Your top games from 2000 - 2009

This was an interesting decade in gaming. We were transitioning from the traditional console to consoles that were becoming more and more like PCs. Games were still growing in terms of tech, gameplay, and features. Top games that come to mind for me during this decade are:

• MGS 2: Sons of Liberty (2001): there was so much hype for this game back in the day. After all, it was a highly anticipated sequel to Kojima's master piece, Metal Gear Solid. Kojima did not disappoint. The gameplay, story and graphics made it a PS2 system seller. But Kojima did stir some fan controversy by switching out Solid Snake with Raiden. We still ended up with a great game and a prophetic game at that.
• Final Fantasy X (2001): another great showcase for the PS2. Graphics were an another level for a Final Fantasy game, and the gameplay and story were great too. What I loved about this iteration of Final Fantasy is that it didn't take big risks or deviations from the series, it just gave us a great Final Fantasy game in the modern era. The series was starting to get stale so this gave it a boost.
• Bayonetta (2008): loved this game for its style, fun combat, great music, fun characters and sense of humor. I love games that try to be unique in their own way and I thought Bayonetta pushed the action / hack n slash genre in that sense. It's also just a great hack n slash game. Too bad this franchise might be in limbo at this point.
• Uncharted 2 (2009): imo, this was the first "blockbuster" game. It felt like Naughty Dog wanted it to be like a movie, where you experience all these big action moments. But thankfully, it was also a fun game and one of the best action adventure games ever. The tech at the time was also impressive and I loved that it had both single player and multiplayer modes which Sony doesn't seem to do anymore (sad, really).
• LittleBigPlanet (2008): LBP was a very impressive game for its time. A platformer with an emphasis on level creation, but the tools had a lot of depth and there was a community aspect to it. It was also very charming and had great voice acting, music, and art style. This was a big win for Sony at the time, who needed a big platformer. The game ended up with 95 metacritic score!

How about you, SW? What are your top games from 2000-2009?

1. Deus Ex (2000)
2. STALKER SoC (2007)
3. Half-life 2 (2004)
4. FEAR (2005)
5. Max Payne (2001)
6. Mafia (2002)
7. Splinter cell Chaos Theory (2005)
8. Hitman Blood money (2006)
9. Chronicles of Riddick EFBB (2004)
10. Crysis (2007)

My list is just pretty much JRPG and the odd PC games I play. Below the games I think I would enjoy just as much if I replay them today. Lots more I can list tho.

• Persona 3
• FF12
• Golden Sun The Lost Age
• Okami
• Tales of Abyss
• MGS3
• Persona 4
• Dragon Quest 8
• Radiata stories
• Dark Cloud 2 ( PS5 trophy support please)
• Counter Strike 1.6
• Warcraft 3 frozen throne
• Europa Universalis 3
• MGS4
• FF10
• Suikoden V
• Nobunaga Ambition
• Romance of the Three Kingdom XI
• SMT Digital Devil Saga (Vol 1 & 2)
• Kindgom Hearts 2
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Rise of nations
• Civilization 4
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Gears of War 1-3

Skate 1-3

Ratchet and Clank series

Tony Hawk Pro Skater series

Why post games when one game with its dlc is so far ahead of everything else?

Why do you tend to derail threads?

Because i own a ps5, and that's usually my duty as a cow. You're as experienced in the matter, anyways.

Resident evil 4

Half-life 2

GTA vice city

Mortal kombat Deadly Alliance

Timesplitters 3.

1. Deus Ex
2. Half Life 2
3. Resident Evil 4
4. God of War 1-2
5. Gta SA
6. Counter Strike 1.6
7. Uncharted : Drake's Fourtune
8. Bastion
9. S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl

nice list.

00s decade is incomplete with out 3 masterpiece. Deus Ex, Half life 2 and STALKER.

Because he's a fakeboy.

@last_lap: Don't say that.

In no particular order:

• God of War
• God of War 2
• Resident Evil 4
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
• Geometry Wars: Galaxies
• Portal
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
• Tony Hawk's Underground
• Tony Hawk's Project 8
• Half-Life 2
• Call of Duty 2
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Pure (a highly underrated game)
• Halo 2
• Halo 3
• 'Splosion Man
• Psychonauts (another highly underrated game)

It was a good decade of video games.

Mass effect 1 and 2, Bioshock. Fallout 3.. I remember 2007 was a banger of a year. Plus that decade had KOTOR and jade empire.... Soooo many games.

So many games to remember. I'll just name a few.

• Metroid Prime 1&2 and Fusion
• Counter Strike: Source
• BF2
• Tales of Symphonia
• RE 4
• Majoras Mask
• Perfect Dark
• Half Life 2
• Wind Waker
• Left 4 Dead
• Dead Space
• Twilight Princess 8.8
• Mario Kart 7

I'm gonna stop there, I can probably keep going.

MGS 2,3,4 are all incredible (yes even MGS4). Let's give a nod to both GTA 3 and GTA san andreas (love Vice city too but not enough to include all 3). Half Life 2 and Resident Evil 4 as well of course. Let's round things out with Shadow of the Colosus, Metroid Prime, and Super Smash Bros Melee

For one final left field pick, let's add Four Swords Adventures if and only if you had 4 GBAs and 4 link cables and 3 friends to blast through it with. Incredible times if you had it all.

@p3anut: Windwaker and Twilight Princess need to come to Switch

I remember playing GTA3 the first time. Nothing quite like it for its time.

Crazy Taxi

NBA2K

Resident Evil Code Veronica

Splinter Cell

Borderlands

Dragon Age Origins

Nhl 09

Fallout 3

Some of my favorites from that time period

• Mario Kart: Double Dash
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Battlefield 2
• Halo 3

Although it could have been many, these were the first that came to mind. That decade of games was incredible.

Game of the Year:

2000 – WWF SmackDown 2 (PS1)

2001 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2)

2002 – The House of the Dead III (Arcade, Xbox)

2003 – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (GameCube, Xbox)

2004 – Clannad (PC)

2005 – Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)

2006 – OutRun 2 SP SDX (Arcade)

2007 – Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)

2008 – Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Arcade, Wii)

2009 – Steins Gate (X360)

Best games by platform:

Gen 4 consoles

• Super Famicom – Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (2000)
• Neo Geo – Metal Slug 3 (2000)

Gen 5 consoles

• PS1 – WWF Smackdown 2 (2000)
• N64 – The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)

Gen 6 consoles

• Dreamcast – Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
• PS2 – Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002)
• GameCube – Resident Evil 4 (2005)
• Xbox – Ninja Gaiden Black (2005)

Gen 7 consoles

• X360 – Steins Gate (2009)
• PS3 – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008)
• Wii – Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (2007)

Arcade systems (proprietary)

• Capcom CPS2 – Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition (2003)
• Sega NAOMI – Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000)
• Sega Hikaru – Planet Harriers (2000)
• Sega NAOMI 2 – Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned (2004)

Arcade systems (console-based)

• Sega Chihiro – The House of the Dead III (2002)
• Triforce – Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 (2006)
• Namco System 246 – SoulCalibur III: Arcade Edition (2006)
• Namco System 256 – Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (2005)
• Namco System 357 – Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion (2008)

Arcade systems (PC-based)

• Taito Type X – The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match (2008)
• Taito Type X2 – Street Fighter IV (2008)
• Sega Lindbergh – OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006)
• Sega RingEdge – Border Break (2009)

PC

• Windows – Clannad (2004)
• Mac / Linux – Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004)

Handheld

• GBC – Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (2000)
• WonderSwan Color – Final Fantasy IV (2002)
• GBA / DS – Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001 / 2005)
• PSP – Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007)

Mobile

• iOS – Angry Birds (2009)
• Android – Bejeweled: Deluxe (2009)
• Other – Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (2004)

Would not have taken you for a wrestling fan lol

Too much to list. That's like when all the good shit came out.

Preach!

I still remember having discussions with my friends about PC games not being on consoles and PS2 games not being on PC. There was just so much to play in this short timespan in the annals of history.

Wow, 2000-2009 has 3 console generations in it. But here's my attempt at a list.

1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Fallout 3
4. Half-Life 2
5. Metroid Prime 3
6. Metroid Prime
7. Zelda: The Wind Waker
8. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
9. Bioshock 1&2
10. GTA: San Andreas
11. Halo
12. Mario Kart: Double Dash
13. Super Smash Bros. Melee
14. Advance Wars 2
15. Uncharted 2
16. Zelda: Majora's Mask
17. Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
18. Portal
19. Team Fortress 2
20. Grand Theft Auto IV

Honorable mentions: Call of Duty 5, Halo 3 ODST, Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Godfather, Batallion Wars II, Timesplitters 2, Tony Hawk Underground, Left 4 Dead, Beyond Good & Evil, POP: Sands of Time,

I was a big WWF fan back in the days... After it became WWE, I lost all interest lol.