Top 5 New IPs that absolutely define this Console Generation

"We’ve seen the rise and fall of a great number of new gaming franchises in this console generation. We’ve witnessed many success stories of countless games developed by studios that were previously almost unknown. And we’ve also seen big hits from the big guns of the industry as well. While it’s difficult to point out only five new franchises that have had the greatest impact on this generation of consoles but after considering many factors, we did manage to list down the five absolutely most deserving games for this title."

[gameguru]

Hmmmm... pretty much nailed it!

[Thatguy-310]

COD 4 defined multiplayer !!!! It should be there instead of assassins

[RockmanII7]

CoD4 wasn't a new IP, and CoD1 came out before the Xbox 360 did.

[HaVoK308]

The list is hard to argue with. I would have chose the same games.

Lmao@ the COD4 comment. Someone must have never played an FPS on the PC. Guess you never heard of Rainbow Six, Rogue Spear, or Ghost Recon. And FYI, COD4 was not new IP this generation. It's a sequel. A 4th nonetheless.

Teenagers. They think COD4 started it all. Ignorant fools.

[perdie]

@HaVoK308

Do you realize that CoD 4 was a new IP? Its NOT a sequel to any CoD and started the Modern Warfare series. Guess it shows how much "adults" like you know when criticizing teenagers. BTW Im 19 so i guess im a teenager

[Urrakia34]

@perdie - It is NOT a new IP. If it were, it wouldn't be called CoD FOUR (4) buddy.

[solideagle1]

bloody hell no little big planet? this game single handly created "play share" concept. it should have been there.

thanks

[LORD-PHOENIX]

not to mention one of the most original in little big planet not to be on that list is a joke

[grailly]

LBP was great, but I wouldn't say it defined the generation.

I would also put cod4 on the list even though people think it's not a new IP. If I say the modern warfare IP? does it make it better?

anyway, like it or not it's the game that defined the most this generation, throwing it into the FPS craze that it is in and making every other shooter copy it's multiplayer.

[bozebo]

Great games.

Funny that 3 of them are Unreal engine games and I dislike those three games because of the way they "feel" to play (clunky sluggish something... feels like your character is hanging from a rope by their nose when you move or turn the camera). Still played the hell outta them, but Bioshock and ME should be in their own engines.

Noticed something interesting...
4 of the 5 listed games had TV advertising campaigns. There must be other games that could be way better that none of us know about.

[SephirothX21]

Of course CoD4 did not start it all but it was a brilliant game. Its just a pity the series went downhill from there. Some young gamers don't realise how good older franchises were and what innovations they made.

[Biggest]

Why are you fools bringing PC into is? The title clearly states "Console Generation". Call of Duty 4 is new. Modern Warfare changed the direction of Call of Duty and spawned a new generation of copycat shooters on consoles. Little Big Planet was the beginning of its genre on consoles. It's one of the best and most defining games for consoles. Assassin's Creed is more a great series than a defining one. The same can be said about Bioshock and Mass Effect. No one can deny that the games are awesome for a great many gamers, but what did they define exactly? Uncharted defined the PS3 just as Gears of War defined the 360. There aren't many Assassin's Creed/Bioshock/Mass Effect clones out there. There aren't many developers looking to re-create the magic of those three games. They are just awesome games, not defining games.

[Thatguy-310]

@havok
Did those games that you mention have killstreaks? Perks? You are just plain stupid if you don't think that modern warefare defined multiplayer this Generation.

[ilovepsvita]

Yes.Every other Cod game after Cod4 was just rinse and repeat.

[sich92]

it defined milking

[Thatguy-310]

@such92
Yea just like assasins creed right ?

[Boody-Bandit]

I like Dead Space more than Bioshock.
The original Bioshock was excellent but 2 was slightly disappointing. Where Dead Space was excellent but I feel Dead Space 2 was even better.

Just my 2 cents / opinion

[LadyGaga]

I only guessed three out of five correctly.

[ilikegam3s]

>< ive played all of them.

Epic list :D

Sure there are other games, but oh well.

[the_best_player]

Assassin’s Creed = meh
Bioshock = meh
Mass Effect = meh
Uncharted = great
Gears of War = meh unreal engine

[MrChow666]

your comment = meh

[Eric Barrier]

Hmm, the only IP you liked was the PLayStation exclusive one... I wonder why?

[-EvoAnubis-]

Dude, you're nuts. I agree with only your opinion on Bioshock (it just didn't do it for me) and Uncharted, but everything else on the list are fantastic IPs.

How any gamer could not like Mass Effect is simply beyond me.

[Snakefist30]

inFamous and Batman Arkham Asylum????

[Jamzluminati]

I agree with AC and Uncharted BUT!

System Shock is better than Bioshock.
Star Wars was better than ME
And gears of war was nothing but hype.

[perdie]

and what exactly did system shock and star wars do in the new IP department this generation?

Has nothing to do with anything

[TBM]

awesome list and i agree 100%

[kikizoo]

Uncharted
deadspace
LBP
Infamous
resistance

better list for me (even if i like bioshock and gear)

[NovusTerminus]

4 shooters... Yeah that does just about sum up this generation. >.>

[MidnytRain]

AWESOME shooters?

[Jacks_Medulla]

While that is a valid observation(I am shooter fatigued as well),each of those "shooters" are exceptionally good games.

[GunofthePatriots]

mass effect one is more of an rpg

[rabidpancakeburglar]

It's an RPG shooter, the only reason that it is downplayed in shooting terms is because the shooting is pretty awful.

[EmperorDalek]

I didn't think the shooting was that bad...

[bozebo]

Mass Effect is more of a shooter. They like to call it an RPG, but it isn't one.

Action Adventure Shooter is the best genre to put Mass Effect into, Fallout 3 is an RPG Shooter.

[Qrphe]

I enjoyed the game, but it's not an RPG. RPG is nowadays more of a term people use to make games sound more hardcore.

@bozebo

bubbled up

[TronEOL]

And if you played all of them, you'd get a different feel from every single one.

[Father Time]

Well yeah but that doesn't make them samey. No one can argue that Bioshock is a similar game to Uncharted.

[Lord_Sloth]

But we can argue that Gears and Uncharted are similar and that ME is similar but with a magic gimmick and calling itself (falsely) an RPG.

[Assassin Nawabi]

Gotta agree with the list... may be lbp or portal could've sneaked in somewhere?

[Mikefizzled]

Surely not Portal has been PC based as is anything Valve. LBP probably isn't a big and genre's haven't changed and followed suit as much as with the others.

[Blaine]

I agree with LBP. Created both the ideas of "co-opetition" and "Play, Create, Share". LBP's been a much bigger influence on this gen than we realize.

[Voxelman]

all that has been available on PC for years

[Getowned]

true Voxelman,very true but for console LBP is good :),i never got lbp2 tho figured i got all i wanted out of lbp allready maybe im wrong.

[pixelsword]

Voxelman is right; it has been available for years on the PC, that's the problem I have with this list: a lot of what's on it was on the PC already. Gears is great, but as far as the look and the chain-gun it gleaned that from Warhammer 40,000's armor and chain-blades (not to mention the whole kill.Switch thing, but that's another story).

And I don't see where anyone got anything from Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed.

A few people had Uncharted in it's sights, but only for the visual quality and maybe story elements (like what Clifford B. said or Sucker Punch Said)

Bioshock is a paragon and hasn't been copied... a paragon that is also almost like System Shock.

But I do have to concede that the title said IP's that defined this console's generation; but in a way, that's still kinda not fair because if a game/console is capable of doing more than the other games/consoles in terms of abilities, and a multiplatform game or exclusive can't emulate certain actions, it can't be influential although it is innovative to the point of being worthy of being emulated.

If you are talking about games which have influenced other games, (and as much as I hate to admit it) you can't ignore CoD because everyone's copying it in the vain effort of getting the the same amount of sales.

2k basketball has been influential from what I understand.

Motorstorm was highly influential in terms of car damage; Forza was just about as influential in terms of modifications to your car.

Halo was influential in terms of making a game sub-HD to raise the bar in terms of overall graphical quality; so I have to give credit where credit is due on that one because the games look great.

Wii Sports opened up the motion-control genre like no other game.

Resistance was first in terms of having a larger than normal amount of multiplayers (which opened to 60, then 256)

fl0w was probably the first indie game that showed that cheap didn't mean "low quality" on consoles.

There are other games and other genres, and opinions are like something else, I once heard...

[otherZinc]

@solideagle1,
&
@Blaine,

LBP didn't create anything but a name in play create share: its nothing but a name!
Halo 3 created FORGE! Remember that, that released before LBP.

Also, Forge came back much stronger & far more powerful in Halo:Reach!

You guys need to expand your library of games & you'd know how fantastic Forge Mode is in Halo:Reach!

[MOTY]

You are right Otherzinc. And to add to that, Forza 2 was released with the online auction house. So you could create designs and tuning set ups on the car and sell that car online. So even before Halo 3 introduced us to Forge, Forza 2 was allowing for a minimal aspect of Play, create and share. Buy a car with a nice custom paint job and tuning and save it so that you can reapply it to other cars in your garage. All done back of May 2007, 15 months before LBP was released.

[Tony P]

I think that, while LBP absolutely did NOT create the concept, this list is not about originality in the slightest.

It is basically a popularity contest. It has a lot less to do with innovation and a bit more to do with reception by the modern gaming audience. That's why they're almost all shooters.

[MaxOpower]

I'm no fan, only played the first Modern warfare.

But Call of duty probably should have been on the list. Considering how much it has influenced the industry, and how many games it has sold.

[DanSolo]

It's not a new IP this gen.... COD4 was the first one this gen, but there were previous COD's last gen!

EDIT: Yeah but Modern Warfare is just COD set in modern times instead of WW2, it is not a new IP. This list is about totally new IP's this gen.

[MaxOpower]

I know, properly should have made it clearer, but I meant "Modern warfare" not "COD"

[RockmanII7]

Actually CoD2 was the first one this gen.

[Assassin Nawabi]

COD isn't a new IP, cod 1 came before 360 was released

[MrChow666]

come on cod was ww2 until MW and it introduced perks and customization, cod wasnt new but Modern Warfare was. you cant deny the relevance of MW this gen, it is one of the more popular, loved, hated and debated franchises, for me playing MW when it came out was definitely a key moment this gen,even though I cant stand cod anymore.
I would have added dead space to the list

[-EvoAnubis-]

@Mr Chow: Sure I can deny that. The CoD:MW games were fun, but defining the generation? Not even close. The MW games did what they did very well, and they polished it to a shine, but they didn't change anything.

Assassin's Creed gave us several huge cities that you could climb (and you had to think ahead before you tried it, because you're not Spider-Man) and a huge narrative that still isn't even close to over.

Mass Effect was so good that it almost single-handedly stole the RPG genre from Japan.

Gears didn't invent the cover system (only people who just started gaming this generation would think that), but they did it so well along with also doing well what Epic has always nailed in the Unreal games that it spread very well to other games.

Uncharted...well, damn, it was Uncharted. Incredible graphics, great characters, and a fun storyline made it seem like you were playing through a summer movie. And then they blew the doors off in UC2 by adding multiplayer.

I'm not a BioShock fan, but by combining weapons and powers, in the environment that it took place in, and the story it told was really unmatched.

CoD:MW? It was a really good FPS. Fantastic, but not really that big of a deal, industry-wise.

[Akiba96]

Ya this is a pretty good list. There are a few others that could of snuck in there but this list is still good.

[KingSlayer]

Only listed game I take issue with is AC. Just never been able to get into it. It would've been nice to see some downloadable titles listed, as they have had as important an influence this gen as anything else.

[Nawabi]

Absolutely. Games like limbo and braid have had a great influence on the current generation so far

[jokia005]

yes dead space yes

[HeavenlySnipes]

COD
- How many people still play these games? It isn't a secret that this is the series that brought many skeptics into gaming and is well loved by its fanbase

Gears of War
- Who didn't get pumped for that trailer many years ago for the first Gears? Its a series that along with Halo defined the 360 for many years and is personally the reason I got a 360 back in 07'

Uncharted
- Man, a game that smashed records, earning many GOTY awards for its cinematic gameplay and unique memorable plots and characters. A series that got many into PS3 gaming

Assassin's Creed
- Personally, I don't see the appeal for this series any more, (maybe because its all Ubi has been pushing out every year) but regardless, its a series that was once a sleeper hit to a well known, multimillion selling commodity. The excellent detailed architecture and cliffhanger plot has left gamers begging for more.

Killzone
- The HUGE 2006 E3 trailer is ultimately what brought skeptics into next gen gaming. We hadn't really seen a game that really blew us away until Killzone 2 came and stole our breathes collectively. The gameplay matched the graphics in my opinion, and still to this day has fans playing epic hour long Warzone matches on its servers.

Not in that order but those were the most hyped games.

Special Mention
MGS4: Sure it is a game that boosted PS3 sales A LOT during its release, but I don't think its impact on this gen was more than it was last gen with MGS2 and 3.

Mass Effect: Its a very innovative series, combining its RPG and TPS elements as well as improving character growth by allowing player choice on morality and plot changing decisions. Its a great serise, but I feel its impact is not as big as the five listed above

GTA IV: Gran Theft Auto is a game known by gamers and game haters alike. The fourth installment to the console series was anticipated by many after the AMAZING San Andreas entry that well critically acclaimed for its over the top gameplay and huge amounts of customization and replayability. The fourth is still well liked but, it didn't really cause wow every gamer (<--- sure that's opinionated, but that's how I feel)

[gameguru]

Half of those games aren't even a new IP of this generation mate!

[Mikefizzled]

To do the dirty work.
Call of Duty 2003
Killzone 2004
MGS 1998 (based on a 1987 NES game)
GTA 1997
If you read the title it does clearly state "New IPs"

[Foxgod]

Metal gear is not a nes game, sure there was a nes version, but it was a port of the MSX version, with some added stuff.

Also Solid is a direct sequel to Metal gear 2, which was MSX exclusive, so Solid is not based on the older ones, its a sequel.

[Blacktric]

Metal Gear Solid is not "based on" a NES game from 87. It's a direct "sequel" to Metal Gear. A MSX2 game released on July 12 1987. NES version was a reprogrammed piece of shit released 5 months after it.

[Mikefizzled]

You seriously think he knows what an MSX2 is though? Its why i suggested a console thats somewhat understandable to the ignorance of people like him.

[Imalwaysright]

"unique memorable plots and characters" Lol what? Besides Drake all characters are cliché and so is Uncharteds plot. If you want a game with truly memorable plot and characters try MGS3.

[Miiikeyyy]

wtf are you talking about? Uncharted characters are the best of any game. They are bursting with personality, they're likeable and engaging! As for the plot, It's not cliche...You sound like you've never even played Uncharted. If you had, You wouldn't say it's 'cliche'

[Kingscorpion1981]

What about Dead Space???

[JellyJelly]

It's funny that so many people in here don't understand what an IP is, or have no perception of time. *hint - Call of Duty and GTA are IP's*

[Sidewinder-]

Gears - It was good when it came out.

Ass Creed - I loved it for it's story, but in reality it's just far too monotonous gameplay wise. I cba finshing ass creed 2.

Bioshock - Most people act like it's something amazing. Those fools obviously havn't played Deus Ex.

Mass Effect - I loved the first one. Couldn't be arsed with ME2. BeAware of generic Bioware.

Uncharted - I'd love to play it and see what all the fuss is about. :)

I borrowed a friends PS3 just to play Metal Gear 4. That's the only real console game thats left a big impression on me.

[Nawabi]

mgs 4 isn't a new IP, you do understand that, right?

[Sidewinder-]

I dun made myself look goofy here.

Maybe i should say most of the games here, aint really all hot stuff.

[MidnytRain]

I can't think Bioshock and Deus Ex are both amazing?

[tiffac008]

Dues Ex is not a new IP of this gen though.

[MidnytRain]

Sonicsidewinder said it, not me.

[tiffac008]

Ah your right. I didn't notice he mentioned it under Bioshock.

[_Aarix_]

Gears was good when it came out? Its been getting better and longer. Don't give me that bull.

[Too_many_games]

Replace Uncharted with Dead Space and its all good :D

[Darth Stewie]

Dead Space is great but has not had the impact the Uncharted franchise has had this generation. I would put Dead Space in the top 10 of franchises from this gen but not top five.

[Too_many_games]

i love action adventure games but i could never get into the Uncharted series.. i do not know why.

[MsclMexican]

Today,I was at Fanexpo. Think Canada's Comic-con but not as good.

Now we had a great gaming area, there was this huge set for Uncharted 3 with a working smoking airplane.

Now, while I was waiting to play, two guys who looked like Jersey Shore outcasts came up to the set and one dude said "WTF is this Soccom..."

Completely ignoring the bigass uncharted 3 sign.

Once they realized the game was uncharted, I heard them say "This game is so shit", and then they walked off.

I was confused, who could think uncharted is shit.

Then I understood why he said it.

He had lined up to play gears 3.

I came to a conclusion today, 360 fanboys really hate what they are not allowed to play, and refuse to play it whatsoever

[_Aarix_]

Uncharted 3 and Gears of War 3 are both 10/10 in their own wsy. These 2 games really show the amazingness of this generation thats tainted by All fanboys.

[Breadisgood]

The key word there is "fanboys". There's plenty of them for all platforms and they act just the same way.

Just forget about them. There's plenty of gamers who appreciate good games when they see them, regardless of what platform they're on.

[militant07]

no replace bioshock with dead space

[Sidewinder-]

lmfao

[Kingscorpion1981]

I wouldn't never replace Dead Space with Uncharted! What are you smoking? Whatever your on give me some!

[PSVita]

ok we'll just have to pretend that the series did win over 300 awards.

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

All the games on this list sucked.

[Quagmire]

Wow, you must not be a very competent gamer then.

Not even one of those you like? What's wrong with you?

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

Assassins Creed- Decent series, 1 was the best, 2 was meh and BH was the worst.

Bioshock- Best on the list. Not as good as System Shock 2 but still good. Had potential to be better though.

Mass Effect- Ah, I hate this game. I don't even consider it an rpg. No depth in the gameplay, forgettable characters, re-used texture everywhere, generic scifi story,bad voice acting, bad AI,linear missions. ME2 improved many things but failed because they removed many things that made ME1 an rpg.

Uncharted- Solid story & graphics. Great action scenes. Boring gameplay, terrible platforming, no exploration or adventuring, very very linear.

Gears- Story is just bad. Multiplayer is great, never got into it much but I can see it relies on skill and has some dedicated players. But Gears 2 sucked. Gears 3 seems to be improving though.

So there you go I hope I explained myself. This is defiantly the worst generation of gaming.

Oh and there is nothing 'wrong' with me.

[Blacktric]

"ME2 improved many things but failed because they removed many things that made ME1 an rpg."

Generic sh*t thrower alert!

[Da One]

No littlebigplanet......wtf

[Imalwaysright]

Wait no Demons Souls, The Witcher and Portal? I completely disagree with this list!

[Blaine]

Demon's Souls is the exact anti-thesis to this gen!

In a gen when games have never been more noob-friendly (practically every game has regenerating health and checkpoints everywhere), Demon's Souls went completely against the trend. Definitely one of the best games this gen. Define the gen though? lol no.

[Imalwaysright]

I get what youre saying but If Demons Souls is "Definitely one of the best games this gen" why cant it define this generation for some people? To me Demons Souls is until now the best game of this generation, so like MGS3, RE4, San Andreas and SoTC are the games that come to mind when thinking about last gen in a few years from now Demons Souls will be one the of the games will come to mind when thinking about the current gen. To me Demons Souls defines this generation.

BTW its uniqueness makes the game standout from all the casual friendly games of this generation. It may not define the generation for many but im sure that will be remembered by many.

[kma2k]

would you kindly!

[--Onilink--]

Well even though i would never say its a better Game than anything mentioned on the comments, the one game that defined this gen(like ir or not/ for better or worse) is WII SPORTS

[capjacksparrow]

Haze and Vampire Rain. Nuff said.

[Brownghost]

Sarcasm?

[capjacksparrow]

Haha of course. I tried to think of the two worst games possible.

[TronEOL]

My top 5 new IPs have to be:

Uncharted : Proved video games can be as good as (or better than) Hollywood movies. Pretty much set a benchmark for gaming animations and acting/voice acting. Excellent pacing and really fun & varied gameplay just add to the whole experience.

Mass Effect : Made the near perfect blend of Action and RPG with Mass Effect 2 adding fantastic cinematic elements. And it only gets better as the series goes on. Which Mass Effect 3 looks to perfect this genre and formula.

Bioshock : Easily one of the most atmospheric games released this generation. Not to mention the gameplay was tons of fun. The ability to hold a weapon in one hand and have an instantly available "magical" ability in the other was epic. Can't even get into the story otherwise we'll be here all day and Bioshock Infinite only looks to improve upon that, greatly.

LittleBigPlanet : This one should be very simple to understand. It's a platformer that incorporated the ability to create levels and easily share them online with as much effort as you want to put in. It started a whole trend of "Play. Create. Share". Not to mention the lovable characters and story.

Portal : A puzzler with tons of personality, a fantastic story and fun characters. And to imagine they did it all without the main character ever talking. The game had intelligent puzzles and silky smooth puzzling action.

Honourable mentions:
- LIMBO
- Borderlands
- Flower
- Journey (soon)
- Bulletstorm

[omi25p]

Both mass effect and uncharted wouldn't exist without gears. Both naughty dog and bioware said they took influence from its cover system. So if your going to have mass effect and uncharted u have to have gears

[Lazarus69]

YES they would ,just because they might of taken influence for the cover system from Gears.Doesn't mean those games wouldn't of come out if they didn't

[omi25p]

Generation defining games means games that have shown what this Gen can do and by showing what this Gen can do have influenced other games to do something similar

[blackburn10]

What about Heavy Rain, Demon Souls and LBP?

[Objective]

How have they been a significant impact to gaming this gen? They are niche.

[PSVita]

you wouldn't understand because you've never played them.

[remanutd55]

where is Little Big Planet ?

[FlareDReborn]

Uncharted baby,

[Getowned]

Mass effect 1 & 2 is a big one for me probably my fav this gen sofar waiting for ME3, what about the highly under rated Dead Space real great game,Uncharted is great love the story telling and voice acting,Assasins creed is awesome but i want to move away from ezio,Bad Company was great for MP as well as BC2..idk if i would count them as new even tho battlefield is not but "bad company" is maybe?? idk...Dragon age origins was good until my 10th play through XD ..really shows you how little new games we really got this gen.

[lochdoun]

Wow, great list.
I agree with all 5.

[Sizzon]

Awesome list. I agree with all of those.

[yamzilla]

Everyone of those games besides uncharted is much better on pc, uncharted will be better on pc soon, when it is emulated in true hd with 16x anti aliasing like all those other games.....

so, yes I guess that does define this console gen, 90% of all it's games also on pc in much better form!

[RevXM]

I dont think 10 years away can be defined as SOON.
I hope you know what emulation means?
GOOD luck having any hardware setup to make a virtual PS3 and then run the games you'd like and also with upscaled res and AA.

You sure provide a solid laugh everyday though.

[Breadisgood]

"so, yes I guess that does define this console gen, 90% of all it's games also on pc in much better form!"

Not like every other generation then...

No-one cares about PC when the topic concerns consoles, so why bother bringing it up?

[climaxz]

Why do people disagree when spitting the truth ?
I've had every sony console and I guess I am a fanboy, I'm a sony fan but that don't mean I "Hate" PC and 360 games. But like wtf this guy is just saying that a game on consoles will look much better on PC quit the hate.

I bet if he said Gears of War would look better on PS3 he would have move agree's...really, sometimes you guys act like sour****** to me, tell me what exactly is invalid about what he said ? Although I can't imagine a game powered by blu-ray playing on a PC but still.

[MrManchild]

Lulwut.

Where's Wii Sports? It's pretty much the most influental game this gen.

[Kos-Mos]

This list is made by people who thinks pearl harbor was a great movie.

[Kos-Mos]

Or more like the game series the majority plays, and we all have learned what`s to be said about the majority, right?

[clockworkrazor]

A great selection and choice of games for this generations defining games.

I would say that Dead Space would be right at #6 if the list were a top ten.

[Deadman_Senji]

Hmmm, no Demon's Souls...

....Kill yourself.

[climaxz]

LBP should be there. I mean Sackboy is like sony's true mascot along with the helghast and nathan, it was snake but since MGS is on 360 now...meh I don't count him.
Snake is a snake lol.

[Sizzon]

I would say Kratos or Sackboy. In the PS1 days it was either Crash or Spyro.

[Jappy-k7]

Snake is a snake riiiight he was on msx, ,gb, ps1, ps2, xbox, pc, gamecube, wii, ps3, x360 and 3ds

so STOP F***KING ACT LIKE MGS SERIES IS OWNED BY SONY!

[climaxz]

:/ you right my bad.
No need to get excited though >_>

[gypsygib]

Good list, for me personally I'd prefer Infamous over AC but the latter if far more popular.

[PCE]

That list defines how diverse this generation of gaming has been...

SHOOTERS!!!

[Scuzzlebutt]

Assassin's Creed? Those games are repetitive and boring. This must be a sales list and not much more. I'd like to see infamous on that list.

[Scuzzlebutt]

Oops, I forgot LBP. Best new franchise this gen IMO.

[TheLastGuardian]

The 5 new IPs that defined this generation for me are...

LittleBigPlanet
Uncharted
inFAMOUS
Bioshock
Rock Band

[Relientk77]

For me:

Uncharted
Assassin's Creed
Bioshock

I would say Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare even though its not new because it completely exploded multiplayer this generation, Shooting games with multiplayer have never been so popular.

The author gave a very good list those are definitley pretty much the five new game series I think of when I think of this generation

[KendrickGLS]

Assassin's Creed: Gameplay was ok, storyline was lame, so the game itself sucked. But my cousin is a big fan of it
and he pre-ordered Revelations. BioShock is awsome I just wish the whole series was Xbox exclusive, but it's still an awsome series. Mass Effect is ok. Uncharted is awsome. Gears of War is so awsome! BioShock is the best game on the list! Righteous!

[Vickistheman]

Good list.

Little Big Planet should be in there also. Maybe Heavy Rain too.

[parasit3]

That's pathetic when contrasted to a PC port of those games.

[LeBronista]

No CRYSIS? How bout WiiFit? JK on the last one.. :D