Top 5 of the decade...

Always curious what other gamers think are the very best games of the decade?, as since it's always so subjective, it's interesting to trade this info. It came up in my mind today after reading Paste Magazine and seeing they thought "Portal" was the very best. What are your top picks? 
 
Here is my current list (which could change tomorrow) Funny they are all recent titles:
5. Fallout 3 
4. Uncharted 2
3. Forza Motorsport 3
2. Mass Effect 2
1. Red Dead Redemption

Always curious what other gamers think are the very best games of the decade?, as since it's always so subjective, it's interesting to trade this info. It came up in my mind today after reading Paste Magazine and seeing they thought "Portal" was the very best. What are your top picks? 
 
Here is my current list (which could change tomorrow) Funny they are all recent titles:
5. Fallout 3 
4. Uncharted 2
3. Forza Motorsport 3
2. Mass Effect 2
1. Red Dead Redemption

I don't want to nitpick but RDR and Mass Effect 2 came out this decade but the other 3 games came out last decade.

" I don't want to nitpick but RDR and Mass Effect 2 came out this decade but the other 3 games came out last decade. "

...

2008-2010 was a rough decade

1) Morrowind  (Best RPG)
2) Rome: Total War (Best historical strategy (with the EB mod installed))
3) Mount&Blade  (A "medieval life simulator" with some of the most realistic melee in the industry)
4) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (Some of the best shooting, IMO. The ballistics feel very realistic, it has great AI, all that good stuff)
5) Batman: Arkham Asylum (best brawler I have ever played)
 
These have been some of my favorite games of the decade. The first three, I'd say are my top three games of all time.

1. Max Payne (the best atmosphere in a game EVER.. never felt that way while playing a game)
2. Assassin's Creed (the visuals, the mechanics, the story.. what can i say its an all-round masterpiece)
3. Call of Duty  (1 > 4 > 6 >>> 5 > 2 .. best shooter series ever made)
4. Battlefield 2 (best online experience ever)
5. Red Dead Redemption (no comment)
 
Runner-ups : 

• GTA IV 
• Batman: Arkham Asylum 
• Half-Life 2 
• Halo: Combat Evolved 

Oooh, list time!
 
My top 5 for the '2000s'... in no particular order:
 
-Half-Life 2:  Not much to say that hasn't been said before. This game is a triumph in every conceivable way.
-Resident Evil 4:  That opening scene when the whole town comes after you is one of the most tense experiences of my gaming life.
-I Wanna Be the Guy: This game is notorious for its difficulty. It's definitely hard, but it's fair. Also, it's one of the funniest games I've ever played.
-Grand Theft Auto 3: While subsequent titles have improved on this title in many different ways, this was the one that still stays with me. My 'you had to be there' pick.
-Left 4 Dead: Normally, I'm not a big multiplayer fan. This game made me love it because you have to stick together to survive. I could play this game forever.

" 2008-2010 was a rough decade "

Ninja Gaiden
Super Smash Bros Melee
SSX 3
Rock Band
Super Street Fighter 4

If I were to include 2010 then RDR and Mass Effect 2 would probably end up on my list as well but I consider it part of the new decade. So my favorites from 2000-2009:
 
1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
3. God of War
4. Call of Duty
5. Mass Effect

I'm going to assume he means 2000 - 2009, since he includes games from '09. In that case, not ranked:
 

• Half-Life 2 + all its friends
  
• Max Payne 2
• Metal Gear Solid 2
• Uncharted 2
• Final Fantasy X
  

Metal Gear Solid 2
Morrowind
Battlefield 2
Metroid Prime series
Devil May Cry 3
Half Life 2
 
 
I couldn't decide which one to cut to make it 5, so I am listing 6. :P

It would look prettier if you used the list function on Giant Bomb... just saying.

5. Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2
3. Resident Evil 4: Wii edition
2. Uncharted 2
1. Red Dead Redemption

Tried to write a list, way too hard. The noughties were awesome.

1. Diablo II: Lord Of Destruction 
   
2. Fallout 3
3. Grand Theft Auto III
4. Disgaea 2
5. Crysis
          

I'm loving how so many people have Uncharted 2 on their lists. As it should be.

1. Metal Gear Solid 4
2. Warcraft 3
3. World of Warcraft
4. Mass Effect 2
5. Half Life 2
   

• Half Life 2 
• KOTOR 
• Guitar Hero 
•  Wii Sports (Pretty much just the Wii)
• Street Fighter 4 

Mass Effect 2 
Fallout 3 
Shadow of the Collosus 
Silent Hill 2 
KOTOR

This won't be in order. In fact, I'm not even going to number it, just so you guys don't get any wise ideas, wiseguys. Okay, so I'm doing this from 2001-2010, and I'm also increasing it to 10 so I don't have to split so many hairs over this.
 

• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Fallout 3
• Resident Evil 4
• Metroid Prime
• Halo: Combat Evolved
  
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Star Wars: Knights of the Republic
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• God of War
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

5: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 
4: Sam and Max Season 2 (ie: Beyond Space and Time) 
3: Ninja Gaiden Black 
2: Beyond Good and Evil 
1: Resident Evil 4

5.Bioshock 
4. Halo CE
3. MGS 3 
2. Fallout 3
1.GTA 3

5.Bioshock 
4. Halo CE
3. MGS 3 
2. Fallout 3
1.GTA 3 
 
Edit: Forgot Half LIfe 2 it's probably better than Halo.

final fantasy x, world of warcraft, grand theft auto 3, fallout 3, metal gear solid 2

1. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.
   
2. Halo: Combat Evolved
   
3. Command And Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge or Generals - Zero Hour
   
4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas or Vice City
   
5. Half Life 2
   

Only five for the whole decade? Damn... 
 
Screw it. I will not play your cruel game!

In no particular order: 

• Uncharted 2
• Ratchet and Clank 2
• Portal
• Battlefield 2
• Jak 3

• GTA: Vice City
• Borderlands
• Red Dead Redemption
• Modern Warfare 2
• Braid

" @blacklabeldomm:  No I actually got my first system in 1982, the colecovision of course... "

Yeah 5 games total for 10 years is challenging to decide on, that's why I was curious what all of you would say. So many great games, but so many trumped by even greater games as the years went by. I guess that's why I stuck with later games as they are the ones I'm playing the most and are technically the best. The "funnest" 5 games would probably be an entirely different list for me....

Eh it changes all the time. Resident Evil 4 would be an absolutely consistent pick though.

One shitty list...

The Witcher must be between those 5, Mass Effect 2, Alpha Protocol and any future rpg with heavy plot choices is and will be influenced by that masterpiece

• LittleBigPlanet
• Portal
• Rez
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Uncharted 2

• Ninja Gaiden
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Battlefield 2
• Super Street Fighter 4
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

2001-2010 then right? 
 
Diablo II (Lord of Destruction means it counts anyway) 
 
Half Life 2 
 
Knights of the Old Republic (either this one or Morrowind)
 
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (had to put a JRPG from the PS2 here to represent, easily could have put Shadow of the Colossus)
 
Red Dead Redemption (Mass Effect 2 or Uncharted 2 could have gone here too, but something about Red Dead and the chances it took with its story)

MGS3 
Halo: CE 
FFX 
GTA: San Andreas 
Demon's Souls 
 
Honourable Mentions: 
Halo 2 + 3 
Resi 4 
Uncharted 2 
(And about a hundred other games cause it's impossible to pick just 5 over a 10 year period)

 5 games in 10 years? I'd give up gaming if it were that easy. 
In no particular order:

5. Halo:CE 
4. Resident Evil 4
3. Mass Effect 2
2. Left 4 Dead 2
1. Half-Life 2

RDR isn't even in my top ten..

" RDR isn't even in my top ten.. "

Does Baldurs Gate 2 count? It came out in 2000.

1. Halo Combat Evolved
2. Half Life 2
3. GTA Vice City
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Gears of War 2

There's no way that I could come up with a list.  Too many good games.