Time magazine's All-TIME Top 100 games

[Ryan Hughes]

Also, I think my count of "lists that have Deus Ex and/or System Shock but ignore Suikoden" is up to 23 now. . . Yeah, they are different games made on different continents, but since critics seem to love Warren Spector so much, they could at least look at the games that inspired him.

 

[sethisjimmy]

Silly opinion based trash. They missed so many great titles over the years, they might as well just call it All TIME Top 100 games we could think of off the top of our heads.

 

[Jorec]

Metroid Prime made it on the top 100 list in Times. Life is good.

 

[Marik2]

I'm surprised they didn't put metal gear solid on it.

That made a lot of people get into games

edit: wait never mind I'm blind

 

[Nouw]

What? No Company of Heroes? None of the Total War games? This is my only gripe with the list, the lack of strategy/tactical games beyond the 00s.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Not a bad list all in all.

Though I question the two entries in the 2010 bracket.

 

[excalipoor]

Solitaire made the cut but Minesweeper didn't? Bull! These guys don't know what they're talking about.

 

[ServebotFrank]

Where the fuck is the Walking Dead by Telltale? Seriously? That game isn't even finished and it's already the best game to come out this year.

 

[Dimitriov]

At least it's consistent: it has the worst Elder Scrolls game AND the worst Mass Effect game.

And one of the shittier Final Fantasies.

 

[kingthrall]

Spoiler

1970s
The Oregon Trail
Hunt the Wumpus
Pong
Breakout
Space Invaders
Adventure
Asteroids

Actually, this is really accurate

1980s
Battlezone
Defender
Pac-Man
Zork
Castle Wolfenstein
Centipede
Donkey Kong
Frogger
Galaga
Tempest
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Joust
Pitfall!
King's Quest
Lode Runner
M.U.L.E.
Paperboy
Tetris
Super Mario Bros.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
Castlevania
The Legend of Zelda
Metroid
OutRun
Contra
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Mega Man
NetHack
Punch-Out!!
Tecmo Bowl
Prince of Persia

I can think of a few to add or remove, but I will not be picky. The main issue is that Solitaire was up and running on PC and Mac in the 80s, so why put it in the 90s?

1990s
Solitaire
Wing Commander
Civilization
Sonic the Hedgehog
Street Fighter II
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Mortal Kombat
Doom
Myst
NBA Jam
Madden NFL 95
Marathon
SimCity 2000
Chrono Trigger
Quake
Resident Evil
Super Mario 64
Tomb Raider
Final Fantasy VII
Goldeneye 007
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Ultima Online
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grim Fandango
Metal Gear Solid
StarCraft
Thief: The Dark Project
EverQuest
Silent Hill

ADD:
Suikoden II / Act Raiser / Castlevania: Symphony of the Night or Castlevania IV / System Shock 2 / Planescape: Tounement / Half-Life

2000s
Deus Ex
Diablo II
The Sims
Animal Crossing
Grand Theft Auto III
Halo: Combat Evolved
Ico
Rez
Counter-Strike
Splinter Cell
Metroid Prime
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Cave Story
Half-Life 2
[/s]Katamari Damacy
World of Warcraft
Guitar Hero[/s]
Shadow of the Colossus
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Gears of War
Ōkami
Wii Sports
BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Desktop Tower Defense
Portal
Rock Band
Braid
[/s]Angry Birds[/s]
Demon's Souls
Flower

I do not even know what to say. . . I left Demon's Souls and Braid on there, good games, but not perhaps top 100 in my opinion. . . Simply put, few of these games have stood the test of time like the 90s games have, and even the writer of this list will be ashamed of putting CoD 4: MW on there ten years from now.

2010s
Batman: Arkham City
Mass Effect 3

I suggest you play myth and Myth 2 Soulblighter before you consider taking it off your idea of a list. The game far surpasses most rts games in terms of detail and sheer versitility of game play with patches and mods. Yes Huge Fan of the game here <- but with due respect the game has also is considered to be one of the most bloody games ever made.

 

[00slash00]

i saw this list on kotaku earlier this week. the comments here about it are much more mature than they were there. probably because its, ya know...kotaku

 

[DoPo]

i saw this list on kotaku earlier this week.

Wait, so...on Monday? Just seems a bit odd to refer to it this way.

the comments here about it are much more mature than they were there. probably because its, ya know...kotaku

I dread to think what the comments actually were. But yeah, I was indeed (pleasantly) surprised with the responses here.

 

[srm79]

Interesting list, with some surprise entries and a few (IMO) surprising omissions. No X-Wing? Or Command & Conquer? Although the inclusion of Mass Effect 3 makes me think whoever compiled this list has a sense of humour...

 

[havoc33]

IMO, you can't make a top 100 list without either A Link to the Past or Ocarina of Time. You could easily make an argument for both titles being deserving of a top 20 spot. (A Link to the Past is my personal favourite). Super Mario World is also deserving, although they put Mario 64 there, so I understand why they left it out. The same goes for FFVI vs FFVII. I am missing Secret of Mana though, but then again they did put Chrono Trigger in, so..

As others have mentioned, at least one of LucasArts point&click adventures should be in it. Either Secret of Monkey Island or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Broken Sword is another classic adventure.

And I'd def put Silent Hill 2 before Silent Hill. Best horror game ever made, by far.

 

[DrBonBon]

I can understand that it's hard to put the all-time best games into a mere 100. That's why i won't ***** about the fact that Max Payne or Fallout aren't on the list.

 

[bafrali]

Ca we switch Half Life 2 for Half Life. It just does't feel right this way.

No DMC3? I might be coming for you.

No Bastion? You will burn in HELL!!!!

 

[Saulkar]

Nothing! Absolutely nothing from Bullfrog! They had some seriously original shit going for them in the mid 90s!