As you all should know, I have long held 2004 as the best year for videogames. It has held this title for about nine years. Let us give a brief runthrough of why:
GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS
METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER
RATCHET AND CLANK: UP YOUR ARSENAL
JAK 3
SLY 3: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
Pokémon FIRERED/LEAFGREEN
SONIC HEROES
DEF JAM: FIGHT FOR NEW YORK
STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT
PAPER MARIO: THE THOUSAND-YEAR DOOR
SPIDER-MAN 2
But 2013 is taking this to A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. From those series, we have gotten/are getting:
GRAND THEFT AUTO V
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
RATCHET AND CLANK FUTURE: INTO THE NEXUS
SLY COOPER: THIEVES IN TIME
Pokémon X/Y
SONIC: LOST WORLD
MARIO AND LUIGI: DREAM TEAM
AND PROBABLY ANOTHER SPIDER-MAN GAME LIKE EVERY YEAR
But then we're also getting such FUTURE CLASSICS/GOOD GAMES as:
PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY: DUAL DESTINIES
WATCH_DOGS
THE WONDERFUL 101
NEED FOR SPEED: RIVALS
MARIO KART 8
BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 REMIX
DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: TROPICAL FREEZE
SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD
MARIO GOLF: WORLD TOUR
SAINTS ROW IV MIGHT NOT BE SHIT
THAT WAS A JOKE
Plus, I've heard good things about:
TOMB RAIDER
THE LAST OF US
FAR CRY 3: BLOOD DRAGON
LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER
NI NO KUNI
FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING
LUIGI'S MANSION 2: DARK DOOR
GOD OF WAR: ASCENSION
2013: The second coming of 2004