So IGN posted their top 10 games of the past decade. They first went through and did each individual year, then took the 10 "best games" of each year and put them all in their own top 10. Here's what they came up with:
10. Uncharted 2 (2009)
9. Battlefield 1942 (2002)
8. Okami (2006)
7. Fallout 3 (2008)
6. Counterstrike (2000)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
4. GTA III (2001)
3. Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic (2003)
2. Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
1. Half-Life 2 (2004)
I must be totally missing something here. I stopped playing Half Life 2 halfway through because of how god-awful boring it was. Sure, there was an impressive physics engine, and lots of inside jokes that only people who played the first Half-Life series would get (which I didn't, so I missed all those), but after that, meh. The guns were stereotypical FPS fare with the exception of the gravity gun, which wasn't even that great... the storyline was lame, and every two levels you're made to do a long, tedious, pain-in-the-ass "riding" mission on an ATV or water jet thing, both of which control like semi trailers full of bricks. I was so unimpressed that I stopped playing it.
Shadow of the Colossus, ok with top 5... #2? Dunno about that. KoToR is great but it's not the best game of its kind. GTA III should be higher. It basically founded the sandbox genre, so trade it with KoToR or Shadows. Galaxy, I dunno. It's a great game and all, but is *another* Mario game really revolutionary? Counterstrike can suck it. I was an Enemy Territory man. Fallout 3 should be higher. So should Uncharted 2, from everything I hear; I haven't played it and can't say. Same with Battlefield and Okami.
Notably missing is World of Warcraft. Someone fucked up; it's the most successful, most widely-played, most lucrative online game *of all time.* Think about this: it came out maybe six years ago, and STILL over 12 million people actively play it. I dare you to find me a higher credential. Everyone was apparently busy blowing Gordon Freeman in 2004, though, so he beat WoW.
That's how I feel
I'm not happy with the list at all.
TL;DR - IGN is kinda bad.
10. Uncharted 2 (2009)
9. Battlefield 1942 (2002)
8. Okami (2006)
7. Fallout 3 (2008)
6. Counterstrike (2000)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
4. GTA III (2001)
3. Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic (2003)
2. Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
1. Half-Life 2 (2004)
I must be totally missing something here. I stopped playing Half Life 2 halfway through because of how god-awful boring it was. Sure, there was an impressive physics engine, and lots of inside jokes that only people who played the first Half-Life series would get (which I didn't, so I missed all those), but after that, meh. The guns were stereotypical FPS fare with the exception of the gravity gun, which wasn't even that great... the storyline was lame, and every two levels you're made to do a long, tedious, pain-in-the-ass "riding" mission on an ATV or water jet thing, both of which control like semi trailers full of bricks. I was so unimpressed that I stopped playing it.
Shadow of the Colossus, ok with top 5... #2? Dunno about that. KoToR is great but it's not the best game of its kind. GTA III should be higher. It basically founded the sandbox genre, so trade it with KoToR or Shadows. Galaxy, I dunno. It's a great game and all, but is *another* Mario game really revolutionary? Counterstrike can suck it. I was an Enemy Territory man. Fallout 3 should be higher. So should Uncharted 2, from everything I hear; I haven't played it and can't say. Same with Battlefield and Okami.
Notably missing is World of Warcraft. Someone fucked up; it's the most successful, most widely-played, most lucrative online game *of all time.* Think about this: it came out maybe six years ago, and STILL over 12 million people actively play it. I dare you to find me a higher credential. Everyone was apparently busy blowing Gordon Freeman in 2004, though, so he beat WoW.
That's how I feel
I'm not happy with the list at all.TL;DR - IGN is kinda bad.
