Top 10: Gameranking's List
If I had a much larger budget and more consoles, I would put up my own Top 10 of 2005. However, I have limited experience with the games released this year. Also, I have sent my Top 5 list to the Weekly Geek podcast (at www.weeklygeekshow.com), who can decide to put up the list or not.
Instead, I decided to look up what Gamerankings has for the Top 10 of the past 12 months. Here's the list from 10 to 1:
10. GTA: San Andreas (X-Box version): Certainly shows how good the game was that a port, with little to no new content, still made the top ten months after the original PS2 version was released.
9. Forza Mortorsport: I have heard good things about this game. I wish I could say more about this game, but there just wasn't much talk about it this past year. Don't know why, but I'm guessing World of Warcraft took the press time from this game.
8. Mario Kart DS: This game was the game that sold the Nintendo DS for me. The single player wasn't an afterthought, original courses that rival anything that Mario Kart 64 put out, enhanced versions (or just well done) of retro courses, smooth animation and great sound. This was the Mario Kart game to get.
7. Civilization 4: I'm not sure what to say about this game. I tried the original Civ. game, but just couldn't get into it. Civilization was among the first of the sandbox style of games, and this one seems to improve apon its predecessors.
6. Guitar Hero: This is a game I want to get (and wish I had the PS2 for it). It may not be a complete simulator, but it does a good job making one feel like a rock star. Music is important in this genre, and Guitar Hero certainly has a great song list. Undoubtably the music game of the year.
5. God of War: One of the games that probably was planned for 2004, God of War was one of the best action games this year. As X-Play even stated, even usual mundane tasks (escort missions) was made fun in this game. Can the developer do any better?
4. Ninja Gaiden Black: It may have been an enhancement of an old game (which is actually why I wouldn't put Pokemon Emerald on any top list), it's a testament on how good the original is. It was made even harder, and there's new weapons to play with. It may not be original, but it still was more fun then 95% of the stuff out there.
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (X-Box version): Released not too long after Pandora Tomarrow, Chaos Theory one-uped its predecessor with a new coop mode. While the core gameplay of the Splinter Cell series may be the same, the expanded gameplay modes helps keep the series frest and worth it for any owner of previous titles. It's just too bad that the Gamecube version was still screwed (with the lack of online).
2. Resident Evil 4 (PS2 version): The graphics only had a minor (almost unnoticable) downgrade, but all the gameplay stayed the same. Capcom even added a new mission mode and new weapons for PS2 owners, who had to wait.
1. Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube version): The original version, it would have taken game of the year for 2004 (if it wasn't for the delay). Graphics that rival anything out there, sound and environment that will scare the crap out of you, and actually fun gameplay. Capcom finally turned Resident Evil from a cinematic experience to a real game, one that puts it among the best games ever.
I just though it would have been interesting to see Gameranking's list, since other lists may have other preferences, or even forget games entirely due to time (see Weekly Geeks' recent post).
Instead, I decided to look up what Gamerankings has for the Top 10 of the past 12 months. Here's the list from 10 to 1:
10. GTA: San Andreas (X-Box version): Certainly shows how good the game was that a port, with little to no new content, still made the top ten months after the original PS2 version was released.
9. Forza Mortorsport: I have heard good things about this game. I wish I could say more about this game, but there just wasn't much talk about it this past year. Don't know why, but I'm guessing World of Warcraft took the press time from this game.
8. Mario Kart DS: This game was the game that sold the Nintendo DS for me. The single player wasn't an afterthought, original courses that rival anything that Mario Kart 64 put out, enhanced versions (or just well done) of retro courses, smooth animation and great sound. This was the Mario Kart game to get.
7. Civilization 4: I'm not sure what to say about this game. I tried the original Civ. game, but just couldn't get into it. Civilization was among the first of the sandbox style of games, and this one seems to improve apon its predecessors.
6. Guitar Hero: This is a game I want to get (and wish I had the PS2 for it). It may not be a complete simulator, but it does a good job making one feel like a rock star. Music is important in this genre, and Guitar Hero certainly has a great song list. Undoubtably the music game of the year.
5. God of War: One of the games that probably was planned for 2004, God of War was one of the best action games this year. As X-Play even stated, even usual mundane tasks (escort missions) was made fun in this game. Can the developer do any better?
4. Ninja Gaiden Black: It may have been an enhancement of an old game (which is actually why I wouldn't put Pokemon Emerald on any top list), it's a testament on how good the original is. It was made even harder, and there's new weapons to play with. It may not be original, but it still was more fun then 95% of the stuff out there.
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (X-Box version): Released not too long after Pandora Tomarrow, Chaos Theory one-uped its predecessor with a new coop mode. While the core gameplay of the Splinter Cell series may be the same, the expanded gameplay modes helps keep the series frest and worth it for any owner of previous titles. It's just too bad that the Gamecube version was still screwed (with the lack of online).
2. Resident Evil 4 (PS2 version): The graphics only had a minor (almost unnoticable) downgrade, but all the gameplay stayed the same. Capcom even added a new mission mode and new weapons for PS2 owners, who had to wait.
1. Resident Evil 4 (Gamecube version): The original version, it would have taken game of the year for 2004 (if it wasn't for the delay). Graphics that rival anything out there, sound and environment that will scare the crap out of you, and actually fun gameplay. Capcom finally turned Resident Evil from a cinematic experience to a real game, one that puts it among the best games ever.
I just though it would have been interesting to see Gameranking's list, since other lists may have other preferences, or even forget games entirely due to time (see Weekly Geeks' recent post).
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