Top 10 favourite games of all time, ever

[Hides His Eyes]

Yes, I'm sure this thread has been done a million times, but it hasn't been done since I joined. If you want to flame me for being unoriginal, please feel free to go and sit in a dark room and cry about how pathetic you are until you collapse in a shivering heap and die of malnutrition and your body is found by the lady who lives upstairs from you in three weeks because her cat smelled the stench of death and got freaked out. I'm interested in knowing the escapists' all-time favourite games (and telling them mine). Here goes.

Neverwinter Nights
Final Fantasy VII
The Secret of Monkey Island
Deus Ex
Half-Life 1 & 2 & episodes (yes, several games in one slot)
Morrowind
Baldur's Gate
Yoshi's Island
Diablo 2
Grim Fandango

So what are yours?

 

[Choppaduel]

Don't worry, we've all done this thread before:

Recently, I saw a thread asking what my favorite 3 games were and I couldn't whittle the list down. So I ask you: what are all of your favorite games & bonus points if the list is longer than 10 items & even more bonus point if you sort them by genre or year or something.

Let's get this circus rollin:

Deus Ex (/w HDTP and other graphics improving mods)
Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines (/w the unofficial patch)
Mass Effect (and not ME2)
All Valve games (even Richochet)
All Ratchet & Clank games (even Deadlocked, but not the PSP ones haven't played them)
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Crackdown
Saints Row 2
GTA: San Andreas
Mirror's Edge
Quake 1-3 (or should I say I, II, III)
Battlefield 2 v1.21 (they've since patched the fun out of the game)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Starfox 64
Goldeneye
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Monkey Island 1-3 (Secret, Revenge, Curse)
Grim Fandango
Space Quest 3-6
Ringworld (1, Revenge, Return)
Halo:CE (on PC, I much prefer mouse&keyboard for FPSs)

and I'll probably add more as I think about it.

have yet to play Planescape Torment or Fallout 2, I suspect at least on of them will make the list.

 

[HassEsser]

Half-Life series
Counter-Strike 1.6/Source
Jak and Daxter series
Uncharted series
Fallout series
Legend of Zelda OoT/WW/TP
Pokemon GenI-V
Metal Gear Solid series
Psychonauts
Beyond Good and Evil

and that's way more than 10 but you gets it

 

[Avatar Roku]

Christ, the hostility was not necessary. Anyway, in no special order:

KotOR 2
Oblivion
Alpha Protocol
Terraria
Assassin's Creed 1
Mass Effect 1
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Half Life 2 (+ Episodes, I count them as one)
Portal 2
FEAR

 

[SckizoBoy]

I live in a bungalow... so that's not gonna happen...

So:

Deus Ex
KotOR
Cod:MW
AC2
Portal
R:TW
N:TW
ME
Thief: the Metal Age
Sniper Elite

 

[Facilier]

Eternal Darkness
inFamous
Planescape: Torment
Gran Turismo
Final Fantasy VIII
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Tekken III
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Star Wars: Republic Commando

Those are the top ten memorable games that leap to mind when I consider what I have had the opportunity to enjoy.

 

[Hides His Eyes]

Christ, the hostility was not necessary. Anyway, in no special order:

KotOR 2
Oblivion
Alpha Protocol
Terraria
Assassin's Creed 1
Mass Effect 1
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Half Life 2 (+ Episodes, I count them as one)
Portal 2
FEAR

Sorry. It was pre-emptive counter-hostility because I felt sure someone was gonna have a go at me.

Keep 'em coming. I'm seeing a lot more recent games on other people's lists than on mine. I think it takes a while for the greatest games to sink in, for me.

 

[Episode42]

In no particular order:

Portal 1 & 2
Fallout 3 (and DLC)
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Perfect Dark
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Silent Hill 1,2 & 3
Gran Turismo 5
Star Wars: Rogue Leader (Rogue Squadron 2)
Toejam & Earl
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 

[SoranMBane]

In order of favourite to slightly less favourite:

Portal 2
Half-Life 2 & Episodes
Portal
Dead Space 2
Call of Duty 4
Fallout: New Vegas
Minecraft
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Echo Bazaar
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (haven't been able to play this in about six years, though, so that may just be nostalgia talking)

Things did get a little fuzzy at around the 6th place mark, but that list seems about right. All of those games have a special place in my heart for one reason or another.

 

[SSoSFAGTiaCaGwaP]

In no particular order:

Fallout 3
The Secret of Monkey Island
Beyond Good and Evil
Portal
Jak and Daxter
Ratchet and Clank 3
Okami
Half Life series
Grim Fandango
Thief 2

That's just off the top of my head

 

[crepesack]

Touhou series
Goldeneye 64
Cod 4
Phantasy Star Online
FF3
Cod 2
runescape (when I was younger this was the shit)
hide and seek (you didn't say video games)
....yah...that's about it really. Touhou games can fill up the rest of these slots.

 

[Stall]

Why do these threads always pop up? Wasn't there just a top 5 thread the other day? Besides these sort of threads have absolutely no value or purpose beyond a smug feeling of satisfaction as you look over other people's lists.

D2
Star Wars Galaxies
Demons Souls
Morrowind
Super Mario 64
Half-Life 2
Crash Bandicoot 3
Sim City 3000

I can't be assed to think of two more.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

Can't think of 10 so here's 8:

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time + Majora's Mask*
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Left 4 Dead 1 & 2*
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Fallout 3
Bioshock
The Timesplitters series*
Halo: CE

*Counted as one because I say so.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

These are in no real order.

Mass Effect
Metal Gear Sold
Halo
Bioshock
Zelda:OoT
Hal-Life 2
Morrowind
Banjo Kazooie
Mario 64
Deus Ex: Human Revolution

And Deus Ex just kicked off DeadSpace for the top 10.

 

[Ben Sutter]

To help me decide, I definitely had to separate "greatest games" from "games I would play again repeatedly" for the sake of narrowing it down. So, by platform...

SNES -
Super Metroid; This game is so good that all I measure all other games by it. Perfect game, period.
Earthbound; Years later this is still my favorite "RPG", well-written and hilarious to boot.
Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past; Undisputibly a classic and an apex for the series along with OoT.
Final Fantasy 3 (6 in Japan); Challenging, moving, beautiful music, this is FF at its best.
PC -
Portal; I tell even non-gamers I know to play this game; it is a life experience to play Portal.
Fallout, Fallout 2; Games can be serious and gritty, and still be humerous and cerebral. These games have some of the best actual CHOICES that can be made in game. A "mission" could have 5 or 6 ways to complete or work around it... these games are pure genius.
Elder Scrolls: Morrowind; I love naming my swords and armor with a huge character limit, allowing for such gems as the "Sword of Trisecting Destruction". Fun game, once you cheat to make your character walk faster.
Minecraft; I want any future children of mine to play this game.
Playstation 2 -
Shadow of the Colossus; This is a breathtaking game, and I never get tired of stabbing magic weak points.
Psychonauts; Anything bad you hear about this game is insignificant compared to the clever design and writing of this game. Play it.
XBOX -
Ninja Gaiden Black; My favorite challenge. Rewarding to beat, demanding to master.
Gamecube -
Resident Evil (remake); I love Silent Hill, but this is my vote for the scariest game ever.

 

[Voulan]

In no order:

Kingdom Hearts 1
Kingdom Hearts 2
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Assassin's Creed II
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Portal
Portal 2
Uncharted 2
Oblivion
Fallout 3

There's probably more, but I didn't want to hurt myself thinking of my absolute favourites.

EDIT: When I get my hands on DX:HR and Skyrim, I'm sure they will make that top 10 also.

 

[Archangel768]

1. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy VIII
In no particular order.
The Curse of Monkey Island
Persona 3: FES
Final Fantasy VII
Age of Empires 2
Uncharted 2
Jak and Daxter
Shadows of the Empire
Beetle Adventure Racing

hmmm....