Gamefaqs Game of the decade contest

[Psychonaut]

It's either gonna be a halo game, MW, Half Life 2, Portal, Brawl, or WoW. Just watch.

doubt it'll be MW, brawl, or portal. portal wasn't THAT genre-defining/changing, MW is just another shooter, and brawl is just the latest faux-fighting game.

WoW could be a contender(, and though i don't really know/pay attention to games on this level enough to know), due mainly to how it has succeeded, and other companies are taking the idea of WoW and seeing how their product can best it. or something like that.

edit: same with halo, only for FPS instead of MMO's

game of the decade has to be something that isn't just a good game, but an industry-changing revolution kind of game.

half life 2 would win due to valvefags, and the source engine, though even then, it's just a physics engine and an fps.

wait. decade. i'm thinking too far back. this is only to 2000. oh god.

and then i'm rambling.

Well, you have to take into account all the fanboys that swarm GameFaqs. I'm not saying those games deserve the award, I just wouldn't be surprised to see them get far in the rankings.

in that case, yeah, portal/WoW/halo, easy.

i forgot gamefaqs

 

[fantanoice]

Well, in terms of innovative games of the decade, I can think of (you can debate their validity all you like):
- Metroid Prime
- Portal
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Halo
- World of Warcraft
- Half Life 2
- Super Smash Bros Melee
- Animal Crossing
- Little Big Planet
- Guitar Hero
- Rockband
- Singstar
- Wii Sports

 

[ANDREW RYAN]

Guess what? If there was a prefix on that title it'd be Most Popular game instead of Best because you can't let those idiots make the clear best choice.
And it really takes a revolutionary game to win it, like Portal, Call of Duty 4 (the rewards system concept made into shooter, mind you), Deus Ex and maaaaaaaaaaybe TF2, although I doubt it because TF1 existed before it.

 

[fantanoice]

Guess what? If there was a prefix on that title it'd be Most Popular game instead of Best because you can't let those idiots make the clear best choice.

^ This so much...

 

[Psychonaut]

Guess what? If there was a prefix on that title it'd be Most Popular game instead of Best because you can't let those idiots make the clear best choice.
And it really takes a revolutionary game to win it, like Portal, Call of Duty 4 (the rewards system concept made into shooter, mind you), Deus Ex and maaaaaaaaaaybe TF2, although I doubt it because TF1 existed before it.

i still don't quite get why portal is so revolutionary. is there another game/string of games that has taken the concept, and forwarded it, except portal 2?
an fp(s) game being a puzzle game isn't so much new, as it is different.

i never played classic, but i don't see how much the original could effect the sequel (team fortress), other than it being a class-based-shooter. i hadn't heard of it, hadn't played it, don't know about it. i know it's on steam, but why buy/play it when the other is out?

from what was said in a few of the dev comments in tf2, grenade spam was a big problem back in classic, which was why only the demo got nades in the sequel. how true this is, i don't know. doubt tf2 gets game of the decade, since it's still just another fps, though a little bit different.

i've heard about deus ex a bit, don't know of it first hand.

and then i lose my train of thought.

game of the decade: u r mr gay

 

[Coelacanth]

Just got on gamefaqs for the first time in a long time today. Looks like they just started this competition today.

 

[Garrett x50 cal]

Red Dead Redemption is going to win. I'm calling it.

 

[Sporge27]

GAH I can't choose what I want to win....

I think my vote goes towards Half Life 2. I mean yes it is not the best in all areas, but no game is. But look at the people in it, they were a jump for NPCs showing emotion. The physics worked well. They were able to guide you through the game without feeling terribly funneled, which can be hard to do. Not to mention the story was actually good

Also, poor animal crossing... it doesn't stand a chance against world of warcraft...

Too many games in last decade, ug. I would really have to say I like most of the games on their list.

 

[Coelacanth]

Red Dead Redemption is going to win. I'm calling it.

I REALLY doubt that. Maybe game of the year if it got lucky, but definitely not game of the decade.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Out of curiosity, is LittleBigPlanet on that list?


Because if it is, I'd have to make account or w/e just to make sure it gets into the Top 10 or something.

 

[beehdaubs]

Battlefront II vs. Bioschock?

Well *censored.3.0*. I wanted Battlefront II to progress pretty far but this looks like the end of the line.

 

[Lisathegreat!]

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep

It's called an analogy. :/

I know but some people can't feel sex or have sex. So that is a really bad comparison.

Just like how some people can't feel the 'greatness' of Half Life 2?

But as for the people that can't feel sex, they're probably not be doing it right... *gets shot*

<small><small><small><small><small><small>I hope you know you're very stupid.</small></small></small></small></small>


<big>SSBB!

ALLLL THHEEE WAAAAAAAAAY.</big>

 

[Coelacanth]

There were a lot of good games this past decade. I think that Majora's Mask, Fallout 3, Super Mario Sunshine, World of Warcraft, and Final Fantasy X will probably go far. It's hard to say what game will win though.

 

[Sporge27]

Guess what? If there was a prefix on that title it'd be Most Popular game instead of Best because you can't let those idiots make the clear best choice.
And it really takes a revolutionary game to win it, like Portal, Call of Duty 4 (the rewards system concept made into shooter, mind you), Deus Ex and maaaaaaaaaaybe TF2, although I doubt it because TF1 existed before it.

i still don't quite get why portal is so revolutionary. is there another game/string of games that has taken the concept, and forwarded it, except portal 2?
an fp(s) game being a puzzle game isn't so much new, as it is different.

i never played classic, but i don't see how much the original could effect the sequel (team fortress), other than it being a class-based-shooter. i hadn't heard of it, hadn't played it, don't know about it. i know it's on steam, but why buy/play it when the other is out?

from what was said in a few of the dev comments in tf2, grenade spam was a big problem back in classic, which was why only the demo got nades in the sequel. how true this is, i don't know. doubt tf2 gets game of the decade, since it's still just another fps, though a little bit different.

i've heard about deus ex a bit, don't know of it first hand.

and then i lose my train of thought.

game of the decade: u r mr gay

Hey Portal did do other things, it provided unique physics puzzles, but it also told a story well, and integrated a reason to do the puzzles, beyond simply "do them". The game had a huge twist int he middle that if you were playing it for the first time was really very surprising.

Also unlike some games it know when to end. It was pretty much just the right length. Made you laugh, made you cry, it was a very well polished piece of work.

I wouldn't mind it winning.

 

[Psychonaut]

Guess what? If there was a prefix on that title it'd be Most Popular game instead of Best because you can't let those idiots make the clear best choice.
And it really takes a revolutionary game to win it, like Portal, Call of Duty 4 (the rewards system concept made into shooter, mind you), Deus Ex and maaaaaaaaaaybe TF2, although I doubt it because TF1 existed before it.

i still don't quite get why portal is so revolutionary. is there another game/string of games that has taken the concept, and forwarded it, except portal 2?
an fp(s) game being a puzzle game isn't so much new, as it is different.

i never played classic, but i don't see how much the original could effect the sequel (team fortress), other than it being a class-based-shooter. i hadn't heard of it, hadn't played it, don't know about it. i know it's on steam, but why buy/play it when the other is out?

from what was said in a few of the dev comments in tf2, grenade spam was a big problem back in classic, which was why only the demo got nades in the sequel. how true this is, i don't know. doubt tf2 gets game of the decade, since it's still just another fps, though a little bit different.

i've heard about deus ex a bit, don't know of it first hand.

and then i lose my train of thought.

game of the decade: u r mr gay

Hey Portal did do other things, it provided unique physics puzzles, but it also told a story well, and integrated a reason to do the puzzles, beyond simply "do them". The game had a huge twist int he middle that if you were playing it for the first time was really very surprising.

Also unlike some games it know when to end. It was pretty much just the right length. Made you laugh, made you cry, it was a very well polished piece of work.

I wouldn't mind it winning.

it did other things.. the story was well-weaved into the gameplay, but unless you were really looking "behind the walls", the reason to get out of the place wasn't really apparent until you were about to die..

which, although it was a great twist, was.. i dunno. i liked it, it felt great that i didn't die, and knew how to survive, but it still felt short in that aspect.. i'm not really sure.

half life 2 more or less did the same thing portal did, if you want to look at story and such.. the only real "new" thing that portal did was the game mechanics, and maybe took the story-telling a step further.. a teensy step, that may become much more apparent/huge as time goes by.

i wouldn't mind it winning, but i'm sure that there's at least one game that should win, in it's place.. no doubt "the cake is a lie," etc. is going to be a huge factor in it winning.

I still think that the game of the decade needs to be one that changes a genre drastically or makes an entirely new genre that is built on by more than the franchise itself.. and i don't mean every third indie game being based on time-mechanics.. i mean something, like portal has done, but in a way so subtly brilliant that it changes everything.

I would love it (obviously) if psychonauts won.

it won't, but i would lol so much if it did. is it in the running?
it didn't do much past being a great platformer, but damn it had some quirky characters/story.

 

[«Jack»]

Guess what? If there was a prefix on that title it'd be Most Popular game instead of Best because you can't let those idiots make the clear best choice.
And it really takes a revolutionary game to win it, like Portal, Call of Duty 4 (the rewards system concept made into shooter, mind you), Deus Ex and maaaaaaaaaaybe TF2, although I doubt it because TF1 existed before it.

i still don't quite get why portal is so revolutionary. is there another game/string of games that has taken the concept, and forwarded it, except portal 2?
an fp(s) game being a puzzle game isn't so much new, as it is different.

i never played classic, but i don't see how much the original could effect the sequel (team fortress), other than it being a class-based-shooter. i hadn't heard of it, hadn't played it, don't know about it. i know it's on steam, but why buy/play it when the other is out?

from what was said in a few of the dev comments in tf2, grenade spam was a big problem back in classic, which was why only the demo got nades in the sequel. how true this is, i don't know. doubt tf2 gets game of the decade, since it's still just another fps, though a little bit different.

i've heard about deus ex a bit, don't know of it first hand.

and then i lose my train of thought.

game of the decade: u r mr gay

Hey Portal did do other things, it provided unique physics puzzles, but it also told a story well, and integrated a reason to do the puzzles, beyond simply "do them". The game had a huge twist int he middle that if you were playing it for the first time was really very surprising.

Also unlike some games it know when to end. It was pretty much just the right length. Made you laugh, made you cry, it was a very well polished piece of work.

I wouldn't mind it winning.

it did other things.. the story was well-weaved into the gameplay, but unless you were really looking "behind the walls", the reason to get out of the place wasn't really apparent until you were about to die..

which, although it was a great twist, was.. i dunno. i liked it, it felt great that i didn't die, and knew how to survive, but it still felt short in that aspect.. i'm not really sure.

half life 2 more or less did the same thing portal did, if you want to look at story and such.. the only real "new" thing that portal did was the game mechanics, and maybe took the story-telling a step further.. a teensy step, that may become much more apparent/huge as time goes by.

i wouldn't mind it winning, but i'm sure that there's at least one game that should win, in it's place.. no doubt "the cake is a lie," etc. is going to be a huge factor in it winning.

I still think that the game of the decade needs to be one that changes a genre drastically or makes an entirely new genre that is built on by more than the franchise itself.. and i don't mean every third indie game being based on time-mechanics.. i mean something, like portal has done, but in a way so subtly brilliant that it changes everything.

I would love it (obviously) if psychonauts won.

it won't, but i would lol so much if it did. is it in the running?
it didn't do much past being a great platformer, but damn it had some quirky characters/story.

It's up lost against Arkham Asylum today.

And inFAMOUS lost immediately to Fallout 3. Oh well.

 

[Coelacanth]

Looks like they are doing 2 polls a day. Anyway, TF2 and Fable are close!

 

[Psychonaut]

like i said.. didn't expect psy to win. and i can't really complain about arkham asylum not being worthy, because it obviously did batman/comic books right, and has set an example of what needs to be done in future games of the same type.

psychonauts was a commercial flop, and boils down to a collect-a-thon, though the story and characters are done very very well. as i've said before, it could be a text-based adventure, if they took out the platforming.

very creative.. but it didn't do much for any given genre beyond it.. i dunno.

oh well.

tf2 better win over fable. D:<

 

[Micah]

Super Mario Sunshine FTW!

 

[Micah]

TF2: 12573
Fable: 12523

:O