With the next gen now beginning, what games defined the current gen (360/PS3) for you?

[Skeeter Barnes]

What games did you enjoy the most or spend the most hours playing?


For me, it was probably Fallout 3, Red Dead Redemption and Borderlands 1 & 2.

[Broken_Hero]

1. The most time playing, easily Skyrim

I have at least 700hrs into Skyrim, and a lot of time into Arkham City. I like both games a lot, but give the slight edge to Arkham City as my favorite PS3 title.

[Skeeter Barnes]

5. I'm definitely going to play Arkham City & Arkham Asylum.

I've heard both are great games.

[Broken_Hero]

16. Hmm,

I've been debating this post of mine for awhile and I have changed my mind. I think the Batman games are great, no doubt about that, the fighting style, the usage of weapons, upgrades and the game totally feeds my Comic geekiness but Skyrim on the other hand matches that in spades.

The only thing I dislike about Skyrim is the glitches/freezes, which were very minimal until I got the Legendary Pack a few months ago. I didn't think I"d like Skyrim because I downright hated Oblivion(glitch heaven).

But, I have changed my vote to Skyrim....

[Vashta Nerada]

2. Oh definitely Skyrim.

I've put hundreds of hours into it.

I'm excited to see what The Elders Scrolls will look like on the next gen consoles!

[Broken_Hero]

3. Ditto on

The Elder Scrolls Online, if that was a launch title I'd have a ps4 right now.

[Skeeter Barnes]

4. I forgot Skyrim.

Great game but I did so much level grinding and side questing that I never got around to finishing the main quest. Thanks for reminding me to go back and finish it.

[Vashta Nerada]

7. The battle with Alduin is a letdown.

Just an FWI.

Legendary dragons are harder to defeat than Alduin.

[NuclearDem]

9. God, I know what you mean.

I was close to level 30 before I even visited the Graybeards.

[Skeeter Barnes]

10. I never even installed the first patch so I could do all the crafting exploits. My character was

pretty much invincible and could one or two hit kill just about everything. I really do need to go back and finish that character and then download the patches so I can play it legit.

It was even worse with the level grinding in Oblivion with all those minor skills you could level up without leveling up your main skills. I think I finished the main quest like four years after I started!

[Bjorn Against]

6. I would add GTA, Assassin's Creed, and Mass Effect to your list.

There were a lot of excellent games this generation but those are all series that I know I will still be looking back on years in the future.

[NuclearDem]

8. Skyrim, Mass Effect, The Last of Us, and the Fallout games.

I'd add Heavy Rain as well.

[Skeeter Barnes]

11. Still need to play Last of Us and Heavy Rain.

I've only played one game on my PS3: Gran Turismo 5.

[ElboRuum]

12. GTA V.

The current generation was little more than episode after episode of realism intensive FPS stalwarts. I used to play quite a lot of FPS games back in the heady days of Dooms and Quakes, I think I've got all I can from that experience. It's probably why I play the Wii more than any other console, generally. I'll take the next episode of a Metroid over the latest Call of Duty. I think the reason why the current gen has left me rather unimpressed is the devotion to online play and the second-rating of the single player experience. I know that good AIs are tough to write, and good single player experiences require a bit more planning and creativity, but have we really given up trying?

GTA V's single-player mode has given me hope. With the humor restored to something resembling the GTA III series tongue in cheek satire (GTA IV was so dour and serious it was sad), and a bit more of the old mischievious fun through easter eggs and oddball things to discover, as well as the most expansive map to date, it has, along with Skyrim, saved the current generation from posting up a near perfect triumph of realism over just plain fun.

[Skeeter Barnes]

14. I prefer single player as well.

I play games to escape from this world, not to interact with other people.

[Whisp]

13. Skyrim for me.

The most beautiful game I've ever seen.

[Skeeter Barnes]

15. Red Dead Redemption looked amazing as well especially for a console game.

I spent a lot of time in Mexico just riding around looking at the scenery.