Which year was better for gaming? 2007? 2009?

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#1  Edited By JoeH
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#2  Edited By JoeH

  I remember 2007 as an insanely awesome year for gaming, with releases like: Unreal Tournament 3, Crysis, CoD4, Orange Box(Portal mainly), Supcom, Bioshock and Halo 3. 
 
But this year has really surprised me as to just how balls out awesome it's been with: Modern Warfare 2, Uncharted 2, Infamous, Forza 3, Dragon Age, Borderlands, Arkham Asylum, Resident Evil 5, killzone 2, Dawn of War 2 and Street fighter 4. 
 
S o I ask which is better?  

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#3  Edited By intoblivion

So far 2009, I believe has/is the better year, with the install base's of all the 3 major consoles having increased, and the pure number of good games. And whats Supcom?

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#4  Edited By Atlas

2007. Hands down. There's no beating BioShock, Mass Effect, The Orange Box, Forza 2 and Virtua Fighter 5.

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#5  Edited By Gargantuan
@intoblivion said:
" So far 2009, I believe has/is the better year, with the install base's of all the 3 major consoles having increased, and the pure number of good games. And whats Supcom? "
Supcom is Supreme Commander, a very good RTS.
2007 was better IMO.
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#6  Edited By Karmum
@Atlas said:

" 2007. Hands down. There's no beating BioShock, Mass Effect, The Orange Box, Forza 2 and Virtua Fighter 5. "

Except you know: Forza 3, inFAMOUS, Killzone 2, Ratchet & Clank, Modern Warfare 2, ODST, GTA DLCs...so on and so forth.
 
Honestly, I can't even name all of the great games there are in 2009. I can pick a handful from each console, I don't think I can do that from 07.
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#7  Edited By intoblivion

@Gargantuan said:

" @intoblivion said:
" So far 2009, I believe has/is the better year, with the install base's of all the 3 major consoles having increased, and the pure number of good games. And whats Supcom? "
Supcom is Supreme Commander, a very good RTS. 2007 was better IMO. "

Isn't that from the makers of Total Annilation? I played that game its gold

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#8  Edited By Jimbo

'07, no contest.
 
Some others from '07: Mass Effect, Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed, The Witcher, World in Conflict, Uncharted...

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#9  Edited By Video_Game_King

2007, mainly because all the good games stayed in 2007.

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#10  Edited By flaminghobo

2007. There's no contest.

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#11  Edited By Heartbreak

2007

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#12  Edited By Atlas
@Karmum: The only game you listed that I own and like is Forza 3, which is definitely better than the second one. Aside from that, the only game I've played this year than can compete with the elite games of '07 is Dragon Age. For the record, I still need to get to Borderlands, Tekken 6 and Resident Evil 5.
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#13  Edited By Karmum
@Atlas said:

" @Karmum: The only game you listed that I own and like is Forza 3, which is definitely better than the second one. Aside from that, the only game I've played this year than can compete with the elite games of '07 is Dragon Age. For the record, I still need to get to Borderlands, Tekken 6 and Resident Evil 5. "

Ay, I was just speaking from critical acclaim. Obviously everyone is going to have different tastes, so the 09's games might not be as stacked as 07's games.
 
Edit - I also don't even like a few of the games I listed on there.
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#14  Edited By AhmadMetallic

2007 was my first real gaming year with several huge titles i'll never forget, but for some reason i feel 2009 has been bigger and more.. hardcore?

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#15  Edited By mracoon

2007 had The Orange Box and I still play TF2 so I'm going to go with 07.

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#16  Edited By Atlas
@Karmum: Fair enough.
 
Well, in 2007's favour, let's not forget the elephant in the room that is Halo 3.
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#17  Edited By Griddler

2009. I think 2010 might trump it though.

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#18  Edited By Karmum
@Atlas: 
Indeed, but 09 also had a Halo game, and I'd say it sold pretty well, and got some pretty good reviews as well.
 
Although, I like neither Halo games.
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#19  Edited By Yummylee

2009, its the year where the ps3 has really upped its awesome set of exclusives. Especially compared to 2007 where its highlight for me was the original Resistance i think, plus back then i didn't have a 360 so i missed out on alot of years apparent best.
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#20  Edited By BoFooQ

i don't get it what would you rather play forza 2 or 3? 
 
URT 3 or MW2?
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#21  Edited By Babble

2009 has been fantastic but I think 2007 already has some nostalgia for me. I don't know if I could say one is better then the other though. 2007 was amazing, and 2009 has been crazy as well.

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#22  Edited By MAN_FLANNEL

Dude. Halo 3.

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#23  Edited By Pie

2007

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#24  Edited By baconbits33

2009, Half Life was released on the PC way before The Orange Box, so it doesn't count, even though Half Life is my favirote game.... it still doesn't count.

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#25  Edited By Kblt

2007 had Crysis and lawsuits against Crytek because of the fried GPUs, thus 2007 was superior.

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#26  Edited By W0lfbl1tzers

2009 because more games were being released through the year rather than all in November.

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#27  Edited By ZoomyRamen

2007, no game for me this year has even been a patch on Bioshock. Modern Warfare 2, whilst for me is a huge improvement over MW1, wasnt as ground breaking, and oh yeah there was Halo 3.

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#28  Edited By jensf

2007

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#29  Edited By Mjolnir

2007 - I have such great memories of Halo 3 and CoD4, I have to go with that. No doubt 2009 has been awesome as well.

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#30  Edited By udabenshen

Its hard to tell because it isn't over yet.  We tend to single out the great things in our memory and forget all the crap, so rose tinted glasses are helping with understanding 2007.  Plus, I think it was almost a bit too heavy on the FPS, and i enjoy a good FPS as much as the next guy, but 2007 was really dominated by them.  Also, Orange box only works if you are just counting the games released in that year (No counting half-life 2, even though it holds such a special place in my heart).
 
There also have been a ton of great games that have come out throughout the year not just in the past few months.  Infamous?  RE5?  Street Fighter IV?  All great games.  The entire playstation 3 line-up of games is just of a higher quality, we have had some great mid-level price PC games (Trine, Torchlight, Zeno-Clash) and I'm a huge sucker for Dragon Age.  Also, L4D2 is looking to greatly improve on the first one (at least in my eyes).
 
So 2009 it is.
 
Also, was giant bomb around in 2007?  No, so 2009 has been a better year because of that alone!

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#31  Edited By CoolDrMoney

09 turned out to be fine, but 07 was ridiculous.

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#32  Edited By LiquidPrince

This year for sure.

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#33  Edited By AgentJ
@JoeH: Your 07 List does almost nothing for me 
 
2009
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#34  Edited By TheJollyRajah

Overall, 2009. 
 
The best part is there's still some high profile games coming out in the beginning of next year. I have NO MONEY TO BUY IT ALL! :(

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#35  Edited By JonathanMoore

Mario Galaxy. That is all.

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#36  Edited By Brunchies

2007, that was one hell of a year for games. 

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#37  Edited By bubahula

for me personnaly 2009 was better because i got my 360 in 08. but most of the games i played at first were from 07. mass effect, orange box, halo 3, bioshock.  
so 2007 i guess. 2009 is still awesome and i need to pick up a few im behind on.
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Dude Im realizing I can't even remember that far

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#39  Edited By Jeffsekai

2009 because I got Street Fighter 4. and it brought the HYPE

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#40  Edited By xyzygy

2007 because it introduced Mass Effect, Bioshock and Assassin's Creed.

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#41  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

2009 probably has better games overall - but standards were lower in 2007, so the overall feeling of entertainment was better.

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#42  Edited By roach

For me, 2009 is and always will be 'the sequel to 2007' cos that's what it is. Let me elaborate: I will write great 2007 games, then write their 2009 kids next to them 
 
2007                                    2009 
Call of Duty 4                    Modern Warfare 2 
Halo 3                                Halo 3 ODST 
Uncharted                         Uncharted 2 
Assassins Creed             Assassins Creed 2 
 
I can't remember any more of 'em, but I think I made my point. Nevertheless, I think 2009 is by far the better year, aside from the sequels (which are all good) there is also Batman, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2, Dragon Age Origins, inFamous, Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2 and a lot more than I care to write. From where we're standing now, 2009 looks to trump '07, but I'll wait 'till next year and then see who the victor is.

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#43  Edited By penguindust

2009 was good but nowhere near the quality of 2007.