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Next-Gen's Best 30 Games of 2007
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TraumaRN
Diamond Member
Finally a list where SMG is where it should be. Easily the best game I've played this year on any system. Way way better than halo 3.
Personally though for single player BioShock is better than Orange Box unless its Portal. But multiplayer wise Orange Box kicks BioShocks watery butt.
Personally though for single player BioShock is better than Orange Box unless its Portal. But multiplayer wise Orange Box kicks BioShocks watery butt.
Rock band belongs up there. It might not the most original project in light of guitar hero's existence, but it is done so incredibly well, not to mention the quality of the instruments (guitar at least) so far surpass guitar hero that its not even funny. I hear the RB guitar breaks easily, but when it works, its heaven compared to the GH ones.
COD4 and ME should be far higher. Its also good to see god of war 2 get its props at the end of the year even though it was released so early.
But pac man CE shouldnt even be on that list. Give me a f*cking break. If theyre going to open it up to remakes of 30 year old games released on XBLA, they might as well open it up to virtual console games and give Zelda OoT game of the year, since its now running at 640x480 and theres a savestate. :roll:
COD4 and ME should be far higher. Its also good to see god of war 2 get its props at the end of the year even though it was released so early.
But pac man CE shouldnt even be on that list. Give me a f*cking break. If theyre going to open it up to remakes of 30 year old games released on XBLA, they might as well open it up to virtual console games and give Zelda OoT game of the year, since its now running at 640x480 and theres a savestate. :roll:
Yreka
Diamond Member
I actually agree with him.. I dont hate Mario, I fall into the whole "don't really care for platformers" category, even though this year there were 2 great ones. So to me, seeing SMG at the #1 spot is just as annoying as seeing Halo 3 at #1 is to people who prefer this order. I understand the choice, I just don't particularly agree with it.
I also think they are trying to do too much with this list. I can see adding PC, but Handhelds and "Arcade" games play in a completely different ballpark. I appreciate what they are trying to do, however I think it overly dilutes the final product.
Real guitars dont click when you strum/pick them, have buttons sticking out of the frets, and usually wont be wireless. They also dont feel like hollow pieces of cheap plastic. Even child sized guitars arent that small.
Its obviously personal preference, but the RB guitar is SO much more immersive. I never felt like I was actually playing the music with the GH3 toy guitar. Close a your eyes and strum the fat string shaped end of the RB guitar with your thumb, and its pretty damn close to playing a bass guitar. Now if they made the next iteration loose enough that I could actually use a pick, it would umm.....rock so hard. 😛
The drums need a little work though.
Fingolfin269
Lifer
Shrug. To me Rock Band is just Guitar Hero with some additional instruments. Sure it is replayable but Bioshock was freaking awesome regardless. I figure 10 years from now I'll think of Bioshock before I think of Rock Band therefore Bioshock > Rock Band.
bucwylde23
Diamond Member
hell yeah, Bioshock >>>>Rock Band
flunky nassau
Senior member
Agreed. My g/f never plays video games with me, but I had her try SMG & she cannot put it down.
A few complaints:
Portal should have put OB higher. I'd even say #1. That's just me, I mean when you combine Portal w/ TF2 w/ Ep 2, you really can't compete with that lineup. It's almost not even fair. I understand their thought process on putting the other 3 games ahead of it though (they seemed to be focused on unique game play entries with the top 3 spots over pure game play value).
My only flat out disbelief is Puzzle Quest at #17. I don't have anything against flash games or puzzle games, but PQ was a gimmick. The gimmick was RPG elements in a puzzle game, and for that reason alone a lot of people bought it. But a lot of people also learned that the gimmick that caused them to buy it was also the gimmick that broke the game 7 ways to sunday. The balance on magic and skills is so broken that the game actually has a reversed difficulty curve as it continually gets easier and easier. It's a cool concept, but a broken game, and deserves being on some "honorable mentions" list but not the top 30.
The biggest issue with this list is what simply isn't present. If you started to compile a list of games across all platforms for 2007, you might start wondering where certain items ended up. Things like FF12: Revenant Wings, The Witcher, and Unreal Tournament 3 just off the top of my head.
Portal should have put OB higher. I'd even say #1. That's just me, I mean when you combine Portal w/ TF2 w/ Ep 2, you really can't compete with that lineup. It's almost not even fair. I understand their thought process on putting the other 3 games ahead of it though (they seemed to be focused on unique game play entries with the top 3 spots over pure game play value).
My only flat out disbelief is Puzzle Quest at #17. I don't have anything against flash games or puzzle games, but PQ was a gimmick. The gimmick was RPG elements in a puzzle game, and for that reason alone a lot of people bought it. But a lot of people also learned that the gimmick that caused them to buy it was also the gimmick that broke the game 7 ways to sunday. The balance on magic and skills is so broken that the game actually has a reversed difficulty curve as it continually gets easier and easier. It's a cool concept, but a broken game, and deserves being on some "honorable mentions" list but not the top 30.
The biggest issue with this list is what simply isn't present. If you started to compile a list of games across all platforms for 2007, you might start wondering where certain items ended up. Things like FF12: Revenant Wings, The Witcher, and Unreal Tournament 3 just off the top of my head.
Wuzup101
Platinum Member
I don't really agree that CoD4 was below Halo3, but there are plenty of people that would agree with that order based on new features like the forge or video sharing. I personally don't use those features really, and I vastly prefer CoD4 multiplayer to Halo3's. That has a lot to do with personal preference (it's not a "who can get that bash off first" game). As far as the single player game play, I liked both. I'm not sure that I can rate one over the other. Again with multiplayer, it seems like IF spent more time than Bungie on making the maps more refined. I can't say that I'm a huge fan of the halo3 maps, and after 3 iterations of halo, I can't say that I love having vehicles on such small maps. That being said, halo3 supports "social" 4 person multiplayer play, which is a huge benifit. I play CoD4 most of the time when I'm playing alone. However, I game with other people about half of the time. 4 of us can play halo3 on live at a time; however, this isn't possible with CoD4 (my biggest gripe).
As far as the rest of the rankings, there are certain games that I wouldn't have included on that list (pac man and such). Zelda definitely belongs... as does world of warcraft... and although I hate rock band and GH... those games belong on the list based on how many people do love them. I personally think that Mass Effect should have been a bit higher (above Assassin's Creed IMHO).
In any case, game rankings and reviews have a HUGE amount of personal preference in with them. You can't even base a game on sales anymore because of the amount of hype that was generated. In all honesty, if I just played by myself, I would have just rented Halo3 for the single player and stuck with CoD4 for multiplayer. However, because it was the third part in a trilogy of a set of games that I loved, I bought it at midnight when it came out.
As far as the rest of the rankings, there are certain games that I wouldn't have included on that list (pac man and such). Zelda definitely belongs... as does world of warcraft... and although I hate rock band and GH... those games belong on the list based on how many people do love them. I personally think that Mass Effect should have been a bit higher (above Assassin's Creed IMHO).
In any case, game rankings and reviews have a HUGE amount of personal preference in with them. You can't even base a game on sales anymore because of the amount of hype that was generated. In all honesty, if I just played by myself, I would have just rented Halo3 for the single player and stuck with CoD4 for multiplayer. However, because it was the third part in a trilogy of a set of games that I loved, I bought it at midnight when it came out.
imported_Imp
Diamond Member
At least CoD4 isn't in Top 5. Just read over Gamespy's craptastic list last night and it was ontop/in top 3 for every platform. It's a nice shooter, but no way game of the year with the same 'ole it provides.
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