Is 2023 the GOAT year for gaming?

[CW_1991]

Personally I would say the PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 /nintendo Wii generation. All consoles had heat

 

[MajesticLion]

More of the same: 99% hype and unrealized potential.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Nah 2004 (arguably) was

the month of November in 2004 alone was better than most years

 

[ItWasWritten]

depends on if Todd Coward delivers or not

 

[SymbolicOne09]

98 through 99 was legendary but 2023 has potential

 

[IIVI]

It's got to be 1991 to me. So many icons and showing my age here.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Sonic The Hedgehog
Final Fantasy IV (II for NA)
Super Castlevania IV
Street Fighter II
Metroid II
Fatal Fury
Mega Man 4
Adventure Island II
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time
Lemmings
Battletoads
Bonk's Revenge
King of Monsters
Ninja Gaiden 3
Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood

1991's IP's were insane and straight up built companies that are still around 30 years later. Sonic got movies with A-lister casts 30 years later.

Gameplay, and modern games I think you have to grade separately.

However, the intro of characters like Guile, Dhalsim, etc. back in 1991 introduced the main fighting game metas/strats and basically who many fighting game characters got their whole style from 30 years later.

Dang near every fighting game you played and characters you enjoyed (even from other games) can be traced back to 1991: grapplers, zoners, rushdown, charge characters, mix-up, etc.

Even musically, all those sound effects from big ass top-charting songs are clips from these games.

1990-1992 was basically phenomenal. So few years have contributed to gaming as much.

 

[Bboystyle]

Nah 2004 (arguably) was

Man the feeling when GTA SA dropped

I remember the whole day it dropped and what I did to prep my day out for that game. Memories

 

[Illuminatos]

Don’t forget Mortal Kombat 12.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Man the feeling when GTA SA dropped

I remember the whole day it dropped and what I did to prep my day out for that game. Memories

I remember Best Buy wouldn’t let me buy it because i wasn’t 18

 

[Reptile]

Nah 2004 (arguably) was

Tales Of Symphonia was. MY. shyt!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hathaway]

Nah 2004 (arguably) was

San Andreas and Halo 2 had my Xbox in a choke hold all year

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

It's hard for me to have input here bc I haven't played anything released this year yet (mad busy with work and personal life) but everything I've seen and follow tells me this will be a banner year for gaming. I didn't think we would have another year in modern gaming like 2017 (or even 2018 which was really close to being as good) but I think this year will surpass that year in sheer quality. Btw I think 01 was better than 04.

 

[hitmonlee]

any year bloodborne is released is the goat year

 

[itsyoung!!]

listen you wanna disrespect xbots all day, whatever man


but you gonna stop disrespecting Diablo 4 in these "goat gaming year" "most anticipated" type threads its going to out sell every game you listed

 

[Phillyrider807]

Ask this in 2024. Who knows whats gonna be delayed this year.