So, I kinda went somewhat off of vibes and feels with the previous one. I did consider what releases came out every year. But this time around I want to count up the games and weigh them in terms of how much I liked them and played them. And THEN I'll quantitatively measure. Games I really liked, or are iconic, or i played a lot, are 2 points, one that was okay but i liked it is 1 point, and in rare cases I'll give 0 points to a game if I either didnt play it that much or if I didn't like it or think it was actually notable (relevant especially with some of the newer years where i wrote some games down just because they were so forgettable but i couldnt think of anything else from that year anyway). Without further ado, let's get to it.
1991- 6 (keep in mind theres 2 different sonic games on 2 different platforms with the same names)
1992- 8
1993- 14
1994- 12
1995- 6
1996- 9
1997- 12
1998- 11
1999- 13
2000- 10
2001- 12
2002- 7
2003- 8
2004- 13
2005- 15
2006- 13
2007- 20
2008- 12
2009- 11
2010- 21
2011- 19
2012- 18
2013- 13
2014- 12
2015- 11
2016- 14
2017- 11
2018- 9
2019- 18
2020- 5
2021- 9
2022- 3
2023- 4
So, with this, we do see some differences from my initial analysis, but also a lot of similarities.
The best year for gaming was....*drumroll*, 2010.
The worst was 2022 (although it might be rehabilitated over time as I buy more games from that era on sale).
All in all, the new tier list for me:
S tier- 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019
A tier- 1993, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2016
B tier- 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017
C tier- 1992, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2018, 2021
D tier- 1992, 1995, 2020, 2022, 2023
That seems fairer, it even takes a more bell curve approach.
A few interesting stats to draw from this:
Gen 7 (aka, 360/PS3/Wii era) is the best era for gaming.
The current generation (Gen 9, aka PS5/XBSX) era is the worst.
The 90s were better than I remember.
The early 2000s were kinda meh but the later 2000s were amazing.
The early 2010s peaked, and then things declined from there.
2019 was a really good year for gaming. It was truly "the last good year" for me.
2016 was overrated. It had a lot of multiplayer heavy titles but in terms of a sheer number of games I liked playing, it wasn't as amazing as I remember.
Maybe I need to switch to rehabilitate newer years. Nintendo is still putting out bangers, I just opted not to buy one this time around. Not enough games to justify it, too high of a price.
That's the problem with everything it seems. Or at least part of it. Maybe newer years will be rehabilitated as games get cheaper. But yeah for me there just isn't a ton to play in this new console generation. 2021 was the one decent year so far that had some really quality bangers and other than that....meh.
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