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Eurogamer Readers' Top 50 Games of 2008 Comments by Tom Bramwell

22 December, 2008

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ED209
22/12/08 @ 13:37
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Aww no Rescue on Fractalus!

List Fails.
Lexx87
22/12/08 @ 13:38
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Some good choices there. Stop making me want Fallout!
ED209
22/12/08 @ 13:38
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We can't comment on the list! EG is EG biased!
Lexx87
22/12/08 @ 13:39
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Test?
Madder Max
22/12/08 @ 13:39
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Fallout 3 definatley no.1! No question. swap GTA IV and SR2 around and even more spot on.
bad09
22/12/08 @ 13:40
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Dead Space at 10 not at 1? An absence of the mighty SF2THDR? EG readers don't have clue! ;)

/ shakes fist at EG readers angrily

Seriously tho good list, People really love fallout, it looks like I must get back on it. I haven't done that much since coming out of the vault, I really loved what I've seen so far but my games of the year are taking up the time.
mcmonkeyplc
22/12/08 @ 13:41
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Yup, Fallout wins.

Trikk
22/12/08 @ 13:42
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Have played like 3 of the games on the whole list.
Abermike
22/12/08 @ 13:42
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First!
Mayhem64
22/12/08 @ 13:42
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Ooooo first?!

Can't really disagree with most of the entries, although Saint's Row 2 being that high surprised me. Smash Bros NOT high enough either! And given many, MANY grumblings about GTA4 from a lot of people I know then surprised to still see it in #2. Ah well, let's see how it compares to Eurogamer's own list...
Peew971
22/12/08 @ 13:45
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Fair enough
windflaw
22/12/08 @ 13:47
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I wonder how different this list would be if it were compiled in February say? Lots of people haven't played their Christmas games yet...
matrim83
22/12/08 @ 13:47
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Well deserved spot for Fallout 3. Its insanely large and would probably go on my desert island 5 games list of the sheer number of hours you could put into it.

Good list all in all.
Apologie
22/12/08 @ 13:49
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Gears 2 gets 3rd place??? lol .. meeeeeeen, EG readers sure like shootin the same bitches "the same way" every time, with the same graphics ;p
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Buztafen
22/12/08 @ 13:49
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Why isnt L4D number 1 !! Whats wrong with you hermit like people!!! :(
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Kilted_Moose
22/12/08 @ 13:50
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Where in God's name is Shiren the Wanderer? Have you people no taste?
rob76
22/12/08 @ 13:53
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GTA4 in second place? Never in my books. Not a patch on its predecessor San Andreas in terms of a quality story line and simply being a fun game to play.
Razer
22/12/08 @ 13:55
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GTA 4 in 2nd place. Christ on a bike. Saints Row 2 was far better but finds itself 20 places lower. For shame, people !
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22/12/08 @ 13:55
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Very pleased that Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES made it in. It just goes to show that you can have a last gen console and it still beats current gen stuff. Graphics aren't everything (and quite often they're nothing).
orakio
22/12/08 @ 13:56
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Huzzah!

.. alas, no WAR in there.
matrim83
22/12/08 @ 13:58
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Again to the people bitching about it, see the list for what it is. Its not your top 50 of the year. Its everyones.

So you may not love stuff like Gta IV (I dont either) on the list, you have to appreciate the fact that A LOT of people do.
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AaronTurner
22/12/08 @ 13:59
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When did this happen?

No PES, well done FIFA this year.
Apologie
22/12/08 @ 14:00
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Graphics aren't everything (and quite often they're nothing).

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wtf are you talking about men??? graphics are very importante dude, they contribute to the immersiveness and atmosphere of a game like no other thing, gameplay makes the game functional and yes its important, but sayin something like (and quite often they're nothing) in what concerns graphics is ridiculous, a real gamer should care for graphics as well unless you only play MegaDrive.
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Doctor_What
22/12/08 @ 14:00
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What about Bunnyz or Dolphinz on the DS? Have you people no soul?!

You know, for a user-voted list, I think that's actually a damn good summary of 2008. I probably would have put a few things lower (Burnout Paradise and GTA4 for being brilliant smoke and mirrors technology hiding average design) but otherwise that's a top 50 I can get behind... Which means I'll probably utterly disagree with the staff's top 50 :D
berelain
22/12/08 @ 14:01
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Alas, no LOTRO: Mines of Moria to be seen.

Pleased Lost Odyssey and Valkyria Chronicles got a look in, and I can't argue with Fallout 3 being GOTY, it was a talking point for my mates for weeks after its release. I would have liked to see Saints Row 2 higher than GTA IV. I know it was never going to happen, but it is a much more entertaining game with less piss-annoying bugs.

Oh, and Gears of War 2 two places ahead of LBP? Epic Fail for Sony.

[Clearly joking, there...]
mainaman
22/12/08 @ 14:02
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Fallout 3 is a good choice but GTA4 has no place in top 3 at all!MGS4 behind GoW2?Ridiculous!This nonsense doesn't look like readers top 50!

I hope that the editor's top 50 will be better,although i can bet that the 10/10 (over)rated games will occupy the top positions,so probably another GTA4 top 3 finish.
agparrot
22/12/08 @ 14:02
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A quality list - the top ten really is a decent map of some of this years great offerings.

Especially Burnout Paradise at 9!
Carlo
22/12/08 @ 14:03
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I KNEW IT!
Beano
22/12/08 @ 14:07
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LBP only at no. 5?

Well... not surprised really.
DrKuK
22/12/08 @ 14:09
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Fallout 3 is definitely one of the games of the year IMO, with MGS4 being the best ps3 game (and the best MGS game). That said i spend far more time on rockband than any other game. I wonder if instead of seperate votes for rockband 1 and 2, it should have been amalgamated since its essentially the same game (expansion pack if you will), this would have placed the game much higher i reckon.
andywilkie35
22/12/08 @ 14:10
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Its been quite a year - shame Saints Row 2 didn't get the higher place that it clearly deserved but still, so many top games that its tough to choose between them
muscleblade
22/12/08 @ 14:12
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Good list. I dont like Fallout but thats just my personal kind of taste ( didnt like Oblivion ). Gears 2, L4D and Dead Space are among the top ten titles so im satisfied.
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dr_swin
22/12/08 @ 14:15
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yes!! quoted - twice.
Dizzy
22/12/08 @ 14:16
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I can't help but laugh at MGS on that 4th spot (or even in a top 50 at all), we gamers still have a long way to go. Everything else that I enjoyed in 2008 seems to be there except Moria, Castle Crashers and Bangai-O!!! :(

Left 4 Dead should have been top dog. Co-op genre re-invented.
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Thunderbolt!
22/12/08 @ 14:17
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Disappointed to see that Final Fantasy - Crisis Core didnt make the Top 50 as it was one of my favourites for the year.

Even more disappointed that none of my comments were included on my other top 4 games. Damn you, Eurogamer, damn you!
Chimpus
22/12/08 @ 14:19
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ha quoted three times, in your face person I dont know!
hiddenranbir
22/12/08 @ 14:19
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Nostalgia took over.
mkreku
22/12/08 @ 14:20
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Wow.. a game that I put first on my list actually ends up first on the real list..? That has NEVER happened before! Although when I think of the gaming year 2008, I must say it's been weak. I had problems coming up with five titles I wanted to nominate.
El_MUERkO
22/12/08 @ 14:22
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i'm going to bet fallout 3 got no.1 by being lots of peoples no.2/3
Benno
22/12/08 @ 14:23
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you're all wrong
BartonFink
22/12/08 @ 14:25
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A very good Top 50
Shane86
22/12/08 @ 14:29
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Gears 2 before MGS4? You should all be ashamed.
Petulant_Radish
22/12/08 @ 14:36
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Why? It's much more fun.
Bleh
22/12/08 @ 14:36
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Worthy number 1. Love the game.
anomagnus
22/12/08 @ 14:36
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LOLBP - Why was it it even at number 5!?

Like the other white elephant in the room, it HASN'T recreated gaming, it hasn't created a revolution in user content, and its just sank without a fucking trace
Tomo
22/12/08 @ 14:37
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Argh. Fallout. I [i]did[/i] love it, but I've slowly fallen out of love with it. Nnrgh. Fair enough tho, could've been Gears.
Vanmunt
22/12/08 @ 14:37
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Good article, well put together EG.

Fallout though.. pah, well at least it wasn't Fable.
felderpony
22/12/08 @ 14:38
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Hee! Got quoted twice!

Now everyone go and buy Rez HD ;) go on.. you know you want to. ;)
stephen
22/12/08 @ 14:40
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woot, first time I've ever seen one of my comments in one of those lists \o/
Ceatlan
22/12/08 @ 14:44
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Glad Fallout 3 made number 1. Its not very often that I complete a game all the way through, but I've now completed Fallout 3 twice and am on my 3rd play through. As far as I am concerned that makes it the greatest game I've ever played.

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