Poll: Top 5 games of all time, no mean comments

[Skin]

My list:

Halo:CE - remains the best shooter I have ever played. Also had incredibly balanced multiplayer.
Age of Empires 2 - Best RTS
Hyperblade - best sports game, although I am really pushing the envelope...

/end top 5

 

[dimensional]

*snip* Yahtzee loved Psychonauts as for as I can tell, which casts a very favourable light on it, especially when I utilise the Croshaw law to properly scale them.

Games that Yahtzee thinks are:
Crap - tend to be average (CoD, Battlefield, Halo)
Average - tend to be good (Oblivion, Skyrim)
Good - tend to be the Earthly Reincarnation of Christ (Portal)

I did love me some Pokemon Gold when I got my hands on a copy back in 07, but Emerald was my first Pokemon game, and if we're all honest with ourselves, it had the best written story of all of them (and the coolest legendaries, hands down)

Yahtzee also liked Infamous if I remember correctly which is a a terrible game as for Psychonauts and Portal they are pretty damn good actually but like any game dont get your expectations to high because they dont live up to the hype.

I dont really have a top 5 as such because I always change my mind (to many great games) but top 3 would be

-FFVII
-Valkyria Chronicles
-Xenoblade Chronicles

and to think traditionally I hated RPG and strategy games.

 

[scnj]

Right now, probably something like:

1. Silent Hill 2
2. Deus Ex
3. Resident Evil 4
4. Mass Effect 2
5. Red Dead Redemption

Everything after the top two are flexible though.

 

[Dutchy115]

A list of best games doesnt contain games with the best gameplay,graphics,story or anything. It contains games that you had the best EXPERIENCES with. A game is a product. A good game is an experience.

Of course it is, but the best EXPERIENCES usually go hand in hand with games that have the best gameplay/story with sweet graphics being a late-arriving Christmas bonus

 

[Reggie Rock]

A list of best games doesnt contain games with the best gameplay,graphics,story or anything. It contains games that you had the best EXPERIENCES with. A game is a product. A good game is an experience.

Of course it is, but the best EXPERIENCES usually go hand in hand with games that have the best gameplay/story with sweet graphics being a late-arriving Christmas bonus

Abes oddysee was my favourite game of all time. I th graphics aren't top notch, the story ain't too fancy, but i love it to death. My point was that although these things help, a good game doesn't need anything but a great experience.

 

[Dutchy115]

A list of best games doesnt contain games with the best gameplay,graphics,story or anything. It contains games that you had the best EXPERIENCES with. A game is a product. A good game is an experience.

Of course it is, but the best EXPERIENCES usually go hand in hand with games that have the best gameplay/story with sweet graphics being a late-arriving Christmas bonus

Abes oddysee was my favourite game of all time. I th graphics aren't top notch, the story ain't too fancy, but i love it to death. My point was that although these things help, a good game doesn't need anything but a great experience.

And with that amendment, I concur

 

[scnj]

A list of best games doesnt contain games with the best gameplay,graphics,story or anything. It contains games that you had the best EXPERIENCES with. A game is a product. A good game is an experience.

Of course it is, but the best EXPERIENCES usually go hand in hand with games that have the best gameplay/story with sweet graphics being a late-arriving Christmas bonus

That's not entirely true. One of my best recent experiences was Deadly Premonition, a game that can be objectively considered awful.

 

[ImProvGamr]

This is a hard question... But if I had to pick 5 in no particular order, it would probably be:

Halo 3: ODST
Legend Of Zelda: A Link to the past
Portal 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Final Fantasy X

All these games aren't necessarily my favorites, but just won my favorite games of the day lottery. I tried to mix up the genres as well, otherwise it would be mostly RPGs. The only ones I'm sure should be on the list are Zelda LttP and SotC.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I prefer Leaf Green to Emerald but would have selected Emerald over Sapphire. Of those five though, Ass Creed 2 wins because that was the last one I cared about. Mass Effect is a close...second. So yes, it's third. Metroid Prime and Jak 3? Never played them.

So here's mine. I guess I'll try to keep these as open in terms of genre as possible so...

Duke Nukem 64/3D
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Skyrim
Final Fantasy IV
Burnout 3

This was, by the way, in no particular order. Also from what I've heard, Call of Duty 4 was extremely good given the kind of game it is. Before the week is out, it shall finally be mine!

 

[Lev The Red]

uuuuuuuuuuuuum.

Team Fortress 2 (pc)
Portal 2 (pc)
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (gba)
Skyrim (360)
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando (ps2)

in no particular order

 

[werty10089]

Short, robotic post I make every time these threads surface:
-Yes, most of these are rather new. No, I'm not ashamed of it.

1) Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
2) Minecraft
3) Spyro: Year of the Dragon
4) Katamari Damacy
5) Fallout: New Vegas

 

[Woodsey]

I'm going to put Deus Ex and Human Revolution as one game, because. So:

Deus Ex and Human Revolution
The Witcher 2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Half-Life 2 + Episodes
Portal 2


And others, that will replace others in the list - and then be replaced themselves - every time I'm restricted to five games.

 

[NewYork_Comedian]

If someone dares to put a CoD or Battlefield game in they're top 5, they'll of course be misinformed, but let's not abuse them because of their poor life decisions, ok?

Fine then good sir, I accept your dare.

In no particular order...

Civilization 5

Grand Theft Auto 4

Mass Effect (The series)

The Sims 2

And either Call of Duty 2 or 4 (Can't decide which because their both fantastic).

... Im a pretty varied gamer.

 

[AyreonMaiden]

Five?! Only five? My top 5 list varies depending on my moods cause I tend to not have favorite games in any particular order...

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D -

Grezzo essentially hijacked my mind, saw what my nostalgic self thought of OoT after 12 years, and made it into a game that usurps the original. As a kid I fondly remembered beautiful night skies and colorful places full of small details, as well as charming hiccups like sharp polygons and flat fire because of the N64's graphical qualities. This game has all of that, just as my childhood self remembers it. I doubt I'll ever see another remake that perfectly balances nostalgia with modernity. It's no mean feat, achieving that balance, and I completely understand how Square is afraid to try it for FFVII.

Yakuza 2 -

Great story, great world, great characters, great sidequests, great battle system. It captures the "nightlife" feeling perfectly, and it's one of my favorite atmospheres in gaming. I have a slight fascination with the "ninkyou eiga" type of yakuza stories, and as such I adore this series.

Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind -

To date the most interesting lore I've ever seen in a game. The combat system blows, but the feeling of "survival" is unrivaled in my mind. It is tough to explore at first, but if you stick with it, you'll become more comfortable and powerful.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution -

Got me into cyberpunk, which is another of my favorite aesthetics now. The contrast of high technology for the rich and the shit-dregs of the poor, and navigating between both through wonderful art direction and detailed settings just completely drew me in. I love the way it balances non-linear sidequesting and the guided campaign. And I love vents. I never look at them the same way again after that game, lol.

Final Fantasy XII -

My favorite Final Fantasy game, bar none. No daddy issues, no chosen ones, no teenage-quality writing and drama, no egregious belts and zippers, no schizophrenic art direction, no crushing linearity, no random encounters, and no anime-quality English dubbing. Sadly, no Nobuo Uematsu either, but that's a small price to pay.

Here is what it does have: The most mature writing in the series (at worst it's charmingly ostentatious) subtly expressive characters that are far from flat in spite of being chiefly driven by the plot, the most open, alive and cohesive FF world I've ever played in (visually, culturally and historically), an intriguing plot between warring nations, a fantastic battle system that makes the traditional grind incredibly bearable, and so many subverted FF tropes. I know the OP said no negative comments but...it makes me sick to my ass that people lump this into the "decline of square." The same fans who ***** about the usual FF suspects got a game that subverted all of that, and complained. Then they got it all back in FFXIII, and they still aren't happy. Sad.

 

[Raika]

1. Final Fantasy X-2(PS2)
2. Nier(PS3)
3. Super Mario 64(N64)
4. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars(SNES)
5. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King(PC)

Honorable Mentions:

--Final Fantasy XIV(PC)
--Bastion(PC)
--The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind(PC)
--Mass Effect 2(PC)
--Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike(ARC)
--Wet(PS3)
--Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks(PS2)

 

[Drakmorg]

Time for me to rattle off the first things that come to my head:

1. Ogre Battle 64. A week ago when I found out this was on the Wii Virtual console I flipped out and bought it instantly.
2. Star Wars Battlefront 2
3. Fallout New Vegas
4. Saints Row 2
5. Mass Effect

 

[zefiris]

Ultima Underworld II
Planescape Torment
Seiken Densetsu III
Etrian Odyssey III
New Super Marisa Land - Marisa and the Six Mushrooms

Honorable mention: minecraft

Obvious girlgamer opinion is obvious.

 

[wurrble182]

in no paticular order, largely because my top 5 are from fairly different genres and therefore hard to pit against one another ...


civ 5 (finally made combat fun) - alternate entry - alpha centauri

red faction guerilla (the destructo-pyshics fulfilled a gaming dream ive had since childhood)

skyrim (again, finally made combat fun!) - alt. entry, fallout new vegas

kings bounty - the legend (everything you could ask for in a turned based strategy RPG)

sid meier's pirates (pure, unadulterated fun)