Bioshock Dev Declares 2011 "The Best Year Since 2007" for Games
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It was certainly a decent year in gaming but far from the best. I think we've all just lowered our expectations so much that we are easily impressed now.
This has been my favourite year in a long while. Must add Little Big Planet 2 and Catherine to the list.
I'd forgotten how good 2007 is but I still think this year might well be as good if not better. Before 2007 I was thinking 2004 (Rome: Total War, Half Life 2, Halo 2, Sims 2,KotoR 2, EQ2, Metal Gear Solid 3, World of Warcraft, Star Wars Battlefield, GTA San Andreas, Fable, Chronicles of Riddick, Far Cry, Ninja Gaiden)
Wow 2004 was a good year, and then we're back to 2000 or 2001 which is pracitcally Ur gaming
I'd forgotten how good 2007 is but I still think this year might well be as good if not better. Before 2007 I was thinking 2004 (Rome: Total War, Half Life 2, Halo 2, Sims 2,KotoR 2, EQ2, Metal Gear Solid 3, World of Warcraft, Star Wars Battlefield, GTA San Andreas, Fable, Chronicles of Riddick, Far Cry, Ninja Gaiden)
Wow 2004 was a good year, and then we're back to 2000 or 2001 which is pracitcally Ur gaming
Quite clearly you have not experienced how awesome Deus Ex: HR is.Yosharian said:
Well I agree with everything Ken Levine says and as far as sequels go, does anybody who complains about them only ever buy the first in a series? What happens if the sequels actually are better, do they refuse to buy them or buy them anyway when they think no one's looking?
Uncharted 3, Dark Souls, Minecraft, The Witcher 2, Frozen Synapse, Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, The Old Republic, Shogun 2, Anno 2070, Bastion, Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Rayman Origins, Skyward Sword, Dead Space 2, LA Noire, Hegemony Gold... yep, definitely a bumper crop of great games. 2012's going to have trouble keeping up.
Especially as far as memorable games go. I mean, think back to 2010 or 2009... what do you associate with those years? New Vegas, maybe? Uncharted 2? Not much else that stays fresh (at least in my memory)... but in 2011, we have at least four absolute across-the-board classics, if not seven or eight.
Especially as far as memorable games go. I mean, think back to 2010 or 2009... what do you associate with those years? New Vegas, maybe? Uncharted 2? Not much else that stays fresh (at least in my memory)... but in 2011, we have at least four absolute across-the-board classics, if not seven or eight.
2009-2010 brought New Vegas, Amnesia, Demon's Souls, Trials HD, and Saints Row 2.omicron1 said:
I have to admit dude, you're coming off a bit as that, I guess you really don't mean to, but I think you're going to have to enlighten us some more, because whilst there are some genuinely great things that indie games can do, there are some huge advantages to having the time and money to really do everything you can and millions and millions of people really love the big games that get produced. I'm really sorry but it;s quite easy to take you're attitude as bog-standard boring anti-conformist, in a hipster/goth fashion, but I'd be really interested in having a deeper understanding of your views and hopefully it's just because you presented them to us in a very low-information/high snark ratioYosharian said:
This year was ridiculous. I work at a movie/game rental store so I get this crap for free, and I'm nowhere close to finishing all the games I want to play from this year!
This wouldn't really be enough to convince most people that you aren't what they've already accused you of in this post. I have to admit, it's led me to think that your views are probably hollow without much substantiation and you are very welcome to prove otherwise but I would ask that in the future it may be better to try and express your views without (accidentally) coming off as quite condescending to the millions of people who love these gamesYosharian said: