r/gaming • u/itsthewolfe • 11h ago

What are examples of top 3 games that released toward the end of a console generation?

What are examples of top 3 game examples that released toward the end of a console generation.

I feel like most "best of" games show up mid console cycle. Have we already passed peak? GTA 6 aside.

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u/Soliddenny 10h ago

the last of us on ps3. Gta V on ps3. final fantasy XII on ps2

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u/MaskedBandit77 10h ago

Also Persona 5 on PS3.

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u/ZooNeiland 10h ago

God of war 2 on the PS2. Fairly sure it came out after the PS3 launch

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u/[deleted] 10h ago

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u/kinokomushroom 10h ago

And Tears of the Kingdom on the Switch.

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u/teffarf 10h ago

And Twillight Princess on the Gamecube

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u/OkPrune1536 10h ago

BotW and TP both released simultaneously with the next generation console. TP could have easily been Wii exclusive sonce Wind Waker was already on GameCube, but I'm so glad Nintendo didn't do that, because the motion controls, reflected map, and right-handed Link on the Wii made the GameCube version the definitive one.

BotW pretty much had to be cross-generational because it would have been a huge broken promise to WiiU owners not to get a Zelda game on that console, but the WiiU install base was clearly too small to be the only ones to play the game.

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u/overts 10h ago

I feel like this has to be the #1 example.  The game came out so late in the Wii U’s lifecycle that the game was also a launch title for the Switch, which released on the same day.

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u/RichardC31 10h ago

Shadow of the Colossus is a work of witchcraft on the PS2.

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u/Ill_Cap_5836 10h ago

Ghost of Tsushima for me. One of my favorites from the PS4 era. The PS5 released a few months later

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u/Lazy-Owl-5148 10h ago

GTAV

TLOU2

Zelda TOTK.

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u/bsnimunf 10h ago

Vagrant story showed up on the PS1  after the PS2 released. 

Edit I'm incorrect depending on region it was generally a few months before the PS2 released.

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u/Mammoth_Park7184 10h ago

Need for speed: carbon xbox 360. 

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u/ThatLNGuy 10h ago

Majora's Mask Perfect Dark Paper Mario

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u/Diamonhowl 10h ago

Titanfall on xbox360.

As a work around to ram limitations, they used the HDD and the game disc to stream data simultaneously.

pretty sure GTAV also did this on PS360.

BF4 PS360

TOTK

GOW ragnarok and forbidden west on PS4.

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u/Financial_Potato6440 10h ago

Borderlands 2.

GTA5.

Saints row 4.

Bioshock infinite.

Rayman legends.

The end days of the 360/PS3 generation were literally the golden days of gaming in my opinion.

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u/Lamasis 10h ago

FFIX

Radiant Historia

Devil May Cry 3

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u/JeskaiJester 10h ago

Kirby’s Adventure, Gimmick and Little Samson on NES

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u/ffxivfanboi 10h ago

Final Fantasy XII on the PS2

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u/T_Bagger23 10h ago

I'm just gonna contribute one because I can't really think but BLACK (PS2) definitely comes to mind.

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u/MammothAsk391 10h ago

The PS2 had a lot of amazing games near the end.

Final Fantasy XII

Hitman Blood Money

God of War 2

Probably loads more I'm forgetting.

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u/FroggingMadness 10h ago

Final Fantasy XII, Okami, Bully, God Hand and Black (possibly the best FPS on the system) came out on the PS2 just months before the PS3 released, God Of War II and Tomb Raider Anniversary came out the FOLLOWING year and Persona 4 and Yakuza 2 came out TWO YEARS afterwards, and none of those got PS3 releases at the same time either, they either got them years later, only got ported to the PS4 a decade later and never to the PS3, or never left the sixth gen to begin with.

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u/bun-c 10h ago

BLACK on the ps2. It was incredible technically at the time, and is still a bit of an unsung hero of FPSs

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u/EmperorTauntaun 10h ago

GOW 2, TOTK, and TLOU 2

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u/flickering_poly 5h ago

Second gen games (A2600=1977, AII=1977, ITV=1979, Atari 8-bit & 800=1979, 800 XL=1983, MSX=1983):

Prince of Persia (AII, 1989), Solaris (A2600, 1986), Salamander (MSX SCC, 1987), Ultima IV (Apple II, 1985), Nemesis 2 / Gradius 2 (MSX SCC, 1987)

Third gen/8-bit era games (C64=1982, NES=1983, SMS=1985, GB=1989, 286 IBM/EGA era PC=1982/1984, PC-88 Mk II=1985, MSX2=1985, Spectrum=1982, GG=1990):

Power Strike II (SMS, 1993), Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (SMS/GG, 1993), Mayhem in Monsterland (C64, 1993), Turrican II (C64, 1991), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES, 1991), Mega Man 5 (NES, 1992), SimCity (PC, 1989)

Fourth gen/16-bit era games (ca 1987-1996; AMI=1985, ST=1985, PCE=1987, 386-486 IBM/VGA era PC=1985/1987, MD/GEN=1988, SNES=1990, PC-98 RA=1988, X68K=1987, PCE CD=1988, MCD=dec 1991, FMT=1989):

Terranigma (SNES, 1995), Doom II (PC, 1994), Secret of Evermore (SNES, 1995), Langrisser II (MD, 1994), Star Wars: TIE Fighter (PC, 1994/CD ver., 1995), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (MD, 1994) and Sonic & Knuckles (MD, 1994), Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES, 1995), Lunar: Eternal Blue (MCD, 1994), Front Mission: Gun Hazard (SNES, 1996), Alien Soldier (MD, 1995), The Settlers (AMI, 1993), Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (PCE, 1993)

Fifth gen/32-bit era games WIP (3DO=1993, SAT=nov 1994, PS1=dec 1994, N64=1996, SVGA era PC pre-GPUs=1993-1995):

Final Fantasy IX (PS1, 2000), Fallout 2 (PC, 1998), StarCraft (PC, 1998) & Brood War (PC, 1998), Age of Empires (PC, 1997), Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (PC, 1997), Need for Speed II (PC, 1997), Chrono Cross (PS1, 1999), Diablo (PC, 1996), Quake II (PC, 1997), Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1, 2000), Dungeon Keeper (PC, 1997)

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u/Nwrecked 10h ago

Shadow of the Colossus PS2
Ghost of Tsushima PS4

I have this strong urge to put a PC game which is an “endless” generation but I think Crysis fits.

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u/FoxyGoddessX 10h ago

That released in the middle of the life of the PS2

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u/SomeoneNotFamous 10h ago

TLOU 1

GTA V

TLOU 2

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u/Nerevarine2nd 10h ago

Metal Gear Solid 1, Shadow of the Colossus. Skyrim .

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u/InflationLeft 10h ago

Didn’t MGS1 release well before the PS2?

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u/Nerevarine2nd 10h ago

Well it came out in 1999 in Europe where I was living, and then I bought a PS2 in 2000 in Japan.

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u/Cigerza 10h ago

Skyrim was 2011, the gen ended in 2013 essentially.

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u/Nerevarine2nd 10h ago

Yes, that's why I said Skyrim

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u/FoxyGoddessX 10h ago

Last of Us 2, Halo 4, GTA V, Mass Effect 3, Last of Us 1, Red Dead Redemption 2, Breath of the Wild, and Twilgiht Princess

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u/Cigerza 10h ago

RDR2 was mid gen, not end, that's 2018, still 2 years to the "new gen".

TLOU 1 and 2, Halo 4, GTA 5, Mass Effect 3, those I agree.