The Onion Rates the Best Games of the Decade
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For a non-gaming magazine, that's quite a decent list.
And beats the last couple of attempts we've seen.
And beats the last couple of attempts we've seen.
Its a brave list, it's probably trying to go for a 'most important' type thing. Personally I didn't like Bioshock but it seems to have tickled enough people, 1st probably not and should go to the Half 2 saga BUT there are two other Valve games there so they may just be playing fair.Zetona said:
I really don't think any Metal Gear Solid games should be in the list for the fact its a list of 'games' not interactive segments between cut scenes.
I don't disagree with you on a particular point but there really is a challenge of what to put in and what to leave when doing a top ten, otherwise it becomes one of those bloated top 50s or so on.SikOseph said:
Personally I'd put something like: HL2, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Braid, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, GTA Vice City, Counter Strike, Unreal II, Morrowind and Deus Ex. But that's just me. I don't even play MMORPGs, RTSs or JRPGs so me creating a top ten from the point of view of a magazine would require taking a step back.
Plus, as the magazine points out Left 4 Dead is helping build cooperation skills amongst what essentially amounts to a client base of racist 12 year old team killing sopranos.
Pretty solid list, though SSX 3 needs to be replaced with SSX Tricky. 3 was alright, but Tricky achieved a level of awesome that the series might never again reach.
They seem to have a dilettante's taste in games. No real deep understanding and are swayed by titles that have a certain type of appeal.
Bioshock just isn't that great of a game overall. Technically it is not a good game for the most part. The game design is all over the place and even it's strong point, story and characters, become deeply unsatisfying by the end. Half-Life 2 would have at least shown that they were paying attention as that is a much better game but Half-Life 2 is not exactly perfect in my opinion. Deus Ex was also released this decade, as were Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Halo: CE. Any of which would have marked this list out as something done by people who are really worth listening to.
Katamari Damacy is a great concept that was well executed and a breath of fresh air but it doesn't have that much to it and gets old quickly. In a decade full of games I don't think that many who have played a lot of games would really rate it as the second best overall.
Bioshock just isn't that great of a game overall. Technically it is not a good game for the most part. The game design is all over the place and even it's strong point, story and characters, become deeply unsatisfying by the end. Half-Life 2 would have at least shown that they were paying attention as that is a much better game but Half-Life 2 is not exactly perfect in my opinion. Deus Ex was also released this decade, as were Timesplitters: Future Perfect and Halo: CE. Any of which would have marked this list out as something done by people who are really worth listening to.
Katamari Damacy is a great concept that was well executed and a breath of fresh air but it doesn't have that much to it and gets old quickly. In a decade full of games I don't think that many who have played a lot of games would really rate it as the second best overall.
I agreed with Portal, the only negative was that it was short. (But as Yahtzee said, "It didn't overstay its' welcome.") I don't understand why no Metal Gear Solids were on there though, I thought they were great.
I give this list points just for putting Final Fantasy XII on there. Best JRPG of the '00s, hands down.