IGN's Top 10

[feebstalicious93]

starcraft came out in 98

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

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)

10. I haven't played Uncharted 2, and I doubt it deserves that spot. From what I can tell it's the Avatar of gaming: visual spectacle but no real substance.
9. Battlefield 2 was better.
8. I'm probably the only person who thinks this, but Okami was SO meh. Great graphics and art style, sure, but the gameplay for me was nothing special. Perhaps I haven't given it enough of a try.
7. Didn't like it very much. But then again I hate western RPG's so it might just be me.
6. Yeah, fuck that.
5. Galaxy is awesome. It was the great sequel to Mario 64 that Sunshine wasn't.
4. I personally don't give a shit about GTA games, or any sandbox games for that matter.
3. Never played KoTOR, but I'm sure it's deserving of that spot due to the near universal praise for it.
2. Shadow is a great game and deserves a spot on this list for sure.
1. Good game? Yes. Game of the decade? Hell no.

Overall I'm quite disappointed with this list. Where was Bioshock? Where was Portal? Where was WoW? (not that I've played it, but its effect cannot be ignored.) I was happy to see that no Halos or Call of Dutys made the cut though.

But Counterstrike? Really?

10. they only used their best rated game from every year, so this is the worst year then. Batman instead maybe though?
9. Different year though
8. I can see your point, reasonable opinion.
7. I think it's overrated, but name me a better 08 game
6. Coming back to that
5. Agree
4. The game design and impact of the game is undeniable. Gaming's first 3D visit to Liberty is fantastic.
3. I've played it, and it does deserve this spot.

the last two, I'm gonna leave, as it's already been argued to death on here.


Counterstrike:
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

See the bottom.

10 years on, the original CS is the 3rd most played game on Steam, with the Source Iteration being the 2nd most, not far behind MW2 and cumulatively beating it, not to mention that number 12 is also a CS game.

It't the Starcraft of FPS's, and you wouldn't hesitate to put Starcraft in a top 10 games of the previous decade list, now would you?

CS is undeniably one of the best games of the decade, and is still one of the most played of to this day.

Fair point, I personally don't think it's a quality game but its impact is undeniable.

Also I didn't give much mind to the one per year thing - for instance, Bioshock wasn't on the list because Galaxy came out in the same year.

 

[TheEarlOfGrey]

Uncharted should be higher and Half Life 2 lower at least. And maybe Shadow of the Colossus #1 perhaps?

 

[CheckD3]

Um, ya, they started using regenerating health in their games but Halo came up with the idea from what I can remember.

Does the idea of regeneration health really appeal to people? To me, all it does is dumb down games. When you know you can take so many shots before death and then hide in a corner until you're healed, you don't have the same caution you'd have if you could only take a few shots before death because you were reckless earlier. Regenerating health is a cancer in games because it takes any amount of strategy and do it up the bum. Why skillfully try to get a good vantage point and silently take down enemies when you can run up to them guns a blazing, and when you're almost dead just hide for a second until you're all better at 100% again

Video games may not be the most realistic things, but come one, do we REALLY need regenerating health? It's one thing to add shields like the original Halo did and keep the health, but since then, at least half the games have regenerating health, and while good games still end up using it, it's one of the features that make games easier. I'm replying just after playing Dante's Inferno, and just like the kid it copies from class, it uses a health bar. Just playing on normal, I've died a few times just because my health was low going into a fight, and I had to be more taticful with my moves than I would've been with regenerating health...so thanks Halo, thanks for making games even more dumbed down

 

[S.R.S.]

I notice a lack of 'sands of times' on this list.

 

[pirateninj4]

Well apart from IGN sucking the fat corporate one, I'd say it's not all that bad really. Maybe sub in Carmaggedon and you've got a winner!

 

[oppp7]

Um, ya, they started using regenerating health in their games but Halo came up with the idea from what I can remember.

Does the idea of regeneration health really appeal to people? To me, all it does is dumb down games. When you know you can take so many shots before death and then hide in a corner until you're healed, you don't have the same caution you'd have if you could only take a few shots before death because you were reckless earlier. Regenerating health is a cancer in games because it takes any amount of strategy and do it up the bum. Why skillfully try to get a good vantage point and silently take down enemies when you can run up to them guns a blazing, and when you're almost dead just hide for a second until you're all better at 100% again

Video games may not be the most realistic things, but come one, do we REALLY need regenerating health? It's one thing to add shields like the original Halo did and keep the health, but since then, at least half the games have regenerating health, and while good games still end up using it, it's one of the features that make games easier. I'm replying just after playing Dante's Inferno, and just like the kid it copies from class, it uses a health bar. Just playing on normal, I've died a few times just because my health was low going into a fight, and I had to be more taticful with my moves than I would've been with regenerating health...so thanks Halo, thanks for making games even more dumbed down

I think the idea is to make characters more resilient. Otherwise you wouldn't really be able to take down as many enemy units because they always know where you're going out of cover and could automatically shoot you. This is why it works in Gears of War; it gives you a reason to hide behind cover. I agree that it isn't always necessary and it can make the game much easier, but whenever I use strategy in a firefight it's normally so hectic that the strategy falls apart due to the hordes of factors. I think tactics is more for turn based games anyways, and if you're going to yell at shooters for being dumbed down, how do you feel about the Zerg rush BS that RTS has become? I mean, on Warcraft 3 1v1 I feel like I'm the only one trying any kind of strategy.

 

[impirion]

As mentioned before by some people, I am rather disappointed at the lack of Strategy games on the list. I would say Supreme Commander Forged alliance deserves a place in the top 10, as well as possibly Civ 4 and Advance Wars. While the Total War series is awesome and really addictive, as games, they aren't really that good, since the AI in all bar maybe shogun has been sadly not really up to scratch.

Also, I have to say I think Halo should be on there. The argument for CS being on the list has to be the effect it has had, and on that basis, you can't really argue that Halo probably had the biggest effect of all console shooters in the last decade so it should be included.

 

[Solid Snake2053]

When the hell did alomost everyone start hating half life? Oh and please stop arguing over the exact placment of the games on this list I just have to say that its retarded.

I will argue all day long about the list and the place of the games on the list. That's what the topic is about. I just have to say that asking us to stop discussing the topic is retarded.

 

[Woodsey]

And there's no Mafia on the list, which makes it totally worthless

They already have a 3D GTA game on the list Woods =)

Mafia and GTA are very different games, and if I took steroids I would be 'roid-raging at you right now.

 

[Mr.Lucifer]

You guys would bash any top 10 gaming list. Face it, no matter who makes a top game list, people are going to bash it because they are never satsified with their results. I don't get what's so bad about it, it just their opinion.

 

[Mungular]

idk about favs but some game that stood out would be(in no order cause im lazy)

1)Bioshock
2)Half Life 2
3)Resident Evil 4
4)Silent Hill 2
5)Tales Of Symphonia
6)Fallout 3
7)Uncharted 2
8)Call Of Duty 4
9)Golden Sun
10)Grand Theft Auto 3

 

[CheckD3]

You guys would bash any top 10 gaming list. Face it, no matter who makes a top game list, people are going to bash it because they are never satsified with their results. I don't get what's so bad about it, it just their opinion.

People don't always "bash" it as much as, disagree, because they have their own opinions about the game. Someone who loved Game A and had it at number one, may think that another person's favorite Game B was only subpar, not number one material.

As I've said, the closest we'd ever get to a true top-whatever list would take a lot of time and compile data from the studios themselves, fans, sales (copies sold vs. time avaliable for sale), reviews, and a lot of sources all added up overall

 

[Small Waves]

All that matters is that Okami is on there.

 

[Premonition]

HL2 is there instead of WoW, cause WoW only managed to lift off to stardom 2 years after.

If anything The Burning Crusade should be there. It was the turning point from good MMO to Supahstar MMO.

All that and that Rome:Total War was better.

If there had to be a WoW on there it's had to Lich King. Northrend is absolutely amazing and a massive improvement on the disappointingly dull Burning Crusade.

But yeah, IGN, like most sites like it, aren't exactly the most reliable source for Top Ten's, as they chose the items by other standards than how good they are ... I think, anyways. How else do you explain Uncharted 2 being so low and GTA III being on there at all. GTA III was revolutionary, but not as good as San Andreas.

 

[The Night Shade]

they didnt put Deus ex they are crazy thats the best game of the decade
and i think they should put Grim Fandango

 

[Alarien]

Uncharted 1 was one of the most poorly developed, boring and insipid pieces of @#$% I think I have ever played and because of that, I am having a hard time working up the energy to play Uncharted 2, and that's a shame.

I think what deserves to be on this list are games that are innovative, ground-breaking, well developed and, this is the one I think they forget: Fun; which is why Half-Life is a fail as well. Half-Life 1 was an obnoxiously overrated, but well developed by the numbers shooter. It took everything learned from all the Id games and made one that actually played well (but was duller than dirt). Half-Life 2 continued the tradition. Beautiful, polished, and horribly boring. That's sad, especially since Valve are such good developers. Portal, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 1/2 are all brilliant.

Okami was also brilliantly developed, actually interesting, and a somewhat fun spin on the Legend of Zelda model, and I did enjoy it, but I would't put it up in the top 10.

KOTOR is another great game, but top 10? The story is excellent, but the gameplay itself was a bit lacking due to it's focus on being a console RPG. It lacked the depth of Baldur's Gate 2 (which came out in the last decade... and should be included) and lacked the polish that came to the later Bioware games (obviously Mass Effect and Dragon Age).

Though it pains me to say so (as I wasn't huge fans of either, but they were both well done, fun for what they were, and broke a lot of ground for later games), I agree with both Resident Evil 4 and Grand Theft Auto 3.

I don't think you can have this list without:
Portal
Bioshock
Baldur's Gate 2
Medieval: Total War 1

and I would personally include Left 4 Dead and Rock Band for being the height of co-op play for their genres. They are the best party games of the last 10 years.

It's a shame that we can't throw out a few of the suckier years and take things back just a year or two more. Then we could include Planescape: Torment and Starcraft.

 

[Darktau]

This is a better list than IGN usually give us, but alas, it is still just IGN.

 

[Gauntes]

It's a top 10 list by IGN
which means it's a top 10 list by the staff of IGN
Personally, I'd never think of putting halo series or counter strike in my top 10 and WoW will never even cross my mind but that really shouldn't be a problem since it's my list formulated by my opinion.

PERSONALLY thought Half Life 2 was one of the best games of this decade and thought halo series were just pretty.
Didn't care for GTA series nor Counter Strike but liked Fallout 3

This is why I don't make top 10 list because I can't honestly say one game that I like is superior to the other game that I liked. If I had to make 10 list, they wouldn't be in any specific order and everyone, including me, will be happy