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What was the best year in video games, objectively speaking?

>> No.8355936

1987 and 1997 were pretty based though 1996 was a good year

>> No.8355938

1999. It had all that came before it, and none of what came after.

>> No.8355945

>>8355927
>What was the best year in video games, objectively speaking?
current year, not retro. Can emulate almost everything.

>> No.8355947

1998 and 2001.

>> No.8355949
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8355949

>>8355945
>2021 is the best year ever in cinema because you can watch any movie from any year

>> No.8355969

>>8355949
obviously
The question was not what year had the most great games released that specific year.

>> No.8355980

1997, 1998 and 2004 are highest tier, with 1996, 1999 and 2001 as second tier. For the record I turned 12 in 2000.

>> No.8356000

>>8355927
literally saw this image when i was 12 and thought 'nah, everything fucking sucks now, there will NEVER be 2000s nostalgia'

>> No.8356009

>>8355927
Either 1997 or 2017

>> No.8356021

>>8355945
This

>>8355949
Yes because if we were li ing 10 years ago we would have less choices

>> No.8356052

1994

>> No.8356097

19XX

>> No.8356152

2004 for PC

>> No.8356156

>>8356097
But there were no video games in 1920, anon

>> No.8356164

>>8356000
Peak nostalgia for me is early 2000s. Late 2000s were garbage.
I was 12 in 1997.

>> No.8356198

>12 in 2008
Outside of Obama winning I don't remember that as a particularly great year in life. 2002-2006, and 2016 were good ones.

As for gaming, what >>8355945 said.

>> No.8356264

>>8356156
>Not knowing about time travel
NGMI

>> No.8356616

>>8355927
>words words words
right can't meme

>> No.8356635

2021, graphics get better and better

>> No.8356637

>>8355927
I actually think pop culture was best when I was 5-6. Things had started to become pretty shit by the time I was 12.

>> No.8356650

Objectively? 2021, the year where the most video games were made and the most revenue was generated. That's the answer you wanted, right?

>> No.8356729

>>8356198
>Obongo winning
>great

>> No.8356734

>>8356729
good job giving him a (you).

>> No.8356736

>>8356616
>right
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Bolling
>"He came to increasingly satirize conservative politics after the September 11 attacks and Iraq war in the early 2000s.[1] This trend strengthened with the Donald Trump presidency and right-wing populism from 2017-2020,[10] his critiques of which earned him several cartooning awards."

>> No.8357353

>>8355927
>the last airbender is really awesomely cool
>in 30 years when im an essayist, ill write hyper-articulate justifications of its genius
Almost scary accurate

>> No.8357509

>>8355949
Correct. What's the fault with that logic? Do you have any you'd like to discuss?

>> No.8357524

>>8355927
2005.

>> No.8357525

>>8357509
It's not about what releases in that year, its about the level of creativity, artistry, technical progression, along with important events and discoveries at the time that might have affected the films - or games whatever.

>> No.8357532

>>8355927
1998 and 2004
2007 was the last good year
generally speaking after 9/11 everything went to shit and I'm not even american
I was 12 in 1998 btw

>> No.8357545

>>8355945
I usually say this too, but to play devil's advocate
>arcades are mostly dead
>LAN parties are mostly dead
The culture around the games has changed. Even if you try to recreate things, it won't be exactly the same experience. And as much as I argue against idea of games aging, there's something to be said about playing a game when it's new and everybody else is experiencing it for the first time. So you could make the argument things were better even though you can play all those games and more now.

>> No.8357917

>>8355945
While this is true, I have a feeling that the vast majority of players enjoyed games more in the 90's. Games were made for players. Half the people on this board are in it for nostalgia and the feel of touching plastic. Some of the others are in it to be part of the "retro gamer" clique, don't really enjoy the games, call any challenge bad design and tell themselves using savestates is not cheating because it makes up for the outdated design.

You didn't have that shit in 1998, and you could already emulate NES then.

>> No.8357919

I'd say 1998 ~ 2002 was the golden era

>> No.8358089

>>8355945
Anyone who unironically uses thus answer if fucking retarded and doesnt understand the point of the question.

>> No.8358102

>>8357509
It's meaningless. The point is to look at semi-arbitrary groups of games and rank them.

>> No.8358445

>>8355927
when I was 12 I was obsessed with ps1

I don't even like 99.999% of the ps1 library now

>> No.8359225

>>8356616
>help help more than 3 letters i cant readerinos nooo

>> No.8359239

>>8355927
2001
1998
2004
1997
2005
1996
1994

Nothing beats those years.

>> No.8359243

>>8356616
>comics are memes
hang

>> No.8359259

>>8359239
'69

>> No.8359465

>>8356736
No wonder the cartoon in the OP is so retarded and affirming of sheep mentality

>> No.8359647

The best year of gaming is when I was twelve. Great times!

>> No.8359668

>>8355938
this, 2000 would also work

>> No.8359985

>>8359239
1986