Best games of the decade

[crux]

"Iconic" and "best" are not synonyms, by any stretch of the imagination. Iconic indicates a readily identifiable image or symbol. The simplest definition of "best" is a superlative of "well," and is a position of superiority or excellence. The two often relate to each other due to proximity (the "best" are often adored by the majority), but they certainly aren't synonyms. But that's me being semantic.

"Best of" lists don't inherently bother me, depending on the context and the submissions. It's simply an excuse to look back and search for that which affected one of our favorite hobbies like no other games could. What's wrong with that? I think the prospect of a "decade in gaming" is a good way to go about it.

There are plenty of things degrading these forums (which I'll leave for another topic), but I hardly think a topic meant for the discussion of gaming should be picked on as one of them. Hell, most of the articles on Racketboy are "best of" lists in some capacity.

[FiftyDollarCurse]

in the end, I go with Luke... in a more cynical context though. Really... what use is this 'best' crap. Is this what this forum has degraded itself to?

We have lowered ourselves to deploying long lists of what we call best, then telling each other our lists are innacurate based on some arbitrary meaning of words and intentions of OP that are completely contrived. And in the end dilute ourselves into emphasizing our opinions as facts by propping them up on ill-conceived stilts we make out of semantics and non-sense.

bleh

You could just, you know, not post in this thread.



I've decided that the best game of the decade is Shadow of the Colossus. IF YOUR OPINION DIFFERS THERE WILL BE ANGRY CAPS LOCK COMMENTS AND ALL WILL DIE IN FIRES. I doesn't afraid of any of you!

[lordofduct]

you know, I never thought of that... thank you

[reina]

In my personal opinion, for me, personaly, and not generaly acceptable TEH BEST IN THE WHOLE WORLD best games since 2000:

Shadow of the Colossus
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Okami
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
F-Zero GX
Devil May Cry series (I believe all of them are after 2000, correct me if I'm wrong)
Metal Gear Solid 2,3 and 4 (because as stated above MGS was 1998)
Final Fantasy X (the last of the good FF games)

[Snickerd00dle]

I'm going to say

Ico
Katamari Damacy
Prince of Persia SOT
Star Wars Knights of the Old
Devil May Cry
World of Warcraft
Halo
Nintendogs
Warioware series
Lumines
Burnout Series
Final Fantasy X
Strider 2
Fable
Fallout 3
Resident Evil 4

there are many more, but those are the ones that stand out to me

[RCBH928]

I got lost
is it iconic or best?

Both ways you can't skip on these two: Halo and GTA, both are great games and iconic at the same time

I want to add Shenmue in there, it was released in December 29. 1999 in Japan. Come on guys, I think we can bend the rules a little bit.

[Luke]

in the end, I go with Luke... in a more cynical context though. Really... what use is this 'best' crap. Is this what this forum has degraded itself to?

We would have made a great team in Marketing 6500.

You always hear bullshit like "America's best selling car", but it doesn't mean anything. There aren't even stats to back it up. What does "best selling" even mean? It "sells the best"? WTF does that mean?

[Ack]

Now, now, children, why can't we all get along...


...and agree that Katamari Damacy is the best game of the decade.



Just look at that package. LOOK AT IT.

[christoph]

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[Limewater]

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