Best Games of All Time

[esperandote]

FPS:-
RPG:-
MMORPG:-
Strategy:-
Horror:Silent Hill 2
Music:-
Sports:-
Puzzleortal
Simulation:-
Action:God of War
Fighter:The King of fighters 2002
Adventure:-
Best Story:Metal Gear Solid 3
Best Franchise:Metal Gear Solid
Casual: Plants Vs Zombies

 

[TehCookie]

FPS: Vanquish

Hate to be a buzzkill but Vanquish is a third person shooter.

FPS, generic shooter, close though. If you're being that picky the Duke Nukem 3D. I haven't played a FPS since then that I enjoyed.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Can't really choose using your format but I guess music would be Bastion.
My favorite franchise is Jak and Daxter
My overall favorite is probably Jak two. I still somehow never finished it and don't have it anymore.

 

[Chalacachaca]

FPS: Half-Life

RPG: Mass Effect

MMORPG: The Lord of the Rings Online

Strategy: Crusader Kings II

Horror: Silent Hill 2

Music: Don't have any

Sports: Mutant League Hockey

Puzzle: Portal 2

Simulation: ARMA II?

Action: Uncharted 2

Fighter: Mortal Kombat II

Adventure: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Best Story: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

Best Franchise: Metal Gear

Best Super-hero game: Arkham City

 

[Lovely Mixture]

I think I'm sort of limiting this to the best that I've played. I've omitted the sections for games that I never played. I've also omitted the story section because it's too hard for me to decide.

FPS: FEAR and Stalker: SoC

RPG: Dark Souls and Diablo II

Strategy: Sengoku Rance

Horror: Amnesia the Dark Descent and Condemned

Puzzle: Ghost Trick

Simulation: SWAT4

Action: Odin Sphere and The Binding of Isaac

Fighter: Dead or Alive and BlazBlue

Adventure: Shadow of the Colossus

Best Franchise: Castlevania (reboot not included)

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Titles of my own.

Best graphical presentation: Oboro Muramasa
Best assassination based game: Hitman Blood Money
Best exploration based game: Elder Scrolls series
Best minimalism: Ico
Best military game: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Best social commentary: Metal Gear Solid series
Most tasteful grittiness: Max Payne series
Game series that had good gameplay and story writing, but its good standing was destroyed at the last minute by a combination of developer silliness and publisher demands which split fans down the middle for eternity: Mass Effect

 

[Vigormortis]

Wow is this thread going to be subjective. But who cares? Besides, I'm thinking pretty much no one is going to be an authority on what the "best" game in every one of those genres is. As such, I'm going to just list my favorites in each.

Let's do this:
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FPS: Half-Life series - most notably Episode 2

RPG: Toss up between Earthbound and Diablo 2 (yes the latter counts)

MMORPG: Earth and Beyond - only MMO I ever really enjoyed, until EA pulled a dick move and shut it and Westwood studios down.

Strategy: Toss up between Homeworld, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Populous the Beginning

Horror: 'Nother toss up between Half-Life 1 and Eternal Darkness

Music: Oh my....tough one. But uh...anything by Rare (pre-MS), Valve, most (but not all) of IDs game music, Paul Ruskay, Jeehun Hwang, and Jesper Kyd. Unless you mean best music "game", then...um....Audiosurf?

Sports: Tecmo Bowl - hands down

Puzzle: Tie between Portal 2 and Lode Runner: Returns (PC)

Simulation: Either MechWarrior series or Freespace series

Action: Three way tie between Banjo Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Donkey Kong Country (all by Rare, coincidentally)

Fighter: Super Smash Bros - any really, but most notably the first

Adventure: Myst or Zork

Best Story: Ooph. 'Nother toughy. Going to have to say either Homeworld or Half-Life

Best Franchise: Super Mario Bros - there are some I like more, but the Mario franchise offers me so much variety; even if it is rehashing itself a lot lately.

GENRES NOT LISTED FOR SOME ODD REASON:

Racing: Wipeout series or Mario Kart

Shmup: Ikaruga

Third person shooter: Honestly? Spacemarine. And I'm not even a fan of Warhammer 40K.

Stealth: Either Thief (series) or Splinter Cell (series)

Action RTS: Dota 2 - maybe a tad too "new", but I'm loving the hell out of it.

Sandbox: Kinda hard to pick between Garry's Mod and Terraria, but I think I'll have to go with Gmod. Game's a thousand ways amazing.

 

[Skoldpadda]

Warning: this is going to be highly subjective and also correct. Everything else would be wrong. But it is just my opinion, ok? Nothing more. It is just my opinion that these are the best games ever in their categories and that everyone who has a different opinion smells of sprouts. Just my opinion.

FPS: No One Lives Forever ("Are you insulting my monkey?")

RPG: Baldur's Gate 2 (better gameplay makes it win out over PS:T IMO but on another day I'd switch them around) / Final Fantasy IX (I count the J's and the W's seperately)

Strategy: Age of Empires II

Horror: Barney's Hide & Seek Game

Sports: That one soccer arcade game in the 90's where you could kick the ball so hard it caught fire and then hit the cameraman behind the goal.

Puzzle: Dead Hooker Body Parts Tetris. Unfortunately that hasn't been made yet, so let's go with vanilla Tetris.

Simulation: Flight Simulator 98 (I think), the one where you could fly the helicpter for the first time. I gave it two seconds and then the helicopter was upside down and in flames. Therefore, this is the best simulator ever.

Action: Super Mario Bros 3

Adventure: Grim Fandango.

Best Story: Planescape: Torment.

Best Franchise: They all turn to shit after installment 3. I don't think in terms of franchise. That's for the marketing boys and the consumer whores.

Other (Can't define genre): Why, love, of course.

 

[GundamSentinel]

FPS: Half-Life 2

MISSING CATEGORY TPS: Max Payne 2

RPG: Demon's Souls

MMORPG: - not a fan of the genre

Strategy: Homeworld

Horror: - not a fan of the genre

Music: - not a fan of the genre

Sports: - not a fan of the genre

Puzzle: Portal 2

Simulation: Armored Core: For Answer

Action: Metal Gear Solid 3

Fighter: - not a fan of the genre

Adventure: Shadow of the Colossus

Best Story: Metal Gear Solid 3

Best Franchise: Metal Gear Solid

Other (Can't define genre): We Love Katamari

 

[Kodlak]

FPS: Bioshock

RPG: Final Fantasy 7

Strategy: Age of Empires 2

Horror: Silent Hill 2

Puzzle: Portal

Simulation: Sim 2

Fighter: Tekken 3

Adventure: Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time

Point 'n' Click: Monkey Island 2

Best Story: Bioshock

Best Franchise: Call of Duty

 

[Scarim Coral]

FPS: Timesplitter 2

RPG: Xenoblade Chronicle

MMORPG: Guild Wars 2 (Guild Wars isn't fully an MMO)

Strategy: Supreme Commander

Horror: Resident Evil 4

Music: N/A

Sports: N/A

Puzzle: Professor Layton 2

Simulation: N/A

Action: Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

Fighter: Street Fighter 4

Adventure: Okami

Best Story: N/A (can't really think of one)

Best Franchise: Legend of Zelda

 

[KINGBeerZ]

I mostly play rpg's soo here's my contribution, assuming an RPG is meant to tell a story, here are my top three RPG's storytelling wise, and in all other ways.
3- Tales of Veperia- amazing, engaging story interesting characters, Beautiful world, and it's same console multiplayer.
2- Dragon Age Origins- i'm currently on my third playthrough, it's just great all the choices that affect the game, the character's interaction with each other, all the lore and background information, stunning.
1- FFIX the game that got me into gaming, it is perfection on four discs.

 

[Nooh]

FPS: Half-Life

RPG: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

MMORPG: World of Warcraft pre-WotLK

Strategy: Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

Horror: Penumbra: Black Plague

Music: Audiosurf

Sports: NHL 12

Puzzle: Tetris

Simulation: Gran Turismo 4 if I have to pick one, don't play simulators.

Action: Devil May Cry 4

Fighter: Tekken 3

Adventure: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Best Story: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Best Franchise: Half-Life

 

[DJjaffacake]

FPS: Call of Duty 4

RPG: Mass Effect 2

MMORPG: EVE is the only MMO I've ever even tried, so that

Strategy: Napoleon Total War

Horror: Never really played a horror game, unless Undead Nightmare counts, in which case that

Sports: FIFA 11

Simulation: I've tried Op Flashpoint and ARMA 2, and Flashpoint was the one I disliked the least

Action: Red Dead Redemption

Adventure: Assassin's Creed 1

Best Story: Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2

Best Franchise: Mass Effect

Other (Can't define genre): Shadow of the Colossus

Extras not in original list

Racing: Motorstorm Pacific Rift

TPS: Conflict Desert Storm 2

Point most spectacularly missed: Call of Duty

 

[Astoria]

FPS: CoD: Modern Warfare
RPG: Fallout 3
Strategy: Dungeon Keeper 2
Horror: Amnesia
Music: Guitar Hero Legends of Rock
Puzzle: Portal 2
Adventure: Skyrim
Best Story: Knights of the Old Republic (I haven't played it but that's what I hear)
Best Franchise: Assassin's Creed
Other (2D platformer): Oddworld: Abe's Exodus

 

[LarenzoAOG]

FPS and Horror: Metro 2033

RPG: Tie between Fallout 2, KOTOR 2, and Baldur's Gate 2 (I'm a sequel whore).

Strategy: Civilization 2

Music:
Best music in a video game: Tie between Metro 2033 and Halo 2.
Best music video game: Guitar Hero 2

Sports: Driver: San Fransisco

Puzzle: Puzzle Pirates, because I'm 9 apparently.

Action Adventure: Red Dead Redemption

Best Story: Bioshock

Best Franchise: Tie between Fallout and Mass Effect

Other (Can't define genre): Rage (FPS/RPG/Racer)

 

[Alternative]

FPS: Call of Duty 4 (2 years ago it would of been TF2), only first person shooter that ive played that has good single player and multiplayer.

RPG: Skyrim or Diablo 2

MMORPG: N/A i dont play MMorpgs

Strategy: Warcraft 3 or Age of Empires 2

Horror: Amnesia: The Dark Decent

Music: Beat Hazard

Sports: Trials Evolution

Puzzle: Portal 2

Simulation: Sim city series

Action/Adventure: Kingdom Hearts

Fighter: Mortal Kombat 9

Best Story: Edit: Half Life 2 and chapters 1&2, How could i forget half life

Best Franchise: Call of Duty, you can't argue with money (i would bet anyone 50 Australia Dollars that Black ops 2 breaks release day records)

Other (Can't define genre): Dungeon Defenders (a hack and slash/lootfest/tower defence/ RPG) available on steam or Xbox live/PSN now. Irecomend it if any of the genres i mention interest you.

 

[Grivahri]

FPS: Half Life

RPG: Knights of the Old Republic

MMO: World of Warcraft

Sports: Top Spin 4

Action: Prince of Persia Warrior Within

Best story: Knights of the Old Republic

Best franchise: Mass Effect

 

[5-0]

FPS: Deus Ex, if it counts. Otherwise Half-Life 2

Sports: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

Puzzle: Portal 2, the only puzzle game I like.

Action: Red Dead Redemption (I have no idea if that counts).

Adventure: Assassin's Creed 2

Best Story: Deus Ex

Best Franchise: For consistency, probably GTA.

And an extra one:
Best Stealth game: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

 

[zumbledum]

FPS:quake 2 (mp)

RPG: Bards tale

MMORPG: Everquest

Strategy: civ

Horror: X- com

Music:

Sports: Speedball

Puzzle: resident evil?

Simulation:Mount and blade warband

Action:Left for dead

Fighter:Soul calibur 2

Adventure: GTA

Best Story:i cant think of anything!

Best Franchise: the civ series inc alpha cent.

Other (Can't define genre):Tekken 2, for being as good as sc2