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Here's a look back at one of the best years ever in video games - 2001

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Gran Turismo 3
01:10 - Ico
02:03 - Silent Hill 2
03:01 - Metal Gear Solid 2
04:14 - Devil May Cry
05:08 - Jak & Daxter The Precursor Legacy
06:11 - THPS3
07:06 - Final Fantasy X
08:03 - GTA 3
09:01 - Halo
10:32 - Star Wars Rogue Leader
11:36 - Super Smash Bros. Melee
13:00 - Mario Kart: Super Circuit
13:43 - Golden Sun
14:37 - Conker's Bad Fur Day
15:52 - Max Payne
17:17 - Black & White
19:22 - Conclusion/Outro

 

[Unknown?]

Missing Twisted Metal Black.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Halo and FFX were the best that year.

 

[Pimpbaa]

I was playing GTA3 obsessively over and over. God I wish that got a bluepoint kinda remake.

 

[jshackles]

"this could have been a JPG"

 

[Dacvak]

Legendary year. I miss this level of quality and competition.

 

[Instant_Classic]

2001 helped usher in the modern era of gaming, that we all know.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Most of those have not aged well. I would only go back to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Silent Hill 2, and Devil May Cry as part of series retrospectives and likely force myself to finish them.

P.S. I am currently playing Max Payne but I doubt I will replay it.

 

[TheDuskwalker]

I still own most of these. Such a great year.

 

[Success]

These nostalgia threads have a whole different meaning for me now after the Zommer and Bommer thread.

I personally enjoy the nostalgia but can't shake the feeling now, it is the nostalgia for 24 years ago that is keeping this board trapped in the past.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

What's crazy is 2001 was the start of an absolute onslaught of GOAT games. Not just GOTY, not just best in genre, but some of the best all time games that rank today. Incredible generation to grow up with.

Some other excellent games from that year, not mentioned in the video:

Ace Combat 4
Advance Wars
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Luigi's Mansion
Paper Mario
Phantasy Star Online

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Look at all those good games without pandering in them.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

These nostalgia threads have a whole different meaning for me now after the Zommer and Bommer thread.

I personally enjoy the nostalgia but can't shake the feeling now, it is the nostalgia for 24 years ago that is keeping this board trapped in the past.

Alternatively, those years actually were significantly better for gaming in a lot of ways, for reasons that people can and have outlined ad nauseum.

Pointing to nostalgia as the sole reason for these kinds of threads and calling it a day is lazy and, frankly, stupid.

 

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These nostalgia threads have a whole different meaning for me now after the Zommer and Bommer thread.

I personally enjoy the nostalgia but can't shake the feeling now, it is the nostalgia for 24 years ago that is keeping this board trapped in the past.

 

[Inanilmaz]

These nostalgia threads have a whole different meaning for me now after the Zommer and Bommer thread.

I personally enjoy the nostalgia but can't shake the feeling now, it is the nostalgia for 24 years ago that is keeping this board trapped in the past.

"Its not Nostalgia if you can back it up, or something like that."

 

[JimmyRustler]

Great year for gaming. I was soooo hyped for MGS2. But SH2 and GT3 were also big ones for me.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Just been checking out the 2001 release scheduele on wiki and I dunno why but I kinda put things into perspective.

2001 in video games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

End of the year was packed but the rest of said year was quite lukewarm.
The most funny thing to notice is that MGS2 sold better than GTA3. LOL, how times have changed.