A DiabeticSloth said:For me 2011 was the best year of this generation no doubt. Skyrim, Portal 2, Batman: AC just to name a few
Hard to argue those 3 games, but I'd go for 2007. AC1, Halo 3, Orange Box, COD4, Mass Effect, and Bioshock.
COD4 changed the way people look at COD games, so including that, 4 new franchises were spawned in that single year. Plus Rock Band. 2007 was stacked.
The thing that troubles me about looking back at these lists, early in the life cycle we had a lot more new IP's, but it seems like the past few years were simply sequels to those IP's. Much less new titles.