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| What do you think the best year was for gaming? |
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| maximo310:
It's really hard to nail down a specific year. For ranges, I'd choose 1987, 1993/1994, 2000, 2006/2007. All of those expect for the latter ( b/c of consoles) had some really great games of their time for both consoles and arcades. |
| brazbit:
Arcade: 1983 - The experience of being in arcades full of dozens if not hundreds of machines is still unparalleled. Crowds gathered around stand out players. Juke boxes pumping out hits. Aisles of machines that were so convoluted and endless you may as well have been in Pac-Man's maze. Amazing looking games like Dragon's Lair sharing space with things like Space Invaders. Pong and even electro-mechanical games. Don't forget pinball tables, and things like foosball, air hockey, pool tables, and other coin gabbling entertainments. Also the obligatory the photo booth. Modern arcades and barcades give a taste of it but now days those are not as social an environment as they once were, no one is going to run around gathering folks to see someone setting a new high score or pulling off amazing tricks these days. Plus arcades were everywhere... finding an arcade machine in virtually any retail establishment anywhere in 1983 was easier than finding a slot machine in Vegas. Home Consoles: The start of each new generation. New mind blowing technology, graphics and capabilities combined with the most polished games of the previous generation as the developers get the most out of that hardware that we will ever see. It makes for a magical time and almost without fail each generation of gamer thinks their first or second generational switch is the best one ever. |
| HarvestDude:
Truly a difficult question. There were so many excellent years for gaming. But, even being myself an oldtime gamer, i´d say these last 2 years were great. Great franchises were successfully revived or continued and there is a lot of expectation on games to be released and also a lot of expectations surpassed from games already released. Some of them: DOOM Fallout 4 Final Fantasy VII Remake Final Fantasy XV Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain No Man's Sky Shenmue III Street Fighter V Zelda: Breath of the Wild I remember how shocking the E3 2015 were when they announced most of these games. Also, on 2016 the 4K compatible consoles were also announced. So i'd say the last 2 years were great for gaming. HarvestDude™ |
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