Best Fantasy Games from 2000, included

Summary

• Demon's souls carved the soul similar to the corner of Dark Fantasy Subgenre with demanding combat bosses and minimal narration.

• Dragon Quest 8 revitalized iconic franchise thanks to the colorful world, nice creatures and accessible playing.

• The Golden Sun on Game Boy Advance provided a rich fantasy environment, extensive tradition and classic elements of RPG.

The imagination The genre always had a great presence in the video game industry, especially in the 80s and 90s. For many millennia, however, there has been a huge increase in the popularity of fantasy video games, mainly thanks to the development of 3D graphics and the arrival of new video game systems with top technology.

These circumstances allowed developers from all over the world to create some of the best and most detailed world worlds in the history of games, with unique environments, deep mythologies, unforgettable characters, fascinating creatures and others. Of course, many other genres can incorporate fantasy, but some of the best video games that have been released from 2000 to 2010 were 100% fantasy experiences, and the next eight are absolutely the best examples of this decade.

8

Demon's soul

A revolutionary adventure of the dark fantasy

Dark soulThe legendary game that strengthened the “soul” genre did not work until 2011. Demon's soulExclusive PlayStation 3, which left a huge and important sign in the global gaming industry.

Demon's soul He is known for his subdued approach to narration, interactions with small and non-no-cutsenes or character, where the player must slowly find out how the fantastic world hurts in the end so grim and desolate alone. In addition, this influential RPG event contains an exciting, but challenging boss fights against frightening fantasy creatures such as dragons, demons, giant spiders and others. While Demon's soul He does not have to be as polished as his spiritual successors, it is still the support of the Dark Fantasy genre that fans still appreciate today.

7

Dragon Quest 8: A journey of a cursed king

One of the best items in one of the most important franchise fantasy

This cannot be denied Dragon Quest He is one of the most important and famous franchises of fantasy in the field. Needless to say that release Dragon Quest 8: A journey of a cursed king There was a monumental opportunity on PlayStation 2, because it was not only the first new main record for the sixth generation console, but also the first one that Square Enix published after the merger between Enix and Squaresoft.

Fortunately, she hired the talented Level 5 developers to take care of this project, and it was definitely worth it because Dragon Quest 8 is still considered one of the best and most affordable titles Dragon Quest franchise. As tradition was, talented Akira Toriyama used his different artistic style to create a stylish and colorful world of fantasy, and as a result this game contains beautiful environments, nice characters and strange but unique creatures such as imps, skeletons, demons and always iconic cutting.

6

Golden sun

Nintendo's outstanding invasion of the genre of fantasy rpg

In 2001 they released Camelot Software and Nintendo Golden sunIncredible fantasy RPG, which was exclusive to brand new Game Boy Advance. This was quite important to Nintendo because it was one of his first raids to the RPG genre in the decade Fire The series was still exclusive to Japan at this point. Camelot has been working on Sega before Glowing force The series, so she definitely had a lot of experience in developing these types of games.

Golden sun It takes place in one of the most prominent fantasy settings ever created for a video game, because the world of Weyard is surprisingly expansive and has some rich tradition and history, not to mention that it is also a home for more fantastic creatures that play the role of enemies, bosses and summons. In addition, the implementation of four classic elements as the main theme for the story and gameplay has made this adventure available and also reminded passionate fans of the Old School genre Final Fantasy Titles.

5

Dragon Age: Origins

The new western IP that helped redefine the genre

As popular as the fantasy genre was in the east, it was also a huge part of Western culture, and as such many North American developers also tried to create their own fantastic adventures during 2000. One of the biggest examples was Dragon Age: OriginsThe new IP produced by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, which quickly became a critical and commercial success.

This RPG has all the main bases of the classic Western fantasy adventure, such as several coexing races (people, dwarves, elves, etc.) and a huge collection of creatures that take over the role of enemies or bosses such as Golems, Ogry and of course title Dragons. In addition, the Kingdom of Ferelden looked huge and impressive for its time, thanks to revolutionary technology and innovative graphic abilities of the new HD video games at the end of 2000.

4

Final Fantasy 9

The most influential franchise of fantasy eventually returned to its roots

Final Fantasy is an iconic and influential franchise that slowly left its fantastic roots in the 90's. Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 8Two massive RPGs that took place in fascinating worlds that combined imagination with sci -fi and steampunk. Fortunately at the very beginning of the new millennium Squaresoft went in a different direction that more reminded classic records because Final Fantasy 9 He was much more rooted in imagination and fans really appreciated this return.

The Gaia world is a much more fantastic nature and is a beautiful and colorful place that, unlike its two predecessors, contains technology with small to not and not the only giant skyscraper in sight. Even the main cast consists of characters that embody classic fantasy tropics such as Zidane (Thief), Vivi (Black Mage) or Adelbert (Knight). But in spite of his classic but simplistic topic, Final Fantasy 9 He still represented an ambitious land -controlled land that strengthened him as one of the most popular records in the whole franchise.

3

World of Warcraft

A huge fantasy world that thousands of people could explore at the same time

Blizzard's classic Warcraft The series has already been a great franchise of fantasy, but it cannot be denied that its spin-off of 2004, World of WarcraftHe was so revolutionary that it successfully changed both playing and genre forever. It was not the first massively multiplayer online game (MMORPG) ever made, but it was the one that has widely popularized these types of experience, especially during the Normalization of the Internet, which took place in 2000.

The Warcraft IP has always been defined by its fantasy settings and World of Warcraft It has successfully expanded it. Players from all over the world could connect to each other, create their own customizable character (by selecting from a number of races, clothing, classes, etc.) and explore the huge world of Azeroth, attack the prison and face bosses. It was a truly unique experience that has been increased by its rich fantasy environment, and the best thing is that Blizzard is still expanding the world and traditions of Azeroth to this day, with more expansion that added new features, location and mechanics.

2

The Legend of Zelda: Major's Mask

Melancholic fantasy adventure with unique playing

Legend Zelda is probably one of the most important and influential franchises of fantasy in the field, something that was particularly evident in 1998 when Nintendo released Ocarina of time and It quickly became one of the best reviewed video games of all time. In just two years, Nintendo managed to create a wild sequel built from the same scaffolding as Ocarina, But it played and felt much different.

The Legend of Zelda: Major's Mask He is known to represent a darker and more depressed world than any of his predecessors, because it takes place in an area to be destroyed by the Moon, not to mention that many of his characters have surprisingly tragic stories. Major's mask He was also quite revolutionary because of his unique gaming cycle: the whole game takes place in three days and the whole world ends at the end of the third day, which means that the player must travel in time to restart the cycle and again experience those days again and again to save everyone. Thanks to this creative mechanics and its melancholic environment, many fans are still considering Major's mask One of the best items in the whole series and a very good reason.

Extensive RPG with an open world that changed playing games forever

Now, 2011 Elder Scrolls in: Skyrim It is often quoted as one of the best fantasy video games in the open world ever made. But undoubtedly owes its existence and success to its predecessor, Older scrolls IV: Oblivionwhich many fans believe that it has not yet been exceeded by any of its continuation. However, this is not a surprise, given how ambitious and addictive this game has always been, especially for its time.

ForgottenThe main strengths are its extensive open world and its revolutionary open -end gameplay, which means that players can explore Cyrodiil as they want, according to their own pace and their own style of selection. This fantastic world contains so many different but unique races, fractions, places and creatures that each one inch is exploring each inch is a useful experience that will lead to a thousand hours of playing. Forgotten He is one of the most popular fantasy video games ever created, explaining why recent rumors about his remake have quickly become one of the largest and most interesting game reports from 2025.