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

[Volafortis]

1. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2. Dragon Age: Origins
3. Mass Effect
4. Escape Velocity
5. Warcraft 3

Honorable Mentions:
Halo: Combat Evolved, Starcraft 2, Minecraft, Demon's Souls

 

[Arqus_Zed]

Pfff...

I think I'm just gonna go with:

Jak II
Ratchet & Clank 2
Spyro 2: Gateway To Glimmer
Final Fantasy IX
TimeSplitters Future Perfect
Shadow Hearst Covena... Oh wait, now I'm up to six. But I still haven't listed LittleBigPlanet, Lucifer's Call, Xenoblade Chronicles, Chrono Trigger, Legend of Legaia, Super Mario Bros. 3, Okami, ...

*Rambles on till the end of time*

 

[ABLb0y]

Yours are pretty good.

5: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
4: Cod: Black Ops
3: FEAR 2: project Origin
2: Siren Bloodcurse
1: Dragon Age 2

 

[esperandote]

No metal gear solid 3 or silent hill 2, invalid list.

 

[Panorama]

Mass Effect i love that game, but i don't know my list would just be the game i can think of now there would be tons i think of later and be annoyed i didn't think of so im not doing one.

 

[Joshimodo]

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Fallout 3 (with mods)
Populous: The Beginning
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Command and Conquer: Red Alert: Relatiation

Honourable mentions: Abe's Exoddus, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Morrowind, GuildWars, Quake 3, GTA: Vice City, Battlefield 2, Witcher 2, Medieval: Total War, Banjo Kazooie, Chrono Trigger, Half-Life 2 + episodes, Lost Odyssey.

 

[OldKingClancy]

1: Red Dead Redemption - Easily one of the best stories in a game and two of the greatest chacters with John Marston and Dutch Van Der Linde. Their final meeting on top of the mountain is just amazing.

2: Fallout 3 - The game I bought on whim and introduced me to the Fallout universe, I can overlook a few glitches here and there because the atmosphere of this game just sucks me in. I still refuse to go into the Dunwich Building.

3: Infamous 2 - Infamous 1 was a game that I got for free with my new consle and I was surprised at how good it was. Infamous 2 takes everything that was great about the first game and just ramps it up, a few of the fights might get tedious with the insane amount of enemies but it never stops being fun.

4: God Of War 2 - Like Infamous, God Of War took everything from the first game and just went overboard with it. The sheer insanity of what happens is crazy enough to be fun but toned down enough to be accepted - which is why God Of War 3 isn't on this list.

5: Spyro 2: Gateway To Glimmer - Sheer nostalgia this, this was the first ever game I played and I still go back to it from time to time, it's just a fun little game that you throw on for a couple hours if you're bored.

BONUS. 6: Heavy Rain - A very innovitive game that's let down by plot holes and a lack of choice. Mainly play it for the sadistic sonovabitch inside me.

 

[Tiswas]

Out of them I liked Metroid Prime the most. Emerald was pretty good tho. Anywho. Top 5 for me:

5. Wind Waker: Beautiful visuals and still a lot of fun after all these years. Loving the Photo trophy sidequest. Kinda wish the Triforce quest wasn't in tho.

4. Nier: Great plot, Great chars, great gameplay, great soundtrack. Nuff said.

3. Suikoden 2: Enjoying the blend of turn-based combat (never did find anything wrong with that.) castle building and war combat. A lot of great chars and a powerful storyline.

2. Xenoblade Chronicles: Skyward Sword was my GOTY last year but this game I'm sure will be more memorable. Great combat system, moral choices that you actually give a crap about. Plenty of Sidequests that actually matter (even if it is just a way to show how everyone in the world connects with each other.) a lengthly plot and gameplay time and likeable chars.

1. Ocarina of Time: Maybe it's nostalgia talking but this was always one of the bigger games of my youth, sure I have fond memories of Super Mario Land and Link to the Past but it was the 64 era when gaming went from a simple thing I'd do every now and again to an actual hobby. Always feels new whenever I play it. Even if I've been through it about 20 times.

 

[Atmos Duality]

It's incredibly difficult for me to choose a definitive Top 5, as there are a great number of classics that I always enjoy.

Personal Top 5, by category. Spoiler'd, so 95% of you can skip right over this post entirely without eyestrain. ^_^
(You're welcome)

Spoiler: Shooter Category: UT99/UT2004

-UT99/UT2004-
Even today you will find several cool concepts in UT99 mods that you'd never find else where else, or we're just beginning to see. UT2004 is the blueprint for an ideal competitive shooter: graphics with actual color, great weaponry balance, superb mod-support, and of course no grinding for reputation/exp online. You just jump in and play.

These two NARROWLY beat out Tribes 2 as my shooter representative.
Then there are other entries, like Quake 2 (yes, 2, not the beloved 1 or 3. I loved multiplayer Quake 2 much more, due to the mods and Three-Wave CTF.), Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime series (shares a category below), Doom series, Borderlands, Deus Ex and System Shock 2 (both also share a category below).

Spoiler: RPG Category: Secret of Mana

-Secret of Mana (& Mana series)-
The happiest memories of my childhood are associated with the three-player mode. It's easier to jump in and play this than most other RPGs I could name.

You have no idea how difficult it was to pick between this and the Baldur's Gate series. I concede that Baldur's Gate is a far superior game in damn near every way, but Secret of Mana is a very personal choice and representative of the time when Squaresoft wasn't run by a bunch of greedy fuckups.

The next biggest runner-up is Final Fantasy Tactics; an incredibly strong game that still far outstrips the two dumbed-down kiddie versions on GBA even today.

And following THAT is a slew of RPGs I've played over the years.
Deus Ex & DE:Human Revolution, System Shock 2, Suikoden 1-3, Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross, Nethack (which shares a category below), Final Fantasy 6, Breath of Fire series (lest you forget: I still love dragons.), Fire Emblem...

Spoiler: Strategy Category: Age of Empires 2

-Age of Empires 2-

Between X-COM 1-3, Master of Orion 1&2, Starcraft, Warcraft 3 (and hello there, DotA) Sword of the Stars, and the Advance Wars series...good grief this is one tough category.
Even Final Fantasy Tactics shares categories with this and RPGs, but I think it leaned more towards being an RPG...otherwise it probably would have topped here too!

Age of Empires 2 is just the cleanest example of all the games listed. It lacks the depth of X-COM, the stronger exploration and diplomacy factor of SOTS and MOO, the overall polish of either "-craft" series, and the portable genius fun of Advance Wars, but it makes up for all of that in raw strategy and presentation.
This is Medieval Warfare between cultures in a strong, massive, randomly generated map.
(And this is minus the Rat-catching/killing, dancing bears, and Bread Economy of Stronghold)

This is easily the closest tie-breaker of all the categories, and I would probably change my pick for this list on a whim day-to-day.

Spoiler: Niche' Action Game Category: Armored Core Series

-Armored Core Series-

To be specific, my two favorites are Project Phantasma and Silent Line.
These offer not the most competitively balanced gameplay, but the least restrictive gameplay.
Master of Arena is great, but From Software beat everything over the head with the nerf stick, justified or not, a little too much.

Silent Line offers the best overall resolution for any of the games, and the largest viable metagame overall for Versus mode. Plus, there's something like 80 missions, an AI Arena, and an AI Trainer, whose AC you build and train.

Future installments in the series would come with bafflingly stupid metagame gimmicks, and I didn't bother with AC4 seeing how I never owned an Xbox 360 or PS3.

Why didn't I name this category "mecha game"? Because the Twisted Metal series was also a strong contender here.

Spoiler: Adventure Category: Terraria

-Terraria-

Throwback sprites, simple interface. I've clocked far too many hours just digging around my digital LEGO set. I'm sure a number of people reading this are probably thinking "It's a Minecraft ripoff, you fucking tool. Minecraft came first!"

That so?

Well, I played Dwarf Fortress long before Notch even announced Minecraft, and as much as I loved the concept there, the lack of concise graphics put me off. Personally, they're all pretty damned distinct to me.

As for Dwarf Fortress, well...no game should become that complex and yet constantly confuse you: Plus, the world is always destined to spiral out into madness. Whereas Terraria offers a more controlled experience. Plus, I can actually see what the fuck I'm doing at any given time..

This shares stiff competition from Nethack, most Zelda titles, Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, Morrowind, Tomba, and a huge slew of others. Those sound like wildly different games? Read the category and know that I have digital Wanderlust. This is another category that can change on a day-to-day basis.

I adore every game listed above for one reason or another.

 

[Shirastro]

In no particular order:

Civilization 4
Morrowind
FF VII (i know i know, cliche, bite me)
Tropico/sim city 3 (it`s a tie)
Super Mario Bross 3 (for nostalgic reasons)

Honorable mentions:
Half life (the only FPS i actually liked)

 

[lRookiel]

I see no Baldurs gate on your list, what is this!? >:3

Mine:

1: Baldurs gate (All of em)

2: League of Legends (Fave MMO game)

3: Skyrim

4: Terraria :3

5: Battleforge (Fave RTS)


Countless other "Favourites" of mine but these will do for this time :3

 

[GroovyV]

Hmmm...my top 5... well,
in some particular order:

Kingdom Hearts (Either 1, or Birth by sleep)
Persona 4
Psychonauts
ICO (Possibly tied with LOZ: Twilight Princess, simply for the atmosphere of it all).
Star Ocean 3: Till the end of time (Possibly tied with Sly Cooper 2 or 3 but yeah)

I may not have a very Varied list, but i do love these games, and have gladly played each several times. I'd for sure add Pokemon (Crystal, or yellow, or White), but it would probably be like 6 or 7 on the list.

 

[The journey man]

1.Starwars: Republic Commando

2.Metro 2033

3.Thief 2: The Metal Age

4.Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

5.Shadow of Colossus

(And plenty of other games I wish i had space for)

 

[Shavon513]

Mass effect is also in my top five. you have some good games up there, it only matters what's fun for you,not what other people think

 

[thespyisdead]

i have so many cherished games games that i would not dare put them in any order because when i notice other comments, i will kick myself, and say why didn't i put his game on here

 

[Zack1501]

1. Portal 2
2. portal 1
3. Minecraft
4. Skyrim
5. Batman Arkham city
I would say thats what it is currently.

 

[Hazy992]

Wow, that's a tough one. Ah well, I'll give it a go;

5. Tekken 3

4. Pokémon Silver

3. Batman: Arkham Asylum

2. Saints Row 2

1. Crash Bandicoot: Warped

 

[War Penguin]

Your list is actually pretty good. However, even if it isn't, no one should think less of you if it isn't. It's what you love and that's their problem if they don't like it!

Anyway...

1. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask:

I swear, this is the darkest Zelda game I've played. Screw Twilight Princess, Majora's Mask had people trying to cope with the inevitability of death! Add in a nerve racking three day mechanic and you're set!

2. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:

For a while, I had lost faith in the Star Wars franchise. This had revived my faith. Lightsabers? Check. Cool aliens? Check. HK 47, the most badass droid of them all? Muthafuck'n check!

3. Fallout 3:

I'm aware that it was hardly anything like the originals, and I'm aware how that would piss off fans of the original. However, when you look at it as a stand alone game, not a Fallout game, it's quite a great game. Huge immersive world and a great twisted atmosphere.

4. Mass Effect:

I loved KotOR, so I think it's only natural to love this Bioware epic. Again, just like Fallout 3, it's a great world to get immersed in.

5. Pikmin:

It's a shame that no one talks about this game. It was such a great mix of action and RTS. Ah well. It's still a fantastic game in my heart!

 

[Layzor]

Guild Wars
Portal
Modern Warfare 2 (I'm not listening lalalalalala)
Timesplitters 2
Portal 2