Game of the Generation / Game of the Year 2006

[Big Seany]

Interesting that both Phoenix Wright 2 and Gyukaitan Saiban 2 appear in the least - d'oh!

[egparadigm]

You're going to get it easy. I'm playing Resi4 at the moment and I'm... underwhelmed to say the least!

I liked Resi4 first time through and then I unlocked Professional mode. It's twice the game of the normal setting. Really scary when you get cornered by goons. If you have it on an easier setting opt for pro mode (it's unlocked by completion in the US version, but I believe it is available from the start in PAL).

[Mad Gear]

Of course:

Game of the generation:
Resident Evil 4Halo Metroid PrimeShadow of the ColossusIcoHalo 2ShenmueMetal Gear Solid 3Devil May Cry 3Half-life 2GTA3KatamariMetal Gear Solid 2Phantasy Star OnlineDisgeaSuper Monkey BallGuitar HeroGTA SAGTA VCNinja GaidenStrangers WraithMetroid Prime 2Final Fantasy XIISilent Hill 2PsychnaughtsPanzer Dragoon OrtaViewtiful JoeSoul Calibur 2Steel BattalionVirtua Fighter 4 EvoGod of War Dragons Quest 8Zelda Wind WakerPhoenix WrightFinal Fantasy 11Beyond Good and EvilWorld of WarcraftRiddickZelda TPKiller 7OuendanOutrun 2006Winning Eleven 10Amped 2

Game of the Year:
Gears of WarZelda TPOblivionOkamiFFXIIGRAWDead RisingNew Mario BrosGuitar Hero 2VivaOutrun 2k6HL2:Episode 1Animal Crossing WWFearUnder DefeatMGS3: SubsistancePhoenix WrightPro Evo 6Call of Duty 2We Love KatamariTekken Dark RessurectionOnimusha Dawn of SoulsVegasElite Beat AgentsDragons Quest VIIIHitman Blood MoneyKingdom Hearts 2BullySaints RowDisgea 2Yoshi DSCiv4Gyakuten Saiban 2Naked WarChromehoundsFinal Fantasy 3 DSLoco RocoSenko no rondeUltimate GhostValkyrie Profile 2Sam and MaxInitial D PSPFight Night 3Company of HeroesExcite TruckSRG OG2Tetris DSWario WiiBurnout 360Blazing AngelsYggdra UnionBlue DragonCall of Duty 3Every Extend ExtraFinal Fantasy 11 360Devil May Cry 3 SELuminies 2Rhythm TenguGod HandMetroid HuntersKing of Fighters XIMotor StormJust CauseSplinter Cell DAJet de go PocketWii SportsLego Star Wars 2Table TennisMario HoopsGuitar FreaksBejeweled 2 XBLiveBrainageTest DrivePhoenix Wright 2Galactic Civ 2PreyRaiden 3Ninty Nine NightsTokimeki Memorial

Any chance of a more eye friendly list matey? It's making my brain haemorrhage

[Concept]

Hugely surprised that the GTA series didn't fare better amongst the readership. Objectively speaking they're easily most iconic games of the last generation.

And Gears of War for GotY? *Shakes head* :P

[PeteJ]

Any chance of a more eye friendly list matey? It's making my brain haemorrhage

Sorry about that, my fault. Sorted now.

[Number45]

I liked Resi4 first time through and then I unlocked Professional mode. It's twice the game of the normal setting. Really scary when you get cornered by goons. If you have it on an easier setting opt for pro mode (it's unlocked by completion in the US version, but I believe it is available from the start in PAL).

I'm on the US GC version, so I'm playing the only mode that's available to me at the moment (Chapter 5-2 I think, so quit a way in). Most of my criticisms of the game are unlikely to be changed by a harder mode though, I doubt I'll play it through again.

[Concept]

The US GC version is the best one. I know most think this is so minor it probably won't be worth mentioning, but Capcom gimped their own sense of immersion in the game for the European and PS2 versions by including a loading tag during the screen transitions (presumably because they didn't believe people were patient enough to wait for five seconds without being told what was happening).

The game works so much better without.

[El Leone]

You guys took your sweat time making this, but its good to see it up.

[charlesr]

In fairness to Pete, it was finished before the end of January. I blame the deputy editor.

[Soi]

The US GC version is the best one. I know most think this is so minor it probably won't be worth mentioning, but Capcom gimped their own sense of immersion in the game for the European and PS2 versions by including a loading tag during the screen transitions (presumably because they didn't believe people were patient enough to wait for five seconds without being told what was happening).

You found the loading screens spoiled the immersion? Is that all?

The game had so many things that prevented me from thinking I was doing anything other than playing a game in my living room ?I found no sense of immersion at all. The loading screens were completely trivial in comparison.

The merchant, the briefcase (that I didn?t seem to be carrying, and that could be upgraded somehow), the fact that Spanish villagers dropped things like TMP ammo for no explicable reason at all, the herbs, the stupidness of Ashley, the ridiculous plot and hammy acting, the bit in the castle where there was a shooting range ?.

I love the game, but almost nothing about it is naturalistic ?it was completely ?game worldy?, and conformed to a set of age-old, and in my view outdated, gaming conventions.

The game would have been so more immersive if there had been no merchant, and if the villages had dropped sensible things like the pitchfork they were carrying. And if the creepy castle didn?t have a shooting range etc

[charlesr]

This is somewhat offtopic, but I'd argue that making this sort of game more realistic would make it boring. In the real world, you don't find ammo lying around anywhere. It's either locked away or in a gun being pointed at you. Half the fun of the villagers was blowing them away with a shotgun, rather than having to stab them with a knife. Using realistic weapons found on a farm would have turned it into a stealth type yawnfest. Unless it was like MacGyver(sp?) where you turn a tin of turps and a fence painting gun into a flame thrower.

[Swallow]

Unless it was like MacGyver(sp?) where you turn a tin of turps and a fence painting gun into a flame thrower.

Thats just caused me to download that Macgyver escape game.

What a show

[Charlie]

I know i'm going to get hung but i think Metroid Prime is really quite...crap.

Lunatic.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I know i'm going to get hung but i think Metroid Prime is really quite...crap.

I agree.

I've played through Resi 4 and was surprised to find this as GOTG. It's got poor camera, poor controls. A pretty average title, IMO. I think one of the reasons it has so many plaudits is the fact it came out on the GC and had little competition in the games drought for that console.

[BeyondJumpFish]

Its just not that great. It doesn't push back the bounds of gaming or re-invent the style of game it is. Its just a bog standard shooter.
And if i'm being honest...Halo is great either!! Now let the hanging commence.