The Escapist's Favourite Game?

[EzraPound]

Rank your top ten favourite games here, and I'll assign points to each, creating a pool. So for example, if Final Fantasy VII is your favourite game, I'll give it ten points; if Call of Duty: Black Ops is your tenth favourite game, I'll give it one point. In doing this, we should be able to figure out what the favourite games of this forum are.

Expansion packs, re-releases, etc. do not count--so if you put "Half-Life: Opposing Force", it will be folded into the "Half-Life" category; ditto "Undead Nightmare" v. "Red Dead Redemption." Also, you have to provide a full list list of ten games, ranked; you can't have them out-of-order, or rank less than ten titles.

So my top ten are:

1. Shenmue II
2. Grand Theft Auto III
3. Deus Ex
4. Sid Meier's Pirates!
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. GoldenEye 007
7. Resident Evil 4
8. King's Bounty
9. Pokémon Red/Blue
10. SimCity

So the score so far is:

Baldur's Gate II - 34
Mass Effect - 32
Mass Effect 2 - 28
KOTOR - 26
Fallout 3 - 25
Dragon Age: Origins - 23
Oblivion - 22
Halo: Reach - 20
LoZ: Majora's Mask - 19
Minecraft - 18
RE4 - 17
Final Fantasy Tactics - 17
Grim Fandango - 17
Final Fantasy IX - 17
Planescape: Torment - 15
Fallout 2 - 15
Banjo-Kazooie - 13
Shadow of the Colossus - 13
TimeSplitters: FP - 13
Psychonauts - 12
Half-Life - 12
Master of Magic - 11
Final Fantasy VII - 10
Tales of Symphonia - 10
Team Fortress 2 - 10
Shenmue II - 10
Civilization - 10
Half-Life 2 - 10
GTA: Vice City - 10
Dragon Quest VIII - 10
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - 10
Ass Creed II - 10
Brutal Legend - 10
GTA III - 10
GTA IV - 9
CoD 4 - 9
Fable - 9
Left 4 Dead - 9
Dawn of War II - 9
LoZ: Ocarina of Time - 9
Star Wars: TIE Fighter - 9
Spyro the Dragon - 9
Final Fantasy VI - 9
Persona 4 - 9
TimeSplitters 2 - 9
Pirates! - 9
Final Fantasy V - 8
Demon's Souls - 8
Deus Ex - 8
Tactical Ops -
Stacking - 8
Morrowind - 8
TimeSplitters - 8
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne - 8
Counter-Strike - 8
The Neverhood Chronicles - 7
X-COM: UFO Defense - 7
CoD: World at War - 7
Arcanum - 7
Guild Wars - 7
Bayonetta - 7
Power Stone 2 - 7
Manhunt - 7
SMB 1 - 6
Wip3out - 6
Starcraft - 6
Rayman 2 - 6
KOTOR II - 6
Portal - 6
Mount & Blade - 6
Total Annihilation - 6
Super Smash Bros. - 6
Super Smash Bros. Melee - 6
Super Mario Land - 6
Grandia II - 6
Civilization IV - 6
GoldenEye ('97) - 5
X-Men 2: Clone Wars - 5
Resident Evil 2 - 5
SSX Tricky - 5
Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen - 5
Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs -- 5
Disgaea - 5
Costume Quest - 4
The Sims 3 - 4
World of Warcraft - 4
Donkey Kong Country 2 - 4
Wing Commander - 4
LoZ: A Link to the Past - 4
Baldur's Gate - 4
Jade Empire - 4
The Witcher - 4
MGS3 - 4
Borderlands - 3
Alpha Centauri - 3
No More Heroes - 3
Paper Mario - 3
King's Bounty - 3
BioShock - 3
Sonic 3 - 3
Tetris - 3
Just Cause 2 - 3
Pokémon R/B - 2
Secret of Mana - 2
Street Fighter II - 2
Super Mario World - 2
Valkyria Chronicles - 2
Dragon Age II - 2
Slave Zero - 2
FIFA 11 - 2
Black - 2
Halo 2 - 2
Tekken 3 - 1
SimCity ('89) - 1
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - 1
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - 1
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 1
Blazblue: Continuum Shift - 1
Heroes of Might & Magic III - 1
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 1
Lode Runner 2 - 1
Adventure - 1
Halo 3 - 1
SCIV - 1
Braid - 1

 

[EscapistUser123456]

Fallout 2

 

[random_bars]

1. Brutal Legend
2. Grim Fandango
3. Stacking
4. Psychonauts
5. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
6. Spyro Adventure (called Attack of the Rhynocs in the US)
7. Costume Quest
8. Bioshock
9. Assassin's Creed 2
10. Braid

 

[Irridium]

Lets make it interesting. I bet $100 Internet Dollars that its either Half Life 2 or Minecraft.

As for me, well...

1: Timesplitters: Future Perfect
2: Timesplitters 2
3: Timesplitters
4: Power Stone 2
5: Grandia 2
6: Psychonaughts
7: The Witcher
8: Civilization Alpha Centauri
9: Halo Reach(but I love all the games just as much really)
10: Marvel vs. Capcom 3

And thats my list.

 

[Palademon]

Lets make it interesting. I bet $100 Internet Dollars that its either Half Life 2 or Minecraft.

As for me, well...

1: Timesplitters: Future Perfect
2: Timesplitters 2
3: Timesplitters
4: Power Stone 2
5: Grandia 2
6: Psychonaughts
7: The Witcher
8: Civilization Alpha Centauri
9: Halo Reach(but I love all the games just as much really)
10: Marvel vs. Capcom 3

And thats my list.

I will add one to each of his top 3.

 

[Sp3ratus]

Alright then, this is my top 10:

1. Half-life 2 (I'll count the episodes in here as well)
2. Planescape: Torment
3. Demon's Souls
4. Baldur's Gate 2
5. Knights of the Old Republic 2
6. Knights of the Old Republic 1
7. Baldur's Gate 1
8. Half-life 1
9. Dragon Age: Origins
10. Lode-Runner 2

 

[EscapistUser123456]

Oooohh, like that? alrighty then.

1. Fallout 2
2. Minecraft
3. Final Fantasy 5
4. Cunter-Strike v1.6
5. Rayman 2
6. Pokemon FireRed
7. Half-Life Opposing Force
8. Just Cause! 2
9. Black
10. Adventure

 

[Smertnik]

1.Shadow of the Colossus
2.Ico
(the rest in no order)
Psychonauts
Planescape: Torment
Gitaroo Man
Okami
Grim Fandango
Mass Effect 2
Vampire: Bloodlines
Portal

 

[EzraPound]

1.Shadow of the Colossus
2.Ico
(the rest in no order)
Psychonauts
Planescape: Torment
Gitaroo Man
Okami
Grim Fandango
Mass Effect 2
Vampire: Bloodlines
Portal

Keep in mind they do have to be ordered for me to include them

 

[tigermilk]

1. Vice City (10 points)
2. Grand Theft Auto IV
3. COD 4
4. Manhunt
5. Super Mario Land
6. Resident Evil 2
7. Resident Evil 4
8. Tetris
9. Street Fighter II Turbo
10. Super Mario All Stars (1 point)

Lets make it interesting. I bet $100 Internet Dollars that its either Half Life 2 or Minecraft.

I raise you to a million-gazillion internet pounds that there will be more timesplitters titles than COD titles in the top 10.

 

[mireko]

1. Baldur's Gate II

2. Persona 4

3. Mass Effect

4. Bayonetta

5. Wip3out

6. Disgaea

7. Final Fantasy IX

8. Portal

9. Heroes of Might & Magic III

10. Counter-Strike 1.6

 

[Cat of Doom]

The bioware kid
1. Mass effect 2
2. Mass effect 1
3. SW: KotOR
4. Dragon age: Origens
5. ELder scrolls III: morrowind
6. Grim Fandango
7. Jade empire
8. Shadow of the Colossus
9. Dragon age 2
10. Halo 3

 

[scorptatious]

1. Oddworld Abe's Oddysee
2. Spyro the Dragon
3. Shadow of the Colossus
4. Final Fantasy IX
5. Banjo Kazooie
6. Mass Effect
7. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
8. The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
9. Valkyria Chronicles
10. Pokemon series. (I really can't pick just one.)

Holy crap. This was a pretty difficult list to make. There are so many honorable mentions, but I feel these particular games have made the biggest influence on me as a gamer.

EDIT: changed no. 6 from Super Mario 64 to Mass Effect.

 

[EscapistUser123456]

If Fallout 2 is first I will post naked pictures of my self on this thread.

 

[Cheesepower5]

1. Dragon Quest VIII
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
4. Final Fantasy Tactics
5. Fallout 3
6. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
7. World of Warcraft
8. No More Heroes
9. Super Mario World
10. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker

(Changed Fire Emblem into MGS PW)

 

[EzraPound]

If Fallout 2 is first I will post naked pictures of my self on this thread.

I'm just hoping someone votes for Shenmue II other than myself!

But yeah, the Fallout series has a lot of fans on this forum, in general. I did this a few years ago and Portal was the winner, I think, followed closely by Psychonauts.

 

[DustyDrB]

Lets make it interesting. I bet $100 Internet Dollars that its either Half Life 2 or Minecraft.

As for me, well...

1: Timesplitters: Future Perfect
2: Timesplitters 2
3: Timesplitters
4: Power Stone 2
5: Grandia 2
6: Psychonaughts
7: The Witcher
8: Civilization Alpha Centauri
9: Halo Reach(but I love all the games just as much really)
10: Marvel vs. Capcom 3

And thats my list.

Didn't someone do a thread like this a while back and the Escapist's favorite game ended up being Fallout 3?

I'll go thread-digging...

Edit: Doh! Forgot to add my 10.

10. Shadowrun (1993, SNES)
9. Super Mario Brothers 3
8. Knights of the Old Republic
7. Assassin's Creed 2
6. Donkey Kong 64
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
4. Red Dead Redemption
3. Mass Effect
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
1. Mass Effect 2

Yeah, I don't really care how generic my list is. I love these games to death.

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

Shit. This is going to be difficult.

Okay...

1: Tales of Symphonia
2: Resident Evil 4
3: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
4: Banjo-Kazooie
5: Super Smash Bros. Melee
6: X-Men 2: Clone Wars
7: Left 4 Dead
8: Sonic 3
9: Halo 2
10: Blazblue: Continuum Shift

I know I'm leaving a few things out, but these are the first things that come to mind.

 

[EzraPound]

Lets make it interesting. I bet $100 Internet Dollars that its either Half Life 2 or Minecraft.

As for me, well...

1: Timesplitters: Future Perfect
2: Timesplitters 2
3: Timesplitters
4: Power Stone 2
5: Grandia 2
6: Psychonaughts
7: The Witcher
8: Civilization Alpha Centauri
9: Halo Reach(but I love all the games just as much really)
10: Marvel vs. Capcom 3

And thats my list.

Didn't someone do a thread like this a while back and the Escapist's favorite game ended up being Fallout 3?

I'll go thread-digging...

In the thread I started--where, I think, Portal and Psychonauts were the top two--Fallout 3 was right up there. It'll be interesting to see whether its luster has diminished.

I think it's funny how well JRPGs do in these threads in spite of all the hate they get on the forums. Of course, there's usually too many FFs for the series' fans to coalesce around a single entry, but cumulatively they reap a lot of points.

 

[GrandmaFunk]

1 - Final Fantasy Tactics
2 - Minecraft
3 - Tactical Ops
4 - Guild Wars
5 - Civ 4
6 - SSX Tricky
7 - Link to the Past
8 - Master Of Magic
9 - Portal
10 - Tekken 3