But what other games from the year of our Horace deserve to be preserved and saved above everything else?
Find out which games made the cut below.
You know the drill by now.
These Time Capsules don’t exist to debate the definitive best games of the year.
Dont get me wrong, there are plenty of brilliant firearms to play around with here.
The instantaneous crack of the Snipers rifle removes enemies with pixel perfect precision, bullet drop be damned.
They are, however, insignificant when compared to the Engineers mighty wrench.
Pulling a trigger is easy.
But its The Spy who stole my heart 15 years ago.
Its a high Ive been chasing ever since.
(Just don’t get me started onBioShock Infinite: my feelings are…
I’m inclined to agree.
Players on PC get both versions bundled together now anyway; don’t take those spooks away from yourself.
Take the puzzling itself.
It helps that Portals script is Valve at their most endearingly deadpan.
Hell, its 15 years later and hardly anyone has done it since.
It’s all just physics.
The best part was when you progressed to the experimental super-weapons at the end of the tech tree.
And oh lord, theHunters.
Just the actual worst.
I’m not interested in reigniting the ‘why no Episode /Half-Life 3?’
That doesn’t interest me in the slightest.
If nothing else, it should act as a warning to future game devs.
For the love of all that’s holy.
Don’t leave us on this kind of cliffhanger ever again.
Our fragile minds can’t take it.
Peggle
Alice0:I was torn betweenPeggleandS.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Shadow Of Chernobylfor 2007, two games about as opposite as can be.
But Call Of Pripyat is arguably/contentiously the better S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
game (in ways?)
so let’s set the grim exploration aside and focus on joy - and Ode To Joy.
Peggle is just really nice.
Pachinko meets pinball meets bagatelle, all wrapped up in colours and rainbows and fantasy friends.
I miss this sort of game.
I cherish the few which exist.
you’re able to still play Peggle.
You should still play Peggle.
The Burning Crusade was almost universally loved, though.
It’s arguably when World Of Warcraft began to really be World Of Warcraft.
In fact, it was the fastest-selling PC game inhistoryup to that point.
It deserves a save.
As a theme parkmanagement game, it isnt great.
Just play Planet Coaster, its way better.
ThrillVille: Off the Rails is best when it goes… well, off the rails.
Think Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, but with rollercoasters.
We need to time capsule it for easy access to the soundtrack alone.
There are also a bunch of minigames that you could play around your park.
Another is a rhythm game that makes you press buttons in time with absolute bangers from the soundtrack.
The minigames are ridiculous and I love them.
I have no more words.
Just listen to the song above.
ThrillVille: Off the Rails is terrific, terrible, and absolutely worth preserving.
Seriously, you really do dive into things, sometimes on your belly, sometimes on your back.
In a year of greats, Stranglehold must remain wedged between them all as this homage to cinematic silliness.
At least not until you complete the game then theres Mercenaries to tackle afterwards.
The action is sheer class, but Resi 4 is surprisingly well acted to boot.
So, yeah, almost a perfect game.
Im not sure theres anything to change about the original, but Id welcome any surprises.
Your left hand comes off, maybe?
Harmonix truly are the kings of revolutionary music games, and Guitar Hero was arguably their greatest creation.
Soz, I dont make the rules.
