6th Generation Appreciation Thread (PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, Dreamcast)

[kinger8938]

The more I think about it, this generation has to be my favourite. May have been a case of being the right age at the right time, I'm not too sure, but each system here brought something to the table.

The Dreamcast gave us arcade perfect experiences in the home, the PS2 just gave us a massive catalogue of such variety, the Xbox really ran with online play and made it work, then the Gamecube gave me personally some of my favourite games of all time.

Which system did you own, what were your favourite games etc?

 

[kinger8938]

I sort of went to PC gaming during or on the back of this generation I believe.

I cant remember the specifics but I had a PS2 while I was in my first year of secondary school so I was about 11. Played games like Tony hawk, Crazy Taxi, the bad Crash bandicoots and lots of Bond games (I wasnt exposed to the proper great games until much later).

Then I went on to Gamecube, I remember using some Birthday money on the console and the Resident evil remake, probably a few years older. I really wanted Smash but it was either out of stock or not out yet at that time so I just had Resi until Christmas! And I'll admit, it was a bit scary for me, even though I loved 1-3 on PS1, the Graphics were just that much better... (starting to question my mums parenting )

Christmas came around, DVD shaped case in hand, unwrapped it and.. dad had got me Turok Evolution . It wasnt Smash, but I really enjoyed it.

Stayed on Gamecube and fell in love with games like Wind Waker, Smash Bros (eventually) etc until my Brother got an Xbox that he just didnt use. So I became hooked on Halo, and a terrible game called Brutal Force? I think that was it, bad 3rd person game. I then explored the world of online gaming with the release of games like Halo 2, and Burnout 3 takedown.

I guess this Gen also started a down hill trend. Halo 2 had Paid for DLC Map packs! Slippery slope and the industry lapped it up

 

[kinger8938]

Completely agree with the above list of actual industry changing games.

Resident evil 4 showed us how a third person shooter should play, bar a few control issues. GTA 3 gave us the open world formula, and Halo gave us proper first person shooter controls that actually felt good on console.

Theres also Killswitch, not a great game on it's own but from what I can tell it was first or one of the first to nail 3rd person cover based, gameplay then made popular by Gears on the following generation.

Also it was the generation of good licensed games. The Lord of the rings games for example, not bad for film tie ins

 

[kinger8938]

It was the Gamecube that got me back into gaming, late teens/early twenties I had other things to keep me occupied but sometime in 2006 I picked up a fantastic Gamecube bundle through the members market here, IIRC a Gamecube, controller, pair of wavebirds and almost 20 games for a bargain price.

Aside from the usual Mario games it was Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4 and Soul Caliber that had me busy. Since then I've also had a console for gaming and still play the odd Gamecube game on my arcade cab.

Currently hooked into the world of the Gamecube again. Great system.