1998 Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil 2, Half life, Mario Party, Metal Gear Solid, Spyro, Sonic Adventure, Banjo-Kazooie, Pokémon Yellow.

2004? Resident Evil 4 Halo 2 Half-Life 2 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Fable Need For Speed Underground 2 Red Dead Revolver World of Warcraft Pikmin 2 Star Wars Battlefront SmackDown vs. RAW Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Ninja Gaiden Seriously, is this even up for debate?

2007 was the best; Bioshock Halo 3 Mass Effect Super Mario Galaxy Uncharted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare The Orange Box Assassin’s Creed Crysis Rock Band God of War 2

1997 was epic for video games. 2017 was the next epic year for video game.

yeah honestly 1997, 2007 & 2017 all absolute bangers

2008 Fallout 3, Persona 4, MGS4, GOW2, Dead Space, GTA4, Left 4 Dead, Web Of Shadows, Saints Row 2, Army of two, Star wars force unleashed, Super smash bros brawl and many more!

That blonde lass needs to present her own gaming videos, sorry I don’t know her name, but she definitely has charisma, and she knows her stuff. Also, seems like she can, “read good”

Havent seen much love for 2015. Witcher 3, MGS V, Arkham Knight, Fallout 4, Cities Skylines, not to mention the greatest game ever...Bloodborne.

Late 1999 because Unreal Tournament and Quake III. I'm 49 and have been playing videogames since the Atari 400 and 2600. If you added up all the hours I've ever spent playing all games on all platforms everywhere, Unreal Tournament (plus 2K3 and 2K4) is at least 33% of all the time I've ever spent on games.

2023 was probably my best gaming year. Felt like every other week there was a game I wanted to play. Octopath 2 Star wars Resident evil 4 remake Dead space remake Ff16 Spiderman 2 Super mario rpg Metroid prime remastered Lies of p Hogwarts Alan wake 2 Baldurs gate 3

I’ve seen all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming

2001 Gta3, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, Smash brawl, animal crossing, Halo, FFX so many franchises were born in this era

2009 was pretty legendary

I’ve missed these type of videos

Dan's accent ❤️❤️❤️.

6:11 her faceeeee. The absolute shade ☠️💀☠️

2010 comes to mind. Fallout NV, Mafia 2, Black ops 1, rdr 1, mass effect 2, AC:Brotherhood, Halo Reach etc

2015 had epic bangers though. Witcher 3, Until Dawn, Fran Bow, Undertale, FNaF3/4, Hacknet, Life is Strange, The Park, The Silent Age, SOMA, etc.

Turok dinosaur hunter ! 🤯😀

I have played games since atari but 2007 made a lifelong gamer out of me

2008 reigns supreme in my opinion. Star wars the force unleashed, GTA4 and COD World at War were and still are amazing fun.

Currently got this on repeat 🔥

As someone that really liked Roger Ebert as a voice in art criticism, even when I disagreed, I hate that he’s dead because I can almost guarantee as a fan of the man he would have retracted that stupid comment about video games not being art. It’s probably the dumbest most out of touch thing he ever said but in his defense he had dumb/bad takes on many things and over time he was willing to retract or rethink his position after being presented with new information or experiences. In Chicago’s local black community (and beyond) the ongoing joke (that had truth to it frankly) was that marrying an intelligent black woman actually made a noticeable impact on how he thought and related to film & tv, especially compared to the 80s. But yeah Im with Scott on this one. Lol 👍🏾

Please keep making these videos. I fudgiiiing loveeee them 🎉

1998 was better than 97 and all years. Yes T3 was on arcade but PS1 port was in 98. Half-life, Ocarina of time etc etc.

For me it'd be 2017. Had Tales of Berseria, Persona 5, Tokyo Xanadu, Zelda BotW, Ys Origin (Vita and PS4), Nier Automata (though I've yet to play it tbh but it definitely hit big), Akiba's Beat (i liked it though it got trashed on as fans of the Akiba's Trip series view it as part of the series taking it in a different direction whereas i view it as a separate IP), Valkyria Revolution (similar story to Akiba's Beat though, I liked it but fans of Valkyria Chronicles didn't due to fearing all games in the VC series would go that route (they didn't, VC4 came out the year after), Ys 8, Super Mario Odyseey and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. As a big jrpg/Mario/Zelda fan it was a very good year...hell if it was a WW release we could've had Dragon Quest 11 as well (wound up coming out in 2018 in the west). This year also looks to be very good (almost as good as 2017) for me/jrpgs as well as we got (assuming no delays of course for those not out): Granblue Relink, FFVIIR part 2, P3 Reload, Dragon's Dogma 2, Eiyuden Chronicles, Trails through Daybreak, Metaphor ReZero, and Ys 10 and those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. Only thing that's missing or me is a new Tales game, with that I'd be perfect (even if it was a port of game we didn't get in the west (about 5 are left that never came westward...2 being complete remakes of PS1 era games that do not feel as fun to play nowadays due to dated combat being very slow paced in comparison to new games or even games released back on the PS2 era)...hell even an enhanced one of one we got in the west may be nice just to get it on a current console if the old one's acting up). Hell quite frankly since 2017 each year has been fairly decent for jrpgs (some years better than others though like 2017 and this year as in both years they all had ones that were day 1 must buys rather than wait for later cases for 90% of the games released those years).

Does Stevie do channel 4 vo work?

1994-1995 Where I Started Playing Arcade Cabinets to this very very day I've been associated with this style gaming Street Fighter Mortal Kombat Virtua Cop Outrun Christ I'm a old man

1998 and 2004 these guys are bugging

I had no idea 2008 was so fantastic!!!

opened the video with 2007 in mind 😎💙

Damn Scott how long did you hold on to that grudge against Roger ebird 🤣😭

Personally 2017, soooo many fantastic games dropped for everything. Nier Automata especially

Honestly I'd say 2001...Xbox and GameCube launched that year. 3 amazing consoles that had different strengths and weaknesses. So many ground breaking titles such as Madden 01, Metal gear sons of liberty, Medal of honor Frontline, Grand theft Auto 3, Halo, Onimusha. 2001 is imo the greatest year. PlayStation 2 launched in October 2000, but that's still close to 2001 and we all know it takes months to finally get quality games. 2001 changed the entire trajectory of gaming and set the stage for modern gaming. Halo and GTA3 revolutionized gaming.

gotta agree with 2008

1. 2023 2. 2004 3. 2015

2011 because of Skyrim

Can't pick a year its 2007-2009 tho. Batman Arkham Aslyum Mario Galaxy Bioshock Dead Space Assassins Creed Brotherhood Thems the days.

2001.

CHATTY FACES IS BACK? Yo this is fire! My boys Battlefid Bad Company 1 and Oni getting some recognition ❤

Were did joe get that jumper from I need one 😂

I’m always happy to hear Runescape get a mention in any way nowadays

For me personally the best year in gaming was 2004. Here are a list of games that came out during this year Madden NFL 05 NFL 2K5 THUG 2 Tekken 5 MGS 3 Spider man 2 The Chronicles of Riddick:Escape from butcher Bay Half life 2 Red Dead Revolver NFS Underground 2 Vampire the masquerade: Bloodlines Fable Paper Mario the thousand Year door (can't wait for the remake,) Smackdown vs Raw Def Jam fight for New York Sly 2 The Incredibles:The video game GTA San Andreas (2004 GOTY and arguably the best GTA game of all time) Every game that was released during 04 was a banger.And it was also the year where any game could have been game of the year.

1997 sounds like the winner here.

for me 2005 we had Resident evil 4 god of war shadow of the colossus san andreas guitar hero forza motorsport Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Civilization IV and Psychonauts

2004 easily: Counter-Strike: Source, Killzone, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Everquest II, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Jak 3, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Metroid Prime 2, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Metal Gear Solid 3, and World of Warcraft All of these games came out in November 2004, on top of that, throughout the year we had: Ninja Gaiden, Monster Hunter, Unreal Tournament 2004, Far Cry, Final Fantasy XI, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Manhunt, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Spider-Man 2, Tales of Symphonia, Doom 3, Viewtiful Joe, Silent Hill 4: The Room, Fable, The Sims 2, Burnout 3: Takedown, Rome: Total War, Metroid: Zero Mission, Dragon Quest VIII (in Japan), Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door And honestly, the list goes on.

As someone who has been gaming since the late 80's for me around 2004 was the best era in terms of AAA. Sadly AAA is driven too much by greed rather than creativity and its a horrible place to be for the most part barring a few companies and (Nintendo who do there own thing and feel like their own separate entity to AAA). But in the last few years we have had so many top quality AA, Indie and VR games that you could definitely argue some of the recent years have been the best years of gaming. For me the most exciting time in gaming was the mid 90s going into those early 00's, that era was magical to be a gamer.

2004. WoW, Sims 2, Halo 2, Half-Life 2 + SO MANY MANY MAAAANY more.

2007 - 2012 for me.

The original xbox with timesplitters 2 !

2000s was 2004 2010s was 2017

Si; you forgot Suikoden 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

1986.. Sakurai says so 😜

Why do i recognise the dude in the thumbnail? Didn't him and his mate used to have a gaming channel?

2024, stellar blade, wuthering waves, ue5 engine and projects on it, bg3 and the mods and updates for that and later 2025

glad to see another chatty faces and i hope to see more!!

2018 for me RDR2, God of War, Spider-man ❤

My favorite of all time was probably 2013

I have missed chatty faces

In recent memory…..I’d argue between 2017, 2018, or 2023 Of all time? Yea it’s 2007. Bioshock, Mario Galaxy, Portal, and Uncharted int he same year?! 🔥

2011 Nuff said or any Xbox 360 era before 2014

1995-1999, PS1 never had a bad year, since Nintendo never grew up Playstation got all of it's teenage fans and new fans.

me personally i say games from 2000 to 2014 was the best years hands down

"Besties" podcast (by people from Polygon) says 2007, and I think I agree. Portal, Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed, et al

2004

After watching the video 2001 is the best year in gaming we got Xbox, PS2, Gamecube all in the same year. Plus all the Great games.

What’s the best excuse for co-workers/friends to get together and talk about awesome games?

1982

The current year is always the best because we get new stuff and have access to everything that came before

Are Stevie and Ewan an item?

Ugh you can’t mention 2001 without giving FFX its flowers.

😮😮😮😮😮 they finally brought it back!!!

2017 was the year of Linkin Park! these kids are too young, Linkin Park was actually a 2001-04 thing, by 07 they were really fading away in popularity.

Any year before microtransactions and live service games took over.

It's 2017-18 combined for 1st place

I think 2009 was the best year in my opinion with 2023 being a very close second

Yes return of the Chatty Faces!

100% agree with Psy!

2007

2018 God Of War IV Red Dead Redemption II Marvels Spider Man Detroit Become Human Forza Horizon IV Hitman II The Walking Dead The Final Season Super Smash Bro Ultimate Far Cry 5 Fallout 76 Life Is Strange II Soulcalibur VI Just Cause Iv

2017 has to be considered.

2018 tf.

2018

...1:28...not one?...not one memorable shanty?...Fission Mailed: Respect --...smh...Lee(I) will remember that...smh..."are they even in Black Flag?"...smh...

2006 when the Xbox 360 came out and Gears of War online was like peak

2011. Drakes Deception, Gears of War 3, Arkham City, MW3, Dead Space 2, Infamous 2, NBA 2k12, Assasins Creed Revelations, Saints Row 3, Dark Souls

2008 GTA IV Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots Call Of Duty: World At War Resistance 2 Gears Of War 2 Fallout 3 Far Cry 2 Dead Space

Yes!! More chatty faces

2018 was huge for games and media overall imo: God of War Red Dead 2 AC Odyssey Marvels Spider-man A Way Out Fighterz Smash Bros Ultimate In Terms of Movies Incredibles 2 Infinity War Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody Crazy Rich Asians Searching Mission Impossible Fallout A quiet place A star is born just a very solid year for entertainment

The best year in gaming is gears of war and halo? 😂😂😂 Smh The only guy who got it dam right is the long haired guy with the N64 and PS1, additionally the Dreamcast was a great era with arcade classics and PS3 with it's abundance of arcade racers are something i like to remember 😊

Chatty faces! ❤❤❤

2023 or 2007

2013 was the last year of good gaming years as every year since has been getting worse and the final ok year was 2017 with 2018 giving us red dead 2 and god of war as a final token gift for that year, since then 2019\2020\2021\2022\2023 have been THE worst years in gaming and as things are going its only going to get worse until the industry does a 180 turn around and actually start making games as a passion instead of just a corporate money making machine.

Psy is 100% correct

1942 was the best gaming year imo.

I know which has been the worst…

Yeah i was gunna say 2007. 360 was like a high speed train with no stopping. Cod4 Halo 3 Gears etc

2017 is the best year in gaming in my personal opinion

Lol. You guys and gals are so young. I remember playing the "snake" game on the old Macintosh computers in 4th grade as a computer class.

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