Bioshock, Killzone 2, Halo 3, Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, Just Cause 2(Best open world action game of this gen, easily), Oblivion, Call of Duty 4(Kick-started a monster), The Orange Box(Yes, I know it's a bundle. But it's a $60 bundle! Or was), and the best RPG of this gen: Fallout 3.

So many its hard to list them all, but my first true next gen experience was Gears Of War, that just blew me away.

Gears Of War
Uncharted 2
CoD4
Halo 3
Red Dead Redemption
Batman Arkham Asylum
Skyrim
Mario galaxy
Zelda Skyward Sword
Wii Sports

Just so many to list really.

little big planet 1 & 2
mirrors edge
infamous 1 & 2
unchrted 2
fallout 3 & new vegas
darksiders
ass creed 2
prince of persia 08
madworld
batman AA & AC
sly 4
ratchet and clank a crack in time
playstation all stars
smash bros brawl
bayonetta
mortal kombat
epic mickey
tomb raider
last of us

Uncharted 2 (SP) and CoD (MP) were the most influential games this generation...atleast in every FPS/TPS or action game (but even in RPG's and other genres).

Get CoD out of those lists. Though I agree about Wii Sports and Portal choices.

FallOut/Skyrim and Batman Arkham games are also good mentioning. Heavy Rain was cool in the sense that it was basically a glorified movie. I want more of that.

Heavy Rain
Uncharted 2
Portal & 2
inFamous & 2
Journey

When / after playing these games, I really had to let a breath out and think about just how far its come. I hope next generation people stop competing in the eye-candy department and focus on stories/gameplay. GFX has reached 80/20

Bioshock, RDR, MGS4, Portal 2, UC2, ME2, Deus Ex:HR and many more.

Heres my list:

ALL OF THEM

Without some games, this gen wouldn't be the same.

why do most of these comments have More diagrees than agrees? Most of what these comments listed are all great games.

I'm going to be as objective as possible, and even ignore the dislike I have for some of these games:

Portal 1 and 2
Mario Galaxy 1 and 2
BioShock
Uncharted 2
Gears of War
Metal Gear Solid 4
Demons and Dark Souls
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Batman Arkham Asylum and City
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Oblivion and Skyrim
Smash Bros. Brawl
Red Dead Redemption
Mass Effect 2

Rockstar's games have been some of my favorite this gen. It's hard to top the quality of titles like:

Grand Theft Auto IV
Red Dead Redemption
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
L.A. Noire
Max Payne 3

Other great games of this gen, in my opinion:

Super Mario Galaxy
Uncharted
Gears of War
Dead Space
Forza Motorsport
Assassin's Creed
Rainbow Six Vegas
Alan Wake
LittleBigPlanet
Portal
Mass Effect
Elder Scrolls
Fallout
BioShock

And there have been tons of great downloadable games, some of which have given me more value and enjoyment than full retail games. I can't possibly go without mentioning:

LIMBO
Fez
Super Meat Boy
Minecraft
Braid
Journey
Outland
Trials
Plants vs. Zombies

Uncharted 2
infamous 2
Killzone 2 and 3
Mgs4
Deus ex human revolution
skyrim
Vanquish
Max Payne 3
Red dead redemption
Dead space 1 and 2
Pixle junk shooter
Twisted metal
Mortal kombat
God of war 3
resistance 2 and 3

Seriously, BIOSHOCK didn't make the list. Wow. But Wii sports did...

Heavy Rain(the best and only interactive drama)
Uncharted 2(highest rated 3rd person shooter of all time and most decorated game of all time)
Killzone 2(best graphics of any FPS of all time)
God of War III(highest rated and highest selling hack & slasher of all time)
Gran Turismo 5(highest selling racing series of all time)
Little Big Planet 1(the innovator of play,create,share and higest rated and highest selling HD platformer)
MLB: The Show series(Highest selling and highest rated baseball series of all time)
Journey(highest rated game of 2012)
Infamous 2(highest rated open world exclusive this gen)
Demon's Souls(highest rated exclusive RPG this gen)
Metal Gear Solid 4(highest rated and highest selling stealth game this gen)
Bioshock
Mass Effect 2
Limbo
Braid
GTA4: Episodes

None, most games are disposable...

Only owning a 360 I can only speak for games available on the 360, but here is my list:

Gears series
Bishock
Dead Space
Mass series
Shadow complex
Braid
Batman Arkham series
Read Dead Redemptiom
COD (as much as some people might disagree, the series a monster)
Limbo
Portal series
Fora
Fallout
Assassins Creed
Oblivion series

I disagree with MOST of this list, to be honest. Uncharted 1 is probably the best game that you came up with. I am probably the least fanboyish of all PS3 owners on the entire planet but Uncharted 1 really is a good game. It was a game that actually had some depth and meaning, and a game I enjoyed playing on multiple playthroughs. Uncharted 2 on the other hand certainly wasn't as good...by a long shot. Getting the platinum was painful and the story was dull and boring. It was also heavily influenced by Call of Duty with all the military vehicles and weapons. Only thing better about Uncharted 2 was the graphics, and graphics don't make a good game, it just makes a game LOOK good to blind the masses from thinking it is a mediocre excuse of a third person shooter with light platforming elements.

Wow, the disagree trolls are out in full force today.

Brad Langford is clearly not an experienced gamer lol

Anything Rockstar makes, MGS4

Halo 3
Gears of war 3
Reach
Saints row 2
Just cause 2
Dead space 2
Modern warfare 2
Black ops
Red dead redemption
Infamous 2

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau