What was the better year for gaming 2002 or 2012

[RE4-Station]

some notable releases in 2002 were
Super Mario Sunshine
StarFox Adventures
Metroid Prime
Mario Party 4
Sky Cooper
Kingdoms Heats
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Eternal Darkness
Metroid Fusion
Final Fantasy XI
TimeSplitters 2
Ratchet and Clank
Blood Rayne
Dark Cloud 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4
Burnout 2 Point of Impact
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Resident Evil Remake
Resident Evil 0
need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dead to Rights
Beach Spikers
(In Japan) TLOZ Wind Waker
(In Japan) Pokemon Sapphire Ruby

in 2012 these were some of the notable releases
The Walking Dead Season One
Journey
The Unfinished Sawn
Mario Party 9
Mario and Sonic 2012 Olympics
Super Star Dust Delta
Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City
Resident Evil 6
Assassins Creed 3
Assassins Creed 3 Liberation
Sleeping Dogs
Gravity Rush
Uncharted Golden Abyss
PlayStatiion All Stars
Unit 13
Dishonored
New Super Mario Bros U
New Super Mario Bros 2
Paper Mario Sticker Star
Mario Tennis open
Far Cry 3
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Spec Ops The Line
Dragons Dogma
Kid Icarus Uprising
Lollipop Chainsaw
COD Black Ops 2
Max Payne 3

So which year was better?

 

[Yossarian]

2002. Metroid prime & resident evil the goats

 

[Vertigo]

Ummm based on that list alone… 2002. That 2012 list is 90% trash. Only two good games are dragon dogma and max Payne 3…

 

[Vertigo]

Hell based on Nintendo games alone! The two Metroid games alone! Compared to what? New Super Mario Bros was straight up basura.

 

[Umar]

2002

 

[RE4-Station]

Hell based on Nintendo games alone! The two Metroid games alone! Compared to what? New Super Mario Bros was straight up basura.

I think 2002 wins for me as well but man, Gravity Rush, Unfinished Swan, Journey, PS All-Stars, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and even Assassin's Creed 3 Liberation made it a good time to be a PS Gamer honestly.

 

[KiryuRealty]

For asking which year was better, you sure put a lot of mediocre games on both lists, while missing some of the better ones.

 

[RE4-Station]

For asking which year was better, you sure put a lot of mediocre games on both lists, while missing some of the better ones.

feel free to add to both list, what notable games I'm I missing?

 

[peter42O]

2012 for me. Far Cry 3, Sleeping Dogs, Binary Domain, Spec Ops and a few others surpass 2002 easily for me.

 

[ethomaz]

2002 without any doubt.

 

[Kokoloko]

2002 ez
I enjoyed AC3 2012 but compared to Resident Evil Remake + 0, Mario Sunshine, Prime, Kingdom Hearts, GTA, Time Splitters etc

 

[anonpuffs]

Pc games released in 2002(not including console ports):
Mafia
Warcraft 3
Medal of honor allied assault
Neverwinter nights
Battlefield 1942
Unreal tournament 2003
Age of Mythology
Hitman 2
Star wars jedi knight 2
Elder scrolls 3 morrowind
Dungeon siege
Natural selection(half-life mod)

Pc games released in 2012:
Guild wars 2
Borderlands 2
Xcom enemy unknown
Mass Effect 3
Torchlight 2
Diablo 3
Tribes ascend
Hotline Miami
Planetside 2
Half-life black mesa
Cs:go
FTL
Crusader kings 2
Sins of a solar empire
Darksiders 2
Natural selection 2

Honestly a really hard choice. Since ns2 is my favorite game ever imma have to go with 2012 but I'd say overall they're even and it pains me to look at how many legendary games came out in those years and then think about the state of the industry today.

 

[Muddasar]

2002 easy.

Though nothing comes close to 1998.

 

[RE4-Station]

okay everybody, take your choice weather it be 2002 or 2012 and tell me if you like it better than 2022 or not?