With the decade wrapping up it’s inevitable that our minds start to turn to how the past ten years went. That means thinking about which games were the best, most influential and had the deepest personal impact on us.
I haven’t really had a chance to properly sift through my recollections and memories of ten years worth of gaming to come to any final conclusion, but I did jump into review-tracking sites Game Rankings and Meta Critic to see what the aggregators said.
While some of the highest reviewed games seem about right for the years, some are just, well, bizarre. Here look for yourself. I created both of these lists searching for highest review scores for the year using the default settings on both sites.
2000: Metal Gear Solid for the Game Boy Color
2001: Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox
2002: Metroid Prime for the GameCube
2003: Grand Theft Auto Double Pack for the Playstation 2
2004: Half-Life 2 for the PC
2005: Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube
2006: Out of the Park Baseball 2007 for the PC
2007: Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii
2008: Grand Theft Auto IV for the Playstation 3
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the Playstation 3
2000: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 for the Playstation
2001: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 for the Playstation 2
2002: Metroid Prime for the GameCube
2003: Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for the GameCube
2004: Half-Life 2 for the PC
2005: Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube
2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the GameCube
2007: Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii
2008: Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360
2009: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the Playstation 3
Obviously not the best way to choose a winner, and it certainly doesn’t take into account, or at least properly way, impact and innovation.
Which games do you think should make the list of top ten of the decade? If you’re on Twitter hop on over there and post your own picks using #gamesofthedecade to help trend the topic.
