What was the best year in gaming?

2017

>>388006576
1998>2007>2004

1961

The current year because very game is available.

>>388006576
Does Dota 2 have a 90 Metacritic aswell?

Probably when I was a kid and every game I played was at least fun.

>>388006847
a lot of the good old ones are no longer active tho

2017 unironically

Now

2017 has been the best one in a while but /v/ has the best possible years in gaming locked down to a specific 5 or so years and I have to agree that it's probably one of those 5.

>>388006576
Wow only Rome and UT are PC exclusive.

Thats gotta trigger the master race.

>>388009321
What are these five?

>>388009614
Off the top of my head I'm pretty sure like 2007, a year in the late nineties, there might have been an early 2010 year, and the other two are another nineties and another 2000s iirc

There isn't a definitive list. I just see the same years posted a lot.

>>388009924
Could it be 2011? I just remember a lot of stuff coming that year, including Dark Souls.

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2001

>>388006576
dark souls II deserve that score unlike the other game in the series(except for bloodborne)

2001 because Arcanum

>>388010426
this best game in the series

>>388010334
Ok, not bad

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2004 followed by 2005

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>>388010701

Every year is pretty good for video games if you look at them from the right angle.

>>388010859
no

>>388010859
whole lotta B-games on there.

>>388010959
surrender yourself to the edgy anon

>>388006576
98

>>388010426
DS2>bloodshit

>>388009189
>>388009321
spotted the underage

>>388006676
>Breath of the Wild
>Super Mario Odyssey
>Prey
>Cuphead
>Metroid: Samus Returns
>Horizon Zero Dawn
>Nier: Automata
>South Park The Fractured But Whole
>Nioh
>PUBG
>Wolfenstein II
>Sonic Mania
>AC Origins (~50% chance of being good)
>Resident Evil 7
>Destiny 2
>Star Fox 2
>Absolver
>Mario + Rabbids
>Xenoblade 2

Holy shit, you might be right.

>>388011517
the last 13 years just had been that bad anon, give then a break

I thought it was common knowledge that Dark Souls 2 is the Half-Life 2 of the 2010s?

As in terrible and massively overrated everywhere.

>>388011209
I guess I should list some games to back up my opinion
Half Life
zelda ooc
Metal Gear Solid
Starcraft and Starcraft broodwar
Thief 1
Fallout 2
Ceasar III
Commandos
Dune 200
Resident Evil 2
Final Fantasy Tactics
Battlezone
Banjo Kazooie
Baldur's Gate
Grim Fandango Tribes

>>388011706
weird, uncommon opinion.

>>388010701
>advance 3
Yeah no.
As a sonic fag I really liked the tag system, but the level layout is hideous.
The physics and collisions are completely fucked up.
I want to like it, but every time I replay it I remember why it's a 5/10 at most in my book.

2004 > 2001 > 1998 > 2017

>>388011835
98 was better than 2001

>>388010701

>a bunch of sequels to better games

>>388011973
indeed
the best games of each franchise, other than splintercell of course

pandora tomorrow is the worse game in the franchise

>>388006576
1998. I don't get the meme about 2004.

>>388012143
2001>1998

>>388011623
Wait, cuphead is really coming out this year? I have given up hope of that game seing the light of day...

>>388012143
98 only has 3 good games

>>388012280
That's objectively wrong

>>388012280
1998 was a huge year. 2006 as well.

>>388012731
2006 had some great games but it was the beggining of the end

>>388011623
Best year since 2004, I'd agree.
>>388012143
Maybe you weren't a PC or Nintendo gamer, that's where most of the best titles were. Console had some pretty massive hits though like Halo 2, GTA, and Jak 3.

>>388012867
Wasn't 2007 the beginning of the end?

>>388013294
>10 years into the decline and we still haven't reached the rock bottom
Just how much worse it can get lads?

>>388009534
Exclusives are holding games hostage to a platform, everyone single person should be able to enjoy games they choose to.

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>>388013576
Well, considering the new Uncharted had tumblrtier drawings in the credits and the actual "YAS QUEEN SLAY" song playing, we can't be far off. Maybe atari will come back and crash the industry again.

>>388012053
>the best games of each franchise
>doom 3
Was that sarcasm perhaps?

>>388013294
2007 WAS the end

>>388014205
doom 3 is the best survival horror game in the doom franchise
terrible action FPS though

>>388011623
>Star Fox 2
That's kind of reaching, but solid year otherwise.

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>>388006576
whatever year pic related comes out

>>388012053
>the best games of each franchise, other than splintercell of course
And Half-Life. And Zelda. And Rollercoaster Tycoon.

2004 hands down. 1998 is close, but 2004 takes by sheer volume of amazing games.

>>388011623
Not diddly bad

>>388015515
>rollercoaster tycoon 2 fanboys are still THIS buthurt

>>388012053
It wasn't as good as Chaos Theory, but I'd still put PT above the rest of the series.

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Really makes you think uh?

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>>388013576
The Western vidya industry (including most European devs, somehow) will be completely derailed into a political propaganda pushing medium when the 2nd American Civil War goes from cold to hot.
I'm not just talking about every other developer pushing an agenda. Pseudo (and potentially real) government agencies will be founded that mandate that EVERY game pick a side and push an agenda.
If the developer refuses, at best the game won't be allowed to release until they comply.
At worst, they will be labeled traitors and their studio will be torched.

>>388017449
boss please just nuke that shithole already...

>>388016925
Makes me think about that guy's shit taste in games.
I mean, most of his PS3 ones are fucking sports.
That and his pure stupidity. What kind of idiot buys a Bloodborne machine without Bloodborne?

>>388017649
Roughly 59 million.

either 94 or 95

>>388017778
That number seems too low. There are definitely more idiots than that.

>Tfw I can invest in a low tier PC by today's standards and play 95% of PC exclusives, 85% at the highest settings
What the FUCK happened to PC gaming?

>>388017979
Well, that's the number of PS4s by June. BB barely broke a million last I checked.

>>388018185
It got better?

>>388006576
1998. Any other answer is just fucking lying to yourself.

>>388011623
what a sad depressing list when you have to pad it with mediocrities such as destiny, ac origins, nier, re7 and more

>>388018372
Hope it's bait. Nier automata is nothing like old Nier and the director of platinum games has said the game's reception and sales has single handedly saved platinum games and yoko taro.

The game is really good.

>>388016925
i own way more ps4 games than ps3

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>>388006576
>dark souls
>PC game

1993

>>388006576
Metacritics and vidya critics have become harsher over the years.

>>388018774
Yes that's the joke.

>>388018857
Haha.

>>388018857
not metacritics have you seen what gone home has?

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>vidya died in 2007
>everything released after that has been absolute shit
How do you cope with it?

Matthewmatosis said 2017 was the best year in the last 15 years.

1997 > 1998

>>388012280
Half life
Zelda
Starcraft
Grim Fandango
Xenogears
Thief
Baldurs Gate
Pokémon
Metal Gear


That's 1998 son.

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>>388013727
Oh yeah true IDGAF what people play on. Good games should get maximum exposure.

Group hug?

>>388015251
don't get your hopes up too high
it will basically be just the same game with better graphics and the same functionality that you can already get from mods in warband

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>>388017649
I'm not interested in Bloodborne. Just as I'm sure you didn't buy Digimon?

Its almost as if people can develop their own tastes! That pisses of the marketing parasites though.

>>388019243
And I'm telling you to stop watching youtubers or whoever the hell that is.
They're all shit. This kind of "culture" has risen only now despite the infrastructure being in place for over a decade because idiots are being given easy internet access.

>>388020017
What kind of tasteless faggot wouldn't buy digimon

>>388020017
Digimon is still a thing?
What makes that game good?

>>388010701
>Pikmin 2, MGS3, and Katamari
Already a fantastic year, everything else is just icing on the cake
>>388011623
>PUBG, AC, and Rabbids
>no Persona 5
>no Yakuza 0
>no Hollow Knight
Fuck out of here

>>388020101
>whoever the hell that is.
something tells me you don't know what you're talking about and shouldn't act like you're an expert in video game culture.

>>388019292
Well it's true. Even with StarCraft, Ocarina of Time, Half-Life and all that jazz.

1997 had fucking Little Big Adventure 2 and Golden Eye. And Final Fucking Fantasy VII.

>>388020318
>no Yakuza 0
its a 2015 game

>>388020334
Something tells me you're underage.

>>388006576
All of those games, save half life, were trash though.

>>388019486
Banjo Kazooie too.

>>388020459
not an argument

>>388006576

2007 was pretty good, 97-99 too.

>>388020318

Shit I forgot about Hollow Knight since I'm waiting for the Switch version. I'm not a weeb so I don't know much about Persona 5 and Yakuza 0.

>>388019243
Eh. That much might be true.

But fuck whatshisface.

>>388020625
Yes it is.

>>388020760
can't wait for summer to be over

>>388020625
So you're admitting you're underageb&?

>>388019181
>he's unable to find anything interesting in 2017's offerings
Just quit vidya, jaded faggot. I get why people get upset about the overall state of the industry, but if you can't find even ONE game to get interested about, you can blame only yourself.

2003>2004 IMO

>>388006728

>2007 over 2004
>no mention of 2000 or 2001

Anon.

>>388009012
this is true, games have cycle of enjoyment and near release usually offers the biggest group of players online

>>388006576
Anything past 2011 is mostly shit. Fuck PC gaming for being just like consoles. Fuck PC card games too.

>>388016925

I miss the ps1 game boxes

>>388006576
>Rome

Are you fucking seriously? Rest is okay although I never played Sims

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>>388010859
>tfw I traded in around 10 games to gamestop for 50 cent bulletproof

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>>388006576
I just wanted to say that it's really nice seeing Chronicles of Riddick there, even if it's a bait image.

>>388010859
>50 Cent Bulletproof
No fucking way, there's no way this is serious

2004

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Trick question.

4 last months of 1997 + 1998. 1997's GOAT material Is only at It's near end whilst the entirety of 1998 was absolutely fucking Solid.

>>388006676
Fpbp

>>388019757
That's pretty much what we all want you fuck. If they make existing systems better and more fun that's fucking game of the year.

>>388019486
Wait wasn't HoMM3 relased in 1998?
Apparently not according to wiki it was february 20th 1999. So I checked other NWC titles and found out that MM7 with takes place after events of HoMM3, (we actually cause the plot of main campaing in HoMM3 expansion) is dated 2nd January 1999. How is that possible is beyond me.

>>388017649
Me. I thought I wanted one so I can play with my IRL friends that don't have PC and I bought BB. Second hand from some dude on Craigslist for $25 three months after I got the system. I played for about 4 hours before I realized the game isn't getting any less shit. Haven't touched my ps4 for months. Waiting for GT sport.

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>>388020542
Yeah. 1998 also had

Fallout
Unreal
Rogue squadron
Soul calibur
Gran turismo


That was one insane year.