Lost slightly amidst all this "end of year" review business is the fact this is also the end of the decade. Which means it's time to take a look back and what the best games of 2000-2009 were.
According to review aggregation site Metacritic, the top twenty games of the past ten years are...well, pretty damn surprising. Games like GTAIV, Halo and Super Mario Galaxy are up there, as you'd expect. But some of the others, including the top-rated game of the decade, are coming straight out of left field.
Here they are, courtesy of MCV, with only the highest-ranking score of a multiplatform game included.
1. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 98 (Activision)
2. Grand Theft Auto IV 98 (Rockstar)
3. Perfect Dark 97 (Nintendo)
4. NFL 2K1 97 (Sega)
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 97 (Activision)
6. Halo 97 (Microsoft)
7. Metroid Prime 97 (Nintendo)
8. Grand Theft Auto III 97 (Rockstar)
9. Super Mario Galaxy 97 (Nintendo)
10. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 96 (Konami)
11. Half-Life 2 96 (Valve)
12. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 96 (Nintendo)
13. Resident Evil 4 96 (Capcom)
14. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 96 (Nintendo)
15. BioShock 96 (2K Games)
16. The Orange Box 96 (Valve)
17. Out of the Park Baseball 2007 96 (Sports Interactive)
18. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 96 (Sony)
19. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 95 (Interplay)
20. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past [GBA] 95 (Nintendo)
Wow. I mean, I liked the second Tony Hawk game. It was a blast. But better than Half-Life 2? Better than Halo? That's questionable.
Same for NFL2K1. Yeah, it was a pioneering sports title, but an aggregate score of 97? I think some review outlets were being a little generous around the turn of the millennium.
Top 20 Games of the Decade [MCV]
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