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Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 10-1

Here we are then, the final installment in our Top 50 Games of 2008. It's worth reiterating once again that the list is not intended as a definitive rundown of the 50 best games of the year, but instead reflects votes cast by our staff and contributors based on the games they have played and enjoyed.

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morganfell5597d ago

A landmark in achievement for gaming is number 30? Why should I care about their choices for 1-10.

pansenbaer5597d ago

What are you talking about? Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 was a MUCH better game than Metal Gear Solid 4.

/#1 sarcasm of 2008...

MAR-TYR-DOM5597d ago

no mgs4 or resistance 2 in top 10? Oh wait i forgot its eurogamer. They were intellectually too stupid to play MGS4 as said in their review.

Pika-pie5597d ago

Pritty much agree with the top 3 although id put them in a different order.

IzKyD13315597d ago

And so was Guitar Hero: World Tour! /sarcasm
if your gonna put a music game in the top ten, than atleast put one that actually deserves to be there like Rockband 2.....and the reason MGS4 was at 30 was because the idiots at eurogamer gave it an 8/10

swinesucker5597d ago

I have it but won't even play it until I finish MGS 3 and 2. Still, I was honestly scaling the list expecting this as 1 when fallout went 2.

Little did I know it was 30. For shame. V chronicles, maybe, honestly, the best game of the year itself in reality????

Not even on the list.

Danja5597d ago

This list is a complete failure..they got #1 right ..

but this list is crap...MGS4..not in the top 10..?.. FAIL

umair_s515597d ago

Its a shame that valkyria chronicles is not even on it.

omni_atlas5597d ago

"Oli Welsh: God knows why Sony thought an experimental 2D platformer would save the PlayStation 3. It didn't. It did, however, save 2D platformers, which in the long run is probably just as important. It's such a happy little riot, especially in the fantastic four-player co-op. "

Wasn't Oli Welsh the dumbass that wrote the MGS4 review and gave it a 7?

callahan095597d ago

I can't even count how many of the games they put above Resistance 2 didn't deserve to be there. Mercenaries 2? Condemned 2? Give me a break. Those two games aren't NEARLY as good as Resistance 2. And that's just sticking with the action genre. It barely cracked the top 50 (#47 to be exact) and that's just idiotic for one of the most epic, addictive, and deep gaming experiences of the year. I don't care about your comparisons of its campaign to Gears 2 or its competitive to Halo 3 or its co-op to Left 4 Dead, it takes all three of those segments and delivers a remarkably fun game that any FPS-fan who owns a PS3 simply needs to own. And MGS4 at #30? The games they put above it are just insane. I can't believe how unbelievably stupid this list is.

badz1495597d ago

let alone this list! people at Eurogamer are mentally retarded anyway! they seems to hate great games!

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Johnny Cullen5597d ago

I do agree with #1, MGS should have been top 10 at least.

That said, they have somewhat redeemed themselves by having LBP as No. 1. If MGS4 wasn't gonna be No. 1, I would have had LBP as No. 1, glad it did.

happyface5597d ago

agree

mgs is better than that kiddie crap lbp but I dont think MGS is very good either

very bad list IMO

MegaMohsi5597d ago

Can someone list the top 10, the website is blocked from my office.

Johnny Cullen5597d ago

1 - LittleBigPlanet
2 - Fallout 3
3 - Grand Theft Auto IV
4 - Fable II
5 - Braid
6 - Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
7 - Left 4 Dead
8 - Gears of War 2
9 - Guitar Hero: World Tour
10 - World of Goo

Fiona5597d ago

i feel your pain MegaMohsi. Thanks Johnny.

theEnemy5597d ago

You guys are not missing anything.

They flamed the games on 11-50.

And the list is crap IMO.

Galvanise5597d ago

Deserves it. How many GOTY has it won now?

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies2d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken2d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing692d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker2d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing692d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt2d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken2d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Now is the Best Time to Get This Incredible RPG Bundle on Steam

If you are looking for an awesome RPG, look no further. Steam is offering a significant discount on its Fallout Franchise Bundle.

SimpleSlave3d ago

"You can get all Fallout games in a bundle at a significant 20% discount on Steam. Individually, all these games add up to $244.91. With the discount, you can get them all for $195.91. That is $49 less than the original price. Quite a significant discount for such a popular franchise."

😊 😂 🤣 😐 - But why?

Just wait for a sale and get most if not all of it for a fraction of that price.

20% off...lol

Tacoboto3d ago

The games were just on a real sale over the last week or two for the show promotion. Fallout 4 was $10, 3 was $5, NV was cheap as heck too.

So what the heck is this

Inverno3d ago

The original games have been given out for free by Amazon for GOG and Epic, 76 is free now on Amazon if you have prime, Epic has also given out new Vegas for free and 4 has gone down to pretty cheap prices. 194 bucks is a total ripoff when you can get these games individually for less. Don't forget cd keys might sell em for a dollar less at times too. Come on man, us cheapskates won't touch anything near or above 100 lolz

isarai3d ago

Bro that's a ridiculous ripoff are you kidding me? 🤣

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Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard

The artist behind Fallout 4’s Deathclaw reveals just how bad things got back when Bethesda took over the series

anast4d ago

People are stupid I get it. No one should feel unsafe,

But I think they need to talk about why they cut so many corners during the development process and why none of their games ever look current. And why they think all of this is okay while they charge full price.

LucasRuinedChildhood4d ago

As much as Bethesda deserve criticism, that's not really relevant to the reveal of Fallout 3 in 2007.

VenomUK4d ago

The default angle Kotaku always go for is to highlight the worst in gaming.

I would’ve focused on the creative.

anast3d ago

The game went downhill at Fallout 3's release. This is when they started to cut corners.

gold_drake4d ago

there is no "but". the hell lol
you dont send death threats, period.

anast3d ago

Usually, you have good comments but this isn't one of them. It just rides the mob. We can do both condemn the actions and not let them use it for other things.

I can say I received a death threat and everyone needs to shut up. People are not honest and will use horrible things to their advantage.

Armaggedon4d ago

Not all games “look” current.

anast3d ago

Their games always look like the gen before it.

Armaggedon3d ago

Yeah, but thats not the result of laziness, incompetence, or a bad engine. Thats what happens with their type of open world games. Its hard for people to find a point of comparison because no one makes games like Bethesda does.

gold_drake3d ago

mh ok thanks, i still think ur wrong in this mate.

anast3d ago

No problem. I'm not here to convince you. I'm only stating an actuality. What your words do if we look at them like events.

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