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Jabroniman1988 t1_je97z89 wrote

2004 was killer. Metal gear solid 3. Half life 2. GTA San Andreas. Halo 2. World of Warcraft. Burnout 3. KOTOR 2. And many more. But 2001 will always be hard to beat

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JohnnyCenter OP t1_je98p7a wrote

Personally, while this might sound crazy, I think 2020 is pretty high up there. Not just because of the big releases. I just think the year proved how massive the games industry truly is. The pandemic hurt most other industries, but video games just grew. The perfect year for a game like animal crossing to come out as a lot of people who barely or never play games on a console went out of their way to start doing so.

People began to notice how massive the community is and we saw hype for a game like never seen before with Cyberpunk 2077. Again, people who typically never play games jumped along the hype train and even pre-ordered a game for the first time. It's almost impossible to explain just how anticipated this game was both within and outside of the gaming community.

There were plenty of big releases that year in various genres. Some continuations that pushed its own genre like Doom Eternal, but also continuations in series that has been dorment for a while like Crash Bandicoot 4, Serious Sam and Half Life Alyx. New experimental games like Dreams (if you can even call it a game) or My Friend Pedro or Death Stranding. Hype games finally releasing like the aforementioned Cyberpunk, but also The Last of Us Part 2 and Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Other notable games/events: Warzone released and were the first Battle Royale to fully compete with Fortnite. Fall Guys had the biggest spike and fall in the player base. Among Us, while not releasing that year, surprisingly became an internet juggernaut over night (another game that everyone played regardless of whether or not you typically played video games). Ghost of Tsushima released and semented itself as a PlayStation classic. Nintendo released Super Mario 3D Allstars, a remake of the biggest 3D Mario games, but only for a limited time.

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theplacewiththeface t1_je9ep6d wrote

I remember when WOW first came out the guys I played it with just referred to it as "The Game" bc its basically all we played.

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boersc t1_je9g4kv wrote

Next year. It's always next year.

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BlackRabbit2011 t1_je9g6si wrote

2017 for me. Switch, botw, Mario, persona 5, horizon, nier, pub g, indie games like hollow knight, cuphead. Also seemed like all the usually mid games were 8/10 minimum

Other popular games like danganronpa 3, hellblade, night in the woods, prey, yakuza 0, destiny 2, the list goes on

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Troncross t1_je9g8pl wrote

2007

Modern warfare, Bioshock, Mario Galaxy, Halo 3

Series heights their franchises have been trying to top ever since.

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rjchute t1_je9hb6h wrote

1993: 7th Guest, Critical Path, Day of the Tentacle, Doom, Duke Nukem 2, Gabriel Knight, Halloween Harry, Myst, Star Wars: Rebel Assault, Sim City 2000, Sam n Max Hit the Road, Zone 66

1994: Doom 2, Jazz Jackrabbit, OMF2097, Rise of the Triad, SimTower, Under a Killing Moon, Warcraft, Wing Commander III...

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I-just-do-stuff t1_je9hciv wrote

Best year relative to the years around it would def be 2007, bioshock, mass effect, team fortress 2, halo 3, COD 4, mario galaxy, crysis, uncharted 1, assassins creed, stalker, GOW 2, portal, HL2 e2, Metroid prime 3, super paper Mario

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Ha_eflolli t1_je9iqne wrote

For those of you who can understand german, I'd also recommend Rocketbeans various "XXXX: das beste Gaming Jahr ever?" Videos (the best gaming year ever?), which are 3-4 hour discussions about what all the good games were during a particular year (sofar there is one of these for 2000 - 2004)

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0451time t1_je9jn7p wrote

2017 because of Prey, Switch, Mario Kart and BOTW

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oOo-Yannick-oOo t1_je9mwkm wrote

1998 : Resident Evil 2, Crash Bandicoot - Warped, Tekken 3, Half-Life, Metal Gear Solid, Fallout 2, Starcraft, Baldur's Gate, F-Zero X, Ocarina of Time, Spyro, 1080 Snowboarding, Unreal, Panzer Dragoon...

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GloatingSwine t1_je9nmtv wrote

1994 was a pretty vintage year: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy 6, Sonic 3/& Knuckles, Doom 2, TIE Fighter, Wing Commander 3, Donkey Kong Country, Warcraft, Master of Magic, System Shock, Tekken, and UFO Enemy Unknown.

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EpicDragonz4 t1_je9o0yl wrote

Replying to hail_goku (#2,482,034)

Ya 2018 was great, 3 of my favourite games of all time came out that year, Monster Hunter: World, RDR2, and God of War. Gaming was a lot more hype to me back then as I was in high school.

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nealmb t1_je9pgk6 wrote

  1. Half-life, Zelda ocarina of time, Banjo Kazooie, metal Gear Solid, resident evil 2, crash bandicoot, Spyro, Mario party, Pokémon yellow.
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boersc t1_je9rb16 wrote

Replying to ehRoman (#2,483,041)

What I'm trying to say is that every year, the gaming market is getting bigger and better. This year is no exception, as is next year (I'm sure). So, not disagreeing there.

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Windyandbreezy t1_je9s37n wrote

I'm gonna say 1992 simply because of Mortal Kombat. Why? It was the year the Government began to fear video games. They realized kids were happy and not by traditional wholesome means like, church, school, and war. Instead, kids were playing a game that literally had legislation created and the ESRB. Also Mortal Kombat brought a realism to video games never done before and pretty much evolved the fighting genre. Any year that makes the government of the USA afraid to a point of holding legislation and writing bills, and creating things like the ESRB.. thats a year that moved not only players, but governments of 1st world countries. That was the year everyone knew, video games were here to stay.

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the_blast_radius t1_je9spdc wrote

2005 was pretty decent. Resident Evil 4, God of War, Kingdom Hearts 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Psychonauts, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Yakuza, Lego Star Wars.

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Darkest-Revenant t1_je9sz21 wrote

2015: The Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Life Is Strange, GTA V For PC, Rocket League, Cities Skylines, Metal Gear Solid V, Dying Light, Just Cause 3, Mad Max.

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derwood1992 t1_je9to1n wrote

2017 was crazy. It's very recent so you cant look back to it and go wow look at those classics. But the sheer quantity of quality games is unrivaled.

RE 7, Nioh, Horizen zero dawn, nier automata, destiny 2, prey, injustice 2, assassin creed origins, uncharted lost legacy, wolfenstein 2, sonic mania, evil within 2, cuphead, Zelda BotW, little nightmares, Hellblade, Samus returns, Mario Odyssey, what remains of Edith finch, for honor, divinity original sin 2, a hat in time, total war Warhammer 2, Xcom 2: War of the chosen DLC, crash bandicoot trilogy, sniper elite 4, Dishonored death of the outsider, xenoblade chronicles 2.

How do you even compete with this many quality games?

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Gandarii t1_je9uegt wrote

There is a case to be made that some games are so incredibly influential, that they carried a year on their own. Think the year Tetris was released or the year Minecraft was released.

That being said, we have 2004, which had WoW and GTA San Andreas, both of which are up there for the most influential games of all time. Pair that with a few other gems like KOTOR II, and I think that year should take the cake.

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SILE3NCE t1_je9xl3k wrote

2011 hit different for me

  • Dark Souls
  • Portal 2
  • The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
  • Saint's Row: The Third
  • Battlefield 3
  • L.A. Noire
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • Terraria
  • Alice: Madness Returns
  • Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
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UncleNintendo64 t1_jea1pgt wrote

Maybe 1996 or 2009 or 2022 or 2021. Maybe it's 1987 or 1988 depending where you live. Could be 1990 or 2002 or 2003 or 2001 or 2004 or 2015 or 2011

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nitrobskt t1_jea4bdj wrote

1985 Super Mario Bros. This game (arguably) single handedly saved video games. All the later years were able to exist as they did because of this year.

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NoMoreGoldPlz t1_jea75zq wrote

1: When Pong released.
2: Whenever it was when I played my first games.
3: Right now, since you can possibly play the largest amount of games and variety from everything that was made in the past few decades.

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RJ6french t1_jeaho6t wrote

Between 2013-2015

It get downhill after

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KitKatKidLemon t1_jebpyti wrote

I used to always say 1997 - Final Fantasy VII, Goldeneye, Castlevania SOTN, original GTA, original Grand Tourismo, original Fallout.

But now after looking at this thread I'm thinking 1998/99

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Cavissi t1_jec1oqc wrote

  1. Final fantasy 7 and tactics, symphony of the night, diablo, breath of fire 3, harvest moon snes, Diddy Kong racing, and probably some others.
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JPZDoesItEasy t1_jec2sox wrote

2012

Borderlands 2 Spec Ops the Line Black Ops 2 Lollipop Chainsaw Dishonored (🤙) Max Payne 3 Darksiders 2 Telltale the walking dead first season Mass effect 3 Far cry 3 Holiness Miami Persona 4 Sleeping dogs Dragons Dogma

Nuts!

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SpazmusJackson t1_jed8bmo wrote

Looking at what games have come out… the only bad years in the last decade were 2014 and 2021.

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