The Second Escapist Community?s Top 100 Games [Voting Closed]

[ashiba27]

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Minecraft - Beta
Red Dead Redemption
Dragon Age Origins
Rome Total War

 

[DR3AMCATCH3R94]

Legend of zelda ocarina of time
super mario 64
Batman Arkham Asylum
Perfect Dark
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes

 

[Pricey46]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Mass Effect 1
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Fable 1: The Lost Chapters
Final Fantasy X

 

[Nopodop]

Halo: Combat evolved
TES IV: Oblivion
Burnout3: Takedown
Burnout 4: Revenge
Age of Empires 2
Fallout 3

I know that's six but oh well.

 

[Nihilm]

The Witcher 2
Team Fortress 2
Dawn of War 2
Dragon Age: Origins
The Witcher

 

[my-brainisfullof-lag]

Halo Reach
Assassins Creed 2
Team Fortress 2
Bioshock
Sims 3

 

[Harveypot]

Batman Arkham Asylum
Spiderman 2
Spyro Year of the Dargon
Fallout New Vegas
Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped

 

[mgirl]

Only 5? That's tricky...

Portal 2
Bioshock
Left 4 dead
Mass effect 2
Amnesia: The dark descent

 

[Hagi]

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 3
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Mass Effect

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

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Last year [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.198540-The-Escapist-Communitys-Top-100-The-Results?page=1], we (well, more I, but you guys helped) tried to make a list of our top 100 favourite games, as a community. Whether they be on the list for nostalgia reasons, current love affairs or just being damned brilliant, it doesn?t matter because we love them.

Now, here?s the skinny. I want every last one of you, yes even you, to post a comment with your top 5 favourite video games ever, for any platform and of any genre. No ordering necessary if you just can?t decide which Mass Effect was better and no explanations needed, though it?d be interesting to see why you choose what you do. Feel free to discuss the games but on the first sign of a flame war we?re shutting down - I know there?s not much of a chance of that, and lost year was (mostly) uneventful, but now you can?t say I didn?t warn you.

I?ll leave the votes open for a week(ish) and will count them next weekend when I should probably be revising for exams. Given the volume of last year?s effort (and the personal priorities of exam season), that may take another week. At that point I will post again, as a separate thread for feedback and as an update here, declaring what we, the Escapist Community, have voted our top 100 video games ever.

However, due to the slight... controversy over the counting of votes, the Orange Box in particular, and subsequent results, here are the rules. Some are simply for my ease of counting. I don?t want to message everyone to find an alternative, so I?ll ignore rule breaking votes.

Spoiler: The Rules

[HEADING=3]Rules[/HEADING]1. You do not talk about Fight Club

2. Staff and mods are still in the Community and may still vote, despite the unofficial nature of this work.

3. Expansion Packs and DLC are included in a game?s vote. For example: The Sims counts as a vote for all its addons and a vote for an addon counts as a vote for The Sims.

4. You may not vote for a collection of games such as The Orange Box. If it?s not one game, the vote is not counted. If you do want to vote for The Orange Box, vote for Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal separately.
Similarly you may not vote for a series of games, such as the Tomb Raider series or "Mass Effect 1 & 2". This will be count only as a point for the original game.

5. No more than 5 votes per person. Punishment: Whatever you number 6th or have last on your list will not be counted.

6. For each game named by each person, it is given 1 point. You may not give multiple votes to one game.

7. Funny as my Duke Nukem Forever joke was last year (read: not very) people still voted for unreleased games, even some with only a trailer. If the game is in Beta, say so. If not, your vote is not counted. I will even put aside my personal annoyances with Minecraft and allow it.

8. Some voters last year asked me to choose their 5th game. Don?t be lazy. If I pick, then it?s not the community?s choice, is it?

Now, without further ado, I announce this yearly popularity contest... OPEN!

And here?s my vote:

• Dragon Age 2
  Portal 2
  Mafia 2
  Beyond Good & Evil
  The Curse of Monkey Island

You had a bit of a BBcode slip up on Minecraft.

In no particular order

Call of Duty 4
Final Fantasy 7(I don't care I like and I'm not pushy about it. I think at this stage the game is no longer over rated given the amount of hate it gets is equal to the fans you never hear anymore. At least on this site.)
Kingdom Hearts
Oblivion(with mods of course)
Dawn of War 2

Spoiler: Obviously I know this won't be counted as a vote nor do I want it to be taken as one but for not making my list honourable mentions go to

Mass Effect
Star Wars Battlefront
Soul Blade
Metal Gear Solid
Team Fortress 2

 

[dj_8612]

Fallout 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Portal 2
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Red Dead Redemption

 

[GeneWard]

Portal 2
Phoenix Wright: ace attorney
Metal Gear solid
Plants vs. Zombies
Battlefield: Bad company 2 (Console and PC ver, not handheld)

 

[Malrock]

Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time
Final Fantasy IX
World of Warcraft
Golden Sun
Pokemon Blue/Red

 

[V8 Ninja]

My Votes:

Terraria
Half-Life 2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Mario World

My Reasons:

Terraria is what Minecraft promised to be; an adventure-filled open-world game that allows you to do anything and enjoy doing it. In it's current state, Minecraft is more-or-less a digital version of Legos. That's fine, but I wanted a bit more and Terraria delivered.

Half-Life 2, in a word, is brilliant. It shows that all of the time developing the game was used effectively to create a world and story that is near unforgettable. It also spawned a huge modding community that persists to this day and has given the world some great free entertainment.

Burnout 3: Takedown is a non-stop action-racing game that is almost perfect in every way. The only thing that I felt was not good about the game was that it can feel like it drags on forever. But when the mechanics of a game are just that damn good, you don't want to stop. Burnout 3 is one of those games.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl isn't the favorite among most fans, but I felt that the game was just more fun than the others. The first game was occasionally too slow and Melee was too fast. Brawl just got the speed right and it felt good.

Super Mario World is different from the older Mario games and I think it benefits because of it. With each world being inside of an "Overworld" map, the game had a sense of progression. There were also tons of secrets that were legitimate secrets and not just "Oh hey, you jumped at the right time and position to reveal a hidden 1-UP!" secrets. The game also has that trademarked Super Mario feel to it, and that helped tremendously as well.

 

[Vern]

Doom 2
Blood
GoldenEye
Soldier of Fortune 2
Final Fantasy 3(6)

God I feel old.

 

[Catchy Slogan]

Portal 2
Halo 2
Populus
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Crash Bandicoot

There are so many more I want to pick! My first list had too many 2's in it >.>

 

[Father Tunde]

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
Pokemon Silver
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 

[SystemUpdate]

Bioshock
Shadow of the Colossus
Okami
Portal 2
Ico

 

[prince_xedar]

Mass Effect 2
Uncharted 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Portal
Ratchet and Clank 3

 

[AJax_21]

In no particular order:

- Klonoaoor to Phantomile
- Persona 4
- Age of Empires 2
- Metro 2033
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2

gah! I have so many games I love, shame I can't name them all. :S