In my opinion 5th generation is the year of innovation such as pioneering true 3D graphics, and virtually paved out the way for our generation of gaming such as how Goldeneye 007 was the first successful FPS on a console, Deus Ex was released late in the generation which was one of the first game to offer alot of player choice, Quake was a very important step in innovating 3D graphics and was one of the factors which gave rise to graphics cards, LoZ: Ocarina of Time reinvented the formula used in previous action-adventure games and OoT's blueprints are still important to many 3D games today.

Halo Combat Evolved, not that it is a bad game but I don't understand why people always keep praising it as one of the heights in FPS history. There were very little guns which were mainly point and shoot weapons, level design varied from very good to horrible and repetitive. And even though it offered alot of multiplayer options it wasn't avaliable for online play since Xbox Live wasn't created yet.

Console wars and arguments about their exclusives and specs.

Wow, he is that much of a fan that he killed himself over a movie yet he hasn't even read the original book that the movie was based on...

A Deus Ex sequel that stuck with the blue-print the original game concieved .

And Duke Nukem Forever... I betted on Duke...:(

I don't hate the Halo series, but in my opinion the single player campaigns is very lackluster and uninteresting and that the Halo series is generally best suited for multiplayer due to the balanced weapons and very repetetive enemies.