35 thoughts on “What Is The Best Year Of Video Games?”
I got excited when 1998 was mentioned, since my favorite game ever came out that year. But of course, Brave Fencer Musashi will never get the recognition and respect it deserves 💔
1998 was insane: Gran Turismo StarCraft Xenogears Resident Evil 2 Fallout 2 Metal Gear Solid Grim Fandango Half-Life The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Thief: The Dark Project Baldur's Gate Panzer Dragoon Saga Banjo-Kazooie
Having experienced all of the years mentioned (basically a snap shot of the video game industry as it developed up until today), I really appreciate you covered what is now considered "retro" games e.g. 1998, etc. Some of my best memories were with Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Soldier of Fortune, Max Payne, Medal of Honor, CoD before MW, etc. It's amazing how far we've come. The industry isn't perfect, but I hate it when trolls use extreme cases like microtransactions to make false generalizations about the industry, for no reason other than to hate on it because games are are the premiere form of entertainment in the 21st century. The games industry isn't "dying". It's growing. And I'm glad I was able to be there at the start and can't wait to see what comes next!
2001, the goat year for video game releases: Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2, Halo 1, GTA 3, Smash Bros Melee, Final Fantasy X, Devil May Cry, ICO, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin 1, Max Payne, Phoenix Wright, Animal Crossing, Conkers, legendary games!!!
This was a very interesting video. Loved hearing all your individual takes on game history. Looking, back you realize how far games have come – and how many amazing games were created along the way.
2001. The release of GameCube, PS2, original Xbox and Game Boy Advance. Games were Final Fantasy X, Gran Turismo 3, Pokemon Silver, Animal Crossing, GTA 3, Tony Hawk 3, Advance Wars, Smash Bros Melee, etc.
I’ll offer up 1997. My favorite game of all time, FF7 came out, but so did Diablo, Grand Turismo, Golden Eye, Symphony of the Night, Fallout, Crash 2, and Monkey Island.
honestly 2023 blew me away with a lot of games and that's crazy given the industry shift from fun/creativity to monetisation/greed. The stand outs for me were; BG3, RE4R, Alan Wake 2, Spiderman 2, Dead space R, the cyberpunk redemption with 2.0 and phantom liberty, hogwarts legacy, tears of the kingdom, jedi survivor, Hi-fi rush and last but not least dredge. And an honourable mention for finally getting the GTA 6 trailer. has been an insane year for gaming with lots of highs and lots of lows
Definitely 2011 was the best year for gaming which is surprisingly not in the list
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Portal 2 Uncharted 3 Batman Arkham City Gears of War 3 Mortal Kombat 9 Dead Space 2 LA Noire Forza 4 LBP 2 Total War Shogun 2
But every game is a “masterpiece” in your 2023 standards … it was way harder to have a “masterpiece “ back in the day one late 90’s early 2’s … think people are more obsessed with finding and getting clicks from that … genres were still being defined back then .. 2001 , 2007 , 2013 , 2017 2018
I got excited when 1998 was mentioned, since my favorite game ever came out that year. But of course, Brave Fencer Musashi will never get the recognition and respect it deserves 💔
1998 was insane:
Gran Turismo
StarCraft
Xenogears
Resident Evil 2
Fallout 2
Metal Gear Solid
Grim Fandango
Half-Life
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Thief: The Dark Project
Baldur's Gate
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Banjo-Kazooie
Having experienced all of the years mentioned (basically a snap shot of the video game industry as it developed up until today), I really appreciate you covered what is now considered "retro" games e.g. 1998, etc. Some of my best memories were with Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Soldier of Fortune, Max Payne, Medal of Honor, CoD before MW, etc. It's amazing how far we've come. The industry isn't perfect, but I hate it when trolls use extreme cases like microtransactions to make false generalizations about the industry, for no reason other than to hate on it because games are are the premiere form of entertainment in the 21st century. The games industry isn't "dying". It's growing. And I'm glad I was able to be there at the start and can't wait to see what comes next!
I'd have to say 2005. Resident Evil 4, Killer 7, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect and many more. Was a LOT to be excited about then.
1994 and 2004 get my vote. 2023 right up there though
yakuza did characters way better than rdr2
GameSpot is still around? lol
2018 – RDR2 and God od War
2022. Elden Ring. Did we need any other game that year?
2004
2001, the goat year for video game releases:
Metal Gear Solid 2, Silent Hill 2, Halo 1, GTA 3, Smash Bros Melee, Final Fantasy X, Devil May Cry, ICO, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin 1, Max Payne, Phoenix Wright, Animal Crossing, Conkers, legendary games!!!
2003
Hard to argue with just how influential 1998 was…
2018 id say spider man, god of war red dead redemption 2
This was a very interesting video. Loved hearing all your individual takes on game history. Looking, back you realize how far games have come – and how many amazing games were created along the way.
TOTODILE MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHHHH
2001. The release of GameCube, PS2, original Xbox and Game Boy Advance. Games were Final Fantasy X, Gran Turismo 3, Pokemon Silver, Animal Crossing, GTA 3, Tony Hawk 3, Advance Wars, Smash Bros Melee, etc.
I think the strongest argument was for 2018. There were a lot of amazing games that year.
I’ll offer up 1997. My favorite game of all time, FF7 came out, but so did Diablo, Grand Turismo, Golden Eye, Symphony of the Night, Fallout, Crash 2, and Monkey Island.
Toss up between 2007 and 2011.
1998 for me.
For me the year that I got my PS4 which was 2016.
1998.
2017. Yakuza 0, Nier Automata, Persona 5, etc
this guy have jaundice?
Every new year is better than the last since we still have everything that came before it + everything new 😊
1998. We're STILL building on the shoulders of those giants. 96-99 was the most influential period.
honestly 2023 blew me away with a lot of games and that's crazy given the industry shift from fun/creativity to monetisation/greed. The stand outs for me were;
BG3, RE4R, Alan Wake 2, Spiderman 2, Dead space R, the cyberpunk redemption with 2.0 and phantom liberty, hogwarts legacy, tears of the kingdom, jedi survivor, Hi-fi rush and last but not least dredge.
And an honourable mention for finally getting the GTA 6 trailer. has been an insane year for gaming with lots of highs and lots of lows
Bro that first dude’s list is…😬
1998 oot goat
Definitely 2011 was the best year for gaming which is surprisingly not in the list
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Portal 2
Uncharted 3
Batman Arkham City
Gears of War 3
Mortal Kombat 9
Dead Space 2
LA Noire
Forza 4
LBP 2
Total War Shogun 2
The cases for 98, 2000, and 2007 are all very compelling. 2017 and 2018 are both laughable.
2018
Because pf Red Dead. that’s enough.
But every game is a “masterpiece” in your 2023 standards … it was way harder to have a “masterpiece “ back in the day one late 90’s early 2’s … think people are more obsessed with finding and getting clicks from that … genres were still being defined back then .. 2001 , 2007 , 2013 , 2017 2018
1998