I'm with Rase. The 90s set a good foundation, and wasn't afraid to do a lot of experimenting. Which they've shied away from more and more this decade. Just thinking about taking this topic one step further leaves it all but settled for me. Great games of the 90s? Um... most of the Sonic games, most of the Mario games, the MegaMan games, Contra, Castlevania, Metroid, Zelda, Tomb Rider, Metal Gear Solid, a good portion of the Final Fantasies, Chrono, Suikoden, Persona, its boggling my mind really

I guess I feel like the grouping helps. You can take whole clumps of franchise games. Whereas this decade you kind of have to pick and choose and name things individually. Lots of amazing games, but it seems like the 90s was just swarmed with quality games. Granted there was a TON of random crap because anyone and their brother could make a game. But there were dozens and dozens of quality franchises

But in all honesty, the gamer inside me just doesn't want to go where gaming is headed. So I can't agree with a lot of "mindblowing" choices made this decade, and it'll probably just get worse. Just the oldskool old fogey inside me I suppose