Top Ten Games of 2002

PacoDG | November 29, 2008 | Top List | PC Playstation 2

Metroid Prime, Kingdom Hearts and Super Mario Sunshine led the charge in 2002, the year that saw The Sims become the highest selling PC title of all time, Rare switch hands from Microsoft to Nintendo, and the launch of the first video game television network, G4.

Counting down the top games from 1990 straight up through 2008, Binge Gamer's James Walker takes a look at the best (and worst) games from the year of the GameCube, 2002.

2002 was one of those years that is hard to classify. At the time there were very few "wow" games (as opposed to "WoW games"), but when you look back you find that some of the most influential games of the past decade were released in 2002. But before we get to all that, let's step in the way-back machine (© Binge Gamer 2008) and look at the year that was 2002.

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Battlefield: 1942 [Xbox, PC]
Kingdom Hearts [PS2]
Super Mario Sunshine [GC]
The Mark of Kri [PS2]
Metroid Prime [GC]
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind [Xbox, PC]
Soul Calibur II [Xbox, PS2]
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus [PS2]
Soul Calibur II [GC]
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell [NGAGE, GBA, GC, PS2, PC, Xbox]
Warcraft III [Mac, PC]

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bobbonew | November 30, 2008

I don't mean to be negative, but is an article on Top Ten Games of 2002 really necessary?
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  PacoDG | November 30, 2008
  
  James Walker is doing a year every week as a countdown to the Best of 2008 for the end of this year (otherwise, I would see your point, would have been pretty random)
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Kudzuka | November 30, 2008

Oh yes, it's absolutely necessary. A vintage year.
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ShadowJ | November 30, 2008

lol Bless him, he thinks Morrowind only came onto the xbox when it was released as GOTY...plus it's number 9...getting beaten by mario? Meh
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The Primagen | November 30, 2008

"Rare switch hands from Microsoft to Nintendo"

You mean Nintendo to Microsoft,
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  PacoDG | December 01, 2008
  
  Damn there not being an edit function for submissions!
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Livewire_19 | November 30, 2008

A pretty good list, I agree with Metriod Prime being 1st, that game was awesome when it first came out.
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yugiRULER | November 30, 2008

lol, that worst game of all time critic was *bleep*ing funny.
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Alvaroduck | December 01, 2008

What? No Vice City? Should have been on there, somewhere.
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Sonic Wave | December 01, 2008

You failed to mention Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
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GLDarthziggy | December 01, 2008

I agree with yugi, the Tommy Tallarico thing was hysterical.
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BANDITO ATTACK | December 01, 2008

worst game of 02 video was great
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Atomic | December 02, 2008

Where's Vice City? I was hoping it would be there.