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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 12:33:29 AM
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For me, I think it's been League of Legends.

I know it wasn't officially released in the official window(late 2009), but its influence has been undeniable.

It really pushed esports to the forefront, so much so that esports arenas and leagues are more prevalent now.

It was the game that pushed streaming to the forefront. More so than any other game, people streamed league of legends to build a following during the middle of the decade(2011-2016 in particular)

For better or worse, it introduced the idea of "toxic behavior" and "reported", two issues that went beyond video games as social issues during the decade. The idea of online bullying and censorship...those ideas were given a prime example through the medium of League.

In terms of numbers, I pulled up an article from 2016 that said League has more than 100 million active players. Yes this number has fallen likely now heading in 2019, but still that is an incredible amount.

Finally, just on a personal level, I remember how blown away I was personally playing the game when I first started in 2011.

It was my first MOBA, really one of the only major gaming innovations during the decade. The idea of battling as 5 versus another 5 was still a very novel idea when the game came out. It was like a war! Such a cool concept. When I first started playing the game, back in Sept 2011, I was addicted, playing 10 hours a day with my brother.

The game is addictive, clearly. It inspired more games that followed(overwatch, heroes of the storm, fortnite even in the battle arena concept) than any other game in the decade.

Any one else agree or disagree? Throw your game up for discussion in here(smash ultimate? Breath of the wild? Persona 5? Skyrim?)
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MZero11
12/28/18 12:47:23 AM
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Persona 5 is the best game released this decade imo, though not the most innovative or influential. Just really high quality
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Snake5555555555
12/28/18 12:53:34 AM
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If I had to go with just one, it's Spec Ops: The Line. It really pushed game narrative for me, it still astounds and affects me deeply on every playthrough, right up there with Silent Hills 2 & 3.

Overwatch and Resident Evil 7 are close contenders though.
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Logience
12/28/18 1:01:14 AM
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I dread what kind of game LoL ends up getting fed to in order to appease the board. Hopefully SBAllen is smart and has it and Undertale fight each other in round 1.
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FBike1
12/28/18 1:01:59 AM
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It came out in '09. It's ineligible.
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 1:34:31 AM
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FBike1 posted...
It came out in '09. It's ineligible.


Boooo!

The concept of "release date" was another concept that league destroyed. Due to the patch and update culture of gaming now
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 1:35:30 AM
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Snake5555555555 posted...
If I had to go with just one, it's Spec Ops: The Line. It really pushed game narrative for me, it still astounds and affects me deeply on every playthrough, right up there with Silent Hills 2 & 3.

Overwatch and Resident Evil 7 are close contenders though.


Never played spec ops yet. First time hearing about it.

Overwatch would be in the top 10 for me. That game was amazing(and still is good)
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scarletspeed7
12/28/18 1:39:06 AM
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SuperNiceDog posted...
FBike1 posted...
It came out in '09. It's ineligible.


Boooo!

The concept of "release date" was another concept that league destroyed. Due to the patch and update culture of gaming now

nope
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 1:41:40 AM
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MZero11 posted...
Persona 5 is the best game released this decade imo, though not the most innovative or influential. Just really high quality


I've seen some gameplay footage of it, it looked cool
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Link versus Cloud
12/28/18 6:07:32 AM
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Interesting, I definitely didn't consider League coming into this topic but OP makes a good case for it.

Especially if we are considering "game of the decade" to mean the game having had the largest impact on the whole decade and not just the best game released in this decade.

LoL might end up being the most influential game in history if e-sports continue to grow like they have (even if its not LoL itself being the top e-sport going forward).
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SaveEstelle
12/28/18 7:04:56 AM
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Breath of the Wild and Skyrim are the first ones to pop into my mind here.
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ZeroSignal620
12/28/18 8:37:59 AM
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Unless something really epic comes out in 2019, my pick is Super Mario Odyssey
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tazzyboyishere
12/28/18 11:16:30 AM
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Definitely Super Metroid
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 12:23:29 PM
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Link versus Cloud posted...
Interesting, I definitely didn't consider League coming into this topic but OP makes a good case for it.

Especially if we are considering "game of the decade" to mean the game having had the largest impact on the whole decade and not just the best game released in this decade.

LoL might end up being the most influential game in history if e-sports continue to grow like they have (even if its not LoL itself being the top e-sport going forward).


thanks!

Yea I thought about this topic for awhile. Even though League has died off in terms of popularity as of late 2018, I think it's impact on the culture has been that great.

It also introduced the idea of games constantly updating through patches. The game is truly never complete, and actually evolves with the times. That concept came about thanks to League. I mean, it wasn't the first ever game with a patch, but it certainly was the most influential one.(you could argue for Wow)

Also, just the pure numbers. From 2018 data:

"The most recent figures show that League of Legends has an active player base of over 80 million monthly players. Or over 27 million players every single day."

Compare this to other candidates for GotD:

Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 7.0 million in Japan and 5.01 million units overseas, 12 million total
Persona 5: 2.2 Million
Spec Ops: The Line: under 1 million copies
GTA 5: Over 95 Million Copies.

Amongst these, only GTA 5 has a competition with League, with more total sales. Yet how many people still play GTA 5 in late 2018? Probably not many.

Amongst other online games:

Overwatch: As of May 2018, Overwatch had 40 million players worldwide.
Fortnite: Fortnite has 78.3 million monthly players, according to Epic.(Oct 2018 data)

These are other serious contenders for Game of the Decade.
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Zylothewolf
12/28/18 12:27:28 PM
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FFXV is the best!
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ninkendo
12/28/18 12:29:20 PM
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if we're including 2010 then it's still Red Dead Redemption 1
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scarletspeed7
12/28/18 12:49:22 PM
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Why does number of players matter? Does an Academy Award require a certain amount of viewership? These contests are for "best" games, not "most played" games. If that were the case, a ton of mobile games would be in contention.
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LOLIAmAnAlt
12/28/18 1:02:10 PM
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"Toxic Behavior" was in every online or non-online multiplayer video game since the dawn of time. It's the nature of competition.
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LOLIAmAnAlt
12/28/18 1:07:27 PM
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I would have to go with Rocket League.
It's the first video game to do a team sport correctly. The fact that they made it a sport that could never be done in real life is a bonus.

HM goes to CS:GO

For the non-competitive game category it would be either BotW or Mario Maker.
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redrocket
12/28/18 1:09:17 PM
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SuperNiceDog posted...
I mean, it wasn't the first ever game with a patch, but it certainly was the most influential one.(you could argue for Wow)


I would argue that it's WoW and it's not even close.
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Waluigi1
12/28/18 1:24:33 PM
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
I would have to go with Rocket League.
It's the first video game to do a team sport correctly. The fact that they made it a sport that could never be done in real life is a bonus.

HM goes to CS:GO

For the non-competitive game category it would be either BotW or Mario Maker.

You act like it's not just soccer but with cars lol
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LOLIAmAnAlt
12/28/18 2:49:25 PM
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Waluigi1 posted...
LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
I would have to go with Rocket League.
It's the first video game to do a team sport correctly. The fact that they made it a sport that could never be done in real life is a bonus.

HM goes to CS:GO

For the non-competitive game category it would be either BotW or Mario Maker.

You act like it's not just soccer but with cars lol

It's more like hockey actually, but we don't use jetpacks in those sports.
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INTERWEBUSER
12/28/18 4:27:53 PM
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Fortnite

And most significant traditional game was without a doubt gta5.
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The_Ctes
12/28/18 5:15:35 PM
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I think it's silly to consider something here because of its influence. Like would you also consider Super Mario Bros the best game of the 90s? Not the exact same deal, but still.
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 5:30:59 PM
#26:


metaIslug posted...
League
Fortnite
Pokemon Go maybe


woooo!

Yea Pokemon Go was so massive, even hillary clinton knew about (pokemon go to the polls was a thing in 2016)
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 5:46:05 PM
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INTERWEBUSER posted...
Fortnite

And most significant traditional game was without a doubt gta5.


even though fornite didn't come out till 2017?

League was relevant from 2010 till now
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GuessMyUserName
12/28/18 5:59:50 PM
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xenoblade gotd 2000s and 2010s
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TheCodeisBosco
12/28/18 6:32:27 PM
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My personal favorites are Undertale, Splatoon, Cuphead and Super Mario Odyssey. All four would make it into my personal top ten, and I truly feel like each one pushed the envelope in a meaningful way.

All in all, I think it's been a good decade for gaming, and better than the 2000s by leaps and bounds. 90s are still the best decade though.
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FlyingForever
12/28/18 6:51:25 PM
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Bloodborne and it's not even close
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Johnbobb
12/28/18 7:25:42 PM
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If I had to go one for the decade, I think I might go Journey

Kind of redefined what indie games could be for me, and I'd point to it being a big part of the start of the incredible wave of indies that's hit over the last decade (though I'll give Braid in '08 and Limbo in '10 some credit for that too)

other considerations for me:
Bioshock Infinite
Life is Strange
various other indies
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Waluigi1
12/28/18 7:42:14 PM
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LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
Waluigi1 posted...
LOLIAmAnAlt posted...
I would have to go with Rocket League.
It's the first video game to do a team sport correctly. The fact that they made it a sport that could never be done in real life is a bonus.

HM goes to CS:GO

For the non-competitive game category it would be either BotW or Mario Maker.

You act like it's not just soccer but with cars lol

It's more like hockey actually, but we don't use jetpacks in those sports.

Really? How so? I always consider the hockey sticks and ice rink as the main things that make hockey hockey.
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Yuri_LowelI
12/28/18 9:52:32 PM
#33:


Logience posted...
I dread what kind of game LoL ends up getting fed to in order to appease the board. Hopefully SBAllen is smart and has it and Undertale fight each other in round 1.


Tumblr has been cut off of all the Pervy LGBT community. Undertake wont do shit. It was only popular when it came out.

LoL isnt anywhere near as big now
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:02:56 PM
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so no love for smash ultimate?

I really think it's not that great. It's kinda just smash 4 plus more people and slightly better grahpics
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Yuri_LowelI
12/28/18 10:07:15 PM
#35:


SuperNiceDog posted...
so no love for smash ultimate?

I really think it's not that great. It's kinda just smash 4 plus more people and slightly better grahpics


Its not even close to being one of the best games of this year let alone decade. And Im a huge smash fan.

My top 10 are in no order

- Bayonetta 2
- Dark Souls
- Mass Effect 2
- Legend of Zelda BOTW
- God of War
- Persona 5
- Nier Automata
- Rayman Legends
- Dead Cells
- Hollow Knight
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:09:10 PM
#36:


Yuri_LowelI posted...
SuperNiceDog posted...
so no love for smash ultimate?

I really think it's not that great. It's kinda just smash 4 plus more people and slightly better grahpics


Its not even close to being one of the best games of this year let alone decade. And Im a huge smash fan.

My top 5 are

- Bayonetta 2
- Dark Souls
- Mass Effect 2
- Legend of Zelda BOTW
- God of War


God of War? Didn't the first game come out in 2005?
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Yuri_LowelI
12/28/18 10:11:49 PM
#37:


SuperNiceDog posted...
Yuri_LowelI posted...
SuperNiceDog posted...
so no love for smash ultimate?

I really think it's not that great. It's kinda just smash 4 plus more people and slightly better grahpics


Its not even close to being one of the best games of this year let alone decade. And Im a huge smash fan.

My top 5 are

- Bayonetta 2
- Dark Souls
- Mass Effect 2
- Legend of Zelda BOTW
- God of War


God of War? Didn't the first game come out in 2005?


I edited my list to a top 10.

Im talking about the new one.
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:12:07 PM
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Johnbobb posted...
If I had to go one for the decade, I think I might go Journey

Kind of redefined what indie games could be for me, and I'd point to it being a big part of the start of the incredible wave of indies that's hit over the last decade (though I'll give Braid in '08 and Limbo in '10 some credit for that too)

other considerations for me:
Bioshock Infinite
Life is Strange
various other indies


Journey is a great great pic. That game was so beautiful.

It was talked about so much when it came out in 2012 as an artistic, EXPERIENCE.
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:13:18 PM
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Oh God of War 2018 ok. I just wiki'ed it, they remade the original 2005 game.
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foolm0r0n
12/28/18 10:16:19 PM
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Yeah it's a remake, like LoL was a remake of Dota
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:16:37 PM
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Also, since your username is Tales-related(Vesperia), no consideration of any of the Tales... games?

There was a lot during the decade...

Graces F(2010)
Xillia(2013)
Xillia 2(2014)
Zestiria(2015)
Berseria(2016)
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:17:47 PM
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foolm0r0n posted...
Yeah it's a remake, like LoL was a remake of Dota


LOL is not a remake of Dota...

I get that it's similar but they added new champs no?

Also, is Dota 2 in anyone's top 20 list for game of the Decade? It's a possibility. I think I'd put in my top 30 at least
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Yuri_LowelI
12/28/18 10:34:52 PM
#43:


SuperNiceDog posted...
Also, since your username is Tales-related(Vesperia), no consideration of any of the Tales... games?

There was a lot during the decade...

Graces F(2010)
Xillia(2013)
Xillia 2(2014)
Zestiria(2015)
Berseria(2016)


Because none of those are close to being game of decade. Beseria Is the only one I would say is a solid 8/10 very good game. Graces and both xillia games are ok-good but nothing special. Zesteria is straight up garbage. Like it would be in my top 10 most disappointing.

Id say xenoblade chronicles 1 is a close shout for my top 10. It might even make it in if I give it more thought.

Thing is I love vesperia and Im a big Jrpg fan but Im not one of these people that only plays jrpgs. Its not even my fav genre. Vesperia would barely make my top 10 of 2000s actually but that decade is stacked like fuck
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Yuri_LowelI
12/28/18 10:36:29 PM
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Also God of war is a sequel to the original trilogy and a reboot in terms of gameplay.

Its not even close to being a remake.

Reboot is more accurate. Complete reboot but with the same character set in the same universe.
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Waluigi1
12/28/18 10:41:13 PM
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Who is this guy anyway?
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 10:45:56 PM
#46:


Waluigi1 posted...
Who is this guy anyway?


I am Super NICE DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Solioxrz362
12/28/18 10:54:07 PM
#47:


It's gotta be The Last of Us or the new God of War for me.

I think The Last of Us showed me just how far a game can go to tell a story and discuss themes rather than just have a plot. Also the multiplayer in it is probably one of the top 3 multiplayers I've ever played.

The new God of War does something very similar with its story in that it tackled some pretty meaningful stuff, but it did that slightly less effectively than The Last of Us. On the other hand, it has the bonus of being a spectacle and having a far more complex story to the point where the amount of stuff they wove into the narrative while keeping it all coherent is astonishing.
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Waluigi1
12/28/18 11:00:15 PM
#48:


SuperNiceDog posted...
Waluigi1 posted...
Who is this guy anyway?


I am Super NICE DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011 guru champion

Do you not play many games or?
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SuperNiceDog
12/28/18 11:10:00 PM
#49:


Waluigi1 posted...
SuperNiceDog posted...
Waluigi1 posted...
Who is this guy anyway?


I am Super NICE DOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011 guru champion

Do you not play many games or keep up with them at all?


I play some games. I mostly play mainstream games though this year(overwatch, league)
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GuessMyUserName
12/29/18 1:03:49 AM
#50:


SuperNiceDog posted...
I really think it's not that great. It's kinda just smash 4 plus more people and slightly better grahpics

you just described the 2nd best game to come out in ~3 decades
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