My choices are: >Age of Mythology >Eternal Darkness >Vice City >Metroid Prime >Morrowind

Here is the current txt file of the winners of the previous years from 1992-2001 Description of the 2002 games can be viewed here >>588882 Reposting a note on the Sly Cooper games >the first two games have a Japanese release complete with a Japanese dub & subtitles. For some reason the third game originally never got a Japanese release, but they would eventually get to play it in the Sly Cooper Collection.

one game i would recommend for 1996 is Heroes of Might and Magic 2 just an extremely fun game

Impressive how a thread like this can keep going considering how rare non GG threads can go on line this. Not counting the cyclical threads.

I want to recommend Morrowind, but I have no idea how good the fan translation of that game is. I don't know if it's even possible to translate some of Kirkbride's DMT-induced ramblings without losing a lot of its nuance.

>>589226 There is a faint possibility that some nuance may be lost when bringing a western game to the Japanese audience, but it has not stopped some nips from playing the games anyway. Of course, they have fan translations patched in since Morrowind never saw a Japanese release. The Japanese also never got a PC release of Oblivion, just the console ones. Much like Morrowind, there are fan translations of it out in the open.

>>589249 >The Japanese also never got a PC release of Oblivion, just the console ones. Playing an Elder Scrolls game without mods is the definition of self-harming behavior.

>>589189 The board was interested in giving opinions I guess

>>589357 Not only that, weve had to negotiate in a civil manner what to pick or not, and make arguments over what should be in that place, that generates organic discussion.

Surprised nobody posted Morrowind.

>>589371 Anon, read the OP and the current vote.

>>589371 >you just went full n'wah yeah you did

>>589177 <Battlefield 1942 dead multiplayer games should not be considered. Also >lego games >nerf arena blast Was there ANY quality control or are you just putting down the first thing anons blurt out? Stick party babyz on there, they will love it. Promise :)

>Battlefield 1942 Even with the cool mods, it's not worth playing it nowadays. The game isn't interesting enough without the multiplayer. >Ion Fury The best boomer shooter with a classic style. Can't go wrong with it. >Need for Speed Carbon While 'Most Wanted' is certainly the best game in the series, Carbon takes things in an interested direction and is literally set in Japan, taking a lot from the street racing scene there. >GTA Vice City While I like the game, I find the controls to be unbearable on PC. I would put an observation to play the console version.

>>589226 >>589249 The most complete Morrowind JP patch was hosted on geocities before that got taken down, you can still find it through the wayback machine: https:// web.archive.org/web/20190330182018/http:// www.geocities.jp/meisaku_asobu/KanjiMorrowind.html Maybe the infographic could include links to translation patches where applicable?

>>589570 That would actually be really helpfull, give japs tools and resources since i bet it would be hard for them to find that info.

>>589570 Does it work with OpenMW?

>>589555 The list for recommendations is going year by year and is currently on the year 2002.

>>589678 OpenMW should have the character support the Japanese patch needs, but I'm not sure. Maybe someone should try installing it to see what happens?

>>589177 Nips don't browse this board and stick to their ricefield forums, what's the point of this thread? Especially to make a second one of it? It's all the same shit anyway, the exact same games that anons recommend to each other all day every day. Nips aren't gonna be blown away by, or are totally ignorant of, games like Morrowind, Deus Ex, Need for Speed, Doom, Half Life(lmao), and all the Japanese games you retards are recommending to JAPANESE anons. Just make another recommended game general and post all the usual copypasta in there

>>589555 >Carbon >In japan Someone has clearly not played the game.

>>590501 The point is to create a new recomendation that can be used. Someone clearly is a newfag

So, here is the game's decided for 2002: >Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem >Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets >Metroid Prime >Sly Cooper & The Theivius Raccoonus >The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind With the honorable mentions: <Battlefield 1942 <BloodRayne <Grand Theft Auto Vice City <LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts <MechAssault <Pac-Man World 2 <Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 <Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast <Tetris Worlds (GC/Xbox) <Timesplitters 2 Does that look right to everyone else, and ready to move onto 2003?

>>591480 Looks OK to me, though I never played Sly Racoon or Harry Potter so I don't have an opinion on those. If we are moving on to 2003 I'd suggest: >KOTOR >Prince of Persia: Sands of Time >Beyond Good & Evil >Splinter Cell >Max Payne 2

>>591480 For fuck's sake, Metroid Prime is a JAPANESE GAME! Why did you not remove Japanese games from the list! The point of this chart is being forgotten more and more every day.

>>591518 This anon is correct, how that fell thru I have no idea. I don't know what game was the sixth followup, but I suggest it to be replaced with vice city, I think it's the most important game from the list for that year

Oh yeah, as for the games for 2003 >>591495 >>591480 >Prince of Persia: Sands of Time >Splinter Cell >Call of Duty >KOTOR >Max Payne 2

>>591518 >Metroid Prime is a JAPANESE GAME! https://www.mobygames.com/game/metroid-prime <Developed by Retro Studios Inc. https://www.mobygames.com/company/retro-studios-inc <Retro Studios was founded in 1998 by Jeff Spangenberg https://infogalactic.com/info/Retro_Studios <Founded: Austin, Texas, United States (October 1998)

>>591528 Metroid is a japanese franchise, it might as well be classified as japanese for the purposes of this list. That would be like suggesting a mario game to them, even tho technically that one specific game was made by a western studio, the whole point is to show eastern gamers what western games they might not have heard of are worth playing

Time for considering the titles for 2003: >Asterix & Obelix XXL A puzzle platformer based off the French comic >Beyond Good & Evil An action-adventure game that was part of a would be trilogy >Freelancer A space trading and combat simulator >Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne A TPS known for it's bullet-time mechanic >Postal 2 An objective-based sandbox FPS where you can do practically anything >Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time A 3D platformer with time control mechanics >Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc A full 3D platformer >SimCity 4 A city management simulator >SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom A collectathong 3D platformer >Star Trek Elite Force II An FPS that sends the player on various missions in the Star Trek Voyager universe >Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic A DnD style RPG based within the Star Wars universe multiple millennia before the films >The Simpsons: Hit & Run An objective-based sandbox driving game >Tron 2.0 An FPS that serves as a sequel to the original Tron >WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne (Expansion Pack) A settlement based RPG with environmental terrain and naval battles >XIII An FPS that depicts the conspiratorial story of the French

>>591480 Rayman 3

>>591534 Forgot to include this image

>>591530 >the whole point is to show eastern gamers what western games they might not have heard of are worth playing NO, the purpose of the list is to show to Japanese players the games that the West is proud of creating. With the original inspiration of it being a result of how there's an increasing drive by Western companies to tell the Nips what Western games they "should" be playing, and this list looking to thwort that by informing them of the games the West is actually proud of rather than just whatever helps the pocketbooks of companies who just want to endlessly release the same shit to a different market. It's NOT suppose to be some contrarian list of "games you might not know exist".

>>591539 I think games that nips might be familiar with should be in it's own category, "honorable mentions" of sorts, but if anons don't have a problem with it, neither do I. Let's see if we even get 5 games that "the west is proud of" starting from mid 2010s per year

>>591540 >Let's see if we even get 5 games that "the west is proud of" starting from mid 2010s per year We already did that! We're going year by year, and we're currently on 2003. We'll be getting to the 2010's later.

Another 2003 games I forgot to list: >Impossible Creatures An RTS where you frankenstein together different animals to create specific units

>Max Payne 2 >Rayman 3 >Splinter Cell >SW:KOTOR >The Simpsons Hit & Run My picks. Postal 2 would be better suited as an honorable mention than being picked.

>>591575 Splinter Cell was 2002, it debuted on the Xbox.

>>591578 My bad, swap it with Prince of Persia

>Beyond Good & Evil >Postal 2 >Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time >Tron 2.0 >XIII These are the five I'm going with.

Postal 2 KOTOR Rayman 3 Prince of Persia Call of Duty

I vote for Sly Cooper, Vice City, Eternal Darkness, and nominate THPS4 and Godzilla DAMM.

>>591531 For 2003, I nominate Jak II and SSX 3

>>591675 Played a bit of the Japanese releases of SSX 3 & Tricky, didn't notice any censorship.

>>591670 We already passed 2002, we're on 2003. See the list here: >>591531 >>591543

>>589177 Probably too late to add this in but if earlier years are still up for debate please consider this at least. Year for this would be in 1998. This game forced the player to take time to plan out different approaches and entry styles. Very little room for error is allowed and enemy spawns are randomized. Not to mention that the plot is played out very well, having a genocidal hippie trying to poison 99% of the global population with airborne Ebola Chan. There is an issue however, this game is a bitch and a million to get working since it was released for Win98; some people got it running with Win7 but Win10 is apparently a no-go.

>>592412 Which game would be the best for japs to recommend? I figure, like with most normalfags, they only know the franchise name from fucking siege, which is depressing, but did the later games refine on the formula? I know starting with Lockdown and especially with Vegas the series started to become casualized

>>592426 Unfortunately I would just go with the first one since plot wise its not just generic ex-soviet selling plutonium, etc. But as far as better game play the later ones were better, such as Raven Shield and Rogue Spear. But any later games than that I wouldn't recommend since past that time frame is when games started their descent.

Here are the top pics for 2003: >Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne >Prince of Persia: Sands of Time >Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Now, there are still two spots open, and it's boiled down to the following titles: -Beyond Good & Evil -Call of Duty -Postal 2 -Rayman 3 And, the remainder will be listed as honorable mentions: <Jak II <SSX 3 <The Simpsons: Hit & Run <Tron 2.0 <XIII

>>592437 Call of Duty definitely deserves a mention, even if you hate it's guts for what it did to gaming later down the line. I actually preferred Rayman 2 to 3, but I guess I will choose it here Beyond Good And Evil never really stuck it with me, I dunno why. Strange little game, Postal 2 is a fun sandbox, but not something I would put in a top 5 anything list

>>592412 >Probably too late to add this in but if earlier years are still up for debate please consider this at least. We can go over that later once the list is compiled and if anyone wants to challenge what will be listed. >There is an issue however, this game is a bitch and a million to get working since it was released for Win98; some people got it running with Win7 but Win10 is apparently a no-go. There was also the Dreamcast version that has the Eagle Watch missions included on the disc. >>592441 So, put CoD and Rayman 3 in the "top five"?

>>592443 yes, count those 2 in for me, for the tiebreakers

>>592437 I like Postal 2 but I would consider it more an honorable mention.

>>592437 >Rayman and COD over SSX 3 and Jak II I knew this place had shit taste but god fucking damn.

>>592515 I get the COD, but what's the problem with Rayman 3?

Here's the final pics for 2003: >Call of Duty >Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne >Prince of Persia: Sands of Time >Rayman 3 >Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic With the honorable mentions of: <Beyond Good & Evil <Jak II <Postal 2 <SSX 3 <The Simpsons: Hit & Run <Tron 2.0 <XIII Does that look acceptable to everyone? >>592515 SSX I've heard about but had zero interest in. However, with Jak II, I remember everyone issue with that game is that it was such a large departure from J&D, by replacing the open-world platforming for a GTA styled game, on top of upping the edge out of nowhere.

>>592681 >>592681 Thinking about it now I would change my vote from Rayman to SSX 3. It's pretty much the peak of the franchise and, save for 2005's On Tour which was not bad of a game, later games would not be as good. Rayman on the other hand might have been eventually poisoned with the rabbids in a few years, but he at least got some good new games around the start of the 10s.

>>592681 >I get the COD, but what's the problem with Rayman 3? Nothing's particularly wrong with it, it's just really forgettable. Rayman has never been anything particularly special and his platformers are mid at best. >>592681 >However, with Jak II, I remember everyone issue with that game is that it was such a large departure from J&D, by replacing the open-world platforming for a GTA styled game, on top of upping the edge out of nowhere. This was a good thing. The first J&D game came within inches of being a Mario 64 collectathon. Went from that to having a proper identity. And it didn't even play that different from the first J&D. Yes there was a hub world where you could swipe vehicles, but the actual missions themselves were heavy on the platforming focus. Many critics considered it one of the best games of that year and I still have very fond memories of it. I personally liked the move away from being an SM64 knockoff.

>>592910 It wasn't an SM64 knockoff, it was Crash Bandicoot with connected levels.

So the list is back to the following: >Call of Duty >Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne >Prince of Persia: Sands of Time >Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic With the fifth entry chosen from one of the following: <Beyond Good & Evil <Postal 2 <Rayman 3 <SSX3

>>593172 I stand by SSX3 being more deserving of a spot since it was the peak of the franchise. On Tour is good, but it belongs in 2005's honorable mentions.

>>593180 I agree. Besides, SSX isn't even on the list from previous years and it deserves some attention. I really think Japanese gamers would love it. SSX is genuinely one of the most fun sports games we American pigs have ever made

>>593172 Bearing mind we're picking games for a nip audience, I would suggest BG&E but I know I'm in the minority there. SSX seems to have a lot of love so maybe throw them a bone and let's move on to 2004.

As for 2004 I nominate the following: >Half Life 2 >Burnout 3 Takedown >Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay >Far Cry >Sid Meier's Pirates

>>593185 >SSX is genuinely one of the most fun sports games we American pigs have ever made Anon... EA Sports BIG is from canada

>>593197 Leaf pride

>>593202 That looks like it was drawn by a gay porn artist.

>>593205 It's from Punch Out Wii. But you could still be right

>>593172 I still think Rayman 3 deserves to be here, if only because we skipped out on Rayman 2 when it came out >>593191 For 2004, I nominate: >Halo 2 >Half life 2 >GTA San Andreas >Need For Speed Underground 2 >Painkiller

>>589177 Count a vote for Eternal Darkness from me >>591531 Actually rather than the original Asterix XXL, I would really like it if you guys added Asterix XXL2 - Mission: Las Vegum. That game is such a fucking gem, it's essentially a beat em up with game references in it, except it's all done with the same kind of humor that you would find in an original Goscinny/Uderzo publication of Asterix. Case in point: look at these fucking pictures, half the fun is spotting hidden and not so hidden references Apparently it's even got a remaster but I have no idea if it's any good

>>593223 lmao, devs must have had fun making this game

>>593225 Heh, I feel the same way My only problem with the game is that it's very samey after the novelty of the game references wears off, also there's a Matrix reference that is completely out of place (and definitely just the devs trying to recycle assets), but otherwise it's really enjoyable picking apart the scenery. People usually point to Sexy Parodius, The Stanley Parable or The Simpsons' Game when they want to talk about games that parody other games but this one is my go-to. >>593202 All Next Level Games err games (the Mario Strikers and Strikers Charged bunch, Punch Out Wii and the newer Luigi's Mansions) are really fucking good, but should they go on the list? Technically they are Western developed games, but they're published by a Jap company.

>>593226 somewhere in the thread it was decided these games indeed make the list, but I think that's only because so many people wanted to include metroid prime

>>593226 if they were developed in the West for a (mostly) western audience they should count. Metroid Prime was specifically made to appeal to western tastes which is why Nintendo chose the people from Iguana who made Turok to make it.

>>593187 >>593228 >Bearing mind we're picking games for a nip audience See: >>591539

So, this wil be the list for 2003: >Call of Duty >Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne >Prince of Persia: Sands of Time >SSX3 >Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic With the honorable mentions of: <Beyond Good & Evil <Jak II <Postal 2 <Rayman 3 <The Simpsons: Hit & Run <Tron 2.0 <XIII Onto to 2004: 2004 2004 >Burnout 3: Takedown An arcade racer that's focused upon players wiping out opponents for boost >FlatOut A destruction derby game notable for car drivers flying through the windshield >Grand Theft Auto San Andreas A sandbox TPS >Halo 2 A sci-fi FPS across vast alien landscapes >Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban An open-world dungeon crawler >Rome: Total War A historically authentic RTS within a turn-based system >Second Sight A stealth-based TPS dealing with psychic powers >Spider-Man 2 A sandbox game that has the player feel like Spider-Man >Star Wars: Battlefront A FPS/TPS battlefield simulator based within the Star Wars universe >The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth >The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie A collectathong 3D platformer >The Suffering A horror-based FPS/TPS in a prison where you actions in the game have consequences >Unreal Tournament 2004 A multiplayer only FPS with vehicles >Van Helsing A character action games focusing on the usage of guns while following the film's plot >Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War An RTS focused upon the usage of squad units

Some last minute additions people added to the contenders: >>Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay A stealth FPS staring Vin Diesel >Far Cry An open-world FPS based on a beautiful island >Half Life 2 The anticipated sequel to 1998's Half-Life that continues the story but doesn't finish it. >Need For Speed Underground 2 The sequel to the previous NFS Undeground title that brought the series into an open-world environment. >Painkiller An FPS where you kill demons with big guns. >Sid Meier's Pirates A remake of the 1987 strategy game that put Sid Meier on the map

>>593289 Vouching for Total War Rome, nips don't know what they're missing out on Also add: The Sims 2, Crash Twinsanity (need to include the fact it's unfinished and has an active modding community), Metroid Prime 2 and Manhunt. Also >Dragon Quest VIII and Feel the Magic: XY/XX were released in 2004 What a legendary year for gaming

>Halo 2 >Second Sight >Star Wars: Battlefront >The Suffering >Van Helsing These five get my vote.

>>593289 >burnout 3 >dawn of war >san andreas >rome:total war >half-life 2 Im saving my battlefront vote for battlefront 2 and my need for speed vote for most wanted.

>>593289 2004, what a great year for games! Here are my picks >Burnout 3 >Rome: Total War >San Andreas >Sid Meier's Pirates >UT 2K4 (Peak of the franchise, the later games would be awful to recommend)

>>589177 Way to make the rules. >- The first version of release counts as the base number of the release year, unless you're referring to a specific number that is not in the Mandelbrot set, but is a version of the game. >- It is a good idea to prioritize numbers outside the set, which either are a prime, or are just too Japanese to ignore. >- Each number must have 5 other numbers with it. So about 6 in total. I think. >- For fuck's sake, try to keep Markov chains under control, they are abused enough in analyticvidhya already. don't google it >- Only add numbers that you have personally made up to this list. >- The set will span from (911ê * CY+xx) to 1005 SolidDB failure. My human suffering number is: 731 And my top games for 2006 are: Hitman Bloodmoney (probably the most western game I know, seriously) Flat Out 2 Dark Messiah of Might & Magic WH40k Dark Crusade Psychonauts (great game, but fuck Mister Shitface, and his creepy cumsock with eyes) Easy year 2006. What a great year for gaming. We got Okami and Midna from Asia that year. Left out F.E.A.R. and elder scrolls for a reason. I think I got the year wrong, sorry.

Here are the current contenders for 2004. However, we have one game too many for the purposes of the list, one of these will have to be reduced to honorable mentions: >Burnout 3 Takedown >Half Life 2 >Halo 2 >Grand Theft Auto San Andreas >Rome: Total War >Sid Meier's Pirates And, the following are out current honorable mentions: <Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay <Crash Twinsanity <Far Cry <Manhunt <Metroid Prime 2 <Need For Speed Underground 2 <Painkiller <Second Sight <Star Wars: Battlefront <The Sims 2 <The Suffering >Unreal Tournament 2004 >Van Helsing >Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

hope you'll not gonna just paste a bunch of cover art for each year and call it a day, atleast write a single line about the games

>>594185 Oh boy this is a toughie. Though I didn't vote for it, Half-Life 2 is okay to play. While It still holds up tech-wise, I prefer the original Half-Life & I can't really put my finger on why I'm not too crazy on its sequels. If no other option comes, I'll rescind my vote on Sid Meier's Pirates. It'll still be recommended anyway

>>594185 If I had to choose one of these games to be cut, I guess it would have to be burnout. To each their own, as far as favorites go, but I have just never seen anyone talk about the game other than the people who really liked it, where as the others heavily influenced their genres and gaming as a whole. Same goes for Sid Meier's Pirates!, to be honest, except I remember it being a bit more popular when it came out. Not an easy choice for sure, maybe a burnout game down the line can be included, so Pirates can stay, no way an average jap is gonna ever hear of it again otherwise where as if you like any burnout game, you are likely to look up what other sequels have been made and try to play them

>>594256 >>594250 I dont see whats so great about pirates.

>>594256 Fair point on the Burnout games, I liked 3 the best in the series but there's also Revenge & Paradise I predict Paradise is going to be a winner for 2008 when we get there, while I see Revenge as an honorable mention for 2005.

>>594258 This page talks about Sid Meier's Pirates being a treasure to recommend if it helps digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/sidmeierspirates.html

>>594258 It's a great game, you should definitely play it Like >>594259 said, Burnout had other great games, but as far as I know, Pirates never had a sequel, so I would keep it for 2004 as it is the more unique of the two

>>594258 Then play it and see.

So, this will be the final list for 2004: >Half Life 2 >Halo 2 >Grand Theft Auto San Andreas >Rome: Total War >Sid Meier's Pirates With the honorable mentions of: <Burnout 3 Takedown <Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay <Crash Twinsanity <Far Cry <Manhunt <Metroid Prime 2 <Need For Speed Underground 2 <Painkiller <Second Sight <Star Wars: Battlefront <The Sims 2 <The Suffering <Unreal Tournament 2004 <Van Helsing <Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Does that look right everyone for now? >>594197 That sounds like a smart idea, give a general outline of the five best each year of what they are. Though, may not list that for the honorable mentions. >>594259 If it means anything, the original Burnout is currently listed as the best of 2001. However, once we finish going through all the remaining years and have a final list, then we can decide if any of the contenders for "Best of" for each year should be changed. Also, I get the feeling that the honorable mentions should severally be reduced, but we can talk about that later. >>594261 >Pirates never had a sequel, so I would keep it for 2004 as it is the more unique of the two It was also ported to most console available at the time, so it can be argued that there was some popularity behind it (Though I haven't played it myself).

>>594267 I say it's fine. I wonder how hard it's going to be to pick 5 great games for 2005 since it was another juggernaunt year for games.

>>594267 >dawn of war didnt get in Sad, will it atleast get another chance with dark crusade since that was the top of that game?

>>594269 Speaking of 2005, might as well get mine out of the way This was also the start of the FPS boom, thanks to bangers like COD, Battlefield, Medal of Honor and others who tried to imitate them, wish I could diversify a little but it's gonna be hard for a few years

>>594269 Speaking of 2005, might as well get mine out of the way This was also the start of the FPS boom, thanks to bangers like COD, Battlefield, Medal of Honor and others who tried to imitate them, wish I could diversify a little but it's gonna be hard for a few years

>>594269 Speaking of 2005, might as well get mine out of the way >Images not working <SWAT 4 <FEAR <Battlefield 2 <Worms 4: Mayhem <Obscure This was also the start of the FPS boom, thanks to bangers like COD, Battlefield, Medal of Honor and others who tried to imitate them, wish I could diversify a little but it's gonna be hard for a few years

>>594279 Servers are shitting themselves and ate my pictures, here are my titles: >SWAT 4 >Battlefield 2 >FEAR and Worms 4 + Obscure, not sure why they went thru fine

2005 >Asterix & Obelix XXL 2 A puzzle platformer based off the French comic >Batman Begins A stealth-based beat 'em up that's follows the plot of the film >Burnout Revenge An arcade racer that's focused upon players wiping out opponents for boost >F.E.A.R. A horror-based FPS in urban environments with top-notch AI >Hulk: Ultimate Destruction A sandbox beat 'em up where you can destroy an entire city >Need for Speed: Most Wanted A sandbox racing game where the player progressive moves they way up to be the best racer in town >Serious Sam 2 An FPS where the player fights dozens of giant monsters in huge environments >Sid Meier's Civilization IV A turn-based strategy game player attempts either align over siege competing civilizations >Super Mario Strikers A party-based soccer game with power-ups >SWAT 4 An objective-based FPS police simulator >The Matrix: Path of Neo A beat 'em up/TPS that chronicles Neo's story arc across the Matrix films >TimeSplitters: Future Perfect And objective-based FPS with a customizable multiplayer mode >Tom Clancy Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory A stealth-based TPS about preventing the next Korean War >Tony Hawk's American SK8Land A sandbox skateboarding games based around completing a series of objectives around each map >Ultimate Spider-Man A sandbox game that has the player feel like Spider-Man

>Batman Begins >F.E.A.R. >Need for Speed: Most Wanted >The Matrix: Path of Neo >Tom Clancy Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory These are my picks.

>>594293 I choose >Battlefield 2 >F.E.A.R >Need for Speed: Most Wanted >Serious Sam 2 >SWAT 4 Saving Civ IV for V since it's the better game with it's only gripe being not having the main songs as good as Baba Yetu. Could be good enough to be honorably mentioned. It's a tradgey though that TimeSplitters Future Perfect is the last game in the series & has since then been in limbo for a long time. Can't really say if it's good enough to be honorably mentioned like Timesplitters 2.

>>594293 >F.E.A.R. >NFS: most wanted >Timesplitters >ultimate spider-man >mario strikers

>>594315 >>SWAT 4 Saving Civ IV for V since it's the better game with it's only gripe being not having the main songs as good as Baba Yetu. Civ V is inferior for everything except PvP since you can actually finish a V game in 1-2 settings. Either way it's irrelevant since the franchise peaked with Alpha Centauri.

>>594328 >>594315 Also Serious Sam 2 is a poor game for anything but 2-3 player coop where it's surprisingly great.

>>594329 How come you say 2-3 player coop as opposed to the usual 8+ player coop the games have usually been known for having?

>>594330 Serious Sam 2 was not designed for 8+ player coop. The first two games were. SS2 vanilla won't even spawn enough vehicles for 8 players unless you install that recent unexpected fanpatch.

>>594340 >>594330 Forgot to say: it helps to understand SS2 was designed with cross-platform in mind and arguably some of it functions as a direct gaylo parody.

>>594341 >>594340 Okay, makes sense. I'd swap my vote for Sam 2 to Civ IV even if the franchise peaked back in 1999 with Alpha Centauri.

So far, the common contenders for 2005 are: >Battlefield 2 >F.E.A.R. >Need for Speed: Most Wanted >SWAT 4 Seems like F.E.A.R. is near universal in agreement, and we need one more game to fill the final slot: <Batman Begins <Obscure <Sid Meier's Civilization IV <Super Mario Strikers <The Matrix: Path of Neo <TimeSitters: Future Perfect <Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory <Worms 4 Mayhem

>>594395 chaos theory is arguably the best splinter cell game, and the swan song of tom clancy's series before the games *really* started to take a shit and getting casualized, so that's where my vote is going

>>594293 >Burnout Revenge Paradise a shit and Revenge is the last of the traditional Burnout games. I've been on an arcade racer binge lately and these games are at the peak of the genre.

>>594395 Psychonauts absolutely deserves the slot due to its unique 60s aesthetics. Also, I'd dump NFS and add God of War, as it is legit pretty good and represents the "gritty macho western taste" of that time well (even though it's kind of a Rygar ripoff).

>>594395 >tfw split between Chaos Theory & Psychonauts >dump NFS and add God of War Isn't its sequel better than the original? Burnout Revenge at least deserves an honorable mention as I also agree with >>594402 on it being the last traditional Burnout game before the formula changed. I know it's a horse that's beaten to death, but it's depressing to see many games peak at this year & had their swan songs

So, here's the list now: >Battlefield 2 >Burnout Revenge >F.E.A.R. >SWAT 4 >Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory And, the honorable mentions: <Batman Begins <God of War <Need for Speed: Most Wanted <Obscure <Psychonauts <Sid Meier's Civilization IV <Super Mario Strikers <The Matrix: Path of Neo <TimeSitters: Future Perfect <Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory <Worms 4 Mayhem Does seem acceptable for 2005?

>>594422 Seems fine. Even if GoW doesn't get in, I'm sure its sequels will win the later years. I liked Psychonauts when I last played it, but I don't think I could give up Burnout Revenge for it.

2006 >Bully A sandbox beat 'em up with mini-games >Call of Juarez An FPS based in the American Wild West >Dark Messiah of Might and Magic A first-person RPG that allows the layer to completely develop their character >F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point (Expansion Pack) A horror-based FPS in urban environments with top-notch AI and a story that follows the ending of the previous game >FlatOut 2 >McDonald's Video Game A restaurant management simulator >Medieval II: Total War A historically authentic RTS within a turn-based system >OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast An arcade racer focused in the player getting to the end before time runs out >Saints Row An sandbox beat 'em up where the player can build up their own crew >Slaves to Armok: God of Blood - Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress A city management simulator >The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion A fantasy sandbox RPG >Tomb Raider: Legend A TPS with platforming and puzzle elements

>>594435 >OutRun 2006 Does that count? It's made in England, but it's basically a souped up OutRun 2, which was made by a Japanese team.

>>594435 My tastes are probably shit for this year, but that's only because most of these games are on my backlog.

Black Half-Life 2: Episode One Prey (the one with the injun) Tomb Raider: Legend

Hmm...if I had to pick for 2006 >Bully >Hitman Blood Money >Prey >Medieval II: Total War >Tomb Raider Legend Has any anon played Gun? Is it worthy of being honorable mention? Garry's Mod came out in 06. I really want to recommend it, but it has changed so much since the last time I played it years ago, can the game be played offline?

>>594463 >Has any anon played Gun? Is it worthy of being honorable mention? I always wanted to know that. I think Call of Juarez completely overshadowed it

>>594463 I played Gun, it's obvious the developers had a greater vision for it judging by all the abandoned mechanics and stuff from interviews, but one that just couldn't be recognized given the limitations (It was a 360 launch title I want to say.) I definitely would say Gun is worth an honorable mention.

>>594435 >dark messiah >dorf fort >bully >prey >tomb raider

>F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point >Marvel: Ultimate Alliance >OutRun 2006: Coast to Coast >Prey >Tomb Raider: Legend These five are my judgement.

So far, the contenders for 2006 are: >Bully >Hitman: Blood Money >Marvel: Ultimate Alliance >Prey >Tomb Raider: Legend With the honorable mentions of: <Black <Dark Messiah of Might and Magic <F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point <Gun <Half-Life 2: Episode 1 <Medieval II: Total War <OutRun 2006: Coast to Coast <Slaves to Armok: God of Blood - Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress <Titan Quest <Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vega <TrackMania Nations Does that look agreeable to everyone else?

>>594485 Looks fine. It'll be crazy to see the games released in 2007 hit 15 years old

>>594485 Wait for some more votes.

>>594485 There's still this issue I've mentioned >>594454

>>594454 >Does that count? See: >>591528 And: >>591539 Long story short, as long as the game was developed in the West, even if the series is owned by the Japanese, it counts. And, you can follow this logic as being sound when the reverse results in Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, Sly Cooper, God of War, Twisted Metal, Eternal Darkness, and Goldeneye 007 all being disqualified because they're "Japanese games" (As all the companies who own those series are Japanese at this present moment).

>>594506 Not quite the same. Prime is totally different from the previous Metroids, but OutRun 2006 is just a "deluxe" version of 2.

Voting Guitar Hero II, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Burnout Revenge for 06 since I missed my chance to vote for Burnout 3.

>>594513 Burnout Revenge was made in 2005 & made it in the list >>594422

>>594510 >OutRun 2006 is just a "deluxe" version of 2. That's understandable enough of a complaint. List the original version as an honorable mention for 2003?

>>594527 That's exactly the problem: OutRun 2 was made by a Japanese team.

>>593202 FUCK YEAH MOTHER FUCKER

>>594530 >OutRun 2 was made by a Japanese team. <Look this up <It was AM2 Oh, remove it then.

So, this is the list for 2006: >Bully >Hitman: Blood Money >Marvel: Ultimate Alliance >Prey >Tomb Raider: Legend With the honorable mentions of: <Black <Dark Messiah of Might and Magic <F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point <Guitar Hero II <Gun <Half-Life 2: Episode 1 <Medieval II: Total War <Slaves to Armok: God of Blood - Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress <Titan Quest <Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas <TrackMania Nations Any objections?

>>594631 Looks fine to me Here are my picks for 2007

How does the chart looks like?

My picks for 2007: Bioshock Crysis Portal Tomb Raider: Anniversary Honorable mentions: Colin McRae: Dirt Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Half-Life 2: Episode Two Stalker The Witcher >>594678 >The Orange Box I'm not sure a compilation fits the idea of this list.

>>594713 It's 3 games at once, a much better way than counting expansion packs separately. Plus, I think that all these games do belong on this list, and for a while, this was the only way to play portal(and it was the only way to play TF2 or HL EP1 and 2 on consoles), not to mention EP2, TF2 and Portal were initially only available from the orange box I would agree with you if this was just a collection of previously released titles, but for the longest time, Orange Box was essentially treated as a standalone videogame by every retailer and game reviewer, so it might as well be counted as one.

>>594715 No, if the idea is to introduce japs to western games they might not know, listing them individually is more informative. If you're buying them now, it's basically irrelevant, you might as well recommend the "Valve Complete Pack" instead.

>>594708 Right now the brunt of the work is gathering all the titles chosen including the honorable mentions. Design wise is still being looked into. The five games will have their appropiate box art covers (with priority given to Japanese releases if they have any or whatever region is the most uncensored) with the kanjis for 'Developer' & 'Country of Origin' (or however else you wish to say what country the dev company is from). Devs will have their country flag displayed underneath their name. For aesthetic reasons, the dev names would benefit from having their names in the english alphabet than the kanas, even japanese wikipedia lists their names like that confusingly though, the publisher names can sometimes be in japanese writing. For example I looked up Call of Duty & while they had the dev names in english like Infinity Ward, the publishers on the other hand had them in Japanese. So it wasn't 'Activision', it was instead アクティビジョン and instead of microsoft, it was instead マイクロソフト Pic is currently what I have in mind, but it is subject to change.

>>594755 I noticed that Half Life didn't make it on the year it was released, instead we saw titles like "spyro the dragon" or "apocalipto", which I haven't even heard of, in their place. I get that all tastes in gaming are different, and that this board is a rather small focus group to be making such a huge list, but I think a little bit of quality control is in order. Half-Life is one of the most influential games of all time and dethroned Doom as the genre's king when it came out, to the point where Doom 3 tried aping it. Half Life definitely needs to be on that list, with one of the two titles I mentioned, or some other, being moved to honorable mentions instead. If we're going to ignore games that actually changed the industry like this, we might as well trick the japs into playing bubsy 3D or big rigs or other "meme games" as well, like cuckchanners. I strongly urge you to reconsider that year listing, I don't think I have a problem with the other spots thus far Other than that, I do like your mockup, do you plan on sharing it on japanese centric sites like 2/5chan when it is completed?

2007 >Crysis A sandbox FPS with the player having a high-tech suit >Dementium: The Ward A horror-based FPS where the player explores a hospital >Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga A puzzle platformer that satirizes the six Star Wars films >Mario Strikers Charged A party-based soccer game with power-ups >Overlord An ARPG with RTS elements >Spider-Man 3 A sandbox game that has the player feel like Spider-Man >S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl An objective-based open-world FPS with role-playing elements >Team Fortress 2 A multiplayer only team-based FPS >Teeworlds >World in Conflict An objective-based RTS with resource management

>>594824 >never even heard of "Spyro the Dragon" Half-Life sucks and you Valvedrones are such an insular little group, so cut off from the real world and what regular people actually know or care about.

>Crysis >Dementium: The Ward >Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga >S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl >Team Fortress 2 These are my five for 2007. >>594824 >Half-Life is one of the most influential games of all time and dethroned Doom as the genre's king when it came out But Half-Life is an absolutely mediocre game. Yes, it's "influential", but that doesn't make it good. Hell, you mention Doom 3, and that's still a far better game than Half-Life ever will be. >Half Life definitely needs to be on that list It is listed as an honorable mention, and it's sequel is listed as the "Best of" for 2004. >If we're going to ignore games that actually changed the industry like this You DO realize that Gaben is one of the pretentious fags that were convinced about how "Vidya is art" and is on record bitching about players need a "reason" to be killing the bloodthirsty aliens that want to feast on your entrails, right? You know, the same idiots that gave us classics like Gone Homo and Sex Depression Quest. Instead of the people who actually pushed vidya improvement like John Carmack, David Braben and Jordan Mechner. Hell, even wannabe filmmakers like Yu Suzuki have still pushed vidya farther than anything Gaben did.

>>594829 your shit taste aside, like I said the game had a massive impact on the gaming world. not including it because you have a problem with the company is a cuckchan tier move. >never heard of "spyro the dragon" learn to read, I never heard apocalipto, and it doesn't deserve to take half life's spot. more people have forgotten about half life than people played that game in the first place, if it's that good, it definitely deserves a spot on the "honorable mentions" >spyro the dragon literally just playstation's bing bing wahoo. spyrofags are some of the worst, degenerate mouthbreathers on the internet >>594828 >>594827 >dementium: the ward I could have sworn that game was super mediocre and forgettable. The only thing it had going for it was that it was the only FPS game of value on the system, until COD ports and metroid prime hunters entered the ring >>594830 >half life is an absolutely mediocre game shit taste and shit opinion, especially if you think some mediocre ds game deserves a top 5 spot like this. You're also confirming that it's only not there because you don't like it. you're free to do what you want, of course, but if a game like half life is relegated to a pity spot while /literally who/ and baby's first platformer take it's place, just because you like them better, it doesn't make your list good, or give anyone a reason to take it seriously. Especially since Half Life 2 made it, and it is common consensus that HL1 is still a better game than HL2, not to mention more influential and impactful as a whole TL;DR you put up a child's crayon drawing over Mona Lisa because you have a seething hatred for Da Vinci, for some reason, and trying to cope with it. Not a good look, but there is nothing i can really do about that, don't expect people to take your list seriously with that attitude >the whole valve rant lmao, (You)

>>594833 >I never heard apocalipto It's a cinematic third-person shooter staring Bruce Willis that was years ahead of it's time, and established the technology used for later also acclaimed titles like the Tony Hawk and Spider-Man games. >and it doesn't deserve to take half life's spot It does if it's a better game than Half-Life, which seemed to be the case according to other Anons. I haven't played Apocalypse either, FYI. >more people have forgotten about half life than people played that game in the first place I can't see how when just about every "Great game ever made list" that journos shit out has it listed on there for no other reason than popularity and it's "influence" on gaming. >especially if you think some mediocre ds game deserves a top 5 spot like this For the year it was released, yes, I do. I consider Dementium to be a better game than Bioshock, COD4, and F.E.A.R.: Perseu Mandate (Other Anons disagree on this, in case you haven't noticed, so it likely won't go higher than an honorable mention). However, I cannot state if it's better than BlackSite: Area 51, Halo 3, nor The Darkness as I haven't played any of those (Nor has any other Anon, or they don't consider them to be one of the "better" Western games of 2007). >You're also confirming that it's only not there because you don't like it. It's on the damn list, just as an honorable mention. My dislike is Half-Life did have me withhold my vote for it, HOWEVER that didn't prevent other Anons from voicing their opinion on if it should be included or not. >but if a game like half life is relegated to a pity spot while /literally who/ and baby's first platformer take it's place What about Thief and Turok 2? >just because you like them better That tends to happen when a game is better designed than another game. If multiple people don't care for one 22 year old game in comparison to another 22 year old game, then it's probably an indicator that people don't care for the former 22 year old game in comparison to the latter. >Especially since Half Life 2 made it For 2004, which had a different catalog of games released and voiced about than 1998. >and it is common consensus that HL1 is still a better game than HL2 So? For 1998, in comparison to the other games that came out that year, Half-Life is only worth of an honorable mention according to the Anons posting in these threads; meanwhile, for 2004, Half-Life 2, is considered one of the best games that came out that year. >you put up a child's crayon drawing over Mona Lisa because you have a seething hatred for Da Vinci Funny you mention that. I recently met with someone who actually did go the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, and the first two comments out of their mouth was "Boy, that picture is tiny", and "Wait, that's it?"

>>594827 I'd personally go with: >Crysis >Lego Star Wars >STALKER 1 >Dementium or Overlord <If there is going to be any more CoD games after this point, I'd either stick the original Modern Warfare (for it's campaign) in or World at War (for it's zombies mode, the pacific campaign would probably be a sore spot for most Jap players.) >>594844 Actually, you could even cull all sequel games from the list altogether and just recommend certain series in their stead, could solve a lot of arguments that way.

So, here are the current contenders for 2007: >Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare >Crysis >S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl With two slots open choosing from the following: -Dementium: The Ward -Half-Life 2: Episode Two -Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga -Portal -Team Fortress 2 And, the honorable mentions currently consisting of: <BioShock <Colin McRae: Dirt <Enemy Territory: Quake Wars <Overlord <The Witcher <Tomb Raider: Anniversary >>594678 >Alien Shooter: Vengeance That was actually released in 2006. >>594849 >you could even cull all sequel games from the list altogether and just recommend certain series in their stead We could see about doing that later because some people, early on, we talking about making a "best of" list altogether rather than documenting the best every year for the past 30 years, which I could see getting on board with since Deus Ex and F.E.A.R. we unanimous for the years they were recommended.

>>594827 >lego star wars >Stalker >world in conflict >crysis >mario strikers Dementium was shit, why was it even recomended?

>>594861 <All those Valve games Oh God I completely forgot about Portal. You could probably just take out HL2 altogether and put in the Orange Box for 2007 since it has everything. Left 4 Dead came out in '07 as well but it's safe to say the sequel should be on the list instead. So right now I'm leaning towards: >CoD 4 >Crysis >Lego Star Wars >Orange Box (HL2, TF2 and Portal) >S.T.A.L.K.E.R. SoC Sure it's mostly all shooters but I reckon they're the standout titles of that particular year.

>>594862 Because there is no quality control and the first thing that is blurted out is being taken.

Here's the final list for 2007: >Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare >Crysis >Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga >S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl >The Orange Box With the honorable mentions of: <BioShock <Colin McRae: Dirt <Dementium: The Ward <Enemy Territory: Quake Wars <Mario Strikers Charged <Overlord <The Witcher <Tomb Raider: Anniversary <World in Conflict >>594862 >why was it even recomended? Because the list was originally compiled based on games people actually played. >>594867 >You could probably just take out HL2 altogether and put in the Orange Box for 2007 since it has everything. Considering how, for months, The Orange Box was the only way to even play those games, I think it can be considered the exception for that year.

>>594824 Unreal or even Sin deserved to be there too instead of fucking Turok 2. Fucking consolekiddies.

>>594861 >>594869 >>Alien Shooter: Vengeance >That was actually released in 2006.

>>594883 >Unreal was not in What the hell? It's one of the best and prettiest games ever. I'm indignant now! >Spyro the Dragon Japan got a broken version back in the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWJcaWeVcU

>>594902 https://www.mobygames.com/game/alien-shooter-vengeance/release-info <Release Date: Sep 07, 2006 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/933127-alien-shooter-vengeance/data <09/08/06 The game was released in Eastern Europe in 2006.

>>594908 It released in US in 2007, and that's all that matters I know because I pre ordered it And if you want to be technical, in russia it is known as "Alien Shooter 2", only overseas copies(released in 2007) were known as "Alien Shooter Vengeance", so I am technically correct The game, obviously, didn't get any traction, so it's not getting on the list. Put it in the honorable mentions list, it doesn't matter to me if it's in 2006 or 2007

>>594824 >do you plan on sharing it on japanese centric sites like 2/5chan when it is completed Yes, it was discussed last thread >So are we gonna send this chart to a Japanese farmer or something, would be cool to do since I'm traveling there with my brother cause he wants to study abroad. >You can, but I was also thinking of having the Anons who still use social media (Shocking, I know) could use it to tag the various nips they follow (Artists, V-tubers, developers) or post on Japanese imageboards and social media (If they ever visit any). Printing it out physically might prove to be a challenge (amount of color ink used, paper printed, & putting it together) since I forsee it being larger than those cards /v/ made in the past for yoko taro & nintendo, but I'm sure compromises could be set once we reach that point in chart making.

>>594869 Seems fine.

2008 >Audiosurf A rhythm game that generates courses based on the music your provide it with >Burnout Paradise A sandbox racing game where the player can takeout opponent cars and/or perform stunts for boost >Castle Crashers A side-scrolling beat 'em up >Dead Space A horror-based TPS in space >Edna & Harvey: The Breakout A snarky 2D adventure game >Grand Theft Auto IV A sandbox TPS >Iron Man A TPS where you fly around environments and defeat enemies with the Iron Man suit >Left 4 Dead A horror-based cooperative FPS centered around surviving a zombie apocalypse >Noitu Love 2 >Pandemic 2 A disease growth simulator where you become the deadliest disease to exist >Pure An arcade ATV racing game across exaggerated vistas and environments. >Saint's Row 2 An sandbox beat 'em up where the player can build up their own crew >Spelunky >Spider-Man: Web of Shadows A sandbox game that has the player feel like Spider-Man and has moral choice >World of Goo A puzzle game with the goal of the player getting all the goo balls to the pipe

>>594953 >Audiosurf >GTA IV >Dead Space >Saint's Row 2 >Spelunky My picks.

>Audiosurf >Dead Space >Iron Man >Left 4 Dead >Pure These are my five.

>>594956 >>594953 >flash games let's not go overboard. they're free for fuck's sake, this is a list for actual videogames, if the japs want flash games recommendations, there is sites for those >edna harvey is the game any good?

>>594953 >>594956 I've not played most of these but I definitely have to recommend Spelunky. It's a great game in it's own right and additionally it's reminiscent of Spelinker, which it's inspired by, and that's a game that's rather famous to Japanese gamers.

My list is a bit more obscure than I would have thought for 2008, I mistook some of the games I remember playing, and it turns out they were released in 2007 or 2009. Turns out most games I played that year were eastern It should be noted, if Iron man gets on the list, that almost every single version of the game is seemingly different, so trying different console releases should be recommended

So far, 2008 looks as follows: >Audiosurf >Dead Space >Iron Man >Spelunky With the honorable mentions of: <Call of Duty: World At War <Fallout 3 <Frontlines: Fuel of War <Grand Theft Auto IV <Left 4 Dead <Nanostray 2 <Pure <Saints Row 2 Still waiting on my input before finalizing this. >>594987 >It should be noted, if Iron man gets on the list, that almost every single version of the game is seemingly different, so trying different console releases should be recommended My preference of the title comes from playing the PSP/PS2/Wii/PC version. However, it looks like you cannot really go wrong with either that or the HD console version of the game. The only version people tell you to avoid is the DS version.

>>594953 >dead space >spelunky >castle crashers >saints row 2 Havent played the rest, and while i played and enjoyed edna & harvey, it is not top 5 material.

>Iron Man Isn't it known for being very subpar and boring?

>>595002 I think a AAA title should be in the last spot, something along the lines of Cod WAW, Fallout 3, GTAIV or Saints Row 2. L4D shouldn't be here, as L4D2 is L4D+, and there is little reason to own the original when it exists >>595004 >edna is not top 5 material I agree with you, and also >>594824 There should be more games that people actually bought and made an impact on the industry, it's fine to put games that are lesser known or those that only you played, but they should be kept to "honorable mentions". I looked back in the last thread, and that half life example is pretty stupid, while it's true that a lot of really good games came out that year, and there is no way to fit them all, including some random game that a few people might have liked was a mistake. This should be kept in mind when going forward, the list of suggestions for each year is suspect at best sometimes, remember that this is NOT the list of what 8chan likes, but what western games are worth playing, aimed at easterners no less >>595007 It could be argued that a lot of these games strangely seem to be just that, but as someone who is both fan of Iron Man(comic) and actually played the game(PC version), it's quite alright. It's got a lot of fanservice, and it's a decent little action game. If you don't like capeshit, you might want to give it a pass There are also a lot of versions of the game, you should elaborate when telling us which version of the game you meant

>>594631 Fuck,forgot to mention J'n'G,I swear I was about to post it earlier on Oh well

It should be mentioned that the Japanese release of Fallout 3 is censored to avoid getting banned there >The Fat Man weapon was renamed to the Nuka Launcher, due to the original name having been named after the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. >Mr. Burke was removed from the game, disabling the option to nuke Megaton in "The Power of the Atom". This was done because of the taboo regarding nuclear weapons, especially those used by the protagonist, in Japanese media. It's still possible to complete the quest by disarming the nuke. >Human decapitations are disabled. Ghoul and monster decapitations are unchanged.

>>595018 fallout games are extremely moddable, and it is a minute change to bring all that content back(aside from maybe adding in mister burke, who I think is deleted from the game), that should be mentioned as a matter of fact, I think it would be better to simply suggest buying a western release and downloading some sort of japanese language pack When we get to New Vegas, western releases are also similarly superior, due to some questionable changes(nuka launcher, no gore like in F3, changing cannibal perk to some sort of weird "devour their chakra" perk that plays the animation without showing blood ect), and for having a universally panned dub nobody really liked, english dub with japanese subtitles should recommended for that game, alongside a western release if possible

>>595008 >remember that this is NOT the list of what 8chan likes, but what western games are worth playing, aimed at easterners no less See: >>591539

>>595018 Wow, I didn't know that. Nips are pretty problematic as it turns out, huh.

>>595032 If you can believe jim 'not taking your games away' sterling LOL, he said they were disappointed of the change Fallout 3 censored in Japan: Nuke gets nuked >According to reports, the reaction from online Japanese gamers has been one of disappointment. Unfortunately, in the evasion of a politcally incorrect sh*tstorm, people inevitably have to get let down. These edits are understandable, but it’s tough luck for the gamers as usual. https://archive.ph/pTDIB I don't have screenshots on me right now, but most of the problem comes down to CERO, their rating board. Fallout 3 de-nuked in Japan https://archive.ph/pTDIB >Bethesda also said certain human and ghoul animations have been deleted to conform with the standards of the Japanese game-rating body, Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO). However, the release notes that the majority of animations, including those for insects, monsters, animals, and robots, remain unchanged from the US version, as does the amount of bleeding, number of corpses, and the gore bag.

>>595035 This is the real link to the first article https://archive.ph/6gTjL

>>594828 Teeworlds, hell yeah

>>595031 >It's NOT suppose to be some contrarian list of "games you might not know exist". >lists off shitty games nobody cares about anyways how can making a simple list be this difficult for modern day /v/? ever since 8chan died, this board has been getting worse and worse >>595035 didn't they also censor "morphine" and renamed it to "med-x" because australia was throwing a fit? not to mention not being able to kill kids anymore I hate modern day gaming

>>595041 >how can making a simple list be this difficult for modern day /v/? Because the first requirement for the list was for people to submit games that they actually played, which resulted in titles seemingly "average" or "trash" getting listed above "quality" releases because, surprisingly, perception is a terrible gauge of quality compared to experience.

>>595046 That's going to make some more recent years very interesting. If you can't even agree with each other if something like half-life should be on the list or not, I can only imagine how awful this list is going to look in the late 2010s or the early 2020s, since I know you niggers don't actually play any newer games

>>595041 Don't remember much about the kids, but yes 'morphine' was changed to 'Med-x'. The wiki however claims that all regions of Fallout 3 weren't including real-world drug references anyway. fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Med-X_(Fallout_3) >Originally, Med-X was named "morphine" in the game. However, on July 4, 2008, Fallout 3 was refused classification by the OFLC in Australia, thus making the game illegal for sale in the country due to the "realistic visual representations of drugs and their delivery method [bringing] the 'science-fiction' drugs in line with 'real-world' drugs." On September 9, 2008 Bethesda Softworks's vice president of PR and marketing, Pete Hines, described the idea of the Australian version of Fallout 3 as a misconception, and said all versions of Fallout 3 will not include real-world drug references. Here is the most interesting part though despite the nuke references being wiped & Mr. Burke being erased <However, the name "morphine" is still used in the Japanese and Czech versions of the game.

Here's what the 2008 list is looking like: >Audiosurf >Dead Space >Iron Man >Spelunky >Saints Row 2 With the honorable mentions of: <Call of Duty: World At War <Castle Crashers <Fallout 3 <Frontlines: Fuel of War <Grand Theft Auto IV <Left 4 Dead <Nanostray 2 <Pure >>595008 >L4D shouldn't be here, as L4D2 is L4D+, and there is little reason to own the original when it exists From what I heard, L4D2 changed the levels from the original game due to the design changes they made in L4D2 overall, in addition to how new weapons and enemies breaks the original levels. >>595009 >Fuck,forgot to mention J'n'G,I swear I was about to post it earlier on Jets 'n' Guns? Is that the game that you're talking about?

2009 >Batman: Arkham Asylum A stealth-based open-world beat 'em up with Batman stuck on an island >Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood An FPS based in the American Wild West >Cursed Mountain A horror-based TPS on a mountain with ghosts >Ghostbusters A TPS where you capture ghosts >Minecraft Classic A sandbox 3D environment where you can make almost anything >Overlord 2 An ARPG with RTS elements >Prototype A sandbox beat 'em up where you can become anyone >Punch-Out!! A arcade boxing game >The Whispered World A snarky 2D adventure game >X-Men Origins: Wolverine "Uncaged edition" A character action games focusing on melee combat while following the film's plot

>>595244 my picks

>Batman: Arkham Asylum >Cursed Mountain >Ghostbusters >Prototype >X-Men Origins: Wolverine "Uncaged edition" These are my five.

>>595244 >Baham Asylum >Ghostbusters >Killing Floor (released in 2009, Tripwire is USA) >L4D2 >Punch-Out

So far, 2009 is developing as follows: >Batman: Arkham Asylum >Ghostbusters >Left 4 Dead 2 With still under consideration. <Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 <Cursed Mountain <Halo Wars <Killing Floor <Prototype <Punch-Out!! <X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition <Zombie Shooter 2

>>595244 my pick would be >call of juarez >overlord 2 >l4d2

Okay I know this is >Mr Shitface but I nominate Brutal Legend for a 2009 game. Once you put aside all your misgivings about Shitface and Jack Black it is a genuinely enjoyable game particularly if you like British and American metal. It doesn't get any more western than this, as metal is something almost exclusively associated with the west. Japan doesn't know much about this lifestyle so this could be a great introduction for them. And yes I also nominate Arkham Asylum.

Thus far, for 2009: >Batman: Arkham Asylum >Ghostbusters >Left 4 Dead 2 With two slots still open that can be filled by the following: <Brutal Legend <Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 <Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood <Cursed Mountain <Halo Wars <Killing Floor <Overlord 2 <Prototype <Punch-Out!! <X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition <Zombie Shooter 2

>>595244 >ghostbusters >minecraft >punchout >arkham asylum >prototype

>>595713 I would vote for Killing Floor and Zombie Shooter 2, but I don't want 3 zombie games on the list, and both L4D2 and KF are FPS games. That said, I will vote for Zombie Shooter 2 and Halo Wars, former because it's very obscure and needs some more exposure, and latter because it's an overlooked RTS due to it being released on consoles and under a dudebro franchise. Honestly tho, most of these games could make the list, 2009 was another great year for gaming, but these are my tastes

Forgot to mention that Halo Wars was Ensemble's swan song, the studio had to shut down not long after, so that's another reason why I think HW is relevant

And, we have two games too many: >Batman: Arkham Asylum >Ghostbusters >Halo Wars >Left 4 Dead 2 >Prototype >Punch-Out!! >Zombie Shooter 2 Which two should be pushed back to honorable mentions: <Brutal Legend <Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 <Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood <Cursed Mountain <Killing Floor <Minecraft Classic <Overlord 2 <X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition

>>595750 If I had to choose, it would be Zombie Shooter 2, for the same reasons I gave above, but also ghostsbusters, both for being a rather obscure game outside of people who were the fans of the films, and because I remember the reviews were rather mediocre at the time. If the list for 2009 was >Arkham Asylum >Halo Wars >L4D2 >Prototype >Punch Out I couldn't really complain

Final list for 2009: >Batman: Arkham Asylum >Halo Wars >Left 4 Dead 2 >Prototype >Punch-Out!! And, the honorable mentions: <Brutal Legend <Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 <Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood <Cursed Mountain <Ghostbusters <Killing Floor <Minecraft Classic <Overlord 2 <X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition <Zombie Shooter 2 If there's no objections, we'll move onto 2010. >>595754 >but also ghostsbusters, both for being a rather obscure game outside of people who were the fans of the films, and because I remember the reviews were rather mediocre at the time. I can understand removing Ghostbusters. It's still a great game, but rather average in some respects when you take away the property it's tied to, as well as the cast.

>>595762 >I can understand removing Ghostbusters Speaking of which, I saw the posts about 1998(half life) and now, we have a similar situation: some people might be asshurt that minecraft isn't on the list, given how popular it was, and still is today. I suggest we add a 6th spot for every year once the list is done, one reserved for the most influential title of that year, not necessarily the best or most liked titles. The examples for 1998 or 2009 would be what I just listed, games could be taken from either the main 5 or honorable mentions, and naturally, if one of the 5 is placed in the "influential game of the year" category, an honorable mentions game would take it's place This would solve the complaints and also give people a reason to discuss which game fits that spot the best. Something to think about going forward, if nothing else, a short description as to why the game is there would be a nice addition to the compilation. The caveat would have to be that anons would have to write why they think game x should be on the list, rather than just listing off 5 games they liked without any further input, as has been done thus far, for some semblance of quality control, that would filter out, for example, Bubsy 3D from being the most influential title of 1996

2010 >Amnesia: The Dark Descent A horror-based first-person adventure game where you run from enemies >Bioshock 2 A horror-based FPS in an underwater city with some RTS elements >Darksiders A full 3D dungeon crawling character-action game >Donkey Kong Country Returns A side-scrolling 2D platform in a 3D environment >Epic Mickey A 3D platformer with moral choices >Fallout: New Vegas A post-apocalyptic first-person RPG with an extensive customization, conversation, and targeting system >Just Cause 2 A sandbox TPS based along an island chain >Red Steel 2 A hybrid first-person shooter and hack-&-slash in a clashing Wild West meets Asia setting >Rock Band 3 A rhythm game where you press the corresponding buttons to the instrument for every song >Sid Meier's Civilization V A turn-based strategy game player attempts either align over siege competing civilizations >Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions A platforming beat 'em up where the player takes control of four different Spider-men >Split/Second A power-up racing game the weapons are the environment >Super Meat Boy A side scrolling puzzle platformer >VVVVVV

>>595775 My picks >>595777 (Checked)

>Bioshock 2 >Darksiders >Fallout: New Vegas >Red Steel 2 >Split/Second These are my five. >>595771 That could be considered. Would certainly help with cutting down on the list of honorable mentions.

>>595775 >new vegas Of course. >donkey kong country returns >civ 5 >epic mickey >amnesia

>>595775 >Civ V >Darksiders >Expand Dong Returns >Fallout New Vegas >Red Steel 2

My picks for 2010: Back to the Future: The Game Darksiders Limbo Metro 2033 Shantae: Risky's Revenge Honorable mentions: Alpha Protocol Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (half Spanish / half Japanese, does it count?) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (or skip this one and hold for the 2012 improved sequel, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed?) Super Meat Boy

>>595877 >Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (or skip this one and hold for the 2012 improved sequel, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed?) I would hold, the sequel is a much better game.

Right now, both of these titles are secure for 2010: >Darksiders >Fallout: New Vegas It needs to be decided which of these games is the "odd one out": -Bioshock 2 -Donkey Kong Country Returns -Red Steel 2 -Sid Meier's Civilization V And, the honorable mentions: <Alpha Protocol <Amnesia: The Dark Descent <Back to the Future: The Game <Call of Duty: Black Ops <Castlevania: Lords of Shadow <Dead Rising 2 <Epic Mickey <Halo: Reach <Limbo <Metro 2033 <Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game <Shantae: Risky's Revenge <Split/Second <Super Meat Boy

My nominations are Starcraft 2 Halo: Reach Super Meat Boy Darksiders

>>595941 I would move Civ V out to honorable mentions.

>>595941 Red Steel 2 seems like an "Honorable Mentions List" game to me

How does this look for the final list of 2010: >Bioshock 2 >Darksiders >Donkey Kong Country Returns >Fallout: New Vegas >Halo: Reach With the honorable mentions: <Alpha Protocol <Amnesia: The Dark Descent <Back to the Future: The Game <Call of Duty: Black Ops <Castlevania: Lords of Shadow <Dead Rising 2 <Epic Mickey <Limbo <Metro 2033 <Red Steel 2 <Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game <Shantae: Risky's Revenge <Sid Meier's Civilization V <Split/Second <Super Meat Boy

>>596029 Looks good to me If we're going to do the "most influential" 6th spot, are we gonna do this on the go from now on, or is this going to be done at the very end?

As far as 2011 list, here are my picks

2011 >Alice: Madness Returns A third-person action adventure horror game using the setting of Alice in Wonderland >Bastion >Deus Ex: Human Revolution A first-person RPG with stealth and cover elements >Dead Rising 2: Off the Record An objective-based open-world beat 'em up >Dead Space 2 A horror-based TPS in space >Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes A snarky 2D adventure game >E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy A first-person RPG with stealth elements >F.3.A.R. A horror-based cooperative FPS in urban environments with cover elements >Homefront An FPS based around fighting a guerilla war in an occupied Unite States >L.A. Noire A sandbox adventure game with puzzle and action elements >Kerbal Space Program A rocket ship creation simulator >Mortal Kombat A 2D fighting game in 3D environments with the game's biggest gimmick being the gory fatailities >Payday: The Heist A cooperative FPS about players robbing banks >Rayman Origins A cooperative platformer centered around a character who can float through levels and have disembodied arms and feet >Serious Sam 3: BFE An FPS where the player fights dozens of giant monsters in huge environments >Spider-Man: Edge of Time A platforming beat 'em up where the player takes control of two different Spider-men with time altering elements >Terraria A sandbox 2D environment where you can make almost anything >The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim A fantasy sandbox RPG >The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings An open-world RPG with extensive conversation systems >Total War: Shogun 2 A historically authentic RTS within a turn-based system >Tropico 4 A government simulator of a banana republic >Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine A hack & slash game in the Warhammer 40k universe >X-Men: Destiny A beat 'em up with RPG elements in the X-Men universe >>596033 >are we gonna do this on the go from now on, or is this going to be done at the very end? Save it to the end.

>>596039 Voting for: MK Homefront (only because MAYBE the japs Will like to kill Best Koreans) Alice I've never asked for this Dead space 2 Kerbal (because of the autism) E.Y.E (Same reason) Rayman Dead Rising 2

>>596055 there is a 5 game limit

>Deus Ex: Human Revolution >F.3.A.R. >Rayman Origins >Terraria >Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine These are my five. >>596033 >>596039 Thinking more about it, I don't think "influence" is any reason to have a game listed, and here's my reasoning. Say we were developing a chart for fighting games. Now, we all agree that SF2 would have to be included for reasons of it being an actually good game. HOWEVER, that wasn't the spawn of the fighting game genre, nor the entry that spawned the series. The origin of the genre was Data East's Karate Champ from 1984. In addition to that, you'd have to include the original Street Fighter from 1987 as that's what started the series. BUT, talk to anyone interested in fighting games and you'd almost never see anyone telling you that you should play those 35 year old games despite how profound their influences was on the genre, with reasoning ranging from how the game art too "archaic" to how they are not even "good games" according to their standards. Similar thing here. Why should we tell people that they should play a game because of it's "influence" when the game is mediocre and there were better games released at the time?

>>596119 Fug, then MK Dude Sex HR Alice Kerbal Rayman

>>596125 It will be interesting to see how games changed, year by year, and it will help with the influx of honorary mentions "Influence" might also not be the right word, I was thinking more about the most important game that came out that year, to put that era of gaming in perspective. Unlike the other 5 games, this one is also not subject to taste, which can vary wildly

>>596039 >Kerbal >MK9 >terraria >rayman origins >payday

>>596039 >Alice >Dead Rising 2: Off the Record >Deus Ex: HR >Payday >Serious Sam 3

So far, the list for 2010 seems to be: >Deus Ex: Human Revolution >Mortal Kombat >Rayman Origins With two slots open that can be filled with: -Alice: Madness Returns -Dead Rising 2: Off the Record -Kerbal Space Program -Payday: The Heist -Serious Sam 3: BFE -Terraria And, the honorable mentions of: <Call of Duty: MW3 <Dead Island <F.3.A.R. <Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

>>596200 I vote for Dead Rising and Serious Sam

Then, this will be the final list for 2010: >Dead Rising 2: Off the Record >Deus Ex: Human Revolution >Mortal Kombat >Rayman Origins >Serious Sam 3: BFE With the honorable mentions of: <Alice: Madness Returns <Call of Duty: MW3 <Dead Island <F.3.A.R. <Kerbal Space Program <Payday: The Heist <Terraria <Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Are the any objections?

>>596211 Seems okay.

2012 >Chaos on Deponia A snarky 2D adventure game >Chivalry: Medieval Warfare A first-person hack & slash game in Feudal Europe >Darksiders II A full 3D dungeon crawling character-action game >Deponia A snarky 2D adventure game >Hotline Miami A top-down shooter based upon clearing each level of enemies >Need for Speed: Most Wanted A sandbox racing game where the player can takeout opponent cars and/or perform stunts for boost and progressive moves they way up to be the best racer in town >PlanetSide 2 A multiplayer only team-based FPS >Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed A party-based racing game using the characters from the Sega properties >The Darkness II A FPS with hack & slash elements >ZombiU An open-world horror-based FPS

>>596227 I debated putting Halo 4 in here, as it's not a very good game, but I can justify it as being the last "good" Halo game, and because it serves as an epilogue to the trilogy to wrap up the series. In case you don't know, cortana dies, and that ending is worth playing thru the game once alone, but the later games completely undermine it, obviously. I guess multiplayer was also okay, but at that point, 343 was in charge, so it went full retard and tried aping COD as much as it could. Still, if eastern games were also allowed, I would definitely put something else here

>Darksiders II >Hotline Miami >Need for Speed: Most Wanted >The Darkness II >ZombiU These are my five. >>596235 Out of curiosity, are you the same guy from the CoD thread who asserts that the last "good" game in the series is IW (IIRC)? Because majority of Anons dismiss everything after W@W as being trash, only begrudgingly admitting that MW2 and BLOPS(2) have some good moments.

>>596245 That can't be me, as I neither browse COD thread here nor did I ever say that. BLOPS 2 is one of those games that even people who don't play COD games admit is pretty good, as you said. All three modes(Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies) were running at full cylinders at that point, and it was the last point in the franchise before the inevitable downfall began

Why would anyone need more than one game? Apart from FALLOUT 4™, that is. >>589177 >Why would anyone need more than one game? Apart from FALLOUT 4™, that is.

My 2011 list: Batman: Arkham City Bulletstorm Deus Ex: Human Revolution Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony Portal 2 Honorable mentions: Crysis 2 Hard Reset Rochard Serious Sam 3 Trine 2

>>596300 We're on 2012.

>>596449 I see people posting lists for both now. So, my 2012 list: Dishonored Dust: An Elysian Tail Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Mark Of The Ninja Spec Ops: The Line Honorable mentions: Dustforce Far Cry 3 Hotline Miami Katawa Shoujo Legend of Grimrock Max Payne 3 Rayman Origins Scribblenauts Unlimited Sine Mora The Darkness II

Thus far, this is the closest to a unison list for 2012: >Dust: An Elysian Tail >Hotline Miami >Max Payne 3 >The Darkness II With any one of the following available to fill the final spot: <Call of Duty: Black Ops II <Darksiders II <Dishonored <Dustforce <Far Cry 3 <Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams <Halo 4 <Katawa Shoujo <Legend of Grimrock <Mark Of The Ninja <Need for Speed: Most Wanted <SCP: Containment Breach <Scribblenauts Unlimited <Sine Mora <Sleeping Dogs <Spec Ops: The Line <ZombiU

>>596849 Throw the dog a bone and get Black Ops 2 on the list. If one COD game other than 4 and arguably COD1 and 2 deserve to be here, it's this one

>>596227 >hotline miami >NFS most wanted >zombiU >deponia >sleeping dogs

So, which will take the final spot: >Call of Duty: Black Ops II >Need for Speed: Most Wanted >Sleeping Dogs >ZombiU

>>596859 >>596854

So, this will be the final list for 2012: >Call of Duty: Black Ops II >Dust: An Elysian Tail >Hotline Miami >Max Payne 3 >The Darkness II With the honorable mentions of: <Darksiders II <Dishonored <Dustforce <Far Cry 3 <Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams <Halo 4 <Katawa Shoujo <Legend of Grimrock <Mark Of The Ninja <Need for Speed: Most Wanted <SCP: Containment Breach <Scribblenauts Unlimited <Sine Mora <Sleeping Dogs <Spec Ops: The Line <ZombiU Any objections?