait....wrong era. The multiplayer for this game is what sold it, though the story was also kick ass. Multiplayer had me going for hours on end, just like its sequel. More on that later.
3: God of War 2
I've only played about half of this game, but I can tell you what I played was extremely well made. Though it ends in a damn cliffhanger, God of War 2 actually seems to be following the Stories and tales of the Greek Gods as Kratos vows to get revenge and bring down the king of the Olympian gods.
2: C&C3 Kane's Wrath
I love this series, probably more so than is healthy. I thought the last great game would be C&C: Red Alert 2, but thankfully I was mistaken. Kane is back, Nod is once again broken into splinter factions, and now kane has a new program in store. Bring in LEGION, a computer AI much like Cabal, but very different. Nod has so many new vehicles at the ready, and now with the integration of the Black Hand you can control the entire Nod fleet. Something else I love about this game is Global Conquest mode. A turn based overworld that lets you build strike forces, and bases. but resolves conflicts in real time battles. Red Alert 3 tried to expand on this...but I think they failed.
1: Morrowind/Oblivion
I can't easily decide between the two of which one would be on top. Both games on the PC have limitless play time when you consider how many mods you can add in. My copy of Oblivion alone has over 30 active mods on it. The best one being Heart of the Dead. Morrowind has many mods as well, like the Dragon Sword, and Lovers and Legends. I'd have to say that the story lines for both are fairly moot, but the experience and challenges to get to the end of them are fun. With near limitless play time, and the ability to become a lizard assasin. I give Oblivion and Morrowind the title of best games of the Decade.
I present to you my list of what I consider to be the Top 10 games of the decade.
10: Mass Effect
This game is at the bottom of my list because of 2 reasons. The first is I think they didn't do enough with the characters in the game, most of them were rather dry. Even with the actors they brought in. Secondly the game felt a little too short. You could finish everything in the game in about 1 to 2 days.
9: Republic Commando
Republic Commando has everything I like about squad based games. Intelligent squads, the members of your squad are hilarious at times when they interact with eachother, and most of the commands are done with simplicity. Why make a game more complicated than it needs to be, remember KISS people! [Keep it simple stupid]
8: Halo: Custom Edition
Ah, Halo, back when it actually had a idea that was fairly original. Now I put Custom Edition on here for the simple fact of user created content. This boosts the replay value of the game very high, and there are many creative people who design maps for the game.
7: StarWars Battlefront 2
Probably the best CP type game out there besides the Battlefield series. It's smooth, features characters you love, and even lets you develop strategy to hold your capture points.
6: CoD 1/United Offensive
Yes the game is old, and it has been put up on XBL...but that version is shitty compared to the original PC title. Probably what I enjoyed more about this game was the expansion, United Offensive. Same gameplay style only far more intense, one of my favorite levels has you in a Flying Fortress! It may not look good, but it played like a masterpiece.
5: Psychonauts
Creative, original, funny, and made you feel like a bad ass with mind bullets! Okay...telekinesis. Still though, this game took you in and made you want to keep playing, even if it was just to keep laughing at the stupid antics or to see how fucked up someone is in their head. My favorite mind was that of, the milkman/security officer. Talk about one messed up head!
4: CoD: Modern Warfare
Finally, no god damn nazis! Infinity Ward finally realized people were getting tired of WW2 shooters and made one that is set in the modern era. Now we get lasers and flying cars and....wait....wrong era. The multiplayer for this game is what sold it, though the story was also kick ass. Multiplayer had me going for hours on end, just like its sequel. More on that later.
3: God of War 2
I've only played about half of this game, but I can tell you what I played was extremely well made. Though it ends in a damn cliffhanger, God of War 2 actually seems to be following the Stories and tales of the Greek Gods as Kratos vows to get revenge and bring down the king of the Olympian gods.
2: C&C3 Kane's Wrath
I love this series, probably more so than is healthy. I thought the last great game would be C&C: Red Alert 2, but thankfully I was mistaken. Kane is back, Nod is once again broken into splinter factions, and now kane has a new program in store. Bring in LEGION, a computer AI much like Cabal, but very different. Nod has so many new vehicles at the ready, and now with the integration of the Black Hand you can control the entire Nod fleet. Something else I love about this game is Global Conquest mode. A turn based overworld that lets you build strike forces, and bases. but resolves conflicts in real time battles. Red Alert 3 tried to expand on this...but I think they failed.
1: Morrowind/Oblivion
I can't easily decide between the two of which one would be on top. Both games on the PC have limitless play time when you consider how many mods you can add in. My copy of Oblivion alone has over 30 active mods on it. The best one being Heart of the Dead. Morrowind has many mods as well, like the Dragon Sword, and Lovers and Legends. I'd have to say that the story lines for both are fairly moot, but the experience and challenges to get to the end of them are fun. With near limitless play time, and the ability to become a lizard assasin. I give Oblivion and Morrowind the title of best games of the Decade.
