2008: The Greatest Year For Gaming?

A lot of people have said that 2007 was the biggest year for gaming. We saw the releases of Halo 3, Super Mario Galaxy, BioShock, and many more. But 2008, in my opinion, will be much bigger.

Looking back, do you think 2007 was as huge as you thought it would be? Were you dissapointed at all by some of the releases?

2007 has turned out pretty lacklustre considering all the "big" releases. Many of them were quite overhyped while the actually good games don't even get recognised. 2008 is going to be a spectacular year with StarCraft II and Spore but nothing will ever beat 1998... nothing.foxhound_fox

Commercial success is well and good, but neither commercial nor critical sucess affects my opinion of a game once I've played it for myself (Persona 3 not selling by the truckload is other peoples' loss).

2007 has turned out pretty lacklustre considering all the "big" releases. Many of them were quite overhyped while the actually good games don't even get recognised. 2008 is going to be a spectacular year with StarCraft II and Spore but nothing will ever beat 1998... nothing.foxhound_fox

What do you expect? Games are the new "Blockbusters." Companies spend more money on ad campaigns than the actual game.

it's hard to tell. 2008 has some big potential, but 2007 was absolutely amazing. the only issue was that most of the amazingness was compacted into the last couple of months.OneWingedAngeI

That's true. Assuming that the games actually stick to their release dates, 2008 looks to be more spread out in terms of huge releases.

2007 has turned out pretty lacklustre considering all the "big" releases. Many of them were quite overhyped while the actually good games don't even get recognised. 2008 is going to be a spectacular year with StarCraft II and Spore but nothing will ever beat 1998... nothing.foxhound_fox

The truth.

My favourite shooter this year is STALKER, but it almost feels like I'm the only one who has played it.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]2007 has turned out pretty lacklustre considering all the "big" releases. Many of them were quite overhyped while the actually good games don't even get recognised. 2008 is going to be a spectacular year with StarCraft II and Spore but nothing will ever beat 1998... nothing.CarnageHeart

Commercial success is well and good, but neither commercial nor critical sucess affects my opinion of a game once I've played it for myself (Persona 3 not selling by the truckload is other peoples' loss).

Persona 3 is a great game. I am addicted to the Fusion aspect of it. =)

For me personally it seems like a decent year. I have yet to play many of the games still.

Though, Portal was fun. Cod4 looks like something I will enjoy. I still want to try out STALKER, CRYSIS and The Witcher (which will look good, and the latter 2 even better with patches). Team Fortress 2 looks good. I want to try out World in Conflict, since it's easy for beginners to get into, plus no resource collecting.

I don't have next gen systems so I haven't really looked at trailers or gameplay videos. Though Assassins Creed looks good.

So I feel it's a pretty good year, and I still have a lot of games to try out.

It was a good year with the release of Halo and other big 'uns. In particlar a game that had been waited for, for years Halo 3 was bigged up to more than it actually was. Other greats Crysis, CoD4 they had a lot of pressure on them to be all they had been spoke about but weren't true their good but from what we read there wasn't going to a need for any other game.

Plus in 2008 we still have to remember the amount of delays there are going to be it's a new console set a new system these games are going to have to be tampered with I've been told today that GTA 4 has already been delayed from February to June/July.

2007 will be a really hard act to follow.

Blue Dragon
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
Eternal Sonata
Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary
Final Fantasy II 20th Anniversary
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Forza Motorsport 2 (GotY contender)
Growlanser: Heritage of War
Sega Rally Revo
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (GotY contender)
Sonic Rush Adventure
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Virtua Fighter 5 (GotY contender)

One of the best years in quite awhile, right here.

If Spore, Starcraft II, and Dragon Age all make it out next year and actually live up to expectations, then next year could definitely be one of the better years in a awhile.

Another thing, this year seemed to be filled with titles that were majorly overhyped, and though good, did not seem to meet everyones expectations of being the second coming of gaming.......and though next year is also has it's share of with big name hyped titles such are MGS4, GTA IV, Starcraft II, and Ninja Gaiden 2, it also seems to have a fair share of niche titles that I think will surprise a lot of people in terms of the quality they deliver, games like Mafia 2, Sins of a Solar Empire, Brutal Legend, and others may actually end up being the real stars of the year.

I admit being only 18, I haven't seen alot of years of gaming, so I can't really say if it was good or bad. Saying that I do play many games from previous eras, but I don't keep track of when they game out.

Though I have played many games of the 01-06 era, I will assume that this year surpassed them all by far since I usually see games within that time period very lackluster.

The games I found to be top tier would be

Phoenix Wright III

Persona 3 (Runner up for GOTY)

Guilty Gear Accent Core (Runner Up for GOTY)

Super Paper Mario

Orange Box

Metroid Prime 3

Lunar Knights

Etrian Odyessy

Odin Sphere (Game of the Year)

Super Mario Galaxy (I can have 3 GOTY runner ups)

Zack and Wiki

Aquaria (I don't care if you think I'm psycho here's my 4th GOTY runner-up)

Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja (............what? It's fun!)

Saying this there were some games that dissapointed me

GrimGrimoire: After playing the magnificent Odin Sphere I was excited for this one because I've heard from many who played both that it was superior to it, but what I ended up getting was a dull 2D assualt RTS.

Etrian Odyessy: Yes this is listed in possitive, but I'm also putting it into the negative, I mean this game is a little too hardcore for it's own good.

Bioshock: Over-rated, Run-of the-Mill, Action-Adventure FPS