an just remembering that 2005 is another great year for video games, the line of games released in these 365 days have been considered the best of their genres. We never a year of releases that had a fantastic variety of games that was all over the place. FPS, Survival Horror, RPG’s, stealth games, action adventures, beat’em ups, 3D Platformers, sandbox games, and Music & Rhythem games got it’s resurrection with Guitar Hero. It didn’t’ even matter what game machine you have, there was something offered for you! This is a year that has been filled with a lot of ups and downs for many of the games being released because there were so many titles coming out and gamers weren’t made out of money. Meanwhile there were new handheld systems that finally has 3D Graphics that’s in console level quality like the Nintendo DS and the Playstation Portable. This was also the year when Microsoft had released their next generation console the Xbox 360. As a result of having so anythings coming out in 2005, there had been a lot of titles that didn’t sell as well as the marketer hoped and as a result, showed that this was a year that should know that there were too much being released. Are we going to have another year in gaming that has as much titles as 2005? For the sake that there were just so many great games released this year, it made counting down 10 of the best games of 2005 so difficult leaving a lot of titles out of the list…
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Resident Evil 4
I do have a serious grudge about all the changes this game did for the whole franchise and for survival horror (if you can even call it that anymore) in general, but I won’t lie and tell you that I did have fun with this game. Though I was vastly disappointed with the games, horror the physics and shooting mechanics and even the combat is absolutely fun. You can really feel the impact when you shoot at any enemy and you can still feel more of it when you upgrade the weapons. The reason why this game is low on the list, is not because of the lack of horror itself (remember I’m throwing that rule out the window for this list), is because there are just so many very annoying aspects of the game like protecting Ashley, playing as Ashley, the sewer monster, taking out two El Gigantes in the chamber, random quick time events, and especially the tedious puzzles. These are all of the reasons that I stated that I feel that this game is very overrated and does not deserve to be in the Top 10.
Jade Empire
We haven’t seen an original Bioware title since MDK2 and being a great follow up to KOTOR was really fantastic! Though I really would love to have Bioware to make KOTOR2 instead of having another developer that gave us a disappointing experience, Jade Empire is a masterful action RPG set in a fantasy martial arts theme. Jade Empire was one of the developer’s first attempts at creating an entire universe of its own, and while the world wasn’t as interesting or involved as Mass Effect’s would be, it was still incredibly interesting–it’s no wonder fans clamor for sequels to this day. You make plenty of choices on your way to the end of the game, choosing to follow either the Way of the Open Palm or the Way of the Closed Fist as they fight to find their master. Early seeds of future BioWare game mechanics–including player romance and choice-driven gameplay–were present in the game, making Jade Empire a true spiritual predecessor to games like Dragon Age and Mass Effect.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
For the longest time, it seemed that Final Fantasy conquered the RPG market so much that it even destroy Dragon Quest, it’s competitor. But once Enix and Square Soft united as Square Enix, they brought back Akira Toriama to resurrect this forgotten RPG series. This is honestly the last great JRPG before the trend of Western RPG dominated the gaming market worldwide. Dragon Quest VIII had it all. A fully three-dimensional environment (a first for the series), a beautifuly orchestrated soundtrack, superb voice acting, an enjoyable alchemy system, a battle arena where you could fight and recruit monsters, a simple yet effective story and a lovable cast. It’s no wonder that the game became an international smash hit, and even today it is considered by many to be the best Dragon Quest game in the series. This title screams classic RPG at it’s fullest, but at the same time does a lot of different thing never seen from the genre. It’s what all RPGs might be like if Final Fantasy VII hadn’t come along and changed everything. Far from a throwback, it succeeds spectacularly in marrying old-school RPG concepts with cutting-edge graphics and an uncommonly charming world. If this is a throwback, we’ll happily continue living in the past.
So with that out of the way, here is the 10 best video games of 2005!
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