>>715255202 (OP)
Fun thread but too much work. I will just discriminate and choose years I feel are important to my life instead. Obviously have to look this stuff up as well.
>1989 (birth year)
Golden Axe with Bonk's Adventure (TurboGrafx-16 version) a close second
>1991
Sonic because the Genesis ones are my favorite 2D platformers and this is Sonic's debut game
>1994
Going Super Metroid here (action/platformer but overall GOTY) but Sonic 3&K is a close second (would be my platformer GOTY)
>1997
FFVII easy choice here for what might actually be peak 90s as far as years go
>1998
OOT I can't go against this game. RE2 a very close second though. I actually enjoy playing through RE2 its in my top 10. I have done less run throughs of OOT.
>Pokemon R/B released in NA in 98
Nevermind the above. Pokemon Red here is my easy GOTY and its not even close.
>1999
Silent Hill
This game changed my perception on life itself even.
>2000
WWF No Mercy
Peak wrasslin game right here
>2001
Halo CE although there were other amazing games released this year to my surprise or maybe it shouldn't be.
>2004
GTA San Andreas with Halo 2 runner up
>2007
Halo 3 although for single player I'd go Mass Effect. I hate ME as a franchise now though thanks to what they did with it. Halo I can still enjoy though as long as its Bungie era Halo.
>2009 + 2011
DeS and DaS respectively. From took over imo as far as being the GOATS at game development by a considerable margin. Skyrim is great but I can't put it above my all time favorite game DaS.
As for other years I just didn't feel like bringing them up. Plenty of great games released imo up until From had to save this shit industry that was declining in the late 00s really bad.
