Golden age of Xbox 360 timeline

Release interval of the most influential AAA titles during the busiest Xbox 360 years (2006-2011) plus some sequels for development cycle awareness.
Based on a median of sales, reception, nominations, awards. Excluded categories: digital-only, DLC, late 6th-gen ports, DC licensed.
All menus have been recorded on their original Xbox 360 version for this video.
Dates source: mobygames.com
Sales metric: vgchartz.com
Reception metric: metacritic.com
Awards & nominations metrics:
Golden Joystick Awards
Spike Video Game Awards
British Academy Games Awards
Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Game Developers Choice Awards

[@TheWunWhiteWolf]

You never know how good you truly had it until it’s all gone by.

[@steverogers7601]

Loot boxes and micro transactions are ruining the gaming industry.

[@suerennsl93]

​@@steverogers7601 And a lack of passion

[@Pieflovor]

All the call of duty servers are back online like mw2 3 b01 2 3 advanced ect

[@pepelefrog1121]

​@@steverogers7601The dawn of liberal socialism was the sentence of the gaming industry as we knew it, and it was felt as soon as 2010 stepped in.

[@Lowkicksfordayz]

Gta iv the best

[@beeftothetaco]

It can be hard to believe that there was a time when the budget of a AAA game was usually reflected in its quality

[@InnuendoXP]

It's all absorbed into trying to be the next big winner-takes-all "lIvE seRvIcE" now.

[@theswedishdude1]

it was also a time where game developers cared about making good games that people liked and sold well instead of just pleasing their investors.

[@Spearra]

​@@InnuendoXPAll the while with consumers repeatedly buying from the same companies repeatedly letting them down, thus repeating the cycle.

[@GraveUypo]

@@theswedishdude1 if you want to reward that behavior, buy baldur's gate 3. that game is 100% this philosophy.

[@Mene0]

@@theswedishdude1 man, what a generic statement, who wouldn't develop a good game that sells well? Also most of the time actual devs have little to no say in the design decisions that make a game or not, they are as much of a workforce as say factory workers

[@welporajackwelp4899]

I never realized how close all those releases are given how iconic so many are it always felt like they were far from eachother

[@xboxboy7777]

I played all of these, and lots of them one after the other basically, I was addicted to quality...now you really have to scrap the bottom of the barrel nowadays to even find anything of genuine effort!!

[@mraso30]

I was in high-school and early uni at the time and A LOT of this surprised me, some games I thought came out a lot sooner, others, a lot later... I guess I didn't play a lot on release, especially once I was in uni, but I do recall the first times I heard about many of these games and I was surprised how close to the release date that I had heard about some. I wasn't keeping up with gaming news much during those years.

[@michaelgregor1640]

I think it's an age thing. We forget just how long a year was when we were teens or younger.

[@LBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLBLB]

@@xboxboy7777 So many brand new franchises in this video. AAA devs were willing to experiment with new IPs and gameplay. Now it's all sequels and open-world action adventure games.

[@TheSquidNinja]

I'm also starting to realize just how important the development of new technology was to bursts of creativity like this. Which also explains the current gaming situation, since all consoles and gaming PCs have had more or less the same capabilities as each other for years now, with little to no real advantage with new generations besides slightly better lighting and bigger maps.

[@DoIoannToKnow]

How I played 3/4 of these games is unreal my ass was NOT doing homework

[@yobrethren]

not with Borderlands, Dead Island, *Orange effing Box* and Fallout 3 we weren't. None of us were making homework hahahaha

[@Halalmeat5000rh]

Ya' got that right.

[@GrantTodd-eh7ub]

With how games are these days I think I'd rather do that homework

[@DoIoannToKnow]

@@GrantTodd-eh7ub entertainment has become such high volume and low effort that I gave it up. Sitting and doing nothing is equally entertaining to games now

[@toweringcobra6177]

I literally never did homework in school ever and would stay up long nights and play legendary games on Xbox 360 and ps2/ps3 and have missed the old days for so long now, gaming will never be the same again :/

[@ZenkaiGoose]

Man the 360 generation was peak gaming. The games felt unique, could be played offline, didn't require a 100GB patch, and they actually worked the day you got it!

[@DarkCloudGather]

I wouldn't call it peak gaming, MS introduced the idea of release games and patch them later, plus DLCs were already cemented with the 360. Now the PS2, Xbox and Gamecube was the true last generation of consoles which had soul and good games.

[@anthonywyatt5133]

Literally what people said about every generation they grew up with. No joke this was very common to read during that era

[@flowrepins6663]

​​@@anthonywyatt5133ps2 gen has the best games it created it all. gta shows the decay of industry. during the time i took from gta v untill now is more than the time it took to make gta 3 vc , sa, lcs,vs, and iv. thats the difference

[@beachbum111111]

It felt like we were going forward, like each game would be better than the last... until it didn't...

[@gerhardwasowski]

except "Prototype"

[@Stevebagel]

Halo 3 to The Orange Box to Modern Warfare to Assassin's Creed to Mass Effect in the space of 2 months is absolutely insane.

[@jariusspear]

Peak gaming experience right there.

[@AustinOgonoski]

It was an insane time to live through. I was a sophomore in high school and the entire school had a gaming addiction. Pretty much every guy in your grade just binged on vidya after class and it single-handedly eradicated any sort of cliques. The idea of "nerds", "jocks", "preps", etc, ceased to exist because everyone just added each other on Xbox and played together. It remained like this for years.

[@rigfordthebarbarian2895]

@@AustinOgonoski Wish I could have been there, was still in grade school without an internet connection. Talking to an older friend of mine who was in high school at that time, he said the entire male population of the school was in 2 groups who were basically at war with each other, hardcore Call of Duty fans vs hardcore Halo fans. He said you weren't allowed to play both or else you'd get excommunicated.

[@stanko00001]

Don't you dare forget SKATE, you bastard

[@TiomesTheOne]

@@AustinOgonoski crazy to think about it

[@SLENDERVONBENDER]

These games have had such a heavy impact even the main menus is giving me chills

[@AshleySOAD]

Reach hit especially hard for me

[@23dojo]

Don’t want to sound kooky.. but it’s almost like someone said.. these video games are too much fun for the people… let’s fuck the industry up

[@SLENDERVONBENDER]

@@AshleySOAD such a good one, Halo 3 for me

[@D0NU75]

number 15

[@HarryS77]

Back when menus weren't tiles, cards, and subject to the mess created by monetization. Simple, legible, visually interesting, and accessible.

[@PoopTickler]

The world really did end after 2012.

[@VITAS874]

After 2015.

[@VITAS874]

They get little error.

[@gabe5918]

Set on fire post 2019

[@daseinstudioua2609]

You will own nothing, pay for everything and will be happy.

[@Amin4kk]

Facts

[@AC-ox4mm]

It’s crazy i thought this era would never end as a kid i thought it would be even better as an adult

[@Ojthemighty]

It should have been. The main thing that killed it was wokeness. But we had over 30 years of amazing games and there are still great games comin out now. But the 2000s really were a golden age

[@InternetMouse]

Oh man. How wrong were we mate

[@Ojthemighty]

@@InternetMouse the pendulum is starting to shift, there is hope.

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

​@@Ojthemightyhow did wokeness kill it

[@Ojthemighty]

@@Eliza-yd7fi were you asleep during the anita sarcisian and gamergate years?

[@glox_47]

Just goes to show the level of quality of video games during this time. I don’t think we’ll see anything like it for a while.

[@degayify]

Most likely never. Not even trying to be negative but not only are people more conditioned to buying the newer stuff that's lesser quality, there's also a whole new generation of gamers who have no other point of reference other than half-done mediocre releases

[@trobriandstorm]

2004-2008 was the best timeline IMO.

[@steverogers7601]

We won’t. The gaming industry has learned that redacted people will pay for broke and unfinished games, and will still ask for more. Not to mention, the gaming industry learned people will gladly pay for skins after skins after skins after skins. There’s absolutely no reason for the gaming industry to focus on making quality games; just make a decent playable game and pump out different skins because redacted dolts will absolutely throw money at it.

[@walewiadr0155]

We will, just wait for AI development

[@TheDisturbed0ne1]

There's still plenty of top tier games being made, in just a month we've got remnant 2 and BG3, both great games without live service bullshit (remnant will get a few add-on content dropped, but that's more aching to old school real content DLC, and the game is a blast as it is)!

[@Andypooh37]

PS2/3 & Xbox 360 was peak era of gaming. U pay the game, u play the game finished without problem. No micro transaction, no suprise mechanics, no passes, no always online, etc. It was beautiful. Gaming at midnight on crt tv plus blanket back then was so special.

[@yobro6053]

Squeeze in the psp and ds in there too, 😢good times

[@hyper0505]

PS1, PS2, 360 for me.

[@TBoneSteak1197]

can't forget gamecube if ur including ps2

[@jase276]

And best of all, you pop the game in and you immediately play it. Not some 80+ gb day one patch bs. Not half the game on the disc, half a download bs. Pop it in and play, done.

[@JennyTheNerdBat]

PS3 and X360 are *the* generations where locking story content behind DLCs started becoming the norm. Asura's Wrath even had a huge controversy around it.

[@Lawlzinator]

2007 was ridiculous. Probably the best year for games in history

[@angulinhiduje6093]

Halo 3, arguably one of the, if not the best action shooters of all times CoD 4, to me at least the best cod package in terms of single-player, multiplayer and coop missions. Mario Galaxy and Portal were probably the best games in their genre until their sequels were released Bioshock which to this date has set some bars for atmosphere in gaming. insane line up

[@araujofi]

1998 >

[@Dregomz02]

@@araujofi 2001 >

[@yobro6053]

⁠@@angulinhiduje6093mass effect 1 was an incredible new ip and my fav BioWare game, and also crysis 1 was more than just a looker imo . I played it much later , but it is a great game. Skate revolutionised skateboarding video games too.

[@Zoibek]

2004

[@fishbellyman]

“We hired people who hate the game” - I’ll never forget that quote. It’s the reason why games are what they are today.

[@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117]

Halo....

[@XDLugia]

@@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 ...it's finished.

[@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117]

@@XDLugia yes... I think we're ending it now...

[@HAVOCSLEGACY]

Crazy call back

[@HAVOCSLEGACY]

​@@XDLugia😭

[@thereelsociety6487]

This makes me miss old game menus. Simple, clean, no nonsense. 90% of menus these days are over cluttered and trying to sell you add ons, it drives me insane.

[@bluelobster246]

Ong

[@pwnst4r117]

No joke. I have been complaining for a couple years now that most game menus don't have grab you anymore. It's an absolute shame as the menu is the 1st thing the player interacts with. Really surprised that no one has made a video in regards to menus yet.

[@Vlad-bi1ss]

Just compare the old assassin's creed menus with modern day ac menus

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@Vlad-bi1ssif all gamers boycott dlcs all games would be complete. gamers are dum

[@Dirt-E-Dan]

We don't need to a 360° laggy panning shot of the latest battlepass character and 5 shop alerts when we open a game, nor do we need the ENTIRE screen taken up by 4 game modes

[@RickySama240]

The 360 era was definitely a golden experience. Nearly every franchise was at it's peak back then. 😇

[@displayname16]

Now, franchises spend money and effort on appeasing social justice warriors or just small percentages of the populations and their wants. Its the same shit with every game. We won't get good games until developers fire the activist employees.

[@ChrisBrown-ir6sf]

You are just nostalgic, 2015- 23 is just golden age of gaming. GTA 5 PC Witcher 3 Horizon Zero Dawn Forbidden West Assassin's Creed Origins Dark souls 3 Unchartered 4 Dying light Dishonored 2 Super Mario Odyssey Resident Evil Biohazard Marvel's Spiders man Devil May cry 5 Control Doom 2016 Microsoft flight simulator Ghost of Tshushima Animal crossing. New Horizons Forza Horizon 5 It takes 2 Destiny 2 God of WAR RAGNAROK Red dead redemption 2 Elden Ring Half life Alyx Last of us Last of us 2 Baldurs Gate Hogwarts Legacy Halo infinite Fortnite PUBG Ovrwatch Titanfall 2 Apex LEGENDS COD warzone Doom Eternal Breath of the WILD Tears of the Kingdom You are KOed

[@a6pukoc113]

​@@ChrisBrown-ir6sf Very funny

[@ChrisBrown-ir6sf]

@@a6pukoc113 These games I mentioned are objectively better than the game in this videos. You cant argue otherwise

[@RickySama240]

@@ChrisBrown-ir6sf I agree most of the games you've listed are set for another spark for golden years of gaming. Idk about putting Halo Infinite on the list though. To me, the game's reputation wasn't as good as the Bungie era of Halo games.

[@JimJonesKoolaid]

Halo 3, Orange Box, MW2, Assasin’s Creed, and Mass Effect in less than 2 months was insane. You really don’t know you were in the good times until after youve lived through them.

[@tonivoul1971]

The first revolutionized multiplayer the second revolutionized graphics, physics, a new way to show the story of the game and alive characters, a game that revolutionized puzzle games and express the story though the environment and a very good villain and the third game revolutionized the multiplayer industry with introducing a updated class based game with character very well developed and designed The third revolutionised multiplayer again and became the best selling GAme in the industry The fourth had a very unique way with it's campaign And lastly fifth a game that introduces a new way of storytelling through a wide open world and expressing story through its characters and experiences you get plus the feature that your actions have consequences.

[@humanharddrive1]

Orange Box was shit on Xbox. It was a far better investment on PC

[@captainweekend5276]

Similarly Halo 3: ODST, borderlands, MW2, L4D2, and Assassin's Creed 2 also all came out in just under two months of each other, autumn used to be the gold rush for games releases back then, insane to think about how many great titles would come out so close together.

[@JMB19941]

That fall 2008 line-up was pretty stacked, but fall 2007 was truly legendary - back when there was genuine innovation, creativity and quality in Triple A gaming. Ah, those were the days

[@cld252]

Agree with you totally, there’s reoccurring genres ofc but they were all presenting unique ideas that helped separate them from similar games, sometimes experimental ideas or concepts would backfire but it was still charming to see that

[@chaseduvall3081]

Honestly that 3 months of September - December 2007 was the start of modern gaming for better and for worse

[@_ArsNova]

2007 was the GOAT simply because of Halo 3. 2007, 2008, and 2011 were all pretty damn in sane though. COD: MW/WaW, Dead Space 1/2, Fallout 3/NV, Mass Effect 1/2, Assassin's Creed, it's pretty insane just how games of mythic reputation came out in that short window. Shame all the big companies & publishers took those developers for granted though. I feel like gaming has never recovered after the release of Halo 4.

[@gui2peg]

genuine innovation, creativity and quality was in the ps1 era, where there were no formulas to use, the x360 was the era of refinement of formulas made in the xbox/ps2 era.

[@ravenger5672]

@@sparklesparklesparkle6318The worst part about it is that they buy up such promising studios, ruin what they’re working on with their corporate input (if they even let them finish it). It inevitably sells horribly and then they close down the studio as if it was their fault. Again, if they even let them finish their next game at all. The graveyard of amazing studios that is EA is a perfect example of where this industry has been headed. Once the aristocrats smell money they flood an industry, take over the production companies that built themselves up and here comes all of the analytics and all of the absence of any art or innovation. Just like music... and movies... and tv shows... and now video games.

[@gmmg8734]

2007 alone was an insane year

[@Scroolewse]

Also one of the best years for movies ever

[@e.h.8936]

@@Scroolewse pirates of the Caribbean should have ended that year

[@lordphill807]

May 2007 was an insanely exciting time for blockbusters, even if none of them quite lived up to the hype.

[@lordphill807]

November of 2004 was also pretty insane with the sheer number of iconic heavyweight titles that dropped in that one single month. If an entire year manages to have as many legendary titles as that one month, it's a damn good year.

[@ahoyforsenchou7288]

@@Scroolewse Mid.

[@jordansikes534]

Mirror's Edge (2008) deserved to be included. Beautiful graphics, art design, and overall an innovative memorable experience.

[@BigBoi-qf6vp]

Amen to that.

[@greengiller]

Naw...

[@eric-nd9yy]

song "still alive" is good as well

[@SBImNotWritingMyNameHere]

​@@eric-nd9yythat's portal 2

[@nvrndingsmmr]

​@@SBImNotWritingMyNameHereActually the first Portal.

[@koen5396]

As kids we couldn’t wait for graphics to get better. Now we have ultra realism, and we’d give anything to go back

[@honeybadger6330]

Idk, I'm hyped to see metal gear delta and all of its enhancements

[@RemnantCult]

God, we really did just have cornerstone video games releasing almost every other week. What an exciting time to be a gamer.

[@Retrofire-47]

it was glorious. the air was electric with video games... the golden age.

[@Arkantos117]

Yeah it's crazy to think i played 90% of these games when nowadays I play maybe 2 or 3 new games a year.

[@Ckoz2829]

@@Arkantos117 Back when it was hard to manage which games to spend your hard earned money on.

[@Smugz]

I always remembered as a kid going to the game store with my dad and picking up a new game every week or two. Recently I thought "That must've been overexaggerated in my mind or I was just picking up and trading in the same games over and over", but no, I really did get a new game every few weeks lol

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

@@Ckoz2829 Yeah I remember choosing between Alan Wake and RDR. I chose good. Kid with 50 bucks in his pocket.

[@hughgrection5803]

2010 was stacked, man. Every single one of those years were honestly. Truly amazing

[@karlfleming7182]

yeah for sure. Only bad game on that 2010 timeline was fable 3 honestly but even then that game wasn't horrible, just not as good as the second game

[@tgg213]

⁠there was a bunch of kinect shit tho, xbox's downfall started that year

[@aliyamarah7796]

​@@tgg213just dance was a banger

[@ARZZiO]

I love how much soul and character main menus used to have back then every single one of them tried to be unique and reflect the overall feel of the game, now it's just and an endless wave of bland & similar looking minimalist designs with huge boxes for every option taking over 70% of the screen, with the remaining 30% being taken over by all the cash shop & battle pass notifications, sometimes it feels like they're designed for streaming platforms and not games.

[@mallard.]

nakey jakey made a video about this, id highly recommend giving it a watch

[@DeppFan]

I was working at Gamestop as a 19 through 23 year old during this era. I miss working the launches of these events with my coworkers.

[@animegirlsake7036]

That sounded like a blast

[@DeppFan]

@@animegirlsake7036truly was awesome

[@kiwi2257]

The best era in gaming. So much experimentation and creativity. A brief moment in gaming history before they realized they could milk us like cows. You still get great games here and there now, they are not extinct, but they are few and far between. The sheer volume of great games that came out during this era is unmatched. These days it's mostly unfinished microtransaction-riddled shit.

[@valgo8128]

We are in a golden age of indie studios

[@Miumiu0404]

It was the golden age of online gaming.

[@mesalgearsolid]

The PS2 was a much better era. Especially when it came to experimentation and creativity.

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@valgo8128 emulation golden age.

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@mesalgearsolid it was more refined in the 360 era. PS2 was more challenging and less hand holding. It also was the beginning of a lot of major franchises.

[@bcbarber6776]

It’s crazy how the golden age essentially started with Oblivion and ended with Skyrim. 🤔

[@Balnazzardi]

Well almost, Im glad GRAW was listed there as first game, because it really was for me (and many others) the first game on Xbox 360 that truly felt like "this is next-gen". But ye GRAW was the first I was really impressed by, followed immediately by Oblivion....and finally enough Skyrim was one of the last games I ever pre-ordered...for me pre-ordering games ended in 2011. And I dont know whether to consider myself lucky or not, but I have most of my Xbox 360 collection left unplayed 😂

[@AlyxDps]

I see the point this video is making, but in my mind the pace mostly kept up through 2013. Right after skyrim we had more assassins creed, borderlands, marvel vs capcom, etc It didn't really feel like it slowed down until Metal Gear Rising, DMC: DmC, and that Gears Judgement were all released

[@AlyxDps]

Or longer really, I was playing saints row 4 and Killer is Dead when the ps4 came out and I got the last good assassins creed game

[@benjipaname846]

End with GTA5 in 2013 buddy

[@AmocideB]

@@AlyxDps I wouldnt say any of those 3 belonged in the Golden era.

[@falco5148]

Back in my day, when I bought a game for full price, I got all content at once and the game was finished.

[@killerspee08]

add the fact that they were not 60-80 euro ( without dlcs) ... Sadge

[@amxaas4450]

And it wasn't a cookie cutter rehash - pasted in a new project.

[@steverogers7601]

Sorry, ya’ll ain’t getting back those days and I don’t feel bad for ya’ll. Today, we pay for games that are buggy, unfinished, and lacking any passion. Not to mention, we thoroughly enjoy throwing money at shallow loot boxes and shallow skins to get that dopamine hit, then feel empty afterwards but gladly berate others if they criticize us and make decent points on why loot boxes and micro transactions are not good. s/

[@zombieranger3410]

Completely untrue, Oblivion started the trend and came out at the start of this list. Many of these games had DLC, the key difference is the DLC was good, made for good games.

[@Quintapion]

@@steverogers7601true, gamers today will still pay for a crap product (FIFA,NBA,COD)

[@adisturbedpistachio223]

The peak of gaming. Never again will we see such a superb era.

[@d33pakkkk]

I sir totally agree with you. Maybe I was at my peak gaming years, or the games were actually the best, I dunno. But still it was the best time for games, at least for me

[@hubudubebububububeubub]

You can't say that how good will games be in 3100?

[@مقارنات_الجيوش]

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@hubudubebububububeubub by the year 3100 all of the regular people will be plugged into a VR set , having been turned into low IQ drones . Being forced to pay hundreds of dollars for 2 pixels of water , and willing to defend the dystopian system created by billionares and corrupt politicians . This is IF we are positive , because it might be way worse

[@gabrielmaynard]

@@hubudubebububububeubub”please insert 25dollars to initiate press start function.” If its not that then the devs failed.

[@Brobo1235archive]

Remember, nothing’s stopping you from playing a lot of these great games today

[@Kimarnic]

Remember nothi- red ring/yellow light of death

[@wibble2482]

Bro I've been playing Half-Life on repeat for the last 19 years. All I hear is Half-Life in my head. *Here Doctor Freeman, take this medkit!*

[@beanaye5433]

My 360’s eye turned red

[@carmaggedon1995]

Yeah, but some games aren't as supported as they used to be. Fear for example is a pain in the ass to play legally, since it's stuck in a weird legal loop with the other Fear entries

[@GG_1318]

damn straight

[@chnlng00]

The time span of 2005-2015 might have been the most fun I had in my life. As I get older, games no longer have the same draw as before, which is a little sad.

[@mcslothalot]

There are so many good games out there I will never understand people complaining about having nothing to play and games are no fun anymore etc. This month alone: Baldurs Gate 3, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Blasphemous 2, Armored Core 6, Atlas Fallen, Shadow Gambit and probably some other games I forgot.

[@Silencyde]

@@mcslothalot A lot of those are niche titles. Everyone and their mom was playing games like Halo, Gears of War, Skate, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, the GOOD Tom Clancy Games, Saints Row, GTA, the GOOD Battlefield games, Dead Space, Fallout... I love Baldur's Gate 3 which is the only game I was hype for this year. Everything else just had rocky-ass launches like Warhammer 3, Cyberpunk, etc. Games don't just come out good anymore.

[@chnlng00]

@@mcslothalot Im saying I dont find playing games as fun as when I was a kid or a teenager. It isn't that they are worse, it is just that sitting down for hours and playing games doesn't give me the same satisfaction and I yearn for more purpose.

[@Unknown-zn8cg]

I know how you feel. I beg you to try the Persona series, if you want an addicting game that holds a lot of purpose. Persona 5 Royal is 115 hours long, and you will fly through it if you like it. It kept me from sleeping so many times at night before starting work. It might look like a kids anime game at first glance, but the franchise will teach you so much about the occult and societal philosophy that can be applied to real life

[@Unknown-zn8cg]

Another recommendation is the Yakuza series. I’ve played every single triple A western game that has came out since 2013. So every single player story game. Just when I got burnt out of it all, I bought Yakuza 0 on sale for 20$ and it changed my whole gaming experience.

[@fragr33f74]

The early 360 into mid to late PS3 is such a complete package of a generation man. From influential multiplayer games to singleplayer masterpieces. What an incredible era.

[@13Percent52PercentYikes]

It was tough to pick a game because you had an overwhelming selection of perfect, super hyped up games. Now it's tough to pick a game because I gotta find which pink haired tranny and battlepass I like the most because that's all I'm gonna play for the next 3 months. Yay... thank fuck I can still play old cod zombies and l4d since they ripped Halo out of my hands. Literally ripped it out of my fucking hands and gave me a Barbie doll

[@itzderrio]

@@13Percent52PercentYikesevery game is just fortnite now

[@TheRevengeSociety]

Such a good generation and the level of fan boyism was off the charts. I doubt we ever get anything like it again

[@branflake4682]

My favorite gen tbh I think

[@hdslave]

Dont forget tho, the reason we switched was cuz the fuggn 360s died left n right red ring of death was real af and some major bs

[@patrickpat2161]

Bruh, come back and bless us with a new video

[@TheHanwoodTractor]

That run from Halo 3 to Mass Effect is absolutely insane.

[@SpiritualDemo]

Assassin’s Creed 1 was terrible, to the point even fanboys say avoid it.

[@ijayekta12imperialjapanese]

​@@SpiritualDemoac1 is a masterpiece wym

[@Zulu_Infinite]

@@SpiritualDemothat game was so ahead of it’s time. You sound delusional.

[@Jako101]

@@SpiritualDemoeveryone loved ac1 at the time

[@117MasterSpartan]

@@SpiritualDemou go play fortnite kid

[@I-Nex]

Can you imagine more than two good triple A games a year? 💀

[@gazman9468]

Honestly as someone who's been gaming on PC and consoles since the early 90s I can tell you there were dozens of great games released every year. Of course there are still some good games being made but overall the last decade or so has been absolute dog shit.

[@fioredeutchmark]

Can you imagine even 1? Last year to have any decent games at all was 2018 and that was entirely down to RDR2.

[@sirprintalot]

If games take longer to make with more detail and less crunch for devs then so be it.

[@blastedcorgi9054]

Zelda TotK, FF16, SF6, Baldurs Gate 3, RE4 What else coud you ask for?

[@bludtinge]

Umm? This year?

[@bunyaminozcan2429]

Dude, this hits the feels..... Seeing all those menu's and hearing all those themes.... Good times man... Somewhere down the line everything went downhill it feels like...

[@VegasAceVII]

This generation began the downfall we see today. Over reliance on patches, DLC and INSANELY high production budgets are wreaking havoc on the current generation. We created a monster. And I'm only touching the service.

[@rumham8124]

@@VegasAceVII but those games were amazing, it's not their fault companies are so greedy now

[@robycu7260]

It feels like that because it is true. Dice messed up with BF2042 (whether the game is in good or bad condition as of now is not important as its not even comparable with BF4 or 3 for example), Rockstar is still squeezing out money out of GTA:O, and just recently they are starting to do that with porting the RDR (yes the first one) to PS4 for money ofc. There are many such cases with companies. These couple just come to mind but they are all going downhill. I am not even gonna mention Skyrim.

[@rumham8124]

@@chuck948 yeah true

[@Testicule]

@@robycu7260Skyrim came out and I was a giddy 11 year old, now I'm 23 and Skyrim is still being released again lol

[@mordecai1793]

So Gears of war 3 in September, Dark souls in early October, battlefield 3 in late October, and Skyrim in November. Holy shit we were truly spoiled.

[@C.A._Old]

yeah mann. nowdays we can't see these like these ones anotherside. only original side.

[@Alan_J_Silva]

Any of these games would be considered "game of the year" nowadays. We didn't know how lucky we were to witness such a golden era

[@sideswipebl]

Imagine if we had this many good games released this often today.

[@ZBTEproductions]

You're saying this in the middle of one of the best release years ever..... Baldurs Gate 3 last week, Armoured Core later this month, Starfield 2 weeks after that...

[@d3fyne]

Well if we keep going like this year...

[@steverogers7601]

Imagine if Brendan Schaub was genuinely funny.

[@GuninGames]

We do, they just cost alot more money, or are to much for the hardware we have

[@timtamthemememan5094]

@@ZBTEproductions This is modern bethesda we're talking about, I have 0 expectations for starfield. It would not surprise me at all if that game flopped. Especially given that it's reusing so many assets, including ones from oblivion. If I was a betting man I'd place $20 on a retextured skyrim dragon being in there somewhere.

[@jaggerc.2017]

Its crazy how I played through 90% of these games and remembered how excited I was to play each one.

[@FunkkyPanda69]

Hard to scratch that itch these days. Resident Evil usually does it for me but then I go crackhead again lol

[@99Fishing_]

Really puts into perspective how great that era truly was.

[@rundown132]

Literal banger after banger every month or two compared to what we get these days

[@overridez]

@@aturchomicz821 this guy lol. Every single one of those games were a masterpiece of art. Id give half my body away if it means great games like that came out consistently nowadays.

[@HibHab69]

@@aturchomicz821 "Thank god AAA are dead now." They make more money than ever...

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

@@HibHab69 Nope, inflation.

[@dbz9393]

I could happily relive 2008-2012 on repeat forever and not get bored.

[@Strytax]

2007 was brutal, so many games that made history

[@smokeyb71]

That was my favourite year for gaming. The first modern warfare was released then, and that is one of the games I remember the most from my childhood. Playing splitscreen against my 6 years older brother. I was probably about 8 at the time, so a couple years after the release. Also we played on a ps3 not xbox 360.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Best games in order of apparition :Oblivion, Orange box games, Assassin's creed, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, GTA IV, Far Cry 2, Fable 2, Fallout 3, Red Faction Guerilla, Prototype, Assassin's Creed II, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout New Vegas, Fable III, COD Black Ops, Portal 2, BF3, Elder Scrolls V SKYRIM

[@Opno]

Bioshock, Crysis, CoD 4, Halo 3, Orange Box, Mass Effect, etc. Unbelievable year.

[@kingkhan2894]

whats crazy is that many of the best games from it like mario galaxy, Yume 2kki, the world ends with you, stalker, god of war 2, umineko (game of the year imo) arent even on this video. 07 11 and 15 are god tier years

[@HostileAtHeart]

@@ommsterlitz1805 That's literally just a "list of games that appeared in this video that I actually played".

[@_ArsNova]

It's nuts how much main menus have declined over the years. ~15 years later and no game developer has even come close to designing a main menu either as interesting or emotionally impactful as Halo 3, ODST, Reach, World at War, Mass Effect's, etc.

[@brokenscart7989]

There was such an art to a good menu. Reach was especially good.

[@FleshCloud-ey5ro]

Today menus are difficult to navigate. So much is dedicated to selling stuff they often lack an obvious "play the game" option. It's all visual garbage.

[@goobah1389]

The way these set the tone for their games will forever be contested.

[@FordHoard]

@@FleshCloud-ey5ro Now when you boot up a game, you're bombarded with "store" messages.

[@OperatorMax1993]

loved the main menu of Black Ops 1. stuck in a interrogation room, trapped to a chair seeing all these TVs and a man watching you, confused just as much as Mason is

[@condor-one]

During this time period I went from age 12-17. All I did was go to school, hang out with my mates, and play these masterpieces. Not a care in the world. So, so lucky this period of gaming history fell when it did for me. God, I miss being a kid.

[@suchmouse]

You're a bot, your account was created today lol

[@fearsomeaustin]

Exact same situation with me. I feel so lucky i wish i could go back

[@jayclarke777]

​@@suchmouselol wow

[@FootyCrazyM8]

​@@suchmousenostalgia bot 3000

[@condor-one]

@@suchmouse oh no, you got me!

[@markiss69]

bro forgot his password

[@P4RTIZAN]

The 7th generation was the peak of gaming, studios just put their love to their games and made all of them unique for us

[@joshman196]

I would argue the 6th gen was peak. You didn't have the awkward 3D infancy of the 5th gen and you didn't get the beginning of shitty online practices for games like microtransactions in the 7th gen. There was a lot of good games in the 7th gen, sure, but those last couple of years kinda soured it. The 6th gen undoubtedly had so much more to offer and was consistent throughout.

[@_CrimsonBlade]

If that’s the case why are people crying about the red dead port

[@HikariSakai]

@@joshman196 6th & 7th gen was great for racing games. as for shooters I'd say 7th gen for sure, 6th gen shooters were too janky imo

[@pukerat7562]

It was a generation that killed nearly every franchise/genre that wasn't a shooter, nearly killed the Japanese game industry, introduced the concept of making people pay rent to play online, introduced online passes, introduced the modern concept of DLC, was the beginning of every game taking like five fucking years to make, every game was gray and brown and ran at like 20 fps 720p, and was the peak of western xenophobia in gaming. It was a fucking awful generation that we still haven't recovered from.

[@mynameisal7]

Yup, all the passion of devs that loved games, mixed with all the budget and huge jump in processing power made these the best games

[@MrGrizzzlik]

Whats insane is how many insanely successful studios back then are either dead or husk of themselves. Bungie, pre-Fortnine Epic, Visceral, Vice, Monolith, Bioware, Infinity Ward... Makes you understand and respect more that actual people make games and not "studios".

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

Ancient relics of a forgotten age. Only the howling of wind symolizes something was there to begin with. But, maybe, deep, deep, deep beneath the sand... Hope lies. But only a fool hopes.

[@ok10469]

And Valve, wish they still made games...

[@b8IIin]

It truely was a boom era for video games, this was probably about the same time developers and games could seriously compete with movies and TV as media forms. All of them were competing to hit the bench mark, now that they're household names the quality doesn't matter they can just churn shit, stamp their name on it and make a profit.

[@user-03-gsa3]

@@b8IIin Well said

[@ates423]

Each company was bought out, pressured to release half baked games and dropped once they got their quick buck after the consumer base realized the games they made were garbage

[@Lorem_ipsum_dolor_sit_amet]

The tragedy of golden ages is that you don't know you're in one until its over. But we're DEFINITLY in a dark age atm

[@FieryDawn]

I wouldn't say dark ages exactly. Baldurs Gate III just launched, Starfield next month and Cities Skylines II the month after that. But then nothing...

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Not that dark, but a rotting age. Tears of the Kingdom came out 3 months ago

[@jedanPirke]

I was very happy back then but i remember i was so impatient to grow up..don't remember why...

[@randomusername3587]

Sadly, I don’t think we’ll ever get back to having back to back gems releasing one after the other today.

[@steverogers7601]

We are absolutely in the low years of gaming. Micro transactions have become prominent and have watered down the quality of many games. Not to mention loot boxes have created temporary blinders for many folks so that each shallow skins keeps them preoccupied for the moment. Meanwhile, the industry has learned that people will still pay money for unfinished and buggy games. There’s no reason to change when people are still paying even after you burn them.

[@eldermartins3220]

Oh, almighty Crowbcat. I summon you to produce your works of art about Concord and Dustborn.

[@maskedhobo]

The craziest part is people still want to play almost all these games today, I don't think in 10-15 years people will be as excited trying to play current games. Everything is being built to keep you constantly playing and after awhile it all starts to run together. The 360 generation really was that point of creativity and popularity. Allowed to make the games they wanted without constant involvement from people who have zero clue about making games.

[@gamermaster16508]

So many fantastic games lost to time. Its almost impossible to play mortal kombat 9 without emulating it.

[@20Justin1]

Last month I played through all of the Ezio trilogy and Assassin's Creed 3, I still play Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas from time to time, and I still play older Call of Duty and Battlefield games every now and then.These are games that aren't bogged down with stupid micro transactions and battle passes that suck all the fun out of the game. They are made by developers that actually cared about the game they were making and not half assing the product with promises to fix it later.

[@EDGE234]

Baldurs Gate 3 , RDR 2, Witcher 3, God of War 2018 did release, it's not like modern era didn't give us some actual good games but you can argue the fact all of these are continuation of old franchises.

[@jjmarr7130]

Hades, Enter the Gungeon, classic Paradox (Crusader Kings 2, Hearts of Iron 4, Stellaris, Cities: Skylines), there's a lot of good games that'll stand the test of time.

[@fourplayerarcade]

Elden RIng? Shii even on the competitive side of gamingl, Rainbow 6 Siege is reaching it's 9th year anniversary I believe and their playerbase had a huge surge this year.

[@internetfrnd6496]

Gaming was at it's peak back then. Just pure love coming out of these studios.

[@Aninefivesiix]

Imo gaming peaked during the sixth generation during the heyday of the ps2, gamecube, and original xbox. So much creativity and many iconic titles released during then

[@Medved-]

Idk man forspoken will be remembered for decades as one the games of all time.

[@_ArsNova]

Nah, I would say it was the peak of *console* gaming, not gaming as a whole. Don't forget the industry was still scummy then, it was paid DLC & "season pass" galore back then. Granted I'd take those over microtransactions any day.

[@internetfrnd6496]

@@Aninefivesiix I can agree with that too. Couch co-op and single player games were great during that era. 7th Gen was peak for me because it had excellent single player titles and incredibly fun, non-exploitative online titles that brought some of the most cherished memories for many of us.

[@ionseven]

Yup. Then the Microtransactions Era at the end of Gen 7 destroyed it and nickel and diming monetizing skyrocketed from there.

[@Deoxy_Na]

Insane how AAA studios used to release gold within less than a month of each other. Now it feels like we're stuck in an endless race to the bottom.

[@e.h.8936]

holy fuck we arent at the bottom already? I hope we rebound sometime soon cause im losing it

[@mza4739]

Nowadays, it takes longer for games to develop. Back in those days 3 years was like the max for a development cycle. Now it’s 4-5 years.

[@mza4739]

@@Degorth It's also because game development is getting more expensive too. So, that's partly why execs want Fortnite clones, and easy cash grabs...

[@JCDenton46]

It felt like this for awhile, but this year has been incredible with quality game after quality game release.

[@zombieguy]

@@mza4739 Nah, game development is the cheapest it's ever been, it was back then it was expensive. Wages have stagnated and here in the UK junior game dev roles pay the same as supermarket wages, engines are mostly free now, licenses are cheaper or free, you don't even need a dev kit for Xbox this gen, proc tools mass create stuff and cloud dev stacks require no upfront investment. I actually can't express enough how much cheaper it is now even compared to just 10 years ago.

[@BadAssMacmillan]

As someone who started gaming in the 3rd generation, I have to say, that run from the 4th generation to the 7th generation (1990 to 2011) is unmatched IMO. I honestly believe video games have already peaked during that run.

[@fozzle6503]

What's interesting as well about a lot of these, is that they were completely new franchises at the time, assassin's creed, dead rising, mass effect and so on

[@Deses]

There are a majority of secuels in that list tho.

[@terongarbutt7743]

​@Deses ? Great sequels from the franchises that put these AAA companies on the map and now we only get ass sequels and ass

[@marko.g248]

The level of nostalgia in this single video. Hearing the themes of games I’ve played as I grew up now feels so bittersweet.

[@C-R-l-M-S-O-N]

What sucks the most is that games are nearly all shit in comparison nowadays

[@malakimphoros2164]

​​@@C-R-l-M-S-O-NAgreed, Gothic 1 devours Mass Effect 1

[@TerenceChiII]

@@malakimphoros2164 Gothic does so with most "RPGs" :)

[@relix7373]

2007 and 2010 are pretty much unmatched years in gaming

[@valenesco45]

Absolutely

[@MetalGearyaTV]

I would say 2011 is the most dense year.

[@BlGGESTBROTHER]

For console gaming maybe. 96-2005 were peak years for PC.

[@chugg159]

2014-2015 saw some good stuff, but it definitely wasn't special.

[@Kozyavi_Pizimin]

2004

[@cosmicalsounds]

The Golden Era = pure art The New Era = Corporate Greed

[@OfficialSSMunitions]

You can still play these games through emulation.

[@CoercedJab]

trust the science buddy

[@SilverShelled]

Legendary era, you just had to be there to experience it. This brought back so many good memories. Thank you.

[@damionwilliams6732]

i feel like crying

[@3ofSpades]

It’s ok to get emotional over things you love. Don’t let anyone else ever tell you different.

[@johnnycage6676]

@@3ofSpadesI agree just don’t cry over old games you could still play to this day

[@3ofSpades]

@@johnnycage6676 I have a big backlog, been busy with it actually. But that’s why I said what I did, you never know what you have until it’s gone. Watching this video is almost like watching someone piecing together the timeline of a murder. Haunting. But that's the best thing about time, it changes. Thankfully it seems like people are starting to realize they have a choice, and there's no better time than now to make a better one and play something else if whatever the new thing is just decides it's going to antagonize and insult them for liking it.

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@johnnycage6676 it's also about the friends of that time, and online experience.

[@Snufkeens]

Just by seeing the main menus you can tell the quality that's being offered to you

[@_ArsNova]

Indeed lol. It's actually pretty amazing how much main menu quality tends to correlate with game quality. Halo 3, ODST, Reach, Modern Warfare, even Assassin's Creed. You could just sit on the main menu or let the idle movie play, and you felt both emotional and like you were at the threshold of a new era of gaming! At least for me, the better you can remember the main menu, the better the game was.

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

@@_ArsNova Another correlation is the advancment and standarization of UI. It has become souless, boxy, black and sleek.

[@xxReznikxx]

Some other great games that I really liked from this time period: - Lost Odyssey - Fight Night Champion - Ninja Gaiden II - Splinter Cell Conviction - The Darkness - PGR4 - Condemned - Riddick

[@Texelion3Dprints]

DMC4 maybe ?

[@dragonforks93]

Thank you for including The Darkness, very underappreciated wee game

[@magsec5]

Pgr4 was just launch racer, the cars handled like crap, wasn’t fun even for a kid.

[@kilgoretrout8896]

Lost Odyssey is a certified banger. Shame it’s still locked to Xbox consoles

[@abysswalker3357]

@@dragonforks93 if only someone would do a remaster of it i know we are getting so many remasters these days but then atleast there would be a better way to play it and it would not be stuck on the 360

[@edwin99901]

We need you back Crowbcat!

[@zaxbyeth]

We had no idea we were living through possibly the greatest gaming generation of all time. Banger after banger.

[@lemonstrangler]

u have bad taste in games

[@calamorta]

​@@lemonstrangler I agree there's too much FPS and shooters in general, but they're all among the best of their genre. In terms of pure amount of classics, this is unmatched. Try finding a better sequence of releases in any other era. ps: I'm not even into shooters nor many of the franchises here (AC, Bioshock etc), but I recognize they're good

[@lemonstrangler]

@@calamorta 2023 -2023, best gaming period

[@watch.v-dQw4w9WgXcQ]

@@calamorta you really just fall for a troll?

[@hunlepto2239]

@@lemonstrangler I'm genuinely wondering how dislike farming is anyhow fun.

[@wonderguardstalker]

Crazy cool seeing the dates and being taken back to the days they came out. I’ll always vividly remember having to pick between ME2 and Bioshock 2 because I couldn’t afford both, for example. I chose Bioshock 2 but I realized years later that I would’ve gotten an incredible game no matter which of the two I picked. That’s how good it felt to be playing games then

[@yobro6053]

This… I was broke then and I saved up to buy either mass effect 1 or cod 4 back in 07 and the sales assistant told me to get mass effect 1. Looking back neither was the bad choice and of course I saved up and got cod 4.

[@stupid90able]

I remember having to choose between DMC4 and Bioshock 1. I ended up getting Bioshock but luckily there were 2 Bioshock discs in my case so i took the extra one back to gamestop and got DMC 4 for free.

[@butterphli3z]

@@stupid90able Holy shit. The dream

[@TiomesTheOne]

I just realized that... At that time I didn't knew it, but it was the time I loved many games that shaped what I search in a videogame until now... Bioshock, Fallout 3/NV, Fable 1/2, Red Dead Redemption, Skyrim, the first 4 Assassin's Creed, Mafia II... And each helped defining the respective genre. My god, I was so lucky.

[@grifftown]

RIP Xbox 360. What a time to be alive with enough freetime to game after school until bed

[@ApologyforPepology]

Nice list, there were still some other bangers like Mirrors Edge in 2008. Which was and still is one of my favorite games. Also the weekly arcade games put out some gems back in the day.

[@StupidIsMyJob]

He forgot to throw Burnout Paradise into the mix, too

[@NavyPheonix]

Yeah there were some banger XBLA games like Castle Crashers and Splosion Man.

[@BongShlong]

Mirrors edge is a gem, I still play it from time to time. It feels so relaxing and nostalgic

[@GraveUypo]

it's missing entire genres. these aren't even a third of the best games of the era.

[@XxPelluquin63xX]

fr I was waiting on far cry 3 lolol

[@MrmorpheuZ]

I honestly forgot how many of these I played. Such a fantastic time for gaming. Thank you for reminding us all just how lucky we were through this time

[@entropy_9320]

You’ve captured in a single video why I feel bad for the younger generation of gamers. IMO, this was the last golden age of gaming before microtransactions and many of today’s disgusting “modern gaming” elements became standard practices in gaming

[@sirprintalot]

The 360 had the RROD and the PS3 had the yellow light thing. This was the generation that all started.

[@DP12321]

It started with the 360. Horse Armor was the catalyst. The whole system was designed around monetization. They had themes and picture packs for sale early on.

[@arisumego]

it's late capitalism and it's killing everything you love

[@sethyork1164]

​@@DP12321yup, seems most people dont remember when you had to buy microsoft points to buy anything from the store. It was an easy way to hide the price of anything on the xbox store

[@seja098]

Barely any xbox 360 game had microtransactions lol@@DP12321

[@Area210298]

Please sir crowb give us the concord vid!

[@karakachumba1]

Crazy how throughout the video you think ¨okay it can't get better than this¨ and then banger after banger show up one after the other, truly incredible.

[@tomoakley760]

I feel so privileged that this incredible era of gaming coincided perfectly with my formative years. So many good memories having mates round after school just cranking out endless Gears / Halo / L4D / Rainbow Six Vegas matches. And sharing stories of some weird shit I found in a Fallout vault. The level of quality and the sheer DENSITY of quality releases in such a short time frame made for a truly unforgettable time to be a gamer.

[@holeindanssock156]

Now you jump online and get bodied by 3 stacks of children wallhacking you from 120 feet away......

[@_ArsNova]

Right? 2007-2012 there were like 4-5 GOOD triple-A coming out every year. Teenage me with no money had to beg relatives every bday/xmas in the hopes getting one or two! Now it seems like we get maybe one good big-budget game that comes out every other year. I feel like the gaming industry got lazy and complacent just repeating many of the same old tropes from that period instead of using it as a springboard for innovation.

[@Velourvideo]

just imagine how hard it would be to create a similar timeline from 2020-2024 for truly iconic games in the ranks shown here, it would be impossible

[@pierrefdj3339]

Bro they put meh games like Lost Planet and CoD WaW. It would be exactly the same.

[@jaybeans981]

…you could, though? Like, it’s not THAT hard.

[@JingMitsuyamaCH]

@@pierrefdj3339Bro just say you didn’t play either. It’s obvious you didn’t.

[@ZodiacEntertainment2]

It wasn't that hard, actually. 2020: Half-Life: Alyx Doom Eternal Hades Factorio The Last of Us Part II Risk of Rain 2 Final Fantasy VII (Remake) Nioh 2 Ghosts of Tsushima Demon's Souls (Remake) Spelunky 2 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales Deep Rock Galactic 2021: Cruelty Squad Psychonauts 2 Metroid Dread Inscryption Hitman 3 It Takes Two Returnal Resident Evil Village Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Guilty Gear: Strive Monster Hunter Rise NEO: The Worlds Ends With You Deathloop 2022: Elden Ring Pentiment SIGNALIS Neon White Hyper Demon NORCO Teardown Tunic Horizon Forbidden West Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Splatoon 3 God of War Ragnarok 2023: Resident Evil 4 (Remake) Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Pizza Tower Dead Space (Remake) Hi-Fi Rush Final Fantasy XVI Octopath Traveller II Amnesia: The Bunker Baldur's Gate 3 Starfield Armored Core VI Star Wars Jedi: Survivor There are plenty of decent to great games coming out right now! A lot of them are not AAA experiences but that doesn't change the fact that we have been eating pretty good.

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

@@pierrefdj3339 WaW was absolutely THE CoD game before MW2 came out, I have no idea what you're on about.

[@Spitfire_94]

He gotta do Concord

[@iamls360sterriker9]

I was 15-18 during this period. This almost made me cry the best man tears. What a privilege to have lived through gamings apotheosis

[@Swerg20]

Same, been chasing this high ever since and gaming has rarely ever felt the same. A few games here and there but nothing like out it was when I was teenager and it truly was just because of the quality of games back then. This list doesn't even get into PC games either, world of Warcraft was peak back then too for one.

[@koreyjeffers6963]

Halo 3 came out the day after My 17th birthday. Legendary times

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@Swerg20 also the lack of politics and self inserting devs. Monetisation was just starting up as well around 2006 with map packs etc. Pc is good for emulation. Which means people can play ps3 games and 360 ps2 etc on their pc.

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

Same, it feels like i grew old and bitter towards modern gaming.

[@jcpuga]

I learned a new word today. 100% agree

[@Lowkicksfordayz]

Golden age of gaming is gone . But I got to see it , play it , love it .

[@dfghj241]

every recession eventually leads to a new golden age. if the world still here in the next 10 years, maybe we'll see another one.

[@Quintapion]

@@dfghj241here’s hoping, but modern gamers are conformed to micro-transaction filled garbage with the occasional remakes.

[@missingno88]

@@dfghj241 fat chance tbh. the whole landscape and culture has changed far too dramatically for the worse since the 360 days. we're never going to see anything like this again

[@sunflowertheog]

@@dfghj241 yeah, it's easy to just mindlessly hate on "the new" but some of my favorite games released after the 2012 era have been like stardew valley, monster hunter world/rise, phasmophobia, the jackbox games, dead by daylight, stuff like that

[@shinkenrock]

xbox mate

[@TheWanderer1800]

Xbox 360 was an unreal experience. Thank you for the memories.

[@Lofirainbows]

Unreal, yes; I'll never forget great experiences exclusive to owning Microsoft hardware... like my Xbox 360-coffin.

[@YourOwnDa]

@jabron.destoroyahyou sound mad

[@CamdenSilcox]

Seems you upset the pony meat riders, you didn't even have to bring up starfield, I would say this is funny, but it's more sad then anything

[@undecidedmajor1664]

​@jabron.destoroyahfound the snoy. lol no games

[@DanielZeal]

​@@YourOwnDaHow can you hear him through text...?

[@LoboVolk]

I'll be waiting for the Concord video

[@kda3113]

Concord is just another terrible game in a sea of terrible games being released these days, nothing special about it.

[@blobdobbler2929]

Really puts into perspective the caliber of games we were getting, and the insane release rate.

[@KatieTP]

What's crazy is a lot of these franchises are still around today. But I think back then they were all new and trying way more new ideas instead of tiny iterations in a franchise.

[@NickStuart118]

Most of them have been bled dry of creativity and what made them stand out in the first place, now they are all either dead franchises, have been milked or are awful trend chasers that exist solely to flog dlc and stuff in their online stores!

[@MrGrizzzlik]

I don't know a single franchise on this list that still flourishes or has any serious impact on industry (=doesn't stagnate from year to year). BF1 was kinda good I think? Dead Space killed by greed and lack of audience understanding, as are fallout, assassin's creed, battlefield, halo, gears... COD is maybe mediocrity incarnate, but Activitison at least understand what the public wants. From I don't count as they at least work on different series (even if at core it's same game).

[@elobiretv]

yeah but what are you gonna do with CoD or Assasins Creed after the 10th game to keep it interesting? What made that era great was the new titles, not rehashed old ones

[@MrGrizzzlik]

Insane to think how good EA was in 2007-2008.

[@Klongu_Da_Bongu]

Even then they were corrupt. They were still just a publisher.

[@ZachBobBob]

EA used to be my favourite publisher :(

[@AhmadWahelsa]

Burnout, Def Jam, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, NFS, Skate, The Sims Nowadays? NFS, maybe NFS, then FIFA (or EA Sports FC) every year.

[@TexasGreed]

started high school in 2007 and these games consumed thousands of hours of my time. Crazy to remember how close together some of them were. Skyrim 17 days after BF3 to cap it off is just nuts. Gaming is in a poor place right now man.

[@Dregomz02]

we need a market crash of AAA industry and build everything from the beginning , not a tiny fart of a market crash like with the ET but a global one.

[@sensiblegear6049]

And they expected us to study when we had all these games coming out back to back 😅

[@monad_tcp]

@@Dregomz02 well, if the industry keeps flopping the way it is, it'll soon be a reality

[@Adrot]

​@@Dregomz02That market crash made it hard to even promote video games at all. You had to promote them as "computers" or bundle them with toys, to slowly escape the stigma. Indies weren't in any shape or form as popular as today. And yet somehow you want it to be worse than that time? Talk about an extreme and unrealistic mentality.

[@wordofswords5386]

Its also crazy to see a couople launches of the most succesful games and IPs happened on the SAME DAY or less than a week apart! HOLY SHIT.

[@CleanSockQ]

Doubt we'll ever get this golden era of gaming ever again. So glad to have experienced the majority of these god-tier titles as a kid :)

[@Johnnywayne5302]

True get more enjoyment out of it as a kid that’s for sure it’s almost magical

[@yol_n]

We had a lot of bangers this year though. Gaming is not dead!

[@cl4709]

What does it say about the gaming industry that games from 10+ years ago are more fun than games made now, even with better tech. It’s almost like it’s done on purpose

[@tezmt88]

Definitely, just look at how many titles from one franchise was on the 360, COD, Gears etc. Now you'll be lucky to get 2 games from the same franchise on one console.

[@itzderrio]

@@yol_nyea it is

[@filmmisanthrope]

Going from PS2 to 360 was an illuminating and fun experience.

[@prok3jpeg]

This was gaming at its peak. I'm so thankful that i got to experience all these games.

[@Prophet-Muhammad-is-a-pedo]

Same man even the originals like ps 2 and Xbox crystal was the shit

[@NewDesignVinylGraphics]

​@@Prophet-Muhammad-is-a-pedofor sure og Xbox crystal edition is the first console my brother and I had that we could call ours. I still remember getting fable 1 and halo 2 with it from Eb games when I was 7

[@BethesdaModder]

I remember thinking back then 'wow I cant wait to see how much better games get 10-20 years from now!' But now we get 'live service' instead of good games 📉👎😓

[@anzu8698]

Can’t wait for the Concord video

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

I still have my old xbox 360 as a trophy, red ring of death took it, but man do I have so many fond and fun memories on that little device. Couch co-op gaming with my dad, late nights with friends, and oh-so many fantastic games. It was honestly a grand time for games and players.

[@grimreaperoverlord6225]

Have you removed the hard drive to use in another console?

[@guitarhands746]

The red ring is yet to come to mine

[@cisco20211]

I've had various 360's in my life. But the one I currently own is a slim e :/ works fine, but its a slime E lol

[@khartoumist1031]

I remember cracking open my 360 and whipping out the arctic silver to redo the heat sinks. I figured it was either that or buy a new console. And it worked for a while!! I was so beyond impressed with myself at the time I'd never worked with any electronics of any sort haha. Huge milestone in my young life tbh.

[@deloreandmc88]

I still have my old Xbox 360 slim HD here. A trophy and a token to the best years of the modern gaming age.

[@codycigar4558]

This vid hit me in the feels hard. Time flies. My entire childhood bottled up into one 10min video. I’m 28 now with 1 kid and another on the way. Haven’t touched video games in over 5-6 years. Probably played vs a bunch of the people in the comment section and never even knew it. Cheers to a good time.

[@Smash_252]

Same age as you, perhaps we did go head to head somewhere along the line. All the best to you in life brother

[@reditoao]

You aren't missing out on much

[@zetagundam20x]

@@Smash_252same age here too. Crazy how time flies. May have seen both of y’all while gaming. Hope all is good with both of y’all

[@christianbethel]

So play these games with your kids!

[@ollie0070]

Man the COD: World at War menu actually gives me Goosebumps; man the nostalgia

[@MortalKombatVita]

The PS5 Pro beckons you Crowb! We need your help! Light up the Crow cat symbol boys!

[@w1seguys]

Crazy to think that in less than a 6 year period there were 2 Fallout games and 2 Elder Scrolls games. Now it has been nearly 8 years since the last proper Fallout game (no I don't count 76) and almost 12 years since Elder Scrolls (no I don't count ES online) with no anticipated date in sight for either. Starfield better be one of the greatest masterpieces ever to make up for this.

[@Neckromorph]

Bethesda has honestly become such a lazy company, similar to how Valve is right now. They're making their money off of Skyrim and it's 200 different re-releases, that they have almost no incentive to continue the franchise.

[@Greenleaf_]

@@Neckromorph They make it off the microtransaction filled fo76.

[@ktdagoat1289]

​@@NeckromorphWow the level of bitterness from alot of you guys is rather astonishing.. They rereleased Skyrim cause it sold and also funded the Doom 2016 and Eternals, The Preys and Dishonoreds, the Evil WithIns and more.. And while those games were great besides 1 of them, they didn't even make the cost of production back.. It's easy to just say "Didn't do what I THINK should happen therefore they are lazy" then actually apply logic, reason, and research...

[@ViewtifulBeau]

You're setting yourself up for disappointment. I want Starfield to do well, believe me but I don't think it'll be as favorably remembered.

[@Greenleaf_]

@@ktdagoat1289 Those were published by bethesda, not developed.

[@butterh2]

the added touch of the 360 drive spinning noises when starting was just *excellent*

[@canonize9241]

Absolutely agree.

[@ovroc]

especially when you werent sure the disk would even work ahaha

[@frogsoup7443]

Brings me back.......so many fun late nights spent playing with friends I'd never met in person before. They're only video games yes, but they created some great memories.

[@LSK2K]

The best memories.

[@colebadzey3338]

I was born in 2008 bro all i got was Minecraft xbox edition

[@ClicStudio]

Its so strange looking back and seeing how close the release dates of amazing games were, especially today when you gotta dig to find fun games that are coming out soon. The AAA game industry back then was so much more focused on quality than today. Or rather they had another vision of what is quality. Today’s games are so hard to love

[@redprotocol1]

the focus on player retention instead of making a good game is whats ruined everything. More money in selling the same game to the player over and over again.

[@Gleidur]

Halo 3, The Orange Box, CoD Modern Warfare, Assassins Creed, Mass Effect, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, GTA4. All in a row. It's probably the most insane streak of masterpieces we'll ever get to see. I'm not a "Games used to be better" kind of guy, fantastic games are still released. There's just no way we're gonna have such an insane succession of games ever again.

[@NicolaiTschenow7530]

One can always wonder why, but at that time the "big" game studios were still small and had something to prove. Every industry has its golden age though, and gaming were growing incredibly fast at that time.

[@Gleidur]

@@NicolaiTschenow7530 Indeed. A lot of the ones who wanted to prove something succeded, and now they profit through other means like marketing and microtransactions. It's a real bummer how many game studios have fallen from grace. But hey, Elden Ring is probably the best ARPG I've ever experienced so we do get some moments of greatness from time to time.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Not that "games used to be better", just "average games used to be better". There were many stinkers in that era, but they were few and far between. Nowadays it's the opposite. Good games are released in a sea of shit. It's good to know that shit stil sinks and gold still floats.

[@NicolaiTschenow7530]

@@Gleidur That is true. Bethesda went from elder scrolls IV to Fallout 76, doesn't get much more heartbreaking. With that said I'm still hoping for a decent fallout new vegas 2.

[@schmecklin377]

Production costs and development times for games have gotten ridiculous. It's not so much that games were better, there were just a higher amount of great games as the entry cost to make great AAA games was lower.

[@liquidice7824]

When the world needed him most, he returned

[@The_whales]

This timeline not only shows the difference in the amount of good games but we can reflect on how far we have gone

[@Bollibompa]

Amazing games everywhere for almost no cost, delivered to you fast, with guides everywhere, lore, videos, in-depth discussions and... An army of people who can even play it for you, for free! With a charismatic personality or big boobs or maybe both. What a time to be alive!

[@bobbyjoe9328]

We need Star Wars outlaws and concord content buddy. Hurry up

[@BigBrosFilms]

The 360 had an absolutely insane library

[@Atillux]

@chinkexterminator6571You realize that a lot of these games were also on PS3?

[@bickboose9364]

​@chinkexterminator6571You really should pick up a 500GB PS3 slim or super-slim (fat versions are too failure-prone) and give its exclusives a shot. They're dirt cheap now. Jailbreak it, even. There's no need to get the physical games. I assure you in the best possible way, you've absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[@Dirt-McGerk]

​@chinkexterminator6571 PS3 was dope and made up a lot for its shortcomings from 2009 onwards, but that price when it dropped in 2006... damn. Had people shooting each other in the streets over PS3's. The failure rate on 360's can not be ignored, though.

[@tobecontinued436]

I miss the days where I thought games would just get better and better but now I know that the best games there will ever be are already made.

[@DarkMachango]

Gaming peaked at Katamari Damacy

[@Dregomz02]

@@DarkMachango i'm still yet to play it i guess i will save it for the retirement

[@DarkMachango]

@@Dregomz02 What if you don't get to retire? Life is too short and unpredictable. Sprinkle some Katamari Damacy in your life. Give yourself a treat, you deserve it.

[@pickpickpickpickpickpick]

I mean this is just objectively wrong. People are forgetting masterpieces like Red Dead Redemption 2, or fucking Baldurs Gate 3 for fucks sake. While this might arguably be the best ever period in time for amazing releases coming out one after another, I don't deny that, saying that the best games ever are already made is just stupid. You're trivializing the amount of work that devs have put in over the last decade, and the amount of progress we've seen. Sure we might never have another golden age, but we get absolute gems dropping every now and again, from Remnant 2, to Hades, BG3, to Elden Ring. Even comeback stories like Cyberpunk 2077, and upcoming masterpieces like Grand Theft Auto 6 (which I'm betting, if it's even half as good as RDR2, is going to be record breaking). If you had me pick between any game on this list as the only game I could play forever, VS a game that came out in the last 2 years, I'd choose a more modern game every time. You guys are blinded behind rose tinted glasses, while these games are good, new games, especially the masterpieces, are way way way way way way better. I could play Baldur's Gate 3 forever, Rimworld on repeat till I die. I'd get tired of any of these games (except for maybe GTA 4) in a couple months tops.

[@harambe5131]

Nope the guy is right. Also cyberpunk is trash and always will be.

[@chrisliu5679]

This era held some of the best times and some of the worst times of my life. Many of these games were life saving. I remember the feelings associated with the games, where I was. Life was vivid, then. It’s difficult growing older. I want to break the loop. I want to step back into my own life.

[@MFSPOON1242]

Dead space, and saints row 2 coming out on the same day is actually fucking crazy