2007, as many will no doubt know, was hailed as the best year for gaming yet... with more AAA titles than you can think of, like Halo 3, Bioshock, The Orange Box, Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and many, many more, 2007 was truly an epic year for gaming.
when 2008 started, things looked even more promising - Sony was proudly announcing 08 as "the year of the PS3", and many big name titles looked to be released, such as Spore, MGS4, and, possibly most importantly, the first proper Grand Theft Auto sequel in many years, as well as many other games which promised to be brilliant.
now that we're reaching the end of 2008, what does everyone think? as we know, some of the titles promising to be amazing flopped in epic grandure that even surpassed the amazingness that the games promised to deliver, notably Spore. however, 2007 also had its share of failures, such as Lair. on top of that, Grand Theft Auto IV has been almost universally critically acclaimed (the ONLY negative review i've seen so far is by Yahtzee, and well, thats Yahtzee), and most other titles proved to be very good.
personally, i think 2007 was a better year, probably for one very good reason: Nintendo.
what happened to them??? 2006 they saw brilliances like Zelda, 2007 with Mario, but 2008? Animal Crossing? sure, Super Smash Brothers was received very well, but the sheer amount of shovel ware that has been released for the Wii + DS... they have proven to be the bain of hardcore video gamers.
then again, im a PS3 owner, and i think that Sony semi-achieved on their goal of "the year of the PS3!", with some great exclusive content like MGS4, LBP, Valkyria Chronicles (the new Phychonauts/Okami), and the console actually doing quite well, at least in Japan and Europe.
so, whats everyone elses opinion?
when 2008 started, things looked even more promising - Sony was proudly announcing 08 as "the year of the PS3", and many big name titles looked to be released, such as Spore, MGS4, and, possibly most importantly, the first proper Grand Theft Auto sequel in many years, as well as many other games which promised to be brilliant.
now that we're reaching the end of 2008, what does everyone think? as we know, some of the titles promising to be amazing flopped in epic grandure that even surpassed the amazingness that the games promised to deliver, notably Spore. however, 2007 also had its share of failures, such as Lair. on top of that, Grand Theft Auto IV has been almost universally critically acclaimed (the ONLY negative review i've seen so far is by Yahtzee, and well, thats Yahtzee), and most other titles proved to be very good.
personally, i think 2007 was a better year, probably for one very good reason: Nintendo.
what happened to them??? 2006 they saw brilliances like Zelda, 2007 with Mario, but 2008? Animal Crossing? sure, Super Smash Brothers was received very well, but the sheer amount of shovel ware that has been released for the Wii + DS... they have proven to be the bain of hardcore video gamers.
then again, im a PS3 owner, and i think that Sony semi-achieved on their goal of "the year of the PS3!", with some great exclusive content like MGS4, LBP, Valkyria Chronicles (the new Phychonauts/Okami), and the console actually doing quite well, at least in Japan and Europe.
so, whats everyone elses opinion?
