What was the best year in video games history?

>>4228894
OP back.

And Fallout 2 of course. How did I forget that one?

File: 1501003265185.png (18KB, 304x262px) Image search: [Google]

18KB, 304x262px

>>4228894
>lists 1998 as his favorite year in gaming
>doesn't list any of the actual good games, like Ocarina of Time

1994 >>>>>>>>>>>> 1998

>>4229134
Wasnt 95 better than both or am i thinking of 94

>>4228894
1995.

>Yoshi's Island
>Donkey Kong Country 2
>Chrono Trigger
>Comix Zone
>Twisted Metal
>Ristar
>Light Crusader
>I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
>Street Fighter Alpha
>Panzer Dragoon

>>4229154
Earthbound, Tales of Phantasia, Dragon Quest VI, Tactics Ogre, Terranigma, Phantasu Star 4, and Suikoden as well. Easily best JRPG year overall

>>4229158
>Phantasy Star IV
Phantasy Star IV is actually from 1993. The american release was in 1995, though.

>>4228894
you also had stuff like gran turismo, banjo kazooie, panza dragoon saga, tekken 3, so many incredible games, just look at the magazines from the time

>>4229125
You mean one of the most overrated

>>4229125
lmaooooo

2001, but not retro.

>>4231269
It is

>>4229176
Going by american releases

1996:

Metal Slug
Super Mario 64
Resident Evil
The Neverhood
Wave Race 64
Kirby Superstar
Nights Into Dreams

>>4231891
Quake and Duke Nukem 3D motherfucker

1958: Pongs predecessor

2004

>>4231089
>You mean one of the most overrated
No, I mean one of the best. Ocarina of Time is the most highly rated game of all time for a reason. Every single game made over the last 15 years owes something to Ocarina of Time or Super Mario 64. Every, single, one. No two games have been as influential as these N64 classics. You can tell yourself that OoT is overrated, and that's fine; some people like to smear themselves in feces and they enjoy it, and they're entitled to their opinion as well. But make no mistake, OoT is one of the greats, and you are one of the faggots. This is just the reality of the world.

>>4231995
How about Depression Quest, what does that owe them?

>>4228894
>"best games of '98"
>bunch of western garbage

lmao, try baiting harder

>>4228894
Metal Slug X

File: 1998gotyay.png (703KB, 918x871px) Image search: [Google]

703KB, 918x871px

I'd like to say 1988 but you really can't ignore 1998.

>>4232085
Hot damn

1999

Worms Armageddon
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Might and Magic VII
Age of Wonders
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Dungeon Keeper 2
System Shock 2
Homeworld
Age of Empires 2
Battlezone 2
Tiberian Sun
Freespace 2
Rayman 2
The Longest Journey
Discworld Noir
Pharaoh
SimCity 3000
Unreal Tournament
Quake 3
Planescape: Torment
Outcast

>>4229125
>not saying panzer dragoon saga
go back to neogaf

1993

Secret of Mana
Doom
Day of the Tentacle
Link's Awakening
Myst
Gabriel Knight 1
Sam and Max 1
Syndicate
Kirby NES
Mega Man X
First ever FIFA
Ridge Racer
Rondo of Blood
Gubstar Heroes

I could keep going on and fucking on, but bottom line is this is the year that made vidya real art. These are the roots of modern gaming, folks, especially from an adventure standpoint.

>>4233753
I'm drunk and I realize now how autistic "real art" sounds. Brb suiciding.

>>4228894
1998 LOL, youngfag detcted.

File: Current_year_arguement.jpg (3MB, 2304x1728px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 2304x1728px

1994 was a pretty good year for me. In fact, all of the 90s were pretty good to me. I guess every year builds upon the previous ones, get more and more good stuff.

I still disagree with these though even in their day. First magazine I bought in a long time, and I will say it is a strange feeling being frozen in time to see how things have changed. Life is Strange at #64 beating out #65 Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and then when I see that my Command & Conquer Red Alert is still remembered as pretty good at #40, I see #39 is Her Story. I do not have the money to build or get a good computer to try out all these new classics, I wish I did because my friends are all enjoying #24 Overwatch and I am stuck enjoying my old games.

>>4233753
>art

File: SMB.jpg (65KB, 500x329px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 500x329px

1985

>>4234174
Modern classics are becoming rarer.
Still, you deserve a decent PC to make your own mind up.

>>4234174
>Life is Strange
>Her Story
You're honestly not missing much.

the 3 best years, objectively I might add, are as follows:
1987
1995
2001

File: Hipster_talk.jpg (629KB, 2592x1944px) Image search: [Google]

629KB, 2592x1944px

>>4234379
I know, it is expensive. Just like back in the 90s, even though I cannot afford to get the games I was so excited about, I just rely on my imagination from what I read in the magazines.

In that 94 issue, They had the original Doom as #1, which I think proved some good action on the PC keeping up with the agility consoles had, but at that time I thought the original Civilization was much more addictively fun. Interestingly enough, Doom 2 hung on to be 2017's #69 best game of all time. Also in that 1994 issue, a few sports simulation games I did not like made the cut for best PC games of all time which I definitely did not agree with snubbing out many better games that I had played. So I understand what you mean by making my own mind up, but finances do keep me from having the ability to do so.


>>4234391
Well in 2017, they declared #1 The Witcher 3 as the best game of all time. From all that I have been hearing about the game, it sounds amazing. The highest rated /vr/ game released prior to the year 2000 is #34 Planescape Torment which I do love. I look around the internet these days and read/see all the praise for #92 Undertale, while I have not played that, I view all the praise and enthusiasm for that game like how I experienced Chrono Trigger on SNES in its day, so that may be like the modern day equivalent the kids like now. Just saying maybe I am missing much, because I still love Chrono Trigger, and I imagine 20 years or so from now maybe those same kids that loved Undertale so much will treat that game with as much reverence as I do to CT.

>>4234529
Not even an
>all new games suck
kind of poster but I can't see how Life is Strange could appeal to an adult. It's one of those cinematic experiences™ with pretty much no gameplay and a really teen focused plot and set of characters that try to be deep but in the end just makes you think of a guy in his early 20s philosophizing after smoking weed. Like Boyhood and those kind of indie movies.

Her Story is pretty much 0 gameplay too but being a murder mistery makes it a bit more fun. But even if not all modern games are like that, obviously, that's the trend. Pure gameplay experiences are becoming harder to come by. Back during 6th gen I used to complain about stories being mandatory even in genres that don't really benefy from it like belt scrollers™ or platformers but we're way past that point.

>>4228894
not retro, but my favorite year for gaming was 2004, to me thats when the wave crashed and started to reel back, the high water mark