Your Top Five Games of this Generation!?

For me this generation has been utterly dominated by sequels, a team has had a smallish budget and made a great core game - and then through the power of iteration made a sequel that really stands on its own.

Mass Effect 2 (I think the story was better in the first, but the pacing and gameplay are superior in the sequel)
Uncharted 2 (First game was good fun, it took a big budget to give the set piece action adventure game that really showcases)
Assassins Creed 2/3 (Again, the first one had some interesting ideas and gameplay, the second and third made it not boring)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (First one was an instant classic, sequel beats it in every way)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (suspect this will be replaced by the sequel - but this was the first superhero game I really loved and it made me feel like the Dark Knight).


Honorable Mention

Mirrors Edge (There was a great, new gameplay mechanism in this and the art direction was superb. They lost their way about halfway through the game and made a bad shooter. EA boss s**tcanned this and put his money into generic tentacle alien sequel Dead Space 2.)

Demon Souls (Probably my favourite game of this generation, but it's extremely inaccessible and poorly balanced)

Valkyria Chronicles (Again, another game I loved but it's heavily marred by the scoring system. You have to beat maps by zerging as fast as possible, and making perfect shots. (reload if you miss) - tactics are sidelined)

Infamous, I loved this - very open world, good art direction and a sympathetic everyman lead. The limited budget shows a lot in the game, and it came out at the same time as Prototype (which I couldn't get into at all because I couldn't relate to Alex Mercer in anyway).
 
For me it would be:
Gears of war 2
Portal 2
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Left for Dead 2
Halo Reach
The reason for most of these is to just play with my friends which all of these do quite well in there own right.

Honorable mentions:
Fallout 3
WWE SvR 2011 (again for friends)
Call of duty Modern Warfare.
 
My best of this generation has to be in this order:

1) red dead redemption (one of those games I will never get rid off and was real value for money, especially when the shop sold me the special edition for 29 bucks instead of the original 49.99 lol)

2) Demon Souls (just bought it and have not played a lot of it, but WOW what a game and as stated, there are very few games at all like this)

3) Just cause 2 (because we all like a game that dose not involve any thinking what so ever, the old pick up and play game, great carnage)

4) Mass effect 1 and 2 ( what can you say about these games that have not already been said amazing story, game play, action. Gaming experience at its best.)

5) Uncharted 2 (because the game play and seamless cinematic to game play was effortless and it really seemed like you were playing a film, action was heart pounding and the multiplayer was brilliant fun.


One that almost made in there was Dead space due to the fact it was a really s*** scary game playing first time round but hard to pick up again after that even with all the DLC available. Great horror game, just missed out on the top 5.
 
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Abooie said:
Interesting you say this as I loved the first. Might give this a shot.
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Well you will be in for a shock because I personally hated the First one the mechanics of it really annoyed me, but the second one they got it just right. Action all the way lots of guns crazy vehicles and not forgetting the parachute which they absolutely nailed this time round.

You will not be disappointed mate :D
 
1) Rock Band 3. Cheating a little because it's the sum of 5 games leading up to it but this game is pure brilliance, amazing at parties, loads of fun to mess around with and hardcore enough to get you actually playing real music.

2) Bayonetta. More creativity and content than you'll find in over a dozen other games. The combat is amazing, easy to play but with masses of depth. There's a load of content here with absolutely no filler at all, mixing up all sorts of different genres. To top it off there's a ton of fantastic boss battles.

3) Portal 2. Great puzzles and a wonderfully funny story mode. It's also suprisingly inventive for a sequel (albeit one that got all it's ideas from another game)

4) Fallout: New Vegas. I can't believe I can't rate this higher, it's the best RPG for 10 years. The solid exploration and atmosphere of Fallout 3 are knocked into overdrive with a level of freedom I never thought would be possible on a modern engine. It pretty much has the top 20 of RPG quests in the last 20 years all to itself. It would rate higher if only it worked but even after the patches it's still distinctly shaky technologically speaking.

5) Mario Galaxy. Pure fun with a slightly irritating hub section. Galaxy 2 could have rated near the top of the list but somehow it just felt like retreading old ground to me. Serious props have to go to it for having loading screens more fun than most games.
 
Halo: Reach - almost completed it but the overall feel of it is much better than Halo 3 (I enjoyed Halo 3 but it felt a bit too much like a high res xbox game)

Gears of War 2 - awesome coop and sense of scale. Impressive cut scenes that integrate with the action and some real LOL moments.

Army of Two - fun coop, kind of a poor man's Gears of War.

Rainbow Six: Vegas - loved the cover system in this game.

FIFA 2010 - the first football game I've played extensively since ISS on the N64.

There's a lot of games I still need to play, recently bought a Wii for the Mario and Metroid games and need to get a PS3 to play Heavy Rain and Uncharted 2.
 
Just noticed above that someone voted for CS:S..

Not sure if thats this generation but it would defo have to be in my top 5 as I spent AGES playing in leagues etc online..

Amazing game... it sucks the life out of you..
 
Pro evo 2008 - Was the favourite game in my old house back at uni, my mates used to gamble over it we were so competitive.

Gears of War - Two xbox 360 console, Two Gears of war CDs, Four people = Hours of competitive fun

BF2 - Best Battlefield every!

C&C3 - Top RTS!

MGS4- Simply a master peace

Honorable mentions

Uncharted 1 & 2
Fallout 3
Wipeout HD
Madden 07
Killzone 3
 
Mirrors Edge
Mass Effect Series
Dead Space Series
LA Noire
Alan Wake

don't want to go flippin through xbox case, surely will find more, but 5 is 5, and if i find any more means id have to play em, again! :D
 
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Metal Gear Solid 4
Fallout 3
Fallout: New Vegas

Prior to this gen, I hadn't played an RPG... Western or otherwise.

EDIT: Just realised I've already posted in this thread. Funny how your favourites can change so often.

skippi90 said:
MGS4
Heavy Rain
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Uncharted 2
Demon's Souls
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Games that have had me addicted in the current gen are.....

SFIV
Resistance
COD MW
Fifa
Halo Reach
GTA IV

oops that's six... oh well.
 
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