Comments on: Guardian’s “Game of the Decade”

By: de wej

de wej — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:03:55 +0000

Pwned :biggrin:

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:44:53 +0000

In terms of public consciousness, that’s not even debatable, sure. The game to really bring the 3rd person action genre into the open “true sandbox” was another N64 game by the name of “Body Harvest”.

Probably the most prolific 3D GTA precursor, It was actually made by DMA design, who as you should know later changed their name to Rockstar.

By: Nick de Bruyne

Nick de Bruyne — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:31:31 +0000

I don’t know, I still think that GTA was the one that really moved the genre into the open

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:20:58 +0000

I would argue that – while not from the last decade – 1996′s Super Mario 64 was the breakthrough for the beginning of open world 3D games, superseding GTA’s influence.

By: Nick de Bruyne

Nick de Bruyne — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:12:34 +0000

I also thought that this might go the way of GTA. Sure it’s not everyones cup of tea and the violence never helped its image but the truth is that it was the way forward for gaming, the “open-world” games that are all over the place today stem from GTA 3 in one way or another. I do believe that Half Life 1 was the pioneer of the passed “FPS” age that totally dominated the scene.

By: Bobby Kotick dislikes copycats

Bobby Kotick dislikes copycats — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:47:40 +0000

@Goose – Mass Effect was a nice game, but it was neither ground-breaking nor was it without fault. The vehicle missions were dull and exploring the galaxy was nowhere near as fun as it should have been.

@Bonk – If there was justice in this world, Ico would definitely be Game of the Century, but unfortunately, you and I were the only ones who played it. The rest of the world got fingered with Halo Combat Evolved.

@Fake Bobby Kotick: Sigh dude.. I mean really now? Apart from copying my awesome Bobby Kotick nick idea, the GTA games could definitely be considered Game of the Decade material, especially GTA San Andreas. GTA4 was fun, but they lost sight of what made the series so successful… COMEDY!

By: Grant Hinds

Grant Hinds — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:35:43 +0000

I agree in fact. They’ve summed it up brilliantly. One problem is that it’s FPS specific, but still. HL2 = Groundbreaking. Not to mention it gave us the Source engine… :biggrin:

By: Bonk

Bonk — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:24:30 +0000

I think Ico deserves game of the decade. The Universe and scope was astounding and one of the few games that crossed the boundary between gaming and cinema. It is and will always be a true gem.

By: Goose

Goose — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:04:29 +0000

Even though there were a few gameplay issues and for some unknown reason they made each of the side mission’s pretty much identical in terms of building layout etc, I think Mass Effect might take it for me.

The story was absolutely unbelievable and the cinematic way that tehy handled the dialogue etc was something that had never been done before. Plus the game just looked amazing!

It is, to date, the only game that has left me genuinely breathless at the end of it. I literally sat staring at the screen for the entire credits, stunned at what i had just finished.

By: Hooloovoo

Hooloovoo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:40:27 +0000

HL2 All the way.

Game really set the Bar a lot higher for all FPS’s