2008 sucked compared to 2007

In the innovative games category, Mirror's Edge < Portal.

The striking difference between 2007 and 2008 is not in gameplay or graphical excellence, but in game narrative. No game of 2008 married fun gameplay and absorbing graphical raconteurism with the same success as Bioshock, CoD4 or Portal. There may have been some minor evolution in gameplay mechanics, but the storylines were missing links.

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AXELSTORM44 - 11 months 16 days ago

i have to agree with just about all of these... but even though Mario Gallaxy is amazing, i dont think u can compare it to animal crossing... theyre 2 completly different games. as for Gears 2 and Halo 3, i would agree, but halo is no where as addicting as Gears.

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Kapwan - 11 months 16 days ago

This article makes perfect sense as long as you only look at Q3 AND Q4 releases. In Q1 and Q2 there were some innovative titles like No More Heroes.

However he is right about most other games this year, you'd be hard pressed to find a game that wasn't a sequel or reboot.

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Coolbeans69 - 11 months 16 days ago

I loved 08 actually. The main thing for me this year was all the hype for super smash bros brawl. I don't agree with this article and I don't disagree. I enjoyed reading it though

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Texasman27 - 11 months 16 days ago

CALL OF DUTY 4 OWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BioSaber - 11 months 15 days ago

umm lets see some comparisons to some 08 games to 07 games. because 08 was a great year in gaming coming out with so much great games that will test the stands of time.

MGS4 vs Halo 3- Winner MGS4
Fallout 3 vs Elder scrolls for teh PS3- Winner Fallout 3
Fable 2 vs Mass effect- TIe cuz both games kick so much ass
Left 4 Dead vs RE4 for the wii- Left for Dead

and i have other in my mind but u get the idea

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jm42445 - 11 months 15 days ago

The only games this year that were truly innovating were Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3

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Wolf007 - 11 months 15 days ago

Animal Crossing kicks THE GAYEST MARIO GAME EVER's A$$

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thephntm - 11 months 15 days ago

accf is awesome, nuff sed

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SOLIDSNAKE1983 - 11 months 15 days ago

Well done, excellent article. It boils my blood when people spend full price on a "game" like COD; WAW (which is essentially an expansion pack of COD 4) and then moan when original games don't do well.

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cherilusive - 11 months 15 days ago

Great comparisons and thought-started. Based on the heated feedback (ie. sandz_001). I'd say this article was a huge success.

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X3ni92 - 11 months 15 days ago

I completly agree. 2008 was a terriable year (espically for a Wii owner such as I), 2009 looks to be much better, but isn't that what everyone thought about this year??

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magicwalnuts0 - 11 months 14 days ago

WOW Halo 3 groundbreaking? I loved the game but that's definitely a stretch and GOW 2 is pretty damn good. Fallout 3; amazing. MGS4; amazing two of some of my all time favs now. Ill definitely give you that COD world at war is a rehash....because it is, and the RockBand/Guitar Hero ripoffs are out of control. I won't even go near the Nintendo catagory.

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magicwalnuts0 - 11 months 14 days ago

Also left 4 dead was effing amazing too, and what about Far Cry 2? THIS YEAR WAS AMAZING FOR GAMES!

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-FABLExFAN- - 11 months 14 days ago

in 2009 halo3 ODST is all i need to make tat year unbeliveably amazing

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-FABLExFAN- - 11 months 14 days ago

and i loved 08 too, left 4 dead, fable2, cod:waw, gears2,resistance2, LBP, i loved em all

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-FABLExFAN- - 11 months 14 days ago

biosaber is way to right there.

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MadCowDisease - 11 months 13 days ago

I agree that 2008 wasn't a very exciting year as well.
I agree that Halo 3 > Gears 2 (MP-wise anyways), though I disagree about the COD5 > COD4 bit. They're both rather boring games for just handing out kills on a silver platter (hence why it's so popular), but co-op and zombie mode just really push COD5 over COD4 for me. Plus, Treyarch is actually paying attention unlike IW.

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astnwllmsn - 11 months 12 days ago

all this is very true but Gears 2 beats Halo 3 anyday....

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LOUDcarBOMB - 11 months 12 days ago

i agreed with most of this article though Gears 2 is about a tie with Halo 3. since Gears 2 makes you value your life in multiplayer and Halo 3 has most people playing it. Bioshock had great originality since its during the 1960s, had great replay value since you can play the storyline again with different plasmids, as well that you're controlled by someone else without NOTICING! also Dead Space put the fact that everything cant friggin die by a simple headshot. but all in all, the choices were right in this section.

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