2011 best year for games ever?

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

Shogun 2? Check.

AC:Brotherhood? Check

Witcher 2? Check

Portal 2? Check

Duke Nukem Forever? Check!

Oh yea, definitely, for me.

No, I don't even really like it so far. Admittedly I haven't played The Witcher 2 yet, but with the exception of Men of War: Assault Squad, I don't think we've seen that many truly great games. Crysis 2 was rather good, but it was a step backwards from the first 2 games.

Shogun 2? Check.

AC:Brotherhood? Check

Witcher 2? Check

Portal 2? Check

Duke Nukem Forever? Check!

Oh yea, definitely, for me.

mhofever

A good year. Certainly better than last year. But by no means the best ever.

1997 was the best in my opinion: Quake II, Fallout, Carmageddon, Grand Theft Auto, Total Annihilation, Dungeon Keeper, Hexen II, Tomb Raider II, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Age of Empires, Monkey Island 3, Theme Hospital, X-COM: Apocalypse, Little Big Adventure 2, Blade Runner, Ultima Online.

1996 was also an incredible year.

And as if that wasn't enough, typing this post out has made me all nostalgic :(

In terms of PC, ( not discussing sales here) based on the small samples of games I've played I'd say no.

No game has stood out to me in terms of pushing the boundries of what's capable in PC gaming given the strides made in PC hardware development, in fact what seems to have have happened is all publishers have gone full speed ahead with multiplatforming. Beloved PC titles such as DAO 2 and Crysis 2 are the most extreme examples of this, two great PC titles reduced to just good status.

The only new game that I've played in 2011 so far, which I would consider outstanding is TW2. CD Projekt showed how this multiplatform process ought to be done, the graphics are stunning given that its DX9, but they have employed tricks such as lots of bloom, shortening the draw distance and detailing the characters and immeadiate area so well that you easily forgive what's going on. A great graphics option screen makes you feel investing in a high end GPU was worth it as opposed to say the graphic options in Crysis 2. In addition to that they built on the mature content and the story.

So approximately 6 months in to 2011, I'd say its been an ok time for the quality of PC games, I understand why, I had fun playing, I still love my favorite titles, but I think the major titles so far have been 7 to 8 ish out of ten, I'd have preffered 9 to 10. The quantity however and sales seem to be way ahead.

This is more like the "year they finally released Duke Nukem Forever".As for me , it deffinetely is/was the best: Shogun 2,Witcher 2,Portal 2,Guild Wars 2 ( 22228) )

It just may be.

Witcher 2, Shogun 2, Portal 2, L.A. Noire, Dead Space 2 so far have been great though Dragon Age 2 was a huge let down.

Still have:

Duke Nukem, Deus Ex and Skyrim. There is also Gears of War 3 and Zelda but, I don't have the systems to play those.

There is also a small chance Max Payne 3 will be finish.

X-Com: UFO Defense

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

ggnoree

Every single title listed in the OP is a sequel. Not one original idea. In general, the 90's were the best for PC gamers:

• No DRM
• Sierra, Westwood Studios, Apogee, Lucasarts, Polygram, Bullfrog, Lionhead, etc.
• Shareware!
• Lucas: X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle
• Sierra: Police Quest, King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry
• Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake
• Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White
• Lemmings, SimCity
• Command and Conquer, C&C Red Alert
• Alone in the Dark
• X-Com: UFO Defense
• Electronics Boutique and Software Etc.

Some of this is colored by nostalgia, but nothing this year has me all that excited, since it's either a sequel or tainted by DRM in one form or another, be it SecuROM or Steam. It's certainly a far cry from the 90's.

Boz

X-Com: UFO Defense

[QUOTE="ggnoree"]

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

Bozanimal

Every single title listed in the OP is a sequel. Not one original idea. In general, the 90's were the best for PC gamers:

• No DRM
• Sierra, Westwood Studios, Apogee, Lucasarts, Polygram, Bullfrog, Lionhead, etc.
• Shareware!
• Lucas: X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle
• Sierra: Police Quest, King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry
• Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake
• Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White
• Lemmings, SimCity
• Command and Conquer, C&C Red Alert
• Alone in the Dark
• X-Com: UFO Defense
• Electronics Boutique and Software Etc.

Some of this is colored by nostalgia, but nothing this year has me all that excited, since it's either a sequel or tainted by DRM in one form or another, be it SecuROM or Steam. It's certainly a far cry from the 90's.

Boz

I love new IPs as much as the next person, but there is nothing wrong with sequels. It does become when you make the same game about 5 times (Looking at you Call of Duty). To be honest for me I would say either 2002, 03, or 04 were the best years to me (I just can't remember which year got a bunch of awesome games, but it was one of those years). Also a disc check is drm, so yes there was drm in the 90s. It just didn't suck a** like it does now. As for the OPs list. I wouldn't be all that surprised to see Diablo 3 and Old Republic not make it this year. Agent_Kaliaver

Further, I never had disc check with Unreal Tournament, American McGee's Alice, Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and dozens more. That said, I admit many had those little booklets like the special codes for X-Wing, the beakers for Day of the Tentacle, and the picture book for Alone in the Dark. Still, those weren't hallmarked by invasive software, didn't require internet access, and didn't cap your number of installations; certainly nothing approaching SecuROM or the heavy-handedness of Bioshock's DRM.

Boz

Only if Diablo 3 gets released

For me its alot of my types of games. Diablo 3, Torchlight 2, skyrim! Rage. Not sure if Grim dawn and Guild wars 2 is coming this year but would make it a super year for games for me if it did.

Since I've only bought two games this year (The Witcher 2 & Avadon) and there's nothing else out, or coming out, that even remotely interests me I'm going to have to say, no, it's not.

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

ggnoree

Looking at your list, all I see are lame sequels. There is not one single, original game idea, an idea that we haven't seen a million times before, on that list.

It's going to depend on the releases of Duke, Deus Ex, and maybe Skyrim if it's released this year. I will admitI have not been backed up on games like I am right now in a few years. That said it can only be a really good year for games because as has been said there have already been better throughout the last 3 decades.

i haven't played a single good game yet this year , so no not even close

Not sure you could conclusively prove it's the best year in general, no matter what happened, but it is a strong one for sure:

Deus Ex: Human Revoluation

TES V: Skyrim

Diablo III

That's a pretty strong lineup we got going, I'm excited as hell.

sorry but calling games that are expected to be released but haven't yet doesn't count! (seen too many last minute delays) 1/2 those games aren't released yet ;) so might have to re-adjust your list before i'd agree ..... i will say it's looking good for this year if all do get released on time ;) many games i've been waiting for coming out

sorry but calling games that are expected to be released but haven't yet doesn't count! (seen too many last minute delays) 1/2 those games aren't released yet ;) so might have to re-adjust your list before i'd agree ..... i will say it's looking good for this year if all do get released on time ;) many games i've been waiting for coming out

nesproc

Err... gonna call shennanigans on that. The only one on that list without either a firm 2011 release date or at least at TBA 2011 is Guildwars 2. I'd say ToR and Diablo III (the only others with a 2011 on them but no firm date yet) are strong possibilities for 2011 anyway, so your "1/2 the games" assertion is pretty moot. All the rest have either been released or have a firm date set.

[QUOTE="nesproc"]

sorry but calling games that are expected to be released but haven't yet doesn't count! (seen too many last minute delays) 1/2 those games aren't released yet ;) so might have to re-adjust your list before i'd agree ..... i will say it's looking good for this year if all do get released on time ;) many games i've been waiting for coming out

snared04

Err... gonna call shennanigans on that. The only one on that list without either a firm 2011 release date or at least at TBA 2011 is Guildwars 2. I'd say ToR and Diablo III (the only others with a 2011 on them but no firm date yet) are strong possibilities for 2011 anyway, so your "1/2 the games" assertion is pretty moot. All the rest have either been released or have a firm date set.

[QUOTE="snared04"]

[QUOTE="nesproc"]

sorry but calling games that are expected to be released but haven't yet doesn't count! (seen too many last minute delays) 1/2 those games aren't released yet ;) so might have to re-adjust your list before i'd agree ..... i will say it's looking good for this year if all do get released on time ;) many games i've been waiting for coming out

nesproc

Err... gonna call shennanigans on that. The only one on that list without either a firm 2011 release date or at least at TBA 2011 is Guildwars 2. I'd say ToR and Diablo III (the only others with a 2011 on them but no firm date yet) are strong possibilities for 2011 anyway, so your "1/2 the games" assertion is pretty moot. All the rest have either been released or have a firm date set.

I don't keep track of ToR because I don't care, but Diablo III NEVER had a confirmed release date for 2010, period. If anyone said that it was A. Not a Blizzard employee, AND B. Pure speculation. That one may still be on the fence for 2011, but DX3, Skyrim, and several others WILL be released this year, so discounting them just because they aren't released at this very moment is pretty pointless.

[QUOTE="ggnoree"]

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

Ricardo41

Looking at your list, all I see are lame sequels. There is not one single, original game idea, an idea that we haven't seen a million times before, on that list.

ToR is and will be lame, but it's by no means a sequel.

Diablo 3, Deus Ex 3, and Skyrim will all rock your face regardless of being sequels. Some of the best games ever made are sequels, or do you honestly believe Final Fantasy hit its peak on the NES? Don't hate sequels just because they're sequels...

[QUOTE="Ricardo41"]

[QUOTE="ggnoree"]

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

snared04

Looking at your list, all I see are lame sequels. There is not one single, original game idea, an idea that we haven't seen a million times before, on that list.

ToR is and will be lame, but it's by no means a sequel.

Diablo 3, Deus Ex 3, and Skyrim will all rock your face regardless of being sequels. Some of the best games ever made are sequels, or do you honestly believe Final Fantasy hit its peak on the NES? Don't hate sequels just because they're sequels...

I'd say good to great.

Better than 2009...

This is the best year in recent memory by far. If Diablo 3 gets released this year it probably will be the best, for me at least. 2004-5ish was good, as was 98-2000ish (though I was only a teenager), and I think 2011-12 will be the next great era.

No dissrespect but there is one thread like this every year. Suprisingly half the hyped games end up flopping and everyone moves on :(dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]No dissrespect but there is one thread like this every year. Suprisingly half the hyped games end up flopping and everyone moves on :(John_Read

[QUOTE="John_Read"][QUOTE="dakan45"]No dissrespect but there is one thread like this every year. Suprisingly half the hyped games end up flopping and everyone moves on :(dakan45

Neither is DA 2, it had some serious flaws but it was decent while it lasted, besides, for a game to flop it'd needs to have few sales, these games sold well. Brink is the only one that kinda flopped atm, but at least nothing on my list would be able to go wrong, except Deus Ex, I'm only interested in it but I see it easily failing if they don't work enough on it.

There's one game this year that people hype way too much and looks like a certain flop looking at the dev promises and the brief gameplay we saw so far, Skyrim.

Neither is DA 2, it had some serious flaws but it was decent while it lasted, besides, for a game to flop it'd needs to have few sales, these games sold well. Brink is the only one that kinda flopped atm, but at least nothing on my list would be able to go wrong, except Deus Ex, I'm only interested in it but I see it easily failing if they don't work enough on it.

There's one game this year that people hype way too much and looks like a certain flop looking at the dev promises and the brief gameplay we saw so far, Skyrim.

DanielDust

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

Neither is DA 2, it had some serious flaws but it was decent while it lasted, besides, for a game to flop it'd needs to have few sales, these games sold well. Brink is the only one that kinda flopped atm, but at least nothing on my list would be able to go wrong, except Deus Ex, I'm only interested in it but I see it easily failing if they don't work enough on it.

There's one game this year that people hype way too much and looks like a certain flop looking at the dev promises and the brief gameplay we saw so far, Skyrim.

dakan45

The only major flop this year is Brink. While I do find it fun, it is rather dissapointing.

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

Neither is DA 2, it had some serious flaws but it was decent while it lasted, besides, for a game to flop it'd needs to have few sales, these games sold well. Brink is the only one that kinda flopped atm, but at least nothing on my list would be able to go wrong, except Deus Ex, I'm only interested in it but I see it easily failing if they don't work enough on it.

There's one game this year that people hype way too much and looks like a certain flop looking at the dev promises and the brief gameplay we saw so far, Skyrim.

dakan45

Yes I have the same reservations about games yet to be released and that would color the year differently. It does seem to be the same every year in that I'm looking forward to a game and it turns into a turd. If the industry had any sense of what was going on (or cared) this would change into something positive. I won't hold my breath.

I think it is shaping up to be better than last year, but far from the best ever. The development trend of getting games to a "wider audience" is really holding back what could be great games.

1998 was the best year for the PC imo.Crimsader

[QUOTE="dakan45"][QUOTE="DanielDust"]

Neither is DA 2, it had some serious flaws but it was decent while it lasted, besides, for a game to flop it'd needs to have few sales, these games sold well. Brink is the only one that kinda flopped atm, but at least nothing on my list would be able to go wrong, except Deus Ex, I'm only interested in it but I see it easily failing if they don't work enough on it.

There's one game this year that people hype way too much and looks like a certain flop looking at the dev promises and the brief gameplay we saw so far, Skyrim.

Rickylee

Yes I have the same reservations about games yet to be released and that would color the year differently. It does seem to be the same every year in that I'm looking forward to a game and it turns into a turd. If the industry had any sense of what was going on (or cared) this would change into something positive. I won't hold my breath.

[QUOTE="Rickylee"]

[QUOTE="dakan45"] Something tells me deus ex will be flop, god i hope not. Man they are REALLY working on it, they really taking their time with it ;) Anyway my point is that there been many times like this "best gaming year" but in the end half of the games end up unimpressive and everyone moves on.dakan45

Yes I have the same reservations about games yet to be released and that would color the year differently. It does seem to be the same every year in that I'm looking forward to a game and it turns into a turd. If the industry had any sense of what was going on (or cared) this would change into something positive. I won't hold my breath.

Who agress with me? This year seems to be awesome for gaming!

heroes 6, mw3, bf3, diablo 3, dungeon siege 3, skyrm, gw2, old republic, witcher 2, portal 2, and many more. Do you think 2011 is going to turn out as the best year of gaming yet?

ggnoree