Top 5 games of this generation (10 years from now)

With this gen winding down, and only a handful of potential great games to come. I want to know what GS users think the top 5 games of this gen will be, when we look back, say if in 2023 they asked you. For me

1. Bioshock

2. Portal

3. Super Mario Galaxy 2

4. Mass Effect 2

5. Uncharted 2

Taking into consideration I haven't played Infinite, and GTA 5 has potential to make the list. Last of Us could be special too. Just out of my list are Assassin's Creed 2, Dead Space, Batman Arkham City, Portal 2, Journey.

In no particular order, I think these games will be remembered the most:

-Red Dead Redemption

-Bioshock

-Batman: Arkham City

-Dark Souls

-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

1. Uncharted 2 Among Thieves

2. Batman Arkham City

3. Portal 2

4. Mass Effect 2

5. Bioshock

Those are the ones I picture standing out still in 10 years for most gamers. My list would be a little different however.

Uncharted sucks. Gameplay is boring.

Here's my list

1. Knights in the Nightmare

2. Xenoblade Chronicles

3. Super Mario Galaxy 2

4. Radiant Historia

5. Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Far Cry 3

Tomb Raider

Kameo

Doom 3 BFG Edition

Condemned

Bioshock

Red Dead Redemption

Fallout 3/New Vegas

Skyrim/Oblivion

Portal

• uncharted 2
• journey
• batman arkham:city
• call of duty 4
• red dead redemption

dark souls

limbo

everyday shooter

braid

portal

• Uncharted series
• Mass Effect series
• Batman Arkham City
• Far Cry 3
• Skyrim

1 super mario galaxy   2

2 gta iv 

3 mgs iv 

4  wii sports

5 call of duty ,   

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Portal 2 Super Mario Galaxy Red Dead Redemption Bioshock

• Bioshock (Infinite)
• Read Dead Redemption
• Fallout 3/New Vegas
• Super Mario Galaxy 2
• Mass Effect series

For me:

1. Killzone 2

2. Red Dead Redemption

3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

4. Sonic Generations

5. Assassin's Creed 2

1. The Witcher 2

2. Metal Gear Solid 4

3. Mass Effect series

4. Xenoblade Chronicles

5. Xcom Enemy Unknown

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)

2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)

4. Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3) (didn't play previous versions this was remade from)

5. Portal 2 (PC)

But I still haven't played these potential contenders:

Journey
Assassin's Creed II
Dead Space
Burnout Paradise
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Super Street Fighter IV
Dark Souls

Im gonna try to put games that I think acutally deserve it....not my personal top 5.....this is not in any order either.

1.  Portal-changed the way we look at how physics can be used in games

2.  Red Dead Remption-Showed us the capabilities of what this gen could truely accomplish

3.  Demons/Dark Souls- Brought back the classic style of  relatively high difficulty and put it in a rich open world with the old school style of discovering the story for yourself.

4. Skyward Sword-Many wont agree with this but I feel like this was the the one game that truely made use of the wii's full potential.  The motion controls felt very smooth and it was what I imagined the wii to be when it first came out.

5.  Bioshock- This game showed us that an fps could be more than just blowing terrorists and zombies away.  these games present us with a rich beautiful world and a complex story that is worthy of a screenplay imo. 

In no particular order:

Dark Souls

The Walking Dead

Metal Gear Solid 4

Team Fortress 2

Bioshock

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2

2. Fallout: New Vegas

3. Tales of Vesperia

4. Red Dead Redemption

5. XCOM: Enemy Unknown

No particular order:

Super Mario Galaxy

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Call of Duty 4

Grand Theft Auto IV

Lollipop Chainsaw

• Bioshock
• Mass Effect 2
• Batman AC
• Left 4 Dead
• GTA 5

These games gave me great experiences and many hours of fun. Bioshock showed me a world I didn't know could exist on consoles. Mass Effect 2 made me feel like the galaxy's fate was in my hands. Batman is probably the best super hero game I've ever played. Left 4 Dead had zombies, team work, and always made me be on high alert. This one is a bit early but I have a strong feeling this will be the grand theft auto everyone hoped for when GTA4 came out. Not a bad way to end a console cycle for a lot of us than to do God knows what in Los Angeles for a few months.

I could only chose games from what I've actually been able to play so I can't say if Zelda, Metroid, or Uncharted 2 are top 5 or not. I'm sure they are fun for a lot of people though.

1.  Xenoblade Chronicles

2.  Mega Man 9

3.  Demon's Souls

4.  Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

5.  Advance Wars Dual Strike

5 that I favor

Metal Gear Solid 4

Uncharted 2

Bioshock

Mass Effect 2

Skyrim

1. Bioshock Infinite

2. Dark Souls

3. Arkham City

4. Dishonored

5. (In terms of fighting games) Tekken Tag 2

Uncharted sucks. Gameplay is boring.

MakeMeaSammitch

Demons souls -> Made many gamers realize that difficulty is a important aspect of gaming.
Crusader kings 2 -> A grand strategy game that became quite popular, may be the start of something more.
Bioshock ->  Revived the single player FPS genre and taught us that atmosphere in games is very important.
Mass effect  -> One of the few games that is truly great in every single aspect.
Monster Hunter ->  Many game sof this generation spend too much time on general AI behaviour and not enough time in programming varying attack patterns or different NPC's, Monster hunter did and capitalised on it.

No order, but all these well be mentioned in any conversation about great games this gen...

Bioshock
Uncharted 2
Assassins Creed 2
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Batman Arkham City

Argue all you like, but I'd take these on a deserted Island any day. 

Hmm, I will not place my own top 5, but what I feel deserves to be the top 5 (even games that are no favorites of mine)

5) Portal

4) Call of Duty 4

3) Bioshock (Or Infinate, yeah cop out, but hard to decide which will be looked upon as having the bigger impact).

2) Demon's souls/Dark Souls (Again, but this time because while the impact was better with Demon's souls, Dark souls were the better game overall).

1) Minecraft

1- Batman Akham City(my all time favorite)

2- Uncharted 2(best linear game this gen)

3- Red Dead Redemption(most hours ive put in a game)

4- God of War 3(worse than #2 but that was last gen)

5- Mario Galaxy(I prefer the first one contrary to most of the lists)

1. red dead redemption

2. mass effect 2 (with all dlc)

3. fallout 3: gotye

4. skyrim (with all dlc)

5. borderlands 1: gotye

Uncharted series

Metal Gear Solid series

Dark Souls

Batman Arkham City

GTA

but sadly COD will most probably be remembered most which is sad.

Uncharted sucks. Gameplay is boring.

MakeMeaSammitch

oh cool.. thanks for your contribution to the thread

5. Uncharted 2

4. Batman Arkham Asylum

3. Skyrim

2. Fallout 3

1. Dark Souls

No order but these are games that I think will influence future games indirectly or directly in 10 years:

-Dark Souls

-Xenoblade Chronicles (partially because of how it came to America)

-Metal Gear Solid 4

-Portal

-Bastion  

looking back at peoples answers, there is more than 5 games that have come out that are considered classics or generation defining. people always complain about how bad this gen has been but from that list i say its been pretty good. not necessarily innovative but how many games were really innovative last gen as well?

batman arkham city

uncharted 2

infamous

mirror's edge

infamous 2

looking back at peoples answers, there is more than 5 games that have come out that are considered classics or generation defining. people always complain about how bad this gen has been but from that list i say its been pretty good. not necessarily innovative but how many games were really innovative last gen as well?

jsmoke03

With regard to this thread, I am listing five games I consider outstanding. 

1. Metal Gear Solid 4

 2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion or The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 

3. Mass Effect 2 

4. Team Fortress 2 

5. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Bioshock 1 (Infinite's ending hits the top 5.  The game does not.)

Red Dead Redemption (Best ending, not even close)

Fallout 3

Company of Heroes

Batman: Arkham City

1. Bayonetta

2. Halo Reach

3. Super Mario Galaxy 2

4. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

5. Castlevania Order of Ecclesia

1. Bioshock
2. Dead Space
3. Batman: Arkham City
4. Red Dead Redemption
5. Alan Wake

1. Mass Effect Trilogy

2. Bioshock

3. Fallout 3

4. Call of Duty 4

5. Gears of War 3

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looking back at peoples answers, there is more than 5 games that have come out that are considered classics or generation defining. people always complain about how bad this gen has been but from that list i say its been pretty good. not necessarily innovative but how many games were really innovative last gen as well?

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