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Ive been doing alot thinking in this but here and its a tough one what about yours.

(Response to scracther comment)Watch 7:50 to 8:55 basically the man NAILED IT about the good day in the late 90s to mid 00s

1998. Dink Smallwood and Baldur's Gate is good enough for me!

Really though, mid-90s to early 2000s was phenomenal. A single best year is kind of a meaningless distinction.

Dink smallwood came out in 1997 not 1998.

It came out in late 1997 or January 1998. There was talk about it recently... For the purposes of this thread, either is close enough. (Since no one seems to know the exact release date for certain)

(Since no one seems to know the exact release date for certain)

It's the greatest mystery in all of Dink. Not even Seth knows when it was released.

Right here

Can't name an exact year specifically. There have always been great games and crappy games. But I'd have to say my favourite years would probably have to be 1996-1998, simply because my three favourite games were released during those years. Those games being Wild ARMs, Abe's Oddysee and, of course, Dink.

And overall a lot of other great games came from those years, too.

Early-Mid 90's definitely count for me because of all the great Super Nintendo and Sega titles being released around that time. Basically just the 90's in general felt like the golden age of great games to me. The games now are more impressive visually and technically but seem to be suffering in places where it matters the most: fun. Recent indie games try but usually (not always) fail to emulate the joy that many of the greatest older games were made from.

Not saying great games aren't still being released; I'm super excited for the next Smash Bros. and games like Super Mario 3d World are newer and still absolutely amazing. Not to mention amazing RPGs such as Persona 3 and 4, Final Fantasy 9 and 10, and Dragon Quest 8 which all came out after the 90's had already ended. So while it seems like there are fewer great games these days, when a particularly amazing one is released it is sometimes good enough to shake the world.

So... I guess the 90's have me for QUANTITY of great games being released. And the 2000's have me for QUALITY of great games being released. 2010 onward has been too short to make much of a judgment on yet, and the new generation of consoles is just starting to be truly established. But there has been some noteworthy titles and some noteworthy ones in the work. (I hope the next Batman game is as incredible as it looks.) I have a good feeling about this decade of games.

On another note, that's a really good video you linked.

1998

grim fandango
driver
starship titanic
dink (that's a stretch)
half life 1
beginnings of halo 1

The 90s was good but the early to mid 2000s was still very good up until 2007.

2007 was the end of an era the end of the "good old days of gaming" 2008 was a mixed bag 2009 and onwards sucked.

Ive doing thinking and 2004 was one of my favourite years Especially Fable 1 and Dawn of War 1 are one of my favourite games.