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What a generation it's been! Well, it's certainly been the longest yet, and a look through our recent series on the games of the generation puts forward a fairly compelling argument that it can be considered one of the best. Look beyond the apathy engendered by horribly modern phenomena such as on-disc DLC, season passes and the anaemic annual series and you can see a pioneering spirit that has sometimes made the seventh cycle of video games feel very much like the first one: it's there in the one-man masterpieces such as Spelunky, just as it is in the many marvels in Dark Souls' design and the life-altering fantasies of World of Warcraft.Collating a rundown of the games of the last eight years has been a fascinating task, and a reminder of how rich the gaming landscape has been this era. We've already brought you our thoughts and feelings about the top 10, but I thought you'd be curious to see the full final results. A quick reminder on the process - 40 of Eurogamer's contributors, past and present, were asked to nominate five games in some form of preferential order, and the votes were totted up. Simple and scientific. It's not a definitive list, of course - but I hope it gives some sort of consensus on what's impressed us most this past generation.
What we said: *"Yakuza 4 succeeds in offering an inviting window into a meticulously observed world. The dialogue and story are strong for a video game, maintaining interest over the hours it takes for the plot to fully unfurl."
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