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Did you prefer gaming in the 2000s or 2010s?
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2010s honestly. Just better everything. Soundtrack, quality, gameplay, graphics, customizations, controls, yeah. Sorry, I do love 2000s games, but ya know, this decade is better for gaming.
Hmm... need to do this scientifically...
My top 10 of 2000s:
My top 10 of 2000s:
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Metal Gear Solid 2
- Metal Gear Solid 3
- Bully
- Fallout 3
- Mass Effect
- Demon's Souls
- Resident Evil 4
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Metal Gear Solid V
- Red Dead Redemption
- Dark Souls
- Bloodborne
- Mass Effect 2
- Prey
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Resident Evil 2
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Metal Gear Solid V
- Red Dead Redemption
- Dark Souls
- Bloodborne
- Mass Effect 2
- Prey
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
As someone who doesn't give two shits about "Oh my fucking god, graphics!" or "This game feels sooooo much like a movie, wow!" 2000s easy. Much more experimentation in higher-end games, more genres felt viable, less exploitative business practices.
Games are probably objectively better now, but I still prefer the 2000s for the types of games I like. My tastes are really in stuff like the GameCube's library and we just don't really get those types of games anymore (3D platformers, quirky games, single-player focused action-adventure games)
I do enjoy the Gamecube's library. Heck, that console is where games like Double Dash, Luigi's Mansion, and Wind Waker come from!
The 2010s were the decade of micro-transactions, F2P, and monetization, so I'm gonna go with 2000s.
2010s purely for the Indie developer explosion.
Indies make the best games on the market right now.
Indies make the best games on the market right now.
2010's > 1990's > 2000's for me. I pretty much didn't play games for the latter half of the 90's and first half of the 2000's (my high school/college days), so I loved them when I was a kid and my parents rented games for me all the time (80's-mid '90's), then fell out of love when I was expected to pay for them on my own but had no money, and then fell back in love again when I had a job and money and was able to afford to play what I want to play.
This is really tough to call as both were excellent at their peaks.
But having just played Resident Evil 2 I'm pretty sold on this decade as the best ever for gaming.
But having just played Resident Evil 2 I'm pretty sold on this decade as the best ever for gaming.
Hmmmmmm. Probably 2000s even though as a Nintendo fan I feel like the last couple of years have been the best era for the company in the last two decades. 2000s feel more consistent, 2010s had a lot of dry spots. There was a period in the early-mid 2010s where I basically stopped gaming, which isn't directly because of the games being put out, although it was part of it.
I'll say 2000s even though 2017-2019 has been probably the most fun I've had gaming this entire century.
I'll say 2000s even though 2017-2019 has been probably the most fun I've had gaming this entire century.
2010s. I sort of lost touch with gaming near the beginning of the 2000's. Most of my favorite genres were no where to be seen during the 00's.
I feel like my passion for gaming completely reignited in 2012, with Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general bringing more funding models and showing the success potential of middle-sized games.
I feel like my passion for gaming completely reignited in 2012, with Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general bringing more funding models and showing the success potential of middle-sized games.
I feel like the 2010s are probably actually better, but I have a lot of nostalgia for the 2000s plus dedicated handheld gaming peaked then. It crashed after half due to smartphones and half seemingly because resources couldn't be spread between them and home consoles any longer, though I am glad the Switch gave a way forward.
EDIT: Also the PS2 years were rad for JRPGs.
EDIT: Also the PS2 years were rad for JRPGs.
2010s for the Souls games and Bloodborne, and I feel the releases were generally of a higher quality overall. The two big, BIG reasons I prefer the '10s are Breath of the Wild and RDR2, mostly for the same reasons. BOTW gave me the Hyrule I'd been dreaming of exploring since I was a 6-year-old playing the OG for the first time, and RDR2 gave me the full map from the first game plus a metric fuckton more to carve out my own little niche in via online. Plus it had maybe the best story and acting I've ever seen in a game.
GAMING is better now.
Games are a mixed bag. We have a lot of great gems and things that didn't exist prior, but we also have a lot of bullshit and bad practices I'm not a fan of now.
The act of gaming whether through digital/physical/streaming/portable/at-home/etc has all widely become better even though gaming console UI like PS and Xbox are needlessly convuluted. But I feel I'm seeing a lot of the same game a lot more now than I used to, and being asked for money a LOT more.
Games are a mixed bag. We have a lot of great gems and things that didn't exist prior, but we also have a lot of bullshit and bad practices I'm not a fan of now.
The act of gaming whether through digital/physical/streaming/portable/at-home/etc has all widely become better even though gaming console UI like PS and Xbox are needlessly convuluted. But I feel I'm seeing a lot of the same game a lot more now than I used to, and being asked for money a LOT more.
Well, gaming in the 2010s was much better since it's not like all those games from the 2000s went away.
More seriously, I'm leaning more towards the games released in the 2010s being better. As some others have said here, I think that the 2000s started strong and ended on a weak note, whereas the 2010s started weak but ended very strong (with 2017 being the best year for games in this millenium's first 20 years, in my opinion).
Of course, if I had to pick a decade as the best, neither of them this century come close to the 1990s for me, though.
More seriously, I'm leaning more towards the games released in the 2010s being better. As some others have said here, I think that the 2000s started strong and ended on a weak note, whereas the 2010s started weak but ended very strong (with 2017 being the best year for games in this millenium's first 20 years, in my opinion).
Of course, if I had to pick a decade as the best, neither of them this century come close to the 1990s for me, though.
2010s. We need to skip the 2000s and go back to the 90s for the really good stuff. 2000s were middling compared to what came before and after.
There are so many unique and innovative ideas in the 2010s that would never have been made/published in the 2000s.
Her Story
EXA-Punks
Inside
Hollow Knight
Papers Please
Into the Breach
Night in the Woods
Everything
Antichamber
Baba is You
Gone Home
Kentucky Route Zero
Undertale
Outer Wilds
Wilmot's Warehouse
Return to the Obra Dinn
Cuphead
etc. etc. etc.
Her Story
EXA-Punks
Inside
Hollow Knight
Papers Please
Into the Breach
Night in the Woods
Everything
Antichamber
Baba is You
Gone Home
Kentucky Route Zero
Undertale
Outer Wilds
Wilmot's Warehouse
Return to the Obra Dinn
Cuphead
etc. etc. etc.
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2000's.
Metroid Prime / Bioshock / Halo / Final Fantasy X / Zelda TP and WW / Half Life 2 / Uncharted 1 and 2 / Residente Evil 4 / Massa Effect / Elder of Scrolls oblivion / GTA San Andreas / Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 / Pikmin / Tony Hawk era / Devil May Cry / God of War's birth / Mario Sunshine and Galaxy
Maybe I'm just becoming old and grumpy but I think It was better before.
Metroid Prime / Bioshock / Halo / Final Fantasy X / Zelda TP and WW / Half Life 2 / Uncharted 1 and 2 / Residente Evil 4 / Massa Effect / Elder of Scrolls oblivion / GTA San Andreas / Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 / Pikmin / Tony Hawk era / Devil May Cry / God of War's birth / Mario Sunshine and Galaxy
Maybe I'm just becoming old and grumpy but I think It was better before.
I loved the 00s as it was a time that I fell in love with gaming again and tried many different genres but then this is also true
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The Soulsbornes games were actually conceived at the end of the 00's. The 10's don't have claim to all of the Soulsborne games.
2010s, 2000s was full of games where the tech was not up to the ideas
the 90s were the golden age of gaming
the 90s were the golden age of gaming
Man, that's really tough.
The first half of the 2000's was the end of the PS1 era, the short-lived (but sweet) Dreamcast, and PS2 just absolutely rocking basically the entire gen. The last half was PS3's rough start, but some good games sprinkled in there, the 360 powering through despite hardware issues and charging for online, and the cultural phenomenon of the Wii.
2010's gave us the back part of the PS3 library (which was pretty great), the outstanding PS4, and the rise of the Switch- but also the Kinect-focused back part of the 360, the troubles with the X1, and the bomb that was the WiiU.
I don't think I can choose. :/
The first half of the 2000's was the end of the PS1 era, the short-lived (but sweet) Dreamcast, and PS2 just absolutely rocking basically the entire gen. The last half was PS3's rough start, but some good games sprinkled in there, the 360 powering through despite hardware issues and charging for online, and the cultural phenomenon of the Wii.
2010's gave us the back part of the PS3 library (which was pretty great), the outstanding PS4, and the rise of the Switch- but also the Kinect-focused back part of the 360, the troubles with the X1, and the bomb that was the WiiU.
I don't think I can choose. :/
2000s
Pros:
- Better horror games
- AAA arcade racing
- Everything wasn't open world
- No GAAS
Cons:
- Less indies, although the abundance of AA games made up for it.
- Too much shooters during the latter half
- The mandatory online modes in SP games
Pros:
- Better horror games
- AAA arcade racing
- Everything wasn't open world
- No GAAS
Cons:
- Less indies, although the abundance of AA games made up for it.
- Too much shooters during the latter half
- The mandatory online modes in SP games
Oh it's another 'how old are you' thread
In almost every case people's best gaming yasrs is regardless of quality and usually when they were 12-20
In almost every case people's best gaming yasrs is regardless of quality and usually when they were 12-20
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Maybe, but a large chunk of my now favorite games from 2000s are ones I played for the first time this decade.
Kinda tough, I'd say I probably have more fonder memories of 2000's games, especially PS2 stuff. But enjoyed much more from the 2010s. I also take a pretty big break from gaming from 2006 to 2010, playing pretty much nothing outside of a game of FIFA here and there, few PS3 exclusives or GTA4 in that period and caught up on most from that period in the 2010s.
Not for me. I was born in 1975, and my favorite gaming years are 1998-2003 and 2013-2017. At first I was in favor of the latter era, largely due to indies, but it stopped short due to open world fad, the lack of arcade racers, and horror games adopting run & hide style.
First half of the 2000's was great, the latter half not so much. The 2010's were the opposite - a relatively weak first half, a great second. Speaking as someone who enjoys Japanese games primarily, at least. It took those devs forever to adjust to the HD era.
Overall though I'd say I prefer this decade, due to the sheer variety of experiences on offer and the diversity found within games and their developers.
Overall though I'd say I prefer this decade, due to the sheer variety of experiences on offer and the diversity found within games and their developers.