2002 has always been one of my favorite years for gaming. New consoles were established, new alliances were forged. Nintendo was at the top of their game. Sony was kicking ass...Microsoft was focused on hardcore gaming. Let's take a look...

• #1: Metroid Prime

• #2: Resident Evil

• #3: Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind

• #4: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

• #5: Splinter Cell

• #6: Warcraft 3

• #7: Eternal Darkness

• #8: Super Mario Sunshine

• #9: Ratchet & Clank

• #10: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Kingdom Hearts
• Socom
• Resident Evil Zero
• Onimusha 2
• Maximo Ghosts to Glory
• Animal Crossing
• Jet Set Radio Future
• Star Wars Jedi Outcast
• Timesplitter's 2
• Star Fox Adventures

Fun fact: I've never played Vice City. Played a bit of GTA III (LTTP) and well enough of San Andreas, but I have never touched VC.

SteelAttack said:

I still get goosebumps from remembering getting out of the boat in Seyda Neen at the beginning of Morrowind. The way the water looked was insane. Killer main theme as well.

WarCraft 3 was awesome as well. The current DotA craze spawned right with this game, as a WC3 custom map.

In some ways I still think Morrowind was the best one. The variety in environments and the atmosphere cannot be beat. I would love some kind of HD release of it.

SteelAttack said:

Morrowind is definitely the best ES game to date. While Beth has succeeded (wildly) in turning the ES franchise into a mainstream behemoth, the truth is that it has done so at the expense of depth in the games' RPG elements.

Dvader gets his baby way again!