The graphics were _so good_ around this era. They struck the right balance between creative art design, semi-realism and cartoony 'game-like' graphics. They had detail _and_ charm, not like the ultra-realistic boredom of today. Early 3D worlds have such a surreal, dreamlike feeling to them - it's really cool.
@@turismofoegaming8806 I gotta go with 1996 - 2007/8 bc Halo 3, Bioshock, The Orange Box, Crysis, Uncharted, God of War II, COD 4, Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed, etc came just from 2007. I think gen 5-7 was peak for gaming
@@sebastienlinck4908 yeah I definitely agree that those are some great games you listed although I never could get into BioShock and I've tried multiple times... and I've never been able to finish one single assassin's Creed game out of the 15 or so I own?!?! They just get boring and I fall off- I like them, but I just wish they kept my interest like something like the Witcher or even fable 2 kept my interest better? But there were so many great games released between that time! I only say 95 because for me personally, in 1995 is when I became a "gamer" and loved gaming! When I was 11 years old and got a Sony PlayStation!!! it had just released that prior summer!
i still remember my father calling my high school to ask to speak to me like something was wrong and instead asking me if we had a ps2. I told him yeah we do and when he got home that night he handed me a copy of GTA 3 he had bought on the way home. He heard about it on the radio and thought it sounded really funny. He sat and watched me play for a bit to figure it out and then asked me to show him how. He laughed his head off just screwing around in the city for like 30 minutes and then never touched it again.
PS2 was the consoles that turned over most people to gaming. Before that gaming was considered cringe. I remember even by mentioning to a girl that you like games they erased all interest in you at that moment XD Parents and girls had this image of a man who likes games is not man enough. PS2 pretty much changed people. And sadly that was the last platform that actually had gaming involved. A modded PS2 was my 1st PC so as with tons of emulation options most of us didn't needed anything else. The only reason I needed a PC was for rendering video data and play Sims2, everything else was done on consoles.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy Its crazy how people seem to want to erase that aspect of our past culture. Today everyone says they are gamers and whatnot. Back on the day, on the 80s and 90s, saying you liked games (no one would even use the term "gamer") would get you bullied and girls would roll their eyes indeed. But now, oh no, everyone has always been a gamer. Haha right.. I'm really glad currently it is very diverse, but let's not forget that it was NOT like that in the past.
Yeah nowadays most people in the west have this fad going on online I see they have in their bio "I love Nintendo, my fav games are Pokemons, Zelda, Super Mario" especially streamers in past 3-4 years basically have this. It's some new fad and it's funny and sad at the same time XD The thing is most stores don't even sell these. And most these people didn't grow up on such things and still don't know wtf any of the things they say they "love" actually know what even is. XD I don't mind someone genuenly liking those mentioned games but damn, from millions of other great games out there I find it hard that they only find these generic cringe titles as their "favorites" like nothing else exist I think the outbreak made people more crazy then before ... @@Daniel__Nobre
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy I grew up in the early 90s when I couldn’t afford other consoles. Pokémon, Zelda and Mario are still my fav games. Wtf are you talking about, you don’t make any sense.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy yeah, I understand. I think part of it it’s true, but many other people - like streamers indeed - are just riding a wave. But it does feel like it’s a pattern which makes it hard to understand who is bullshitting from the real fans.
With what games?! @@SuperHns at least mention some titles so we know what you mean ... Back in 2007 I still had fun with older games but I don't remember anything special coming out in 2007 that got be hyped up for it. Everything I wanted came out years prior up to 2006. But yeah for most of us PS2 was the last gen of actual gaming. Me after work going to a store and simply buy a game, go home and plug and play, especially on weekends with friends going through games. Those days are looooong gone. No need for research, no spoilers, no online locking, no dlc, no microtransactions, no corporate scams like the past 15-ish years ... PS3 was my last decent platform, PC was and is cancer, be it for "gaming" so as the mentally lost community itself is enough for me to not go there ... Most of the people I know either passed away or stopped gaming long ago, even kids go back to PS2 mod consoles with emulations and when they are done with it they simply stop gaming and don't care anymore since there is nothing else to care about really. I no I don't count people who stream and either make money from gaming or desperately try to, I talk about every day people, they are done bothering with games. I still have few modded PS2 consoles, 1st gen PS1 and that is it, sold PS3 and PS4 few years back before the outbreak nonsense and my PC is outdated for anything let alone gaming by now and I am not in a financial situation to burn money on vaporwave systems. We came to the era where I open a internet browser of any kind and it locks up my PC process rendering it useless. Gaming?! that doesn't exist for a long time, gaming today is rather called corporate scam and masocism.
A lot of things. . . If not humanity in general Peaked in the early 2000s, the perfect blend of highly advanced technology and experimentation, everything hadn't been completely infiltrated by the "money above ALL Else" hyper capitalist nightmare school of thought that we find ourselves in now. I compare it to cars, I'm a master mechanic and have been in the industry for almost a decade, the best cars ever made were from the early 90s to the mid/late 2000s, the perfect blend of highly advanced technology and computer control, and things still being mechanical, vehicles were much lighter leading to lower necessary safety standards leading to even lighter cars. God, take me back
@@HaloDJumper they released them on CD because the game didn’t exceed 700MB. The PS2 was also louder when playing them because the drive sped up to 40x.
Marvel vs Capcom 2 is blue, and i remember it kept on messing up my ps2's. I went thru 3 ps2's playing that game. It didn't stop working completely but it played certain games, one was gta SA. I had suspicions that it was due to hundreds of hours of mvc2 . It wasn't till 2016 i learned that blue CD's were damaging consoles. Not sure it was a certain model.
@@jetstreamdefalpha5411 I never had any issues playing CDs on the slim, but that was the only one I had, so i can't say for sure. Never had a clue the type of disc could harm a console, though lmao
Your documentaries are brilliant, you gotta do a 2007 documentary sometime. Super Mario Galaxy, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, Halo 3, Uncharted,Bioshock, just to name a few
A japanese game never released in Japan because of 9/11. Yes, you can check, the Japanese release was delayed due to the attack, and it eventually never released 😂
It's comical when I hear people trying to compare these modern years. I'm not saying a few weren't good , maybe 1 or 2 post-2005 years could make an all time top 10 list , but don't even try to compare them to GOAT years during a golden age like this.
I agree. Some of the all time greatest games came out in 2001. Shenmue 2, Gran Turismo 3, Silent Hill 2, wow, that's already enough for me to make this year the best. and many others
Ahh. The early 2000’s some of the best memories I have with my brother. Very special memories. The games we played and fun we had. Nothing else has come quite close to capturing those types of feelings and nostalgia.❤
Two games not mentioned in the video are Animal Crossing, which well that series has led quite the legacy, not only being a large inspiration of the 'cozy games' indie boom but also being an extremely popular series in it's own right. Then there's Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2, which well it's LoK. I've just started to get into the games myself but what I've heard and what I've played the LoK series is f'ing amazing. Oh then there's Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, how dare you not include Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
Nice thorough video. I was kinda done with video games that year. Especially after 9-11 happened, (I'm from NYC). But in 2002 when I started seeing the commercials for GTA 3 and the fact the PS2 could play DVDs, I broke down and bought one and purchased games like midnight Club, devil may cry and some sports games. It's still my favorite console ever.
for me personally the peak of video game consoles were the 6th generation. Hardware was still unique and all consoles had their own hardware quirks. Games were often specifically designed for the hardware, creating unique identity for each console... Games were still creative and not stuck in "conventions", even AAA studios experimented a lot and pushed video games as a medium. The video game market was smaller, you could overview it easier, but the games were often of great quality, at least those that reached the spotlight. Today most marketing and media spotlight goes to AAA studios and "live service games" and both makes "safe" and "profitable" games rather than pushing the medium. Sure, there are outliers. But the gaming climate has definitely changed over the years. And what I miss most about the 6th generation is local multiplayer. and how video games actually made us hang out IRL instead of over the internet.
1999-2005 games are still catching up to DMC 1 & DMC 3, Ninja Gaiden Black, The Silent Hill trilogy, Baldurs Gate & FO1 & 2, MGS2 just on a pure gameplay level and depth of mechanics alongside other aspects
Sega realized they can't race against Sony so they had self awarnes and shut down. @@SuperHns Considering how much expensive and generations outdated Nintendo was so as burning through money before it gets even printed, it was said back then that they will shut down, then Sega did it 1st, they be like "f this Im out". The only reason why Nintendo remained to stink up the market is not because they made money on their products it's actually because they are a money laundry company. Sega didn't had that luxury ... Sega remained on different markets to sell old tech in low cost living countries and had enough IP in games so they did well on that side. They didn't need to compete against Sony since it's unrealistic. PS2 was and is the most popular console around the world. Everything else is vaporwave.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthybro what the shit are you trying to say, like 2/3 of the things you said made no Sense, the remaining third was solid I Guess but you lost me over and over. Is English not your first language or something?
if we being objective dreamcast is massively overrated these days most mid console of all time people wear rose tinted glasses when critiquing dreamcast library especially compared to the immense libraries of other consoles since then like ps2, 360, ps4, switch… dreamcast is nothing in comparison besides a fond memory of yesterday…. is a 6/10 at best due to the bar being raised higher n higher
It blows my mind that when I was a kid “mobile gaming” was literally a gameboy advance with 2D pixelated games & a non-usb proprietary charger… watching 240p spongebob episodes in the car was considered ridiculously entertaining & monumentally convenient
2001 was an amazing year and i was 12 years old just being introduced to HALO for the first time at my cousins house without a clue of what i was even playing before i had internet or cable tv.
19:34 - as someone who tried Paper Mario and wasn't familiar with RPGs it felt super difficult lol, but i didn't know you could avoid fights like ur showing mario dance around there. If I knew that i'd have done better hah
This is definitely a great year in gaming! I think 2007 could also be made into a video for the amount of games and development that happened then. You had Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted Drake's Fortune, Halo 3, God of War II, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Skate, The Witcher, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, The Simpsons Game, Oblivion, and MORE!!
Both zone of enders were impossible to get a hold of. I remember as a kid you would never see it in a store. I wanted to play it but the only way to get it was high priced copies on ebay. Did anyone else have this experience back in the 2000s? Was it a limited run game or something?
Great video! I agree, 2001 is one of the best years not only in gaming but entertainment in general. The 6th gen of consoles were finally able to show graphics that looked just like the artworks, portable systems finally abandoned the 8 bit world they were stuck in, the hype for the new millenium and the y2k inspired many futuristic looking artstyles for games, tecnology in general seemed to be evolving faster than ever... There was a nice mix between experimentation of new ideas and expansions of older ideas... As a nintendo fan, i belive it was one of their greatest years, as they were able to not only launch 2 new consoles, but also sustain all 4 of them, GBC, N64, GBA and GCN, giving big titles for each of them
2000 was better: Deus Ex Baldur's Gate II Thief II Diablo II Icewind Dale Counter Strike Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Final Fantasy IX Perfect Dark Shogun: Total War Red Alert 2 The Sims Tony Hawk 2 Shenmue Jet Set Radio Crazy Taxi Vagrant Story Soldier of Fortune Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Timesplitters Metropolis Street Racing No One Lives Forever Hitman
1:36 - it's like 1998 was the year all the greats came out, but 2001 was the year that markets and industries aligned so that even for families who couldn't afford a nintendo you could still get a cheap PC that would play those greats from 1998. 2001 was the year we got to taste what the early adopters and rich/well-off people had been enjoying. We may not have been able to convince our parents to buy a Xbox, but we had PCs for school and we could LAN starcraft on it. It was the best of times, period.
Your videos are simple but captivating enough. I like the introductions to each game with their respective soundtracks and bits of trivia you offer. Id love to see a Worst Year in Gaming from you. Im sure youll piss off a lot of people but I think youd make a compelling argument.
Would you consider doing a video in a similar concept, but instead of one year, picking a period? It's possible that the golden age of gaming development and innovation starts from 1985 up to the end of the PS2 era, we just miss so much picking a single year.
The birthday present my mom got me that year, an Xbox which had just dropped with 6 games including Halo, was the best present I have ever received in my life
The original Ghost Recon was a great fundamental tactical/military shooter that was released on 13th November 2001. (I am aware it's mentioned in the closing segment)
As an 80s gamer, Ghost Recon was the game I was waiting my whole life for. I don't know if this makes any sense, but we knew even back in the 80s that a game like Ghost Recon would eventually be possible and when it finally came out it was just the best thing. I don't know if there is anything analogous today where gamers are looking forward to a type of game that isn't currently possible on 2024 hardware but might be in the future on 2040 hardware. Developers can pretty much do anything these days without any significant limitations.
3 BEST Gaming Years 👇 1998 1. Snes Slim 2. Game Boy Pocket 3. PlayStation 1 4. Nintendo 64 5. Sega Dreamcast 6. Gameboy Color 7. Handheld Sega 8) Console Sega 2001 1. N64 2. PlayStation 1 3. Gameboy Color 4. Sega Dreamcast 5. Nintendo Gamecube 6. PlayStation 2 7. Gameboy Advance 8. Xbox 2007 1. Nintendo Wii 2. PlayStation 2 3. Gameboy Advance 4. Gameboy Advance Sp 5. Psp 6. Xbox 7. Xbox 360 8. PlayStation 3
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec was when I finally got a PS2 & I played that game so much.. but I just wanted to say; everyone always claims GT2 had 650 Cars, when the US Release had Exsctly 594 Cars & as far as the 650 goes, I have heard that the PAL Vr has 650? I can’t confirm either at this point, but back in the day, I had a Magazine that stated the differences between version and 594 Car has been burnt into my brain ever since!
Heck, you can go back to 1977 as the start of the golden age of gaming starting with the Atari. Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, we got to look forward to quantum leaps in gaming almost every single year. There was always something bigger and better right around the corner. This ended sometime in the last decade. You don't have these quantum leaps anymore where games released today are a huge improvement over what was released in the prior couple of years. By comparison we got Wolfenstein 3D in 1992 which I can tell you was mind blowing at the time and then we got DOOM only on year later in 1993 which was on a whole other level yet again. That's what it was like every single year for the roughly 30 years after the Atari dropped in 1977.
For me personally 2000 stands out the most. I'll list a dozen great games below, but i have to mention that a lot of my all time faves were released during other years. Here's the titles: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (better on PC) Counter-Strike (as Half-Life mod) Icewind Dale Giants: Citizen Kabuto Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo) Sacrifice Starlancer (on PC with flight stick or HOTAS) The Sims Unreal Tournament Gold Edition Aliens Versus Predator Gold Edition
You should do a worst year in gaming video and pick 2016. The Xbox One didn't sell alot, the ps4 didn't have enough games yet, and the Wii u was deemed a failure by the gaming community, much so that people were debating on whether or not Nintendo should go third party.
10: Jak and Daxter 9: Max Payne 8: Gran Turismo 3 7: 007: Agent Under Fire 6: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 5: Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider 4: Super Smash Bros Melee 3: Conker's Bad Fur Day 2: Halo: Combat Evolved Honorable Mentions: Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, NASCAR Thunder 2002, Luigi's Mansion 1: Twisted Metal: Black
2001 is the greatest year in gaming history because no other year had more games rated 9+ on Metacritic & it's literally not even close. The numbers do not lie.... Also the OG Xbox & GameCube came out that year.
1998 was the greatest year for video game innovation. 2001 was the greatest year for video game creative refinement. Building on the principles set forth 3-4 years before and perfecting it.
I don't know.... 2024 is right up there with best years in gaming with classics such as Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Dustborn, Flintlock: Siege of Dawn, Foamstars, Starfield: Shattered Space, the first AAAA game Skull and Bones, Star Wars Outlaws, and game of the century contender Concord. Plus, titles like Assassins Creed Shadows, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Avowed, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle have yet to come out, and they are all guaranteed bangers 2024 baby!
I got a game boy advance and a Game Cube in 2001. I remember being disappointed at the lack of 3D graphics in the game boy advance and that seem like the only good games to get were ports of old Nintendo games. And with GameCube the other consoles seemed like they had better games at the time. Pretty soon all my friends were playing Halo on split screen and system link multiplayer, and then other games on Xbox live, and here I was with Pikmin and Luigi's Mansion...
The reason why the games at this time were some of the best is because they got through the hardships of the first generation 3D systems, but also PS2 and GameCube didn't really have internet connections. That means released games had to be complete and as bug free as possible. Limitations breeds creativity. The PS3 and higher generations started to suffer major quality issues because of their rush to get systems out the door, resulting in the RROD and YLOD issues, then with internet connected DLC, it pretty much started to destroy quality games. Nintendo is really the only system now that still produces actually finished, "quality" games.
01 had a game for everybody regardless of age and multiple genres. I honestly don't think it'll ever feel like this again. Lowkey 2002 is another goated year if you look at those releases. Great vid man
2002 Is a top 10 year alot of people sleep on , but It carried alot of the stacked momentum of 2001 similar to how 1999 carried alot of the same momentum that 1998 had , depending on which region you lived In If yours got releases late you'd just be getting most 1998's great games In 1999 and most of 2001's great games In 2002 etc. Back then everything didn't release worldwide at the same time , Japan would take priority followed by or co-launching with America , and then everyone else kind of of got theirs a few months or even almost a year later.
As someone who is primairly a PC gamer 2001 was okay. Tribes 2 was a fantastic shooter, 64 players with vehicles and jetpacks was a very fun time. Max Payne, GTA 3 and MGS 2 were all good. I wouldn't call 2001 one of the top years ever,, its a year that has a huge number of games that were good but it's peaks just aren't high enough. It might be an interesting excersize to do a list of the 100 greatest games of all time (purely subjective of course) and look at what years have the most. For my tastes I would wager that there would be a cluster around 1994 with xcom doom FF6 and chrono trigger, another around 1998 and there might be a third in the early 2000s. Like I said this might just be a reflection of when whoever makes the list was most into games or had the most free time but I think it still makes for an interesting excersize.
I'd love to see you explore more big years of gaming even if they weren't as full of game changing genre defining classics as '98 and '01 were. 2004, 1994, 2007 and 1987 come to mind for me. I also don't think we'll ever get years like these again unless some major breakthrough nobody anticipated happens. The time around the turn of the century just happened to have a lot of talented people working in a very young industry, but these days, games are either too large to fully carry one person's artistic vision without too much risk or are too small to get noticed. The truly memorable titles are only going to get less and less common as time goes on.
great selection - sadly these magic times are somehow gone at least for me. with every generation there were new mindblowing mechanics, graphics and ton on fun. missing it
The PS2/Xbox/GCN generation of gaming will always be the best generation of gaming in my opinion. This is not even said with nostalgia glasses as I grew up in the generation after that. But going back to some of these titles goddamn, gaming will never ever get better.
The sheer amount of experimental and weird titles is what made that generation so special. Tech before that was little too primitive for games to be able to differenciate themselves enough or to fully realise concepts that were a little more out there and generations after that fell into safe and repetitive trend chasing going from CoD clones, to GoW clones to Ubisoft style open world games.
I'll check this out. Don't forget advance wars was out in 2001. Sept 11th 2001 :) my biggest concern that day was watching the news coverage at my blockbuster job and hoping to GOD they still had advance wars for sale at toys r us when i got off work!
You've put in this video the love that the 6th gen deserves. We were so happy back then. I can't help but compare it to the current generation... well. The games nowadays don't have the same magic as before and I don't think it's because we've grown up, there's more to it.
Absolutely brother!!! I always say that some of my most favorite cherished times in gaming were the late 90s to early 2000s !!!! They were unbeatable and have not been matched since!!! From 1995 to 2005, that 10 year span we got some of the greatest games that I still play today! And I say I still play today, I mean, I pick them up and get a game going just about every time I’m sitting at trying to decide what to play? I’ll start to look at some games and it’ll just come to me immediately!! I do need a new PS2 … bought wine about six months back and the guy from Texas screwed me and so I immediately requested a refund!!! Sent it to me with the memory card door broke and dirt all over in the picture. It looked brand new with no damage.!! But I could get past that?? I could get past the system again!! if it wasn’t for the fact that it would only read PS1 games!!! So I returned it in haven’t been able to play none of my favorite old-school PS2 games like I have been with the Dreamcast in the Xbox … I guess I need a GameCube too.. Edit: IM SO TIRED OF FIGHTING WITH THE ABSOLUTELY IGNORANT AI IN IOHINE THESE DAYS! Edit2: *iPhone these days
Great video. 2001 was an amazing year for gaming. I had remembered there being more of a drought in the early/middle of the year, with the end of the year being absolutely loaded with killer apps, but the year was strong throughout. I would also add in Golden Sun, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II, and Dark Age of Camelot as great games. edit: I see now that you had Other Notables listed at the end. I'll shut up. 😅
The graphics were _so good_ around this era. They struck the right balance between creative art design, semi-realism and cartoony 'game-like' graphics. They had detail _and_ charm, not like the ultra-realistic boredom of today. Early 3D worlds have such a surreal, dreamlike feeling to them - it's really cool.
I remember Resident Evil 4's graphics really blowing me away.
@@yittmashupssame. And just like its predecessor Remake’s graphics blew me away as well.
@@Vulpas true. and its time we cycle back to older game styles and figure out where the industry goes from there.
Nothing will ever beat 00s gaming on a CRT 😪
@@unbearifiedbear1885 except a 100" Mini-LED with 120hz and 4k
Don't think you can really argue with any year between 96-2004 they were all amazing years
Perfect years, not once was I disappointed with what was coming out. Wished I appreciated more! The memories are always there tho!
@@Vulpas Yep this is what I said, but I just rounded it off to 94 to 2005.. I guess it’s stupid so 94 to 2004 sounds right to me?!
@@turismofoegaming8806 I gotta go with 1996 - 2007/8 bc Halo 3, Bioshock, The Orange Box, Crysis, Uncharted, God of War II, COD 4, Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed, etc came just from 2007. I think gen 5-7 was peak for gaming
@@sebastienlinck4908 yeah I definitely agree that those are some great games you listed although I never could get into BioShock and I've tried multiple times... and I've never been able to finish one single assassin's Creed game out of the 15 or so I own?!?! They just get boring and I fall off- I like them, but I just wish they kept my interest like something like the Witcher or even fable 2 kept my interest better?
But there were so many great games released between that time! I only say 95 because for me personally, in 1995 is when I became a "gamer" and loved gaming! When I was 11 years old and got a Sony PlayStation!!! it had just released that prior summer!
i still remember my father calling my high school to ask to speak to me like something was wrong and instead asking me if we had a ps2. I told him yeah we do and when he got home that night he handed me a copy of GTA 3 he had bought on the way home. He heard about it on the radio and thought it sounded really funny. He sat and watched me play for a bit to figure it out and then asked me to show him how. He laughed his head off just screwing around in the city for like 30 minutes and then never touched it again.
PS2 was the consoles that turned over most people to gaming. Before that gaming was considered cringe. I remember even by mentioning to a girl that you like games they erased all interest in you at that moment XD Parents and girls had this image of a man who likes games is not man enough. PS2 pretty much changed people. And sadly that was the last platform that actually had gaming involved.
A modded PS2 was my 1st PC so as with tons of emulation options most of us didn't needed anything else.
The only reason I needed a PC was for rendering video data and play Sims2, everything else was done on consoles.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy Its crazy how people seem to want to erase that aspect of our past culture. Today everyone says they are gamers and whatnot. Back on the day, on the 80s and 90s, saying you liked games (no one would even use the term "gamer") would get you bullied and girls would roll their eyes indeed. But now, oh no, everyone has always been a gamer. Haha right.. I'm really glad currently it is very diverse, but let's not forget that it was NOT like that in the past.
Yeah nowadays most people in the west have this fad going on online I see they have in their bio "I love Nintendo, my fav games are Pokemons, Zelda, Super Mario"
especially streamers in past 3-4 years basically have this.
It's some new fad and it's funny and sad at the same time XD
The thing is most stores don't even sell these. And most these people didn't grow up on such things and still don't know wtf any of the things they say they "love" actually know what even is. XD
I don't mind someone genuenly liking those mentioned games but damn, from millions of other great games out there I find it hard that they only find these generic cringe titles as their "favorites" like nothing else exist
I think the outbreak made people more crazy then before ...
@@Daniel__Nobre
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy I grew up in the early 90s when I couldn’t afford other consoles. Pokémon, Zelda and Mario are still my fav games. Wtf are you talking about, you don’t make any sense.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy yeah, I understand. I think part of it it’s true, but many other people - like streamers indeed - are just riding a wave. But it does feel like it’s a pattern which makes it hard to understand who is bullshitting from the real fans.
2001 & 2004 can go toe-to-toe with 1998. Hell, the 6th gen itself was the peak of gaming. We haven’t come close since.
yeah maybe but I think 2007 was the best year ever.
With what games?! @@SuperHns at least mention some titles so we know what you mean ...
Back in 2007 I still had fun with older games but I don't remember anything special coming out in 2007 that got be hyped up for it. Everything I wanted came out years prior up to 2006.
But yeah for most of us PS2 was the last gen of actual gaming. Me after work going to a store and simply buy a game, go home and plug and play, especially on weekends with friends going through games. Those days are looooong gone.
No need for research, no spoilers, no online locking, no dlc, no microtransactions, no corporate scams like the past 15-ish years ...
PS3 was my last decent platform, PC was and is cancer, be it for "gaming" so as the mentally lost community itself is enough for me to not go there ... Most of the people I know either passed away or stopped gaming long ago, even kids go back to PS2 mod consoles with emulations and when they are done with it they simply stop gaming and don't care anymore since there is nothing else to care about really.
I no I don't count people who stream and either make money from gaming or desperately try to, I talk about every day people, they are done bothering with games.
I still have few modded PS2 consoles, 1st gen PS1 and that is it, sold PS3 and PS4 few years back before the outbreak nonsense and my PC is outdated for anything let alone gaming by now and I am not in a financial situation to burn money on vaporwave systems.
We came to the era where I open a internet browser of any kind and it locks up my PC process rendering it useless.
Gaming?! that doesn't exist for a long time, gaming today is rather called corporate scam and masocism.
A lot of things. . . If not humanity in general Peaked in the early 2000s, the perfect blend of highly advanced technology and experimentation, everything hadn't been completely infiltrated by the "money above ALL Else" hyper capitalist nightmare school of thought that we find ourselves in now. I compare it to cars, I'm a master mechanic and have been in the industry for almost a decade, the best cars ever made were from the early 90s to the mid/late 2000s, the perfect blend of highly advanced technology and computer control, and things still being mechanical, vehicles were much lighter leading to lower necessary safety standards leading to even lighter cars.
God, take me back
2000 and 2001 are my favorite. 2017 is probably third.
2011 was the last year I was truly excited about gaming.
Not all PS2’s games were on DVD , the dark blue ones were CD’s
Most of my PSX games had that dark blue, so it kinda makes sense now why there was a difference there. Never knew that.
@@HaloDJumper they released them on CD because the game didn’t exceed 700MB. The PS2 was also louder when playing them because the drive sped up to 40x.
Taking into account roughly 3% of the PS2's entire library is on CD, it's an easy mistake to make!
Marvel vs Capcom 2 is blue, and i remember it kept on messing up my ps2's. I went thru 3 ps2's playing that game. It didn't stop working completely but it played certain games, one was gta SA. I had suspicions that it was due to hundreds of hours of mvc2 .
It wasn't till 2016 i learned that blue CD's were damaging consoles. Not sure it was a certain model.
@@jetstreamdefalpha5411 I never had any issues playing CDs on the slim, but that was the only one I had, so i can't say for sure. Never had a clue the type of disc could harm a console, though lmao
Your documentaries are brilliant, you gotta do a 2007 documentary sometime. Super Mario Galaxy, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, Halo 3, Uncharted,Bioshock, just to name a few
yeah 2007 was the best year in gaming ever.
@@SuperHns not even close.. had great games sure but its nowhere near 98/01/04
"Sept 10th, Advanced Wars."
That's either great timing or bad timing. I can't decide which.
A japanese game never released in Japan because of 9/11.
Yes, you can check, the Japanese release was delayed due to the attack, and it eventually never released 😂
@@vladimirlong7125any idea what game? How can we check if we only know it's a 'Japanese game that didn't release?'
Know what you mean
@@Yixdy i believe its the game propeller arena for the dreamcast
every time someone says 2017 or 2023 was the "best year in gaming" either don't remember the PS2, Xbox and GameCube era or wasn't born during it
It's comical when I hear people trying to compare these modern years. I'm not saying a few weren't good , maybe 1 or 2 post-2005 years could make an all time top 10 list , but don't even try to compare them to GOAT years during a golden age like this.
Its probably the latter then.
I agree. Some of the all time greatest games came out in 2001. Shenmue 2, Gran Turismo 3, Silent Hill 2, wow, that's already enough for me to make this year the best. and many others
Ahh. The early 2000’s some of the best memories I have with my brother. Very special memories. The games we played and fun we had. Nothing else has come quite close to capturing those types of feelings and nostalgia.❤
Two games not mentioned in the video are Animal Crossing, which well that series has led quite the legacy, not only being a large inspiration of the 'cozy games' indie boom but also being an extremely popular series in it's own right.
Then there's Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2, which well it's LoK. I've just started to get into the games myself but what I've heard and what I've played the LoK series is f'ing amazing.
Oh then there's Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, how dare you not include Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
Maybe because WoC is terrible? Even more so compared to the other two games you mentioned and the original Crash Trilogy and CTR
That part was sarcasm.
Lol
Nice thorough video. I was kinda done with video games that year. Especially after 9-11 happened, (I'm from NYC). But in 2002 when I started seeing the commercials for GTA 3 and the fact the PS2 could play DVDs, I broke down and bought one and purchased games like midnight Club, devil may cry and some sports games. It's still my favorite console ever.
for me personally the peak of video game consoles were the 6th generation. Hardware was still unique and all consoles had their own hardware quirks. Games were often specifically designed for the hardware, creating unique identity for each console... Games were still creative and not stuck in "conventions", even AAA studios experimented a lot and pushed video games as a medium. The video game market was smaller, you could overview it easier, but the games were often of great quality, at least those that reached the spotlight. Today most marketing and media spotlight goes to AAA studios and "live service games" and both makes "safe" and "profitable" games rather than pushing the medium. Sure, there are outliers. But the gaming climate has definitely changed over the years. And what I miss most about the 6th generation is local multiplayer. and how video games actually made us hang out IRL instead of over the internet.
So much effort went into this video. Hopefully it is reached by many more people!
1999-2005 games are still catching up to DMC 1 & DMC 3, Ninja Gaiden Black, The Silent Hill trilogy, Baldurs Gate & FO1 & 2, MGS2 just on a pure gameplay level and depth of mechanics alongside other aspects
1998 - 2005.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 Yeah 1998* damn time flies
What happened to Dreamcast is one of the greatest injustices in human history.
yeah but it was Sega's own fault tbh
Sega realized they can't race against Sony so they had self awarnes and shut down. @@SuperHns Considering how much expensive and generations outdated Nintendo was so as burning through money before it gets even printed, it was said back then that they will shut down, then Sega did it 1st, they be like "f this Im out".
The only reason why Nintendo remained to stink up the market is not because they made money on their products it's actually because they are a money laundry company. Sega didn't had that luxury ... Sega remained on different markets to sell old tech in low cost living countries and had enough IP in games so they did well on that side. They didn't need to compete against Sony since it's unrealistic. PS2 was and is the most popular console around the world. Everything else is vaporwave.
@@minmogrovingstrongandhealthybro what the shit are you trying to say, like 2/3 of the things you said made no Sense, the remaining third was solid I Guess but you lost me over and over. Is English not your first language or something?
Sorry to burst your tiny western bubble / brain @@Yixdy I don't expect from you to understand, just move on.
if we being objective dreamcast is massively overrated these days most mid console of all time people wear rose tinted glasses when critiquing dreamcast library especially compared to the immense libraries of other consoles since then like ps2, 360, ps4, switch… dreamcast is nothing in comparison besides a fond memory of yesterday….
is a 6/10 at best due to the bar being raised higher n higher
EIGHT systems existed AT THE SAME TIME in 1998, 2001, and 2007.
Best gaming years EVER !
The variety of genres and art styles is simply astounding. Unlike what we have today...
Good vid! I felt the magic!
Great video and a great follow-up to the 1998 video. I look forward to the growth of this channel.
Excellent presentation, you have my sub. Hope you do more of these. No annoying background music, clean and concise narration. 👍👍👍
It blows my mind that when I was a kid “mobile gaming” was literally a gameboy advance with 2D pixelated games & a non-usb proprietary charger… watching 240p spongebob episodes in the car was considered ridiculously entertaining & monumentally convenient
It blows how mobile games today didn’t take after gameboy / NES and instead basically became shamelessly greedy skinner boxes
2001 was an amazing year and i was 12 years old just being introduced to HALO for the first time at my cousins house without a clue of what i was even playing before i had internet or cable tv.
19:34 - as someone who tried Paper Mario and wasn't familiar with RPGs it felt super difficult lol, but i didn't know you could avoid fights like ur showing mario dance around there. If I knew that i'd have done better hah
This is definitely a great year in gaming! I think 2007 could also be made into a video for the amount of games and development that happened then. You had Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted Drake's Fortune, Halo 3, God of War II, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Assassin's Creed, Bioshock, Crackdown, Crysis, Mass Effect, Portal, Skate, The Witcher, Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, The Simpsons Game, Oblivion, and MORE!!
Oblivion released in 2006, though. Otherwise, yes it was an amazing year in gaming.
It’s hard to say whether 1998, 2000, 2001 or 2002 had the best games since each year had multiple timeless classics.
Both zone of enders were impossible to get a hold of. I remember as a kid you would never see it in a store. I wanted to play it but the only way to get it was high priced copies on ebay. Did anyone else have this experience back in the 2000s? Was it a limited run game or something?
Yes this is when Sonic Adventure 2 came out and Shenmue 2 so yes greatest year in gaming indeed
1998, 2001/02 and 2004 were all GOATed. God I miss those times.
Would add Rez and Ikaruga to the list for sure. Timeless.
I thought of those too. Only other one I’d add is Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
Great video! I agree, 2001 is one of the best years not only in gaming but entertainment in general. The 6th gen of consoles were finally able to show graphics that looked just like the artworks, portable systems finally abandoned the 8 bit world they were stuck in, the hype for the new millenium and the y2k inspired many futuristic looking artstyles for games, tecnology in general seemed to be evolving faster than ever... There was a nice mix between experimentation of new ideas and expansions of older ideas...
As a nintendo fan, i belive it was one of their greatest years, as they were able to not only launch 2 new consoles, but also sustain all 4 of them, GBC, N64, GBA and GCN, giving big titles for each of them
2000 was better:
Deus Ex
Baldur's Gate II
Thief II
Diablo II
Icewind Dale
Counter Strike
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Final Fantasy IX
Perfect Dark
Shogun: Total War
Red Alert 2
The Sims
Tony Hawk 2
Shenmue
Jet Set Radio
Crazy Taxi
Vagrant Story
Soldier of Fortune
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Timesplitters
Metropolis Street Racing
No One Lives Forever
Hitman
Skies Of Arcadia
Thief 2
WWF No Mercy
Friendly reminder that Morrowind came out in 2002
mario sunshine and wind waker as well
Metroid Prime
Video was on the front page. I guess youtube knows I'm always happy to take a trip down nostalgia lane.
Just back to back bangers.
agreed that 1998 and 2001 are the best years in gaming history. Been saying this for years
maybe, but I think 2007 was the best hands down
@@SuperHns2007 was when gaming died for me. Everything became generic around that time
Great vid man. Good job 👏
Awesome video
1:36 - it's like 1998 was the year all the greats came out, but 2001 was the year that markets and industries aligned so that even for families who couldn't afford a nintendo you could still get a cheap PC that would play those greats from 1998. 2001 was the year we got to taste what the early adopters and rich/well-off people had been enjoying. We may not have been able to convince our parents to buy a Xbox, but we had PCs for school and we could LAN starcraft on it. It was the best of times, period.
Your videos are simple but captivating enough. I like the introductions to each game with their respective soundtracks and bits of trivia you offer. Id love to see a Worst Year in Gaming from you. Im sure youll piss off a lot of people but I think youd make a compelling argument.
Would you consider doing a video in a similar concept, but instead of one year, picking a period? It's possible that the golden age of gaming development and innovation starts from 1985 up to the end of the PS2 era, we just miss so much picking a single year.
The birthday present my mom got me that year, an Xbox which had just dropped with 6 games including Halo, was the best present I have ever received in my life
The original Ghost Recon was a great fundamental tactical/military shooter that was released on 13th November 2001. (I am aware it's mentioned in the closing segment)
As an 80s gamer, Ghost Recon was the game I was waiting my whole life for.
I don't know if this makes any sense, but we knew even back in the 80s that a game like Ghost Recon would eventually be possible and when it finally came out it was just the best thing.
I don't know if there is anything analogous today where gamers are looking forward to a type of game that isn't currently possible on 2024 hardware but might be in the future on 2040 hardware. Developers can pretty much do anything these days without any significant limitations.
Ugh, such a good year! Thanks for the memories 😊
I'm still using my PS2, the eye toy cam IS peak technology
Baaaa you didn't include seasons/ages in the list....
That was such an Amazing pair of games!!!
Everything else you mentioned was pretty spot on🎉
You missed Tekken 4. The best Tekken game by far.
The good old days of simplicity
We need a "2007: The Greatest Year in Gaming", it was an insane year
Halo 3
Super Mario Galaxy
The Orange Box
Mass Effect
BioShock
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
God of War 2
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Persona 3
Damn you definitely deserve more subscribers
Every year is the greatest year in gaming... for someone
Just less and less people every year after 2007.
@@itachi1145not really. kids will consider any memorable year of their childhood "the greatest year for gaming."
@@itachi1145*laughs in 2011 and 2017*
3 BEST Gaming Years 👇
1998
1. Snes Slim
2. Game Boy Pocket
3. PlayStation 1
4. Nintendo 64
5. Sega Dreamcast
6. Gameboy Color
7. Handheld Sega
8) Console Sega
2001
1. N64
2. PlayStation 1
3. Gameboy Color
4. Sega Dreamcast
5. Nintendo Gamecube
6. PlayStation 2
7. Gameboy Advance
8. Xbox
2007
1. Nintendo Wii
2. PlayStation 2
3. Gameboy Advance
4. Gameboy Advance Sp
5. Psp
6. Xbox
7. Xbox 360
8. PlayStation 3
These were exciting times to be into video games. It seemed like the medium was advancing so fast back then!
Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec was when I finally got a PS2 & I played that game so much.. but I just wanted to say; everyone always claims GT2 had 650 Cars, when the US Release had Exsctly 594 Cars & as far as the 650 goes, I have heard that the PAL Vr has 650? I can’t confirm either at this point, but back in the day, I had a Magazine that stated the differences between version and 594 Car has been burnt into my brain ever since!
1994 - 2010 marks the golden age of gaming!
I think 2023 finally marks the return of the golden days of gaming
1987-2011
Lol with what? @@gas481
2011 was definitely the turning point.
Heck, you can go back to 1977 as the start of the golden age of gaming starting with the Atari. Growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, we got to look forward to quantum leaps in gaming almost every single year. There was always something bigger and better right around the corner.
This ended sometime in the last decade. You don't have these quantum leaps anymore where games released today are a huge improvement over what was released in the prior couple of years.
By comparison we got Wolfenstein 3D in 1992 which I can tell you was mind blowing at the time and then we got DOOM only on year later in 1993 which was on a whole other level yet again. That's what it was like every single year for the roughly 30 years after the Atari dropped in 1977.
Great stuff!
For me personally 2000 stands out the most. I'll list a dozen great games below, but i have to mention that a lot of my all time faves were released during other years.
Here's the titles:
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (better on PC)
Counter-Strike (as Half-Life mod)
Icewind Dale
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Metal Slug 3 (Neo Geo)
Sacrifice
Starlancer (on PC with flight stick or HOTAS)
The Sims
Unreal Tournament Gold Edition
Aliens Versus Predator Gold Edition
You should do a worst year in gaming video and pick 2016. The Xbox One didn't sell alot, the ps4 didn't have enough games yet, and the Wii u was deemed a failure by the gaming community, much so that people were debating on whether or not Nintendo should go third party.
Yeah, 2016 was a terrible time to be a Nintendo fan.
Spent soooooo much time playing Advance Wars, holy shit.
10: Jak and Daxter
9: Max Payne
8: Gran Turismo 3
7: 007: Agent Under Fire
6: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
5: Looney Tunes: Sheep Raider
4: Super Smash Bros Melee
3: Conker's Bad Fur Day
2: Halo: Combat Evolved
Honorable Mentions: Devil May Cry, Grand Theft Auto 3, Metal Gear Solid 2, NASCAR Thunder 2002, Luigi's Mansion
1: Twisted Metal: Black
Great list.
2001 is the greatest year in gaming history because no other year had more games rated 9+ on Metacritic & it's literally not even close. The numbers do not lie.... Also the OG Xbox & GameCube came out that year.
Great video, subbed
My favorite time in gaming. I've beaten 34 games from 2001 alone and I've got many more to go through.
1998 was the greatest year for video game innovation. 2001 was the greatest year for video game creative refinement. Building on the principles set forth 3-4 years before and perfecting it.
2001,2004 and 2007 are very special years
Agreed
I'd say 1998 but it's close 1998, 2001,2004 and 2007 are all crazy years
I think there was a zone of the Enders on the gba.
I don't know.... 2024 is right up there with best years in gaming with classics such as Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Dustborn, Flintlock: Siege of Dawn, Foamstars, Starfield: Shattered Space, the first AAAA game Skull and Bones, Star Wars Outlaws, and game of the century contender Concord.
Plus, titles like Assassins Creed Shadows, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Avowed, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle have yet to come out, and they are all guaranteed bangers
2024 baby!
Great work 💯
I got a game boy advance and a Game Cube in 2001. I remember being disappointed at the lack of 3D graphics in the game boy advance and that seem like the only good games to get were ports of old Nintendo games. And with GameCube the other consoles seemed like they had better games at the time. Pretty soon all my friends were playing Halo on split screen and system link multiplayer, and then other games on Xbox live, and here I was with Pikmin and Luigi's Mansion...
The reason why the games at this time were some of the best is because they got through the hardships of the first generation 3D systems, but also PS2 and GameCube didn't really have internet connections. That means released games had to be complete and as bug free as possible. Limitations breeds creativity. The PS3 and higher generations started to suffer major quality issues because of their rush to get systems out the door, resulting in the RROD and YLOD issues, then with internet connected DLC, it pretty much started to destroy quality games. Nintendo is really the only system now that still produces actually finished, "quality" games.
2001 was the time I discovered Max Payne, my uncle forgot to close his PC I was 8 years old... good times
01 had a game for everybody regardless of age and multiple genres. I honestly don't think it'll ever feel like this again. Lowkey 2002 is another goated year if you look at those releases. Great vid man
2002 Is a top 10 year alot of people sleep on , but It carried alot of the stacked momentum of 2001 similar to how 1999 carried alot of the same momentum that 1998 had , depending on which region you lived In If yours got releases late you'd just be getting most 1998's great games In 1999 and most of 2001's great games In 2002 etc. Back then everything didn't release worldwide at the same time , Japan would take priority followed by or co-launching with America , and then everyone else kind of of got theirs a few months or even almost a year later.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 I remember it like it was yesterday lol I was 10 years old and got kingdom hearts & ratchet & Clank. Couldn’t put the controller down
As someone who is primairly a PC gamer 2001 was okay. Tribes 2 was a fantastic shooter, 64 players with vehicles and jetpacks was a very fun time. Max Payne, GTA 3 and MGS 2 were all good.
I wouldn't call 2001 one of the top years ever,, its a year that has a huge number of games that were good but it's peaks just aren't high enough.
It might be an interesting excersize to do a list of the 100 greatest games of all time (purely subjective of course) and look at what years have the most. For my tastes I would wager that there would be a cluster around 1994 with xcom doom FF6 and chrono trigger, another around 1998 and there might be a third in the early 2000s. Like I said this might just be a reflection of when whoever makes the list was most into games or had the most free time but I think it still makes for an interesting excersize.
That twisted metal black gameplay was a torture to watch 😅😅
Phantasy star online was a fantastic game. Always love to see it get some recognition
It took me till about Halo for me to completely agree with you, and then you hit us with FF10. Good job
2015 has to be one of the best years in gaming so many instant classics
I'd love to see you explore more big years of gaming even if they weren't as full of game changing genre defining classics as '98 and '01 were. 2004, 1994, 2007 and 1987 come to mind for me. I also don't think we'll ever get years like these again unless some major breakthrough nobody anticipated happens. The time around the turn of the century just happened to have a lot of talented people working in a very young industry, but these days, games are either too large to fully carry one person's artistic vision without too much risk or are too small to get noticed. The truly memorable titles are only going to get less and less common as time goes on.
1981 was the best year in gaming as I received a ZX81 for Christmas that year!
I say the best year was 2008. Cant beat GTA IV and Metal Gear 4 for me.
I had a PS2 just to buy the ZOE game for the demo of MGS2. Then GTA came along! Best year. Had a pc and dreamcast too
God. What I would give to go back to these days…
great selection - sadly these magic times are somehow gone at least for me. with every generation there were new mindblowing mechanics, graphics and ton on fun. missing it
This is the only year that I attended E3 and I agree!
The PS2/Xbox/GCN generation of gaming will always be the best generation of gaming in my opinion. This is not even said with nostalgia glasses as I grew up in the generation after that. But going back to some of these titles goddamn, gaming will never ever get better.
The sheer amount of experimental and weird titles is what made that generation so special. Tech before that was little too primitive for games to be able to differenciate themselves enough or to fully realise concepts that were a little more out there and generations after that fell into safe and repetitive trend chasing going from CoD clones, to GoW clones to Ubisoft style open world games.
6th genn was the peak of gaming, so many new ips, noo dlc and micro crap noo gaas noo patches just amazingly fun games
I'll check this out. Don't forget advance wars was out in 2001. Sept 11th 2001 :) my biggest concern that day was watching the news coverage at my blockbuster job and hoping to GOD they still had advance wars for sale at toys r us when i got off work!
2004, 3 years later again is my favorite year, halo, San Andreas, need for speed etc
1996-2007 gaming peak
I remember when shit went down hill for gaming. 2010 -2011. 😢 Right around that time frame, Patches, passes, dlc on disc EVERYTHING os multiplayer.
Also Luigi's Mansion came out in 2001
You've put in this video the love that the 6th gen deserves. We were so happy back then. I can't help but compare it to the current generation... well. The games nowadays don't have the same magic as before and I don't think it's because we've grown up, there's more to it.
It's 1998 but 01' is closer than most years
Absolutely brother!!!
I always say that some of my most favorite cherished times in gaming were the late 90s to early 2000s !!!!
They were unbeatable and have not been matched since!!! From 1995 to 2005, that 10 year span we got some of the greatest games that I still play today! And I say I still play today, I mean, I pick them up and get a game going just about every time I’m sitting at trying to decide what to play? I’ll start to look at some games and it’ll just come to me immediately!!
I do need a new PS2 … bought wine about six months back and the guy from Texas screwed me and so I immediately requested a refund!!! Sent it to me with the memory card door broke and dirt all over in the picture. It looked brand new with no damage.!! But I could get past that?? I could get past the system again!! if it wasn’t for the fact that it would only read PS1 games!!!
So I returned it in haven’t been able to play none of my favorite old-school PS2 games like I have been with the Dreamcast in the Xbox … I guess I need a GameCube too..
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IM SO TIRED OF FIGHTING WITH THE ABSOLUTELY IGNORANT AI IN IOHINE THESE DAYS!
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*iPhone these days
You should check out rsc preservation, and 2001scape. Definitely the best versions of runescape.
lolll PS2 had a great launch line up? Can I have some of what you're taking?
Was with the Devil May Cry logo at 1:04:11?
Great video. 2001 was an amazing year for gaming. I had remembered there being more of a drought in the early/middle of the year, with the end of the year being absolutely loaded with killer apps, but the year was strong throughout. I would also add in Golden Sun, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II, and Dark Age of Camelot as great games.
edit: I see now that you had Other Notables listed at the end. I'll shut up. 😅
It's damn hard to beat the behemoth years that were 1998 and 2004.
But sure, 2001 was pretty neat on its own.
Ico, my favourite game of all time. Sony do a 4k version for PS5.