EoFF's Top Games of the Generation: Revelations

[Loony BoB]

Pretty sure that I was the third Civ IV nominator, and to everyone but us three: You suck.

[Shauna]

I kind of want to dig up all the nominations and call out everyone who says they nominated something, but they haven't. But I am super lazy and don't care that much. :3

[SirPrizes]

I never really "got" Portal. I played it a couple years after it came out and there was so much praise surrounding it, and it just never really clicked for me. It had some clever puzzles and the story was pretty enjoyable, but overall it felt more to me like a tech demo showing off the portal mechanic than a full-fledged game. I think it may have been the lack of variance in the environments; you can only have so many environments in the same lab, after all. And while the puzzles were fun, none of them really stood out as very difficult or challenging to me, which might be another reason I never got really engaged with it.

There were lots of games this gen that critics loved that I didn't really care for (it seems like 9's and 10's were getting handed out left and right the past 7 or 8 years), and I don't really get why, but, oh well!

[Loony BoB]

Since you posted that, Shauna, I decided to double check and I wasn't one of the three. So then I got curious as to why... and I noticed that you declared that PC games must have been released "since November 2005" and this is probably why I excluded it (it was first released on October 2005). Didn't think it would be eligible. It's safe to say it's in my top ten 7th generation video games if it's eligible for it. D=

[Mirage]

I never really "got" Portal. I played it a couple years after it came out and there was so much praise surrounding it, and it just never really clicked for me. It had some clever puzzles and the story was pretty enjoyable, but overall it felt more to me like a tech demo showing off the portal mechanic than a full-fledged game. I think it may have been the lack of variance in the environments; you can only have so many environments in the same lab, after all. And while the puzzles were fun, none of them really stood out as very difficult or challenging to me, which might be another reason I never got really engaged with it.

Wasn't there some extra levels pack or something available? I don't remember.

There were lots of games this gen that critics loved that I didn't really care for (it seems like 9's and 10's were getting handed out left and right the past 7 or 8 years), and I don't really get why, but, oh well!

That's mostly due to rating inflation. Back in the day, games were rated on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 was worst and 10 was best. Nowadays, games are actually rated on a scale from 7 to 10, where 7 is bad, 8 is ok, 9 is good, 10 is great, and 1-6 doesn't really exist.

[Slothy]

I never really "got" Portal. I played it a couple years after it came out and there was so much praise surrounding it, and it just never really clicked for me. It had some clever puzzles and the story was pretty enjoyable, but overall it felt more to me like a tech demo showing off the portal mechanic than a full-fledged game. I think it may have been the lack of variance in the environments; you can only have so many environments in the same lab, after all. And while the puzzles were fun, none of them really stood out as very difficult or challenging to me, which might be another reason I never got really engaged with it.

There were lots of games this gen that critics loved that I didn't really care for (it seems like 9's and 10's were getting handed out left and right the past 7 or 8 years), and I don't really get why, but, oh well!

You know the lab was maybe half of the game right?

[SirPrizes]

I never really "got" Portal. I played it a couple years after it came out and there was so much praise surrounding it, and it just never really clicked for me. It had some clever puzzles and the story was pretty enjoyable, but overall it felt more to me like a tech demo showing off the portal mechanic than a full-fledged game. I think it may have been the lack of variance in the environments; you can only have so many environments in the same lab, after all. And while the puzzles were fun, none of them really stood out as very difficult or challenging to me, which might be another reason I never got really engaged with it.

There were lots of games this gen that critics loved that I didn't really care for (it seems like 9's and 10's were getting handed out left and right the past 7 or 8 years), and I don't really get why, but, oh well!

You know the lab was maybe half of the game right?

It's been a while, I remember the whole escape sequence during the latter portion of the game but I thought that was all still in the lab.

[Hollycat]

Oh man, Portal is excellent. If you haven't played it, I'm pretty sure it's free on steam now, and totally worth the time invested.

[Gamblet]

Darksiders II (2)

Path of Exile (1)

[Del Murder]

Portal was a pretty good game. Short, but good. Very unique use of physics. Though if GLaDOS wasn't in it I don't think it would have made the list. She's one of the best video game characters of all time.

[Shauna]

Since you posted that, Shauna, I decided to double check and I wasn't one of the three. So then I got curious as to why... and I noticed that you declared that PC games must have been released "since November 2005" and this is probably why I excluded it (it was first released on October 2005). Didn't think it would be eligible. It's safe to say it's in my top ten 7th generation video games if it's eligible for it. D=

I will admit I did very little research on release dates. I assumed that everyone would adhere to my simple rules! I was mistaken, obviously. Next time I run anything, I'll probably go that extra mile, and make sure that everything falls in my arbitrary time-scale.

[Pike]

I triple-checked and I could have sworn it was eligible D: my mistake and I nominate Mirror's Edge in its place.

[Shauna]

I, show-runner of the EoFF's Top Games, hereby give Mirror's Edge the title of "Honourary Top Game of Gen 7".

[Jiro]

The range of games nominated is really quite impressive, and it's testament to the quality of this generation that there are so many quite excellent games that haven't made the cut. Plenty of trout and shovelware out there but hey, still plenty of gems too.

[Ayen]

Never played. I love the song, though.