Favorite game. Ever. Period.

[ms_sunlight]

Final Fantasy 5. It combined a refinement of the Active Time Battle system with a job system that allows for stupendous variety in character builds. The result - the most fun combat gameplay in any 16-bit RPG ever.

I have replayed it 7 or 8 times. I love the characters, the music, the dungeons. The story's not the most original but it hangs together well. I love the ending. Most importantly it is still fun.

Spoiler: Plus it has the battle with Gilgamesh theme!

Final Fantasy 6 and Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines for runners-up.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Assassin's Creed 2 of the main console ones. Of all time though it would be a Pokemon game.

Mass Effect 2 might change that though.

Also near the top are Just Cause 2, Fallout 3, Halo 3, Mass Effect 1

 

[StormShaun]

the Saint Row series, I love it, and I cannot wait for the next one to come out so I can destroy as much as I can.

 

[Tony2077]

i wonder what mine is hmm i know "points to his user avatar"

 

[Captain Hat]

An easy toss-up between Chrono Trigger (as mentioned in the first post) or Earthbound on the SNES which has also already been mentioned. Still trying to find my own copy of Earthbound to love and nourish into a full-grown game. But they all seem to be adopted already....sigh.

 

[Gazisultima]

Fallout 3. 300 hundred hours. Enough said.

 

[Alon Shechter]

Little Big Adventure 2.
I still think it is the best game ever made.

 

[Brown Cap]

FarCry, Fallout 3, and The Resistance Series

 

[C95J]

Mine has got to be Fallout 3. I just had so much fun playing that game, nothing *yet* has surpassed it.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Fallout 3. 300 hundred hours. Enough said.

And I thought my 120 hours was a lot...

 

[Simalacrum]

Personal favourite game of all time HAS to be TimeSplitters 2. I absolutely adore that game... its a shame that my PS3 Slim won't play it :'(

 

[TheOmenCorpse]

Fallout 3, such a huge game, so many different ways to play it, and the modding community kept making content long after bethesda stopped.

 

[Gralian]

Super Mario 64. But that's because it was also my first video game. Ever. Period. I suppose a mix of nostalgia bomb and the fact i was fortunate my first game also turned out to be one of the most critically acclaimed masterpieces of that generation is why it's undeniably my favourite game of all time. Followed by Goldeneye and Deus Ex.

 

[Fidelias]

Dude, I have so many favorite games, it's not even possible to just pick one...

It's probably a tie between

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Mass Effect

Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl

Golden Sun (The original and the sequel, The Lost Age. The ones with good story, characters, and music, not the bland wannabe Dark Dawn)

Halo (Mainly because it's what really got me into gaming. My friends and I spent a hell of a lot of time on that game)

 

[Robert Ewing]

Final fantasy IX. or Final Fantasy VIII. Final Fantasy VIII was the first game I ever took seriously, I invested a stupid amount of time in it. And when I finally played IX, It blew my mind. A lot of other games have been excellent, such as prototype, oblivion, fallout. But never gave me the same thrill those two titles did.

 

[ASan83]

EarthBound. it's charming, funny, has a memorable soundtrack, and one of the major bosses is a big pile of puke.

 

[Professor J. Luvwitt]

There are so many good games... Ummmm.... probably Jade Empire. Although I have to say the original Mario will always be my go-to game, no matter how old it is. Classic. Morrowind was also good. As of recent.... Sid Meier's Civilization games are quite good.

 

[hannya62]

I would say
Silent Hill 2
or
Morrowind

 

[Terminate421]

Nothing beats the awesomeness of this game.

Second place goes to the entire Halo Frachise.
Third is Pokemon Gold and Diamond/Platinum
Fourth is Fallout 3
Fifth is Metroid Prime 1 and 2

 

[Shycte]

Personal favourite game of all time HAS to be TimeSplitters 2. I absolutely adore that game... its a shame that my PS3 Slim won't play it :'(

Every other answer is wrong.