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Top 25 Games of the Decade [Results are In!]

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Top 25 Games of the Decade [Results are In!]

from Elemental Forums

With the end of the decade approaching, I've been seeing a lot of "Top _____ of the Decade" lists popping up. So I thought I would make my own, but instead of them just being based off of my own (very biased:P ) opinions, it should be everybody's opinions. So for the next 3ish weeks, everybody will be able to nominate whatever games they think are the best of the decade. I will put them all into a list here, and at the end of the 3 weeks, everyone will get to vote on what they think are the best. Voting will be open for 2 weeks, then I will post the results.

Rules:

  1. Game must have come out between January 1, 2000 and November 30, 2009. December 2009 will not be included, because it will be hard to determine how good the game is in only a week or two.
  2. Games can be on any platform/system. PC, Xbox360, PS3, Wii, Gamecube, DS, Xbox, PS2, etc, etc. Cross platform doesn't matter. Just make sure they came out this decade!
  3. Betas of games cannot be nominated (no Elemental, sorry:'( )
  4. Nominations will end at 12:00 AM Mountain Time December 19 (I want to use my own time zone, so sue me:P ) and voting will begin shortly after that.
  5. Voting will end 12:00 AM Mountain time January 1, at which point I will post the results.

Nominations are closed! Cast your votes for your favorite games of the decade here: http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/7600F3F8F369957A/ You may only vote once, so make it count. When you vote, make sure only one game is ranked 1, one game is ranked 2, and so on.

Nominations

  • Act of War: Direct Action
  • Advance Wars
  • Age of Empires 3
  • Age of Mythology
  • Age of Wonders 2 - Shadow Magic
  • Aliens vs. Predator 2
  • Animal Crossing
  • Assasin's Creed
  • Assasin's Creed 2
  • Assasin's Creed: Bloodlines
  • Aurora
  • Baldur's Gate 2
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Battlefield 1942
  • Battlefield 2
  • Battle for Middle Earth
  • Battle for Middle Earth 2
  • Beyond Good and Evil
  • Bioshock
  • Black and White
  • Braid
  • Borderlands
  • Call of Duty + Expansions
  • Catan
  • Cave Story
  • Championship Manager 2001/02
  • Chibi-Robo
  • Civilization 3
  • Civilization 4 + Expansions
  • Close Combat
  • Command and Conquer 3 + Expansions
  • Command and Conquer: Generals
  • Company of Heros
  • Counter Strike: Source
  • Crysis
  • Dark Messiah
  • Dawn of War
  • Dead Frontier
  • Dead Space
  • Destroy all Humans
  • Demigod
  • Demon's Souls
  • Deus Ex
  • Diablo II
  • Disciples 2
  • Dissidia: Final Fantasy
  • Disgaea
  • Dominions III
  • Doom 3
  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • Dwarf Fortress
  • Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  • Elder Scrolls Oblivion
  • Eve Online
  • Fable 2
  • Fallout 3
  • Far Cry
  • Far Cry 2
  • F.E.A.R.
  • F.E.A.R. 2
  • FIFA Soccer 2002
  • Final Fantasy X
  • Freelancer
  • Galactic Civilizations 2 + Expansions
  • Garry's Mod
  • Gears of War
  • Grand Theft Auto 3
  • Grand Theft Auto 4
  • God of War
  • God of War 2
  • Golden Sun
  • Golden Sun: The Lost Age
  • Gran Turismo 4
  • Guild Wars
  • Half Life 2
  • Halo
  • Halo 2
  • Halo 3
  • Hearts of Iron 2 + Expansions
  • Heros of Might and Magic IV
  • Heros of Might and Magic V
  • Homeworld 2
  • Impossible Creatures
  • Jade Empire
  • Katamari Damacy
  • Kings Bounty: Armored Princess
  • Kings Bounty: The Legend
  • Knights of the Old Republic
  • Kinghts of the Old Republic 2
  • Lair
  • Left4Dead
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess
  • The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
  • The Longest Journey
  • Little Big Planet
  • Lugaru
  • Mario Kart Double Dash
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • Mario Strikers Charged
  • Mass Effect
  • Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
  • Medieval: Total War
  • Medieval 2: Total War
  • Metal Gear Solid 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4
  • Metroid Prime
  • Mount and Blade
  • Neverwinter Nights
  • Neverwinter Nights 2
  • No One Lives Forever
  • Okami
  • Peggle
  • Perfect Dark
  • Persona 3
  • Persona 4
  • Pikmin 2
  • Plants vs. Zombies
  • Pokemon Gold/Silver
  • Portal
  • Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
  • Puyo Puyo: 15th Anniversary Edition
  • Quake 4
  • Rachet and Clank
  • Red Alert 3
  • Red Faction Guerrilla
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Rise of Nations + Expansions
  • Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
  • Roller Coaster Tycoon 3
  • Rome: Total War
  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • Shogun: Total War
  • Silent Hill
  • Sim City 4
  • Sins of a Solar Empire
  • Space Rangers 2
  • Splinter Cell: Chaos Theroy
  • Starlancer
  • STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Startopia
  • Star Trek: Armada
  • Star Trek: Armada 2
  • Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
  • Star Wars: Battlefront
  • Star Wars: Battlefront 2
  • Star Wars: Empire at War + Expansion
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  • Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Super Mario Strikers
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  • Supreme Commander
  • Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
  • Sword of the Stars + Expansions
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Temple of Elemental Evil
  • The Settlers
  • The Settlers 2
  • The Sims + Expansions
  • The Witcher
  • Theif 3: Deadly Shadow
  • Titan Quest
  • TOCA: Race Driver 3
  • Torchlight
  • Tribes 2
  • Tribes: Vengence
  • Trine
  • Universe at War: Earth Assualt
  • Unreal Tournament 3
  • Unreal Tournament 2k4
  • Warcraft 3
  • Warrior Kings: Battles
  • World of Warcraft

Top 25 Games of the Decade, as voted by You!!:

  1. Sins of a Solar Empire
  2. Civilization IV
  3. Galactica Civilizations II
  4. Diablo II
  5. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
  6. World of Warcraft
  7. Dragon Age: Orgins
  8. Halo
  9. Half Life 2
  10. Baldurs Gate 2
  11. Rome: Total War
  12. Portal
  13. Neverwinter Nights
  14. Warcraft 3
  15. Fallout 3
  16. The Sims
  17. Eve: Online
  18. Guild Wars
  19. Star Wars: Empire at War
  20. Demigod
  21. Medieval 2: Total War
  22. Super Mario Galaxy
  23. Star Wars Battlefront
  24. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
  25. Company of Heros
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Reply #176 from Elemental Forums Top

I wish this poll wasn't done over the holidays as I would have liked to have voted. Maybe I could have boosted up Balder's Gate and gotten Deus Ex on the list (Balder's would have been #1, Deus Ex probably in the top 3).

You would have had to vote for Baldar's Gate about 5 times to get it in the top three. Deus Ex, about 15 times. 1, 2 and 3 were sweeps, waaay above everyone else.

And seriously, how many times do I have to say it? Of course it's baised towards Stardock:P If I had done this on the Blizzard forums, I can garanttee you Blizzard games would have dominated. 70% of these forums are made up of PC strategy game elitists who hate consoles (not that I have any problem with that:P ). I'm surpised a console exclusive game (Halo) made it into the top 10.

Reply #177 from Sins Forums Top

well next time we could say that the stardock games are automatically on the first places so we leave them out to make it more balanced. :karma:

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Reply #178 from Elemental Forums Top

I have never played Sins so this list obviously doesn't make sense to me. it doesnt even look good to me, and I never considered ever getting it. Hmmm. Interesting. Galciv didn't suprise me *nergasms* amazing game, and after getting more familiar with Civ IV, That doesn't surprise me either. I recently got into ANNO 1404 and I have to say its probably my new favorite game of it's genre and it definitely gives civ IV a tought fight on the strategy game front. I honestly thought fallout 3 was better than what it got, which is surprising. I didn't even play the PC version, so I didn't get to play mods or make them, and I still thought it was phenomenal. LOL in no way should WoW be higher up than Warcraft III. Wow basically made the lore of Warcraft III non existent by killing off 99.9% of the main characters....*sigh*. Halo > Half Life 2???? Sims < Portal??? BWAHAHHAAH portal > Fallout 3. Yeeeaaahhh o well.

 

O_O  bioshock&deadspace didn't even get on the list...where mario galaxy and guild wars made it. What's wrong with the world today?

Reply #179 from Demigod Forums Top

I don't think you can appreciate the brilliance of portals design. Otherwise yes.

Reply #180 from Sins Forums Top

I have never played Sins so this list obviously doesn't make sense to me. it doesnt even look good to me, and I never considered ever getting it.

You're missing out on a lot. Although, from your comments, I'm going to guess you're one of those RTS's suck, TBS's are better kind of people:P Why can't the RTS people and the TBS people just get along without arguing about one or the other being "better" or "more strategic"?XO

Anyway, rants aside, my personal take on the list is that it's good, with two exceptions. I think Portal should have been #1, and Homeworld 2 should have been on the list somewhere. There are a couple of smaller, less liked games that I prefer over some of the ones here, but I didn't really expect them to get too many votes.

Here's hoping to a Portal 2 and a Homeworld 3 in the new decade:beer:

Reply #181 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Circumstantial, reply 178
I have never played Sins so this list obviously doesn't make sense to me. it doesnt even look good to me, and I never considered ever getting it. Hmmm. Interesting. Galciv didn't suprise me *nergasms* amazing game, and after getting more familiar with Civ IV, That doesn't surprise me either. I recently got into ANNO 1404 and I have to say its probably my new favorite game of it's genre and it definitely gives civ IV a tought fight on the strategy game front. I honestly thought fallout 3 was better than what it got, which is surprising. I didn't even play the PC version, so I didn't get to play mods or make them, and I still thought it was phenomenal. LOL in no way should WoW be higher up than Warcraft III. Wow basically made the lore of Warcraft III non existent by killing off 99.9% of the main characters....*sigh*. Halo > Half Life 2???? Sims < Portal??? BWAHAHHAAH portal > Fallout 3. Yeeeaaahhh o well.

 

  bioshock&deadspace didn't even get on the list...where mario galaxy and guild wars made it. What's wrong with the world today?

One of those people who can't think.

Reply #182 from Sins Forums Top

@kyogre12- IMO, RTS vs. TBS is pointless, because both offer a different scope.

The RTS is a more local level (typically), where the player builds massive (or not massive, depending on the game) armies, but these armies are heavily micro'ed.

In a TBS the micro tends to revolve around research, production, and ship design. TBSs usually also offer a much larger playing field, so to speak (FreeOrion offers up to 500 star systems; of course, FO is only v0.3.13, but the galaxy portion is properly implemented).

TBS games also tend to offer much heavier research (I am probably overlapping into the 4X genre), in terms of subject # and diversity (there are exceptions of course). RTSs traditionally have very little in terms of research, with it usually being "this building is the prerequisite for this unit" instead of "research this subject in your lab to build this unit".

I personally think- a TBS is perfect for conquering large swaths of territory. An RTS is better for conquering only a little, but with extremely fine control of units; alternately, using a 4X-style game as an example- a TB4X (turn-based 4X) is better for conquering 1+ galaxies; an "RT4X" or space RTS is better for conquering a smaller corner of the universe, but at much more tactical/warfare strategic depth.

In other words- TBS for mass territory domination, RTS for getting down&dirty into warfare.

Reply #183 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 180

You're missing out on a lot. Although, from your comments, I'm going to guess you're one of those RTS's suck, TBS's are better kind of people Why can't the RTS people and the TBS people just get along without arguing about one or the other being "better" or "more strategic"?

Sins, despite being a pretty good achievement, is still pretty shallow compared to dedicated RTS or 4X games.

Reply #184 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting -RAISTLIN-, reply 183



Quoting kyogre12,
reply 180

You're missing out on a lot. Although, from your comments, I'm going to guess you're one of those RTS's suck, TBS's are better kind of people Why can't the RTS people and the TBS people just get along without arguing about one or the other being "better" or "more strategic"?


Sins, despite being a pretty good achievement, is still pretty shallow compared to dedicated RTS or 4X games.

 

I like RTS and sometimes TBS, and Sins didn't appeal to me at all. I remember reading a lot about it and dismissing it pretty quickly, me and my small group that would have played it together. Despite this being a Stardock forum and grossly skewing results because of that, I am pleased some titles, often ridiculed titles, actually received a small amount of the credit they deserve anyway.

Reply #185 from Elemental Forums Top

I just checked this. Do I smell a strategy bias? :P