Brash Games writes "With the current generation finally starting to wind down (there is no way Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles won’t be here by next Christmas), it feels like a reasonable time to reflect on what has, and will surely continue to be, the greatest console generation of all time".
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Is rather good for open world and FPS, online and social gaming, but otherwise crippled creatively because of costs associated with HD development.
And it's mostly thanks to digital distribution: When was the last gen you've seen a team of about 2 people putting up a game that becomes a smashing sales success and a GOTY nominee? With games such as Braid, World of Goo, Journey, Limbo Fez, Minecraft, Super Meat Boy, Bastion and plenty others we're witnessing how small independent studios redefine they way we approach games.
And that's without even mentioning how things on the AAA front never looked better. Never in history have so many really good games had to compete for our money. I find myself giving up on some amazing games simply because there's no time to play them all.
i agree for this gen but saying the original xbox had something except for halo is hilarious.
ps2--->xbox
Star Wars KOTOR 1&2
Oddworld Strangers Wrath
Project Gotham Racing 2
the list goes on and on....
Not to mention far better Graphics then PS2.
Even though i bought a PS2 for its Exclusives
and GT4 was probably my most played Game last Gen.
Last Gen there were really a lot of Exclusives from 3rd Party on both Sides.
Halo 1 and 2
Phantom dust
Pgr
Fusion frenzy
Amped
Ts
Ghost recon
Splinter cell
Mech assault
Steel battalion
Etc.
Are you that ignorant?
Im not saying this has been the best for me, but i have played some of the best games ive EVER played this gen
Gaming was more straight forward when i was younger, buy a game, load it up, play/beat it, end of story
Todays gaming is far more technical then it needs to be, but it has it pluses
(God Hand, Okami, Mgs 2&3, Killer7, Viewtiful joeb1&2, Katamari games,Shadow of rome, Haunting ground, fatal frames,silent hills,mk:shsolin monks,shadow of colossus&ico, luigis mansion, metroid primes, XIII, RE4, forbidden siren 1&2, zeldas, beyond good&evil..and many many more)
thi generation with very few exception was the worst
Don't get me wrong there has been some great games.Though not nearly as many as past generations and sadly this will probably only get worse next gen.The cost and time it takes developing the titles has slowed down the amount of games released.Even more so has stopped many from even taking the risk of trying something new.Now many devs want to focus on casuals because that is were the money is.
That was my favourite Gen.
Everything was new and never done before.... It really was a time of discovery, for me anyway.
This has been the generation to bring me back across to consoles. Online gaming with the likes of MAG, Metal gear Online and Soul Calibur/Virtua Fighter has been pretty much constant outside of the occasional single player game.
Though I hope that next gen we can get another though this time I hope everyone has a mic. Because the games when all the leaders had mics and were actually working and communicating were such fun.Even more so when you were OIC.
An amazing feature that surprisingly hasn't turned up in any other online game i've played.
@Dark_King lol yeah, i used to give the sniper a warning to the extent of 'Hello, i'm behind you with a knife. Hello, HELLO?'...dead. :)
- this gen i probably spent most of time playing games, offline and online, with kz2/online and souls games taking the crown. mgs4, uncharted, bayonetta, rdr,me......
- ps2 for me had best library of all time including my fav game shadow of colossus. Then silent hill stuff, re4, dmc, gow, mgs 2,3, bunch of jrpgs even though im not much into them.
- i have biggest nostalgia feel for ps1. Tekken 3, crash, ff7, gt, smackdown, crono cross, resident evil....
i guess ps1=ps2>>ps3 but irronically i played ps3 more.
I have loved every single one of them. ^_^ Some more than others, but I honestly can't pick a favorite generation.
I think I've done the most gaming on my PS3, which is saying a lot. I used to play my PS2 and SNES like crazy. :)
I can say, however, that I like my Vita more than any handheld I've ever had.
this generation could have been the best but to many games arent the full product for $60, every game has to have online,theres to many realistic games with a dude and a gun, and the systems break down, i had a ps2 for years ever since launch and it still works like WTF?
What I have learned from this gen:
I will never again buy a console on Day 1.
I will hugely reduce the number of Day 1 titles I pre-order, and will continue to rent more games
It is unlikely I'll support all the hardware manufacturers. I've always been console agnostic, and owned all of them each gen. I'll wait and see what sort of support they get and then choose
The Wii and Xbox have proved a joke with so few titles I was interested in to justify the cost (both Wii and 360 were Day 1 purchases). The PS3 has proved better value over the life of the console, but that was only because I waited for the first price drop - I'd be gutted if I spent the full launch price on the console.
EDIT: If I had to pick a gen that was best...
Probably go for PS2 / GC / Xbox
SNES / Megadrive
PS1 / N64 / Saturn
Then, PS3 / 360 / Wii
Would also throw in the Atari 2600, Vic 20 gen, then Spectrum 48k / 128k, C64 in there too - but not sure where. Dreamcast needs an honourable mention
Brought us amazing JRPG's, and quality games like MGS 1, Castlevania sotn, Jet Set Radio, Nights, Zelda 64, Starfox 64, Resident Evil 1-3, etc. Not so much quality/variety today (although there are unique gems like Catherine, Sound Shapes, Walking Dead, Flower, etc).
Ps2 era was good too, but outside of Kingdom Hearts, Persona series, Disgae, Beyond Good & Evil, Sly Cooper 2, mgs 3, some of Rockstar's games, and a some others, there are only a few I can still enjoy today in hindsight.
Games like Motorstorm, inFamous, LittleBigPlanet, Heavy Rain and Warhawk have just been amazing.
Honorable mention goes to this era mainly because it's the era I started caring about (non-EA Sports) video games again. And I got the Wii to thank for that.