I’m still super bummed that Assault on Dark Athena (and by extension, the HD remake of Escape from Butcher Bay) got pulled from steam and other digital retailers. Really hope it gets revived at some point
2004 was my second awakening lol. Grew up as a gamer.. went off to the Air Force. Came back in 2004 ready to play more games. I had so much fun that year. Played 2/3 of the games on this list.
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2007 was just as good
Bro Psi Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy was so sick but don’t know if I’ve ever met someone else who played it
You’re forgetting that I wad born then which gives the year quite the dampner
Just looking at the cover art of some of these games brings back very specific fun memories.
And the DS also came out in 2004!
Manhunt was an insane game
Mang THUG2 was my fuckin jam Im huffing copium that they make a 3rd and it not be shit
Broooo Unreal Tournament
If I had to choose my favorite year in gaming, it would be either 1994 or 2001.
**1994:**
-Darkstalkers
-Sonic the Hedgehog 3/Sonic & Knuckles
-Daytona USA
-Alien vs. Predator
-Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
-Killer Instinct
-Earthworm Jim
-The King of Fighters ’94
**2001:**
-Sonic Adventure 2
-Conker’s Bad Fur Day
-Jak and Daxter
-Silent Hill 2
-Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
-SSX Tricky
-Super Monkey Ball
-Wario Land 4
1997 says hi.
This list is also missing Pikmin 2 and Spider-Man 2!
25 fucking games I’ve got fond memories of on that list.
How the actual fuck did 2004 peak this hard in gaming?
How many of these games had online multiplayer? There’s the issue.
Even more impressive that i did have the time to play most of them, so props to me also 😀
It was an alright year. In recent memory I think 2017 or 2019 beat it out.
Maybe 2015 as well.
I’m still super bummed that Assault on Dark Athena (and by extension, the HD remake of Escape from Butcher Bay) got pulled from steam and other digital retailers. Really hope it gets revived at some point
only 10 games from that list were good..
I loved Burnout 3
iirc, I miss Ninja Gaiden in that pic
There’s a lot of crap in between
Ok millennial
I mean, you could just have HL2 and WoW on there and I’d be like “Best. Year. Ever.” but the rest are just fucking overkill.
And people still wonder why we consider PS2 era to be the best for games.
Painkiller’s soundtrack is still a regular listen for me. Also, I think I only used guns for bosses. The Painkiller weapon was for everyone else.
The Suffering is one of my favorites
Yes, it was a good year, but can we please stop trying to codify which “the best year in gaming” was?
Man, I’ve only played 2 of these. I guess I really didn’t play much that decade.
Kids now a days don’t know what’s it’s like to have this many good games come out in one year. Now your lucky if it’s a few a year 😂
1998 is the woodstock of gaming
2004 was my second awakening lol. Grew up as a gamer.. went off to the Air Force. Came back in 2004 ready to play more games. I had so much fun that year. Played 2/3 of the games on this list.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but VtM:B wasn’t very good on release, it wasn’t good untill the community patched it.
God damn it I spent so much time on Jak 3… Actually, there’s years of my life in this picture.
Deadly Shadows? That game was a poor shadow of previous Thief games.
If only skyrim was in this list so comments section could have jokes about this not being its only release year.