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#1  Edited By Jahandar
@bryan10 said:

" I think 2007 is a pretty strong contender, probably even better than 2008.  The N64 got its first batch of really great games, including Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Turok, and some others.  PlayStation had one of its better years with FFVII, Castlevainia SOTN, Oddworld, Tomb Raider II, Crash Bandicoot 2...  PC had a ridiculous number of great games, including Fallout, Quake II, Age of Empires, Riven, Ultima Online, Dungeon Keeper, Hexen II, ect... "

do you mean 1997?
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Wow, a friend of mine just started playing Mass Effect 2, and sent me a tell saying she likes Mordin. Having (only) listened to the podcast, I mentioned that GiantBomb named him Character of the Year, and quick sent her the link here. 
 
Then I actually looked at it the article.
 
You guys totally robbed Mordin. You declared him the winner, then took it away..? 
Did GiantBomb hire Kanye West to handle the awards or something? 
 
I don't care which one you pick (though I personally prefer Mordin), but when you make a decision stick to it, and no ties.

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#3  Edited By Jahandar
@Little_Socrates said:

" 1998 really just has Pokémon and Banjo Kazooie for me. MGS was still too imperfect a game for me to really consider it; it NEEDED that first-person perspective The Twin Snakes eventually got. Then again, I have a huge axe to grind with Ocarina of Time, as I've played that game recently and I believe it to not be very good at all. I like 2007 a LOT for Best Year in Gaming, but 2010 is honestly an AMAZING runner in this competition. Though there were a number of disappointments (as there were in 2007,) the best titles of this year largely make it into my best titles EVER. BioShock and Portal pretty much make 2007 my pick (as, aside from Resident Evil 4 and Red Dead Redemption, they are probably my favorite games ever,) but 2010 has to be my runner-up thanks to RDR, Super Meat Boy, Bayonetta, VanQuish, Amnesia, Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Deadly Premonition, and LIMBO. "

You make some valid points, however I am still leaning towards 1998, not only for the quality of games but for the genre-defining games. Most of the recent years' best games, while certainly great games, were iterative releases based on things that came before. 
 
On the other hand, 1998 was filled with titles that defined their respective genres. The Thief franchise, for instance, is still the game by which all stealth games are judged, as well as being lauded for its use of sound as a major gameplay mechanic. Starcraft brought us large scale global competitive RTS. Baldur's Gate has been the inspiration for countless RPGs and MMOs. Grim Fandango is the climax of the entire generation of LucasArts-era adventure games, and pioneered the use of LUA scripting (which is still common today). Half-Life... was Half-Life. Unreal and Half-Life brought us the first iterations of the game engines that so many of the best First and Third Person games today rely on.
 
Etc, etc etc. 
 
 Of course there were groundbreaking titles like Portal and Assassin's Creed in other years, yes, but not in nearly as high a concentration or with as huge an impact. 
 
1998 is great not only because that year's titles were great, but also because they inspired amazing games in all of the years that followed.
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#4  Edited By Jahandar
@sammo21 said:

" @Jahandar: This is highly subjective.  I thought last year was a pretty damn good year in games.  Why are people failing to include downloadable titles and PC games? "

I agree 2010 was a great year, but I don't think it was quite as good as 1998. I'm not sure what you mean about not including PC games. I've been almost exclusively a PC gamer for over a decade now (don't even own a console) so that's definitely where I focus my attention, even though I try to be mindful of what's going on in the console world.
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#5  Edited By Jahandar
@alexl86: Thanks for the correction. I replaced Odysee with Exoddus. 
 
I also added a few other games that people suggested, including Pokemon Red/Blue. I've never followed that franchise so I didn't even realize that those games started in '98.
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#6  Edited By Jahandar
@tooPrime said:
" @EvilTwin said:
" @ryanwho said:
"   © 2011 Giantbomb Thread Generator   "
So true. "
Hey guys, recommend me an album by posting a picture of it or better yet post pictures of the covers of albums  that you like. "
and btw yes, I know its kind of a silly topic, but it was something that I was legitimately thinking about. I guess that shows how big of a nerd I am. :)
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#7  Edited By Jahandar
@RobotHamster said:

" 98 for sure, then 07, 04, and 91.  But this year could possibly be the best of them all.  Just November alone will have Uncharted 3, Skyrim and probably Mass Effect 3. "

Definitely titles to look forward to, along with Brink and Portal 2, but I'm not sure that this year's games will be as groundbreaking as those in 1998. Entire genres were defined that year, such as First-Person Stealth. Of the 5 we named, only one isn't a sequel.
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#8  Edited By Jahandar

2004 was definitely a good year... I got a big kick that year following all the WoW vs EQ2 hype in the months leading up to the release of both MMOs

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#9  Edited By Jahandar
@President_Barackbar: I think even if you didn't play those games, the case can be made that those games were influential enough to have a major effect on their respective genres, and the games that came later.
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#10  Edited By Jahandar

Other worthy 2007 titles: 
 
The Lord of the Rings Online (ate so much of my time) 
Titan Quest 
Penumbra: Overture 
 
The Orange Box alone though makes 2007 a great year. TF2 and Portal are monoliths. 
  
I definitely think this is the 2nd best year.

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