Top 20 video games of the past decade!

In my continuous attempts to one up my bros at lists, here's my top 20 games of the past decade. I'm going to apply the rule that only one game for franchise counts, altough I might make exceptions for Final Fantasy... no wait there's really only one Final Fantasy truly worth me.... oh wait Crisis Core came out too... Hmmm....

20. IT'S BULLET HELL, BUT NOT THE SHUMP KIND - Gungrave Overdose

(I tried to find the cover with Mika and Grave, but I couldn't)

Gungrave Overdose isn't really that great of a game, but I just had so much fun with it. Alongside Beyond The Grave, Gungrave Overdose introduces two new playable characters (not present in the anime due to being maybe a bit too over the top). The characters are Juji Kabane, a blind, dead samurai-hobo who weilds gunswords, and Rocketbilly Redcadillac, a ghost who looks kind of like Vash The Stampede that posseses a guitar that shoots lightning. While none of the gameplay is superfantastic, the gameplay still satisfies when you do the Overkill moves which never get old (where else have you seen a blind hobo samurai jump in to the sky and become a meteor of etheral fire, or see a ghost possessing a guitar kill dudes by throwing roses at them at lightning speed).
Console : PS2

19. A horse weiner?! Now THAT'S dangerous! - Disgaea : Afternoon of Darkness
Disgaea : Afternoon of Darkness is every Fatlus's favorite SRPG for pedoforks, and the PSP version is the best one. It makes you grind yourself retarded and has a battle system that is basic at best and fucking infuriating at worst.
But at the same time, it has some funny writing, a great localization of the text (but a terrible dub) and a somewhat charming art style, altough for pedoforks.
No, seriously, I laughed so hard playing this game, the dialogue between the characters is hilarious. But another thing that makes the dialogue hilarious is that it has a wonderfully dark and slightly perverted sense of humor, which is not what you expect from a game with a cutesy art style like this. I bet some parents bought this game for their kids and were like ''oh, well this game is for kids. Oh how cute, they're little demons... '' and then the kids play it and the parent is like ''WAIT... what did he say about her breasts?!'' and ''HORSE WEINER? WHAT KIND OF PERVERTS MADE THIS SMUT?!''
Fun times.
console : PSP
Would also consider : Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden

18. Every neckbeard PCfag's favorite mute is back in town - Half Life 2
Half Life 2 is our go to game when my cousin comes over due to how fantastic it is. It's just a well crafted FPS with a single player campaign that is actually meaningul, rather than something made to somehow validate the money you spent on it since if it wasn't there someone would complain (see : CoD).
Everyone tolerate's Gaben's shit because he made this.
console : pc

17. So much time spent on this game, beating up people - Tekken 5 : Dark Resurrection
Spent so much time beating classmates at this game, like, fuck. But overall, I think Tekken 5 DR is the best Tekken. Tekken 6 wasn't as good, which is why Tekken 5 is my Tekken of choice.
console : psp

16. IT'S LIKE THEY MADE A VIDEO GAME ABOUT ME, EXCEPT, IT'S AWESOME! - No More Heroes
The game about my favorite fictional weaboo, Travis Touchdown. No More Heroes's strong point is it's absurdness. It's about a weaboo who buys a lightsabre and goes on a quest to murder 10 dudes so he can get it on with this french lady. And he fights a colorful array of killers, and he kills them.
The main character, Travis Touchdown, is pretty much the same thing as me, since we are both weaboos who live with cats and contribute nothing to society and act like dicks. Except I don't have a beam katana. I do have a regular one, though.
The thing is, this game is unpredictable with it's story since something weird happens every cutscene, ut the problem would be the gameplay, since the game is kind of meh without it's absurdity.
console : wii

15. Put on a trenchcoat and fight some conspiracies! - Deus Ex
If I lead a game design class, I would probably have a small, yet visible shrine for Deus Ex in the front of my class and I would horsewhip everyone who dares doubt the reason why.
Deus Ex might be a pretty dated game in terms of graphics and some of the gameplay, but it's (adimantinum covered) backbone is it's great level design and the implementation of choice, something not all video games implement, and very few implement well. This is a game that gives you tools and an objective and lets you invent your own method of dealing with your mission. In fact, I think I favor games with levels that have this kind of openness and detail to actual open worlds if done well.
console : pc

14. Robots shooting robots in an RPG - Megaman X : Command Mission
It's been years since I played this one but I really had a lot of fun with it. I chose this one over Battle Network and the Zero series since this one is caters a bit more to an wider audience compared to handheld RPGs for autists and platformers for platformer fans.
I remember beating this game 100% and damn well enjoying it. The game was kind of on the easy side but it was just a fun, fun game.
console : ps2

13. DRAAAACULA, I'M COMING TO YOUR CASTLE! I'M GONNA SLAY YA, SAY YA PRAYERS I'M... oh wait Dracula is already dead - Castlevania Aria Of Sorrow + Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait Of Ruin
A mad wizard genius with a beard, whip and a hat named Koji Igarashi came up with the Metroidvania gameplay style, which is my favorite kind of 2D gameplay, and I think the Sorrow games and Potrait Of Ruin (Mark gonna hate) are the best examples of said gameplay. Sure, Symphony Of The Night was the most important one since it established it, and also had the best soundtrack (unf, dat PS1 sound processor), but that game could be broken very easly due to some design flaws.
The Sorrow games take place in the far off year of 2035, where Soma Cruz, a white haired fabulous individual, is the reincarnation of Dracula, who had died in 1999 for realz (like, srs), and now he has to deal with his dark power and the evil indivuals who inhereted dracula's power and... to be honest it doesn't really matter, all that really matters is that you have the Soul System, which lets you steal the souls of dead enemies and take their powers (Mega Man style), and there's big castles full of monsters you can fuck up and rob of their eternal souls while you progress around the castle to progress metroid style.
Portrait of Ruin takes place in 1935 or something, back when Dracula is alive and shit and *yawn*. anyway, once again, see that castle? go crazy! This time you play as Jonathan and Charlotte, who you can switch between at any moment and go crazy in a castle from which you can travel in to paintings containing their own worlds and fucking up shit there.
Dawn of Sorrow has better basic gameplay and the soul system is just a blast, but Portrait Of Ruin feels way more refined and has more goals for you to achieve (wanna do some quests for Wind? Do you want to unlock the true power of the Vampire Killer? Do you want to go to the optional underground dungeon to fight really strong enemies to death?). I beat both of these games 100% (minus maybe the level cap playthroughs, no, I'm not hardcore enough for level 1 cap Red Axe Armor).
Console : GBA/DS

12. Shooting dudes! Saying witty comebacks like ''your left hand comes off?'' (lolololoolololololololololo) to Spanish midgets dressed like Napoleon! Refusing ''overtime''! (the fuck are you doing, man?)! - It's RESIDENT EVIL 4
Some fans don't like this game since it abandoned a lot of the previously established RE staples. While I am the first one to say good riddance to fixed, uncontrolable camera perspectives and tank controls, at the same time I kind of miss Umbrella and the T-virus, because these Plagas dudes are way lamer than the Tyrants.
Still, I like this game a lot since it was just so much fun. Well, all the horror aspects are more or less abandoned (minus maybe the Regenerators and Iron Maidens), because you feel like a total badass. The limitations of the old REs made them scary, but this game doesn't have those limitations, so you can just kill hundreds of parasite possesed Spaniards and feel fucking awesome.
The sequel wasn't as good, altough the co-op was enjoyable.
This game also was one of the first modern style TPSes, paving the way for games like Gears Of War and Uncharted.
Oh, and, Leon >>>>>>>>>>>>> Chris
when I grow up, I want to be just like Albert Wesker.
Console : PS2 and Wii

11. DID ANYBODY SAY... CRAZZZZZZZYYY?! - Devil May Cry 3 : Special Edition
The pinacle of the original extreme demon slaying series, Devil May Cry 3 : Special Edition is an updated version of the 3rd game, letting you play as the Edgeworth to Dante's Phoenix Wright (altough the colors are reversed). This game was just so much fun, and playing as Vergil was even more awesome, even if he didn't have an actual story and had a smaller arsenal of weapons.
Console : PS2 and Wii

10.DRAGON KICK YOUR ASS TO THE MILKY WAY - GOD HAND
This is an underrated cult classic. Shinji Mikami's God Hand was a PS2 game released during the end of the console's lifecycle and the game that lead to the disbanding of Clover Studios, but also the birth of Platinum Games, so it all works out in the end, kinda.
The game is about Gene, a wanderer of the wasteland who had lost his arm but had it replaced with the Godhand, a mystical arm with the power of a god, and he travels the wasteland with his girl companion Olivia, who mostly forces him in to going to places and beat up dudes to defeat the Four Devas, some evil dudes who want to revive the demon Angra, and these 4 dudes are the fat mexican demon Elvis, the hedonistic demonslut Shannon, a guy with a godhand calling himself Demonhand and this old demon guy named Belze.
On your quest, you beat up a pair flamboyant homosexuals (one of which is immune to the Ballbuster due to losing his balls in the war), power rangers midgets, a lucha libre gorilla who might actually not be a gorrila, a robot and other weirdos.
The game has very simple level design, making it mostly just halls that lead it in to arenas, but that's okay since atleast it brings you to interesting places where you get to beat up colorful individuals.
But the actual complaint that made most reviewers shaft this was the unrelenting difficulty of this game seeing as you only have dodging to guard yourself and enemy attacks deal a lot of damage, so you best dempsey roll some fuckers like Ippo or you are going to get your ass kicked. Also you have the God Reel and the God Hand, which are like the special moves in Dynasty Warriors and a general invincible super mode. But not quite since this game is a bit deeper and more scarce with it's health and god reel orbs so you don't really dare using any of your special moves, even when you get your ass kicked by dudes.
So yeah, the fact that this game isn't for pussies made it bomb since there were too much h4rdcorz who thought they were hardcore but were not and got buttfustrated.
Console : PS2

9.YOU'LL NEVER HAVE FRIENDS LIKE THIS! - Shin Megami Tensei : Persona 3 FES

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Console : ps2

8. Kazuma is a man's name, and Kazuma is a man's man! - Yakuza 3
Yakuza 3 is... oh hell I think you people already get it.
Console : PS3

7. IIIIINDESTRUCTABLE WON'T LE... oh wait they removed that song - Super Street Fighter IV
I was on with Street Fighter IV for day one and I played the fuck out of it with my Finnish bros for almost two years now. Maybe it's not quite for everyone and maybe unless they'll do a new edition for consoles, the entry phase is kind of passed, but I just really like this game and I have played it online for atleast 140 hours now between editions.
There is only one fighter that I prefer to this one, and it would be...
Console : PS3

6. LISTEN TO THESE FUCKING GUITAR RIFFS, GODDAMN! - Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +
Daisuke Ishiwatari's masterpiece of gameplay, character design and music. I played this game for a good year, alone on the PSP, every day without exception.
Today, I'm very dissapointed how they didn't make Guilty Gear X3 instead of BlazBlue.
Sol Badguy is the most badass fighting game main character ever.
Console : PSP

5. I LOVE RUNNING AROUND ROOFTOPS AND STABING UNSUSPECTING DUDES - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
My favorite franchise of this generation. I didn't know I liked this game series before I played it but it's actually totally fucking awesome.
Console : PS3

4. DON'T JUDGE ME, BRO! - Kingdom Hearts 1
'''what, why not KH2?'' well to be honest, while I do think the Org XIII are a much more interesting set of villains, KH1 was better since it wasn't piss easy and less convoluted in terms of plot.
Should I go in to depth about this game? hmmmm... no.
Console : PS2

3. FUCK YOU, DAD! - Final Fantasy X
This and KH1 was the swan song of Squaresoft before they were consumed by Enix and fused in to an inferior, but much larger developer who shall remain not named.
This is an epic quest that takes you across a large, magical world to deal with both the character's personal and the whole world's problems against a godlike monster and an insane priest who thinks the best way to deal with humanity's fear of destruction is just killing them.
The game is probably not perfect, since some people (but not me) might think that a turn based battle system without realtime is a step back, the voice acting is pretty bad and the game is pretty linear, but it grabs you and pulls you in it's world that it doesn't matter as much (as it does in XIII).
Console : PS2
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2. Remember when the gameplay to cutscene ratio was good? - Metal Gear Solid 3 : Subsistance
No other game has sparked so much name calling and disagreement between me and Mark as much as this game has.
I think this is the best game in the franchise, due to having gameplay that isn't cluttered, a plot that isn't there to troll you, a cutscene to gameplay ratio that is atleast 3:7 and a main character that is both tragic and sympathetic.
I've beaten this game atleast 8 times, and goddamn if I will not beat it atleast 5 more times on the 3DS.
console : PS2

1. AWWW NIGGA I'M TRIPPING BALLS AS I'M TRAVELING BACK IN TO THE PAST - Spyro The Dragon 3 : Year Of The Dragon
Nostalgia, brah.
Also, dat Stewart Copeland soundtrack.
Console : PS1