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wolkec:
why is there no deus ex and morrowind

Takeshi:
In Denmark we have this TV program called "Troldspejlet" directly translated as "The Ogre/Troll Mirror". They're the most loved TV program about games, books, movies; basically what nerds love the most. They've recently held a poll about the most popular/best game of this decade:

1. World of Warcraft
2. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
3. Diablo 2
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. Battlefield 1942
6. Fallout 3
7. The Orange Box
8. FIFA 09
9. Need for Speed: Underground
10. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

http://www.dr.dk/DR1/Troldspejlet/Aktuelt/2/vinderen.htm

Sosseres:
I'll do an utterly personal list where no console game features since I only owned an xbox 360 for those 10 years and none of the ones I played would make a list.

1. Warcraft III, simply due to its custom maps. Primarily DotA.
2. Kana Little Sister, the game that made me love visual novels.
3. Battlefield Vietnam, the fps I've played the most. Averaged 5 play days a month for ~8 months.
4. Shogun: Total War, was a new experience in-between the older rts and 4x I had been playing prior. (Sad alpha centauri was to early.)

And there the list ended. I've played many other games I've liked and enjoyed in that time period, yet none has struck me enough to warrant a game of the decade label. :) Was kind of a surprise for myself that no RPG warranted it in my mind since that is the genre I've played the most games in.

Viseroid:
There are too many types of games to list one type "better" than another. However, here are some games that I believe deserve a spot at the top.

Halo- Notice how so many games these days make use of the hp-regeneration thing? Halo made this mechanic popular and was the transition between the old games where you were stuck hunting for health packs to the new games where you could hide behind a box for a few moments and continue the action.

Knights of the Old Republic- Bioware is a great developer of RPGs and KOTOR is more or the less the framework for all of them. Some common elements between Bioware RPGs have been a "good" and "evil" meter, the ability to pause in the middle of a battle to tweak your strategy, some of the best story telling in the gaming industry, and dialogue choice with impact on the game world.

Diablo II- The amount of games that follow the framework of DII is huge and it is easy to see why. An isometric action based game with skill trees that uses skill synergy and pits the player against monsters that roam in packs far greater than their own is just awesome.

Gears of War- The cover system implemented in GoW allow players to be part of the action even if they weren't shooting. For ages players were able to play offensively in shooters but defense often amounted to running away or hiding in a corner where you couldn't see anything.

Rebs:
Here they come:

10.Rainbow Six Vegas 2
9. Borderlands (+ expansions...)
8. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
7. Max Payne
6. Call of duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. Portal
4. Half-Life 2 (+ eposodes...)
3. Far Cry 2
2. Crysis(: Warhead)
1. Far Cry

Take notice of the top 3... (click to show/hide)...Hell Yeah! 8)
Halo... (click to show/hide)...Hell No! 8)Joke, I joke :D, But not in my top ten for sure

If I could stretch it out some more too like the year 2000, I would have "Perfect Dark" up there amongst the best. Or is 2000 also aloud :-\

Disclaimer: This list is based solely on games Rebs has played through thoroughly, and thus also solely his opinion, not influenced by that of other individuals or polls on the matter 8)

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