The EZA Community Top 20 Best of 2005!
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2005! It was the launch year for the Xbox 360 and the first release of the PlayStation Portable outside of Japan. The year's best-selling video games worldwide were Gran Turismo 4, Madden NFL 06 and Nintendogs. But will those be among our best games of the year?
15 people voted and nominated a total of 53 different games.
Here are the results!
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#16: The Warriors
#16: SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs
#16: Myst V: End of Ages
#16: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
#16: Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
#16: Advance Wars: Dual Strike#15: Mario Kart DS
#14: SWAT 4
#13: Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
#12: Burnout Revenge
#11: Star Wars: Battlefront II#10: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
#9: Pokémon Emerald
#8: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
#7: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
#6: Need for Speed: Most Wanted#5: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
#4: Psychonauts
#3: God of War
#2: Shadow of the Colossus
#1: Resident Evil 4
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#16: The Warriors - 4 points
Votes
#1: 0
#2: 1 (Shoulderguy)
#3: 0
#4: 0
HM: 0Information
Release date: NA: October 17, EU: October 21
Developer: Rockstar Toronto
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Genre: Action-adventure, beat 'em up
Platform(s): PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation PortableLinks
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#16: SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs - 4 points
Votes
#1: 0
#2: 1 (DIPSET)
#3: 0
#4: 0
HM: 0Information
Release date: NA: October 11
Developer: Zipper Interactive
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Genre: Tactical shooter
Platform(s): PlayStation 2Links
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#16: Myst V: End of Ages - 4 points
Votes
#1: 0
#2: 1 (ffff0)
#3: 0
#4: 0
HM: 0Information
Release date: NA: September 20, EU: September 23
Developer: Cyan Worlds
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Adventure
Platform(s): PC, Mac OS XLinks
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#16: Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved - 4 points
Votes
#1: 0
#2: 1 (Oscillator)
#3: 0
#4: 0
HM: 0Information
Release date: NA: November 22, EU: December 2
Developer: Bizarre Creations
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Genre: Multidirectional shooter
Platform(s): Xbox 360, PCLinks
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#16: Fatal Frame III: The Tormented - 4 points
Votes
#1: 0
#2: 1 (Sheria)
#3: 0
#4: 0
HM: 0Information
Release date: NA : November 8
Developer: Tecmo
Publisher: Tecmo, EU : Take-Two Interactive
Genre: Survival horror, Photography game
Platform(s): PlayStation 2Links
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#16: Advance Wars: Dual Strike - 4 points
Votes
#1: 0
#2: 1 (Crepe)
#3: 0
#4: 0
HM: 0Information
Release date: NA: August 22, EU: September 30, AU: March 22
Developer: Intelligent Systems
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Turn-based strategy
Platform(s): Nintendo DSLinks
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Wait, what? It's all happening so fast! Oh my!
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2005 was a long time ago, so my list is just games I remember I played. I think I liked Myst V: End of Ages, so I put it 2nd. Can't say much about it though.
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The Warriors is a fun beat-em-up video game adaptation of the movie that also added some interesting backstory that wasn't in the film. I also played through the game a second time co-op with my cousin, which we both really enjoyed. This was my GOTY in 2005 but it's been surpassed by another game for me.
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Damn, a six way tie XD
Socom 3 is the only one I played from those and it is really great, almost made my list.
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@shoulderguy Is photography game a real genre ? XD
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@neocweeny said in The EZA Community Top 20 Best of 2005!:
@shoulderguy Is photography game a real genre ? XD
There aren't a ton of them, but yes. Pokémon Snap and Afrika also come to mind.
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@oscillator Don't forget Toem!
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I feel these GOTY lists are getting more difficult and arduous. There are so many more top 20 topics we could do that may shake things up a bit. Top 20 characters, top 20 RPGs, top 20 PS3 games, top 25 character haircuts-you get the idea. I know we need more participants, but a new countdown could encourage a few more voters.
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SIX games, NONE I can talk about by any stretch of the imagination.
I don't think there is any more damning evidence to the fact, as much as I thoroughly enjoy these GOTY countdowns, the ever waning participation is proof these are becoming less and less viable to do.
I look forward to the rest of the list, I'm still (and will always be) down to keep doing countdowns, but unless by some divine intervention more people steadily show up, I question the need to keep these going.
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Oh damn I forgot about The Warriors, lol. Oh well. I still to this day never watched the full film, but even without the knowledge of the film, this game is still fun to play. Really solid beat em' up, and the PSP version is no slouch either. Honestly you can't call yourself a beat em' up fan if you haven't played this, it's so rooted in what makes the genre so good.
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@jdincinerator I'm up for trying a different topic for the next election. Let me know what you all agree to vote on next and I'll manage it for us.
