Best Ten Games of the Last Generation

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:45 pm

So tell me...what do you consider the best ten games of the passing console generation? Now that the Xbox and GameCube are all but dead, and the PS2 and GBA have been relegated to holdover second-rate titles, I think a more or less "complete" perspective of the generation can be had. Applicable platforms include Xbox, GameCube, PS2, Dreamcast, and GBA.

This was actually kind of hard for me to narrow down, because this generation really reinvigorated my interest in video games. After things started going 3D in the mid-90s, I largely lost interest. I bought a GBA, because it was the last refuge of 2D gaming. But then a few select Dreamcast and GameCube titles piqued my interest enough to draw me back in, and I started finding things I actually enjoyed again. We moved past the "hey, look what technology can do!" stage and game design really matured and diversified.

Mine (in no particular order):

1. Rez
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Super Monkey Ball 2
4. Katamari Damacy
5. Ikaruga
6. Pikmin 2
7. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
8. Resident Evil 4
9. Metroid Prime
10. Half-Life 2

Dreamcast4life · Post by **Dreamcast4life** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:31 pm

No order.

1. Sonic Adventure - DC
2. Silver - DC
3. Marvel VS Capcom : Clash of super heroes - DC
4. Timesplitters - PS2
5. Super Smash Bros Melee - GC
6. Star Fox Adventures - GC
7. Prince of Persia - Sands of Time
8. Phantasy Star Online Version 1 - DC
9. Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker
10. Gta III - PS2

Joestar · Post by **Joestar** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:57 pm

Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC)
F-Zero GX (GC)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
Shadow of the Colossus (PS2)
Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS2)
GTA: Vice City (PS2)
Soul Calibur (DC)
Shenmue 2 (DC)

If I had to pick one out of that list... it would be Wind Waker. I guess I can tolerate the sailing than most people.

popley · Post by **popley** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:03 pm

No order

god of war - ps2
Final fantasy 10 - ps2
Pikmin 2 - gc
Resident Evil 4 - gc
half life 2 - xbox/pc
halo 2 - xbox
power stone 2 - dc
PSO - dc
tiger woods 2004 - xbox
burnout 3 - xbox

RMD · Post by **RMD** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:05 pm

Ikaruga
Shenmue2
Capcom VS SNK 2
Resident Evil 4
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 GC
Lost Planet
Blue Dragon
Final Fantasy 3 DS
Zone of Enders 2

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:16 pm

RMD wrote:Ikaruga
Shenmue2
Capcom VS SNK 2
Resident Evil 4
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 GC
Lost Planet
Blue Dragon
Final Fantasy 3 DS
Zone of Enders 2

Someone didn't read

Hotel Dusk, Lost Planet, Blue Dragon, and FF3 are all ineligible.

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:13 pm

In no order...

Shadow of the Colossus
Katamari Damacy
Dragon Quest VIII
Final Fantasy X
Zelda: Wind Waker
Beyond Good and Evil
Tony Hawk 3
Zelda Minish Cap
Crazy Taxi
Metal Gear Solid 3

As for which one of those I consider to be the best game of last generation, that one easily goes to Dragon Quest VIII. Also, although Twilight Princess should be on there, it does not make this list since I've only played it on Wii.

Juan · Post by **Juan** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:34 pm

NINJA GAIDEN

gamedudex2 · Post by **gamedudex2** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:40 pm

not in order

1. resident evil 4 (GC)
2. shenmue (DC)
3. ninja gaiden (XBOX)
4. super monkey ball (GC)
5. mario tennis (GC)
6. Fire pro wrestling D ( its a 2d wrestling game. jap import) (DC) ( firepro returns is better but i don't own a ps2)
7. smash bros melee (GC))
8. halo2(XBOX)
9. MARIO KART DD (GC)
10. looney toons space race (DC)

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:48 pm

popley wrote:half life 2 - xbox/pc

Half-Life 2 would definitely fall on my list if we could include PC games, as that is the best FPS I have ever played. I have played many of FPS in my time and generally dislike the genre altogether. But Half-Life 2 is in a class of it's own, and currently stands as one of only two FPS I have ever beaten (the first one being Doom 64).

Dew · Post by **Dew** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:22 pm

This took me awhile but I believe out of the last generation these are probably the ones I played the most.

Prince Of Persia Series
Resident Evil 4
Half-Life 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Halo
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Morrowind
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
SW Knights Of The Old Republic
SW Battlefront

StriderXg2 · Post by **StriderXg2** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:22 pm

Shenmue
Mega Man X Collection(ha, 6 birds with one stone)
Doom 3
Resident Evil REmake
Smash Bros. melee
Zelda Minish Cap
Metal Gear Solid3
Katamari Damacy
RE2
MGS1!(if past 10 years, then that opens up 100s of doors.)

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:42 pm

melancholy wrote:
popley wrote:half life 2 - xbox/pc
Half-Life 2 would definitely fall on my list if we could include PC games, as that is the best FPS I have ever played. I have played many of FPS in my time and generally dislike the genre altogether. But Half-Life 2 is in a class of it's own, and currently stands as one of only two FPS I have ever beaten (the first one being Doom 64).

There was an Xbox port of Half-Life 2, though, so you can still include it

I know how you feel, though. I get very, very bored with first person shooters, and anyone who DOES play them is a lot better than I am anyway, so not even the multiplayer is worth it. Before HL2, I've only put any real time into four: Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, and Timesplitters: Future Perfect. Half-Life 2 is the first one in almost ten years that I've really enjoyed enough to get all the way through.

DaMadFiddler · Post by **DaMadFiddler** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:43 pm

StriderXg2 wrote:MGS1!(if past 10 years, then that opens up 100s of doors.)

I was going by previous hardware generation. However, this is allowed on a technicality, since it was ported to GameCube.

Nico0020 · Post by **Nico0020** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:50 pm

No specific order

Half life 2 - Xbox
PSOv2 - DC
Ikaruga -DC
Shenmue 2 - DC
Phantom Dust - Xbox
Resident Evil 4 - GC
Halo (1+2) - Xbox
REZ
Mario Kart Super Circuit - GBA
Jet Grind Radio - DC

StriderXg2 · Post by **StriderXg2** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:54 pm

DaMadFiddler wrote:
StriderXg2 wrote:MGS1!(if past 10 years, then that opens up 100s of doors.)
I was going by previous hardware generation. However, this is allowed on a technicality, since it was ported to GameCube.

yeaaaah..plus Re2 was a straight port to GC, FTW!

RMD · Post by **RMD** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:11 am

DaMadFiddler wrote:
RMD wrote:Ikaruga
Shenmue2
Capcom VS SNK 2
Resident Evil 4
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 GC
Lost Planet
Blue Dragon
Final Fantasy 3 DS
Zone of Enders 2
Someone didn't read

Hotel Dusk, Lost Planet, Blue Dragon, and FF3 are all ineligible.

Your right I just heard 10 best games of this generation and assumed games out now. Yeah I cant even name 10 that are worth mentioning unless I name like only dc titles and maybe like 3 ps2 titles.

Lets try again

1) Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 (GC), It added so much more content over any other pso and the grapics on the new gamecube stages where great.

2) Skies of Arcadia/Legends (DC,GC) One of the 2 greatest DC rpgs. Great graphics and story only problem was tons of random battles. Which was fixed on GC.

3) Grandia 2 (DC) By far the greatest version of Grandia 2. One of the absolute best rpgs of the last generation. Stay away from the inferior pc and ps2 versions.

4) Resident Evil 4 (GC, PS2) Both version are extremly great. Ps2 offers true 480p Widescreen which tends to look better on a HDtv than the GC version. However the gamecube version looks amazingly better on a SDtv than the ps2 version. This Resident redefind how the series was played. Many popular games have now stolen its over the shoulder aiming system, Example GoW.

5) Zone of Enders 2(PS2) One of the best visuals ever show cased on a ps2. The gameplay is smooth and flashy. Everything you'd want a mech fighter.

6) Capcom VS Snk 2 (DC) The only propper port from the arcade. The most balanced fighter period. One of capcom's 3 "tournement fighters" that seems to always be played at every 2d fighting tournement ever.

7) Beatmania IIDX series (PS2) The best music simulation game ever always constantly improving every new game.

8)Virtua Fighter 4(Arcade, PS2) A return to the top for the VF series. AFter a huge failure of Vf3, vf4 redemed the series in everyway and was vastly supior to its viral Tekken 4.

9)Ikaruga (DC, GC, Arcade) The best vertical shooter ever. Period. Stfu about it and dont mention Radiant Silver Gun cause Ikaruga is still better.

10) Sonic Adventure (DC, GC, PC) One of my favorite sonics and one of the only Sonics that was actually good in 3d.

zero · Post by **zero** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:15 am

1: Final Fantasy 12.
2: Ninja Gaiden.
3: Star Wars KOTOR.
4: Shenmue 2.
5: Half Life 2.
6: Rogue Galaxy.
7: Metal Gear Solid 3.
8: Dark Chronicles.
9: Zelda Wind Waker.
10: Prince Of Persia Series .

Post by **melancholy** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:18 pm

DaMadFiddler wrote:
melancholy wrote:
popley wrote:half life 2 - xbox/pc
Half-Life 2 would definitely fall on my list if we could include PC games, as that is the best FPS I have ever played. I have played many of FPS in my time and generally dislike the genre altogether. But Half-Life 2 is in a class of it's own, and currently stands as one of only two FPS I have ever beaten (the first one being Doom 64).
There was an Xbox port of Half-Life 2, though, so you can still include it

No, because the Xbox version requires the use of a controller for a FPS, which automatically classifies it as a failure. And beyond that, I'm going by games I have played, and I have not played the Xbox version of HL2.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:04 pm

Guess this is anything from GBA/Dreamcast/DS/PSP/ps2/gamecube/xbox then? If so hers mine in no order:

1. Final Fantasy X

2. Twilight Princess

3. Resident Evil 4

4. GTA SA

5. Skies of Arcadia (never could get through the game, but I still have a deep respect for it)

6. Morrowwind

7. Half-Life 2

8. Star Wars Battlefront 2

There are other games that I really enjoyed, but I just can't list them in a top 10 list. I am sure there some I am overlooking or forgetting (been a lot of games since 2001ish).
Im sure I am leaving some out