9/27/2023 0 Comments Half life echoes ending![]() Ninja Gaiden had a 5-year development cycle in which Team Ninja focused on pleasing western audiences with a challenging, violent, and fast third-person action game. Microsoft’s powerhouse of a machine received quite a few titles that just weren’t possible on the PlayStation 2 or the Nintendo GameCube. Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) – 92.54Ģ004 was a momentous year for Xbox owners. ![]() The game featured graphical refinements and an addictive multiplayer mode.Ĭritics would once again praise the Xbox (and PC) versions of the game, claiming that the game featured one of the more impressive Xbox Live showings on the Xbox console. While it received the customary PS2 and GC ports, it was the Xbox version which was the superior tech showcase.īecause Splinter Cell was regarded as a very advanced stealth game, Pandora Tomorrow’s gameplay remain largely unchanged from its predecessor. The original Splinter Cell was a great showcase for the Xbox console, and the same can be said for its sequel. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Xbox) – 92.37 To this day, the game is generally regarded as one of the very best games of all time. WoW would also runaway with many awards in 2005’s Spike TV Video Game Awards winning Best PC Game, Best RPG, Most Addictive Game, and Best Multiplayer Game categories. The ability to explore the entire continent seamlessly (without loading screens) was also praised.Ĭomputer Games Magazine gave the game its PC game of the year award. Furthermore, with over 100 million registered accounts by 2014, it is safe to say that WoW was a cultural phenomenon within the PC gaming space.īut what did the critics think of it? Critics felt that the game’s excellent questing system removed the need for long (boring) grinding stretches typical of RPGs. The game remains the most popular MMORPG of all time. It was hard to have been a gamer in the mid 2000s and not have heard of World of Warcraft. The game had players creating their own avatar in order to explore and conquer quests in an open world populated by NPCs and other player characters.Ĭharacter progression (leveling up) is the game’s main gameplay component to get more powerful within the game’s world. World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game that takes place within the Warcraft universe. Unfortunately, the game was not a huge seller with only 800,000 copies as of 2009. While some reviewers criticized the game’s difficulty and slow-down at some points, the title managed to win IGN’s and Electronic Gaming Monthly’s GC game of the year award. Many praised it as being just as good as its incredible predecessor. ![]() The game allows for 4-Players to engage in combat through to the old, but golden, split screen set up.Ĭritics loved the game. Metroid Prime 2 introduced parallel dimensions and a multiplayer component to the franchise. The game shared Metroid Prime’s engine, exquisite visuals, and fast framerate. Metroid Prime: Echoes plays much like the original game, meaning that it is a first-person action-adventure set in an explorable open world. Metroid Prime 2 is a sequel to what many consider to be the GameCube’s finest moment in the original Metroid Prime. The system had plenty of third-party ports and Nintendo’s usually strong first party line-up. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GameCube) – 91.87 The game maintained its story telling style and humor.ĩ. With Metal Gear Solid 3, Konami took the series away from the drab metallic corridors that permeated the previous two games and brought it into a ‘lush’ 1960’s Vietnam-esque jungle setting. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PlayStation 2) – 91.77 ![]() We took the Xbox version into consideration given the fact that it had more reviews (80 to 56) than the PS2 version even though it scored a bit lower in the final average. Both the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox version made it to the list right next to each other. The other change on the list is Burnout 3: Takedown. Thus, World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 International was taken out of the list, opening the door for the #10 entry on the list. Games such as The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, NFL 2K5, and Doom 3 all missed the cut.Īs always, we rarely consider games that only received reviews in the single digits (as it would be unfair to games that had a pool of 20+ reviews on their final GameRankings’ average tally). With this in mind, many great games missed the top ten listing. The year is competitive with 1998 in terms of high-quality games.
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