Ahh, so anyone who knows me somewhat well knows that I have a very soft, crumbly part of my heart for the Web site Digital Dream Door, which houses a whopping selection of music lists (and some movie ones, too). It is very informative, and if I'm ever trying to get into a new genre that I don't know very much about (say, New Wave, or reggae), I can easily go on there and see what the top albums are in that particular genre, or who the top artists are, etc.
I just found out today they have a smattering of video game lists too, which is awesome. I'll post the link here of their top 100 greatest video games of the 2000s. You can see all their other video game lists posted at the top of that page. Look at #1! It still baffles me why so few others seem to like this game besides me, Daniel, and Greg. I can see why you'd be sick of them now, since there are so many GTA-clones out there, not to mention a vast amount of real sequels (although all seem to get good scores--the only one I've played is Vice City, which I liked, but it is exactly like the third game, so I never got why people creamed over it so much, other than that most of them didn't play GTA III, so this was their first exposure to the series. If that is true, then I am totally understanding, because when the very concept and execution of the series first washes over for you, you will be in for one long wet dream). But when GTA III hit the market in 2001, it was so breathtaking and so....what we wanted games to be like, that it blew our minds.
Here is the link: http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_video-games-2000s.html (I had to write that manually, so tell me anyone if it doesn't work).
--Edward
Let me do some commentary about their list:
ReplyDelete-The Sims: I had to look this up to make sure it came out in the 2000s, since this was very early. It came out on February 4, 2000. This and GTA were some of the absolute most influential games of the decade (and I assume that is why they are the top 2). Both blew my mind when I bought them. These two really paved the way towards a new type of reality-gaming that mirrored the meta-narrative our culture seemed to be heading towards, where everything is self-referential and there is so much voyeurism (I've commented on this in other blog posts...now that I think about it, I've talked about The Sims before! I'm glad someone agrees with me that it was an absolutely landmark game. I'll shut-up).
-Half-Life 2 is just absolutely amazing. This is the essence of a good video game for me: like I commented on for Rie's post, I love games that feel like they are in a real, breathable, lived-in world. HL2 certainly has this quality. An astonishing game in terms of its dark beauty.
-I need to play Resident Evil 4 so bad (I own it, so it should be coming up soon).
-World of Warcraft probably says a lot about where games are headed too, like the first two games on here. It is interesting how social games have become, and this is a good example of that.
-How in God's name is Twilight Princess so high? Super Mario Galaxy (possibly the sequel) is the best game on the Wii, and I don't even see it on the list. And it makes no sense how Twilight Princess is above Halo.
-I love that TimeSplitters 2 is in the top 50! Yes! Finally someone likes it other than me, Daniel, and Greg.
Duckman Drake is crying somewhere on the shoulder of Leo Krupps.
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