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X-Play Breaks Down the Best Games of the Decade

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Posted January 14, 2010 - By Mike D'Alonzo







The past decade in gaming featured some of the best games ever created, and X-Play is here to document that with this three-part look at the best that the aughts had to offer. Watch these videos and let us know if you agree or disagree with Adam and Morgan's assessment of the best of the 2000's. Is your favorite game represented in the list?

Here's Part One, including Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Fable II, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and more.

 

X-Play Presents The Best Games of the Decade Part 1 »


 

In Part Two, we encounter Fallout 3, Bioshock, God of War, and other games that burned up our consoles and computers over the past ten years.

 

X-Play Presents The Best Games of the Decade Part 2 »


 

And, finally, we come to part three of our list, which includes the MMO juggernaut that is World of Warcraft, the action packed Orange Box, and the haunting Shadow of the Colossus.

X-Play Presents The Best Games of the Decade Part 3 »


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  • Fyzban

    Fable 2 was a joke.

    Posted: January 16, 2010 10:45 AM
    Fyzban
  • Oposingthumb

    This list is pretty good, but Super Smash Brothers Melee was without a doubt a better game than Rock Band 2.

    Posted: January 16, 2010 9:47 AM
    Oposingthumb
  • straightedgegunz

    love the list judt missing left 4 dead

    Posted: January 16, 2010 9:45 AM
    straightedgegunz
  • Octaviux

    This list is a bunch of special olympic awards for consoles "oooOoooh Halo 2" for the console multiplayer virgins of 2004. PC was doing multiplayer for a decade before that and doing it damn well. No one cares if you reinvent the wheel 10 years later. At the same time you left out Battlefield 1942 which actually INNOVATED the multiplayer FPS market. This list is trash.

    Posted: January 16, 2010 9:26 AM
    Octaviux
  • sewageking

    No Nintendo games? Metroid Prime is easily one of the top games of the decade. Surely it's at least as good as Rock Band 2, right?

    Posted: January 16, 2010 8:56 AM
    sewageking
  • mcrisalli13

    Wheres Socom 2?! It was the best online 3rd person shooter of its time!

    Posted: January 16, 2010 8:46 AM
    mcrisalli13
  • Dynamo903

    WoW was the best game of the decade hands down. That was a once in a lifetime expierence.

    Posted: January 16, 2010 7:58 AM
    Dynamo903
  • apr19

    Shadow Of The Colossus Better Have Made, That Game Was The Sickest Game Ever When It Came Out

    Posted: January 16, 2010 4:56 AM
    apr19
  • o_NIGHT_TRAIN_o

    There are lots of good games but why is there so few ps2 games, they should have just made a list of like 25 or 50 games. And where is ffx my favourite gme ever, x-play staff is too bias towards jrpg's. Also for the amount of games they chose there are way to many 360 games and GOW2 is better than GOW1.

    Posted: January 15, 2010 1:18 PM
    o_NIGHT_TRAIN_o
  • eviltimes

    Far Cry. Have you forgotten?

    Posted: January 15, 2010 1:11 PM
    eviltimes
  • The Emperor's Champion

    Wow.... I own so many of those games.
    BioShock
    Fallout 3
    Shadow Of The Colossus
    Okami
    God Of War
    Team Fortress 2
    Portal
    Call Of Duty 4:Modern Warfare
    Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

    I think I'm doing pretty good.

    Posted: January 15, 2010 12:52 PM
    The+Emperor's+Champion
  • CareyGrant

    I'm kinda shocked Silent Hill 2 (hands down THE scariest, creepiest, most atmospheric game ever made - the ONLY time a Video game has made me play it during the day) or something from the brilliant Prince of Persia, Sands of Time trilogy wasn't included.

    Glad to see Okami made it (I love that game! Wish we got more gems like that); did they include Ico (I can't remember if they did, but they should have)?

    Then again, keeping the list brief/incomplete does drive people to the site (and increase ad traffic) to put in their "two cents."

    Posted: January 15, 2010 12:00 PM
    CareyGrant
  • vash kyller

    x play is pissing off more and more every day. the super smash bros series is by far the best series of any game. and they didn't even mention it. wtf is shadow of collossus i've never even heard of that game

    Posted: January 15, 2010 11:56 AM
    vash+kyller
  • Lacking_Fractal

    I wonder why MORROWIND wasn't mentioned anywhere...

    Posted: January 15, 2010 11:54 AM
    Lacking_Fractal
  • NotAnEvilDooer

    game of decade is for sure Re4. i played that through more than 50 times and still lovin it!

    Posted: January 15, 2010 10:41 AM
    NotAnEvilDooer
  • Captaincel

    so.... where's halo?

    Posted: January 15, 2010 10:40 AM
    Captaincel
  • thegreatyuke

    I can see where they were going with this list. Every game mentioned changed the game in a significant way. Those of you who say that Zelda or Mario needs to be on the list don't get it: they didn't change anything. Shadow of the Colossus does have a semi-weak ending, but the story and the boss battles in that game are some of the biggest and most intense of any game ever. Bioshock changed the way you tell stories in games by not only making it about the narrative, but also about the entire mood of the game. RE4 and MGS3 reinvigorated older franchises and KOTR was truly the first Mass Effect-like game out there. I think GTA3 does need to be on the list, but I'll live without it.

    Posted: January 15, 2010 9:13 AM
    thegreatyuke
  • Apsalus07

    No strategy games? Typical X-play.

    Posted: January 15, 2010 8:25 AM
    Apsalus07
  • edgeofblade

    Shadow was super over-rated. It's frame rate ran at an dismal rate and some of the Colossi and their solutions in the latter half were just bad.

    I had a lot of fun playing the first half of the game. Then, I figured I should finish the game. Completely ruined my opinion of it.

    Posted: January 15, 2010 8:17 AM
    edgeofblade
  • FanGirl33

    Would have like to have seen Metroid Prime on that list, but other than that I agree.

    Posted: January 15, 2010 7:59 AM
    FanGirl33

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