GT vs IGN top 10 games of the decade lists

For me, the essentials in any Game of the Decade list are
 

• World of Warcraft 
• Half-Life 2/The Orange Box (TF2 is a big part of it)
• A Halo game

• Resident Evil 4 
• Grand Theft Auto 3
• & a Bethasda/BioWare RPG 

Both are pretty terrible, but Gametrailer's countdowns are always filled with hyperbole, and a bland business side of things. 
In other words: IGN is slightly less garbage.

Both are respectable list...  But I'm really glad Gametrailers didn't forget how incredible Resident Evil 4 was.  I really do feel like that game didn't get notice as much as some other games that year (God of War, Shadow of the   Colossus which are both great games) which was probably because it was exclusive to the Gamecube for a whole year!!!  But yea RE4 is still the one game I look at as my favorite for the last gen systems.

Come on, KOTOR was good, but number 3 in the entire decade? Thats a bit much.

This is a second post for me, but i just noticed neither list had a plastic guitar game. 
 
Really?
 
The genre's probably been beaten into the ground by now but it's probably caused more people to buy an extra game peripheral (or several) than any franchise in history.  Heck even "Fret Nice" (which may have made some misguided control decisions) exists as an answer to "what to do with all these plastic instruments".
 
Having said that, I'm not sure what games I'd drop, but I think it's next to WoW, HL2, GTA3, and Halo in terms of longevity and influence.

both of em are pretty bad.
 
though ign has more games i actually like, gametrailers' seems to have more ones that actually had a pretty substantial impact of the gaming industry both withing itself and it's position in the mainstream.

Just putting it out there...Neither have Wind Waker. Therefore, they both fail. Gametrailers failed harder for putting Twilight Princess instead of Wind Waker. I don't care that it is based on popularity, it's WRONG. And besides no one asked me.

" I like IGN's list better, but only because Battlefield 1942 is on there. "

" I can think of 3 games such a list must contain.   WoW GTA III Halo (probably in that order too) "

"GT only because RE4 is on there :) "

I don't get either list. I mean, twilight princess? it's like OoT with crappy controls and minus the originality and greatness. World of warcraft?  number one?! just.... wat.  
 
Then on IGN there's um... fallout 3? There's a dozens of better/more influential/groundbreaking RPGs than that from this decade. Same with BF 1942. And uncharted 2? It's supposedly excellent but for reasons that have existed in hundreds of games before it. Who cares? 

" @DystopiaX: Resident Evil 4 basically set the precedent for all modern-day third-person shooters. Between Resident Evil 4 and Gears of War, you have every Third-Person Shooter made since. "

I'd like to see a "favorite games of the decade" list from each guy in the Giant Bomb crew, while we're on the subject.

The thing about the IGN list is that they only ranked their top game from each year with all of the other top games from each year. That restricted their list somewhat. If Resident Evil 4 was on IGN's list I'd say it was one of the best.

IGN's list wins. No Portal though?

GT automatically loses with Twilight Princess on the list.

I'd say I like the IGN list better simply because HL2 is their number-one game, which is where it belongs. GT has it on there but Halo is above it. Really....come on.

" They both suck because I can't click on them. "

 @Fragstoff said:

" Okami? really? ew "

GameTrailers is a more considered list, but IGN wins for me because of Half-Life 2 at the top. HL2 is the only game on the GT list that I've beaten. Actually, the only other game on the IGN list I beat is Fallout 3. Still, I like Okami a whole lot.

IGN minus SMG