Your 20 Favorite Games Ever.

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

This isn't ranked exactly since many of them are ties, but it's close enough. (I haven't played Okami or Prince of Persia: Sands of Time yet, and I fully expect them both to make it onto this list. As well as probably a number of unexpected games that will surprise me with how good they are, like The Walking Dead did.)

1. Silent Hill 2
2. Journey
3. Riven
4. Guild Wars 2
5. Final Fantasy XI
6. Botanicula
7. Machinarium
8. Aquaria
9. Ico
10. The Walking Dead
11. Dragon Age: Origins
12. Pixie Hollow (don't judge, it's excellent for what it is)
13. Secret Paths to the Sea (nostalgia)
14. Secret Paths in the Forest (nostalgia)
15. Uru
16. Star Wars: The Old Republic (yes, I enjoyed the Imperial Agent story more than any other KOTOR story, and more than Mass Effect)
17. Logical Journey of the Zoombinis (nostalgia)
18. Nelda Nockbladder's Anatomy Lesson (nostalgia)
19. Silent Hill 3
20. Portal 2

FYI, if any of you post a list with a number of my games on it, I will stalk your list for other games I might enjoy. (Casual Shinji and Mikeyfell, I'm looking at you.)

 

[feriwan]

By 'best', I mean spent a lot of time on and did not regret...
In no particular order:

Command & Conquer: Tiberian sun
Age of Empires II (+conquers expansion)
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Knights of the old Republic
Knights of the old Republic II
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Pokemon: Ruby
Just Cause 2
Elder Scrools V: Skyrim
Star Wars: Empire at War (+Corruption expansion and Republic at War mod)
Assassin's creed II
LEGO Star Wars
Indiana Jones: the Emporor's tomb
Star Wars Battlefront II
Mirror's Edge
Dead Rising II
Halo 2
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II

 

[Ziame]

1. Mass Effect 2 (best characters)
2. Mass Effect 1 (best story)
3. Mass Effect 3 (best story+characters+combat combination)
4. Fallout 3/ Skyrim (tied for sandbox RPG)
5. Medieval 2 Total War (best big scale strategy to date, especially with mods)
6. Rome Total War ( game that was best big scale etc before m2tw)
7. Empire Earth (best RTS for long LAN-nights)
8. Civilization IV Beyond the Sword (best turn-based big scale game)
9. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (best space 4X for me)
10. FreeSpace 2 Open (best space sim + story combination)
11. Mount&Blade: Warband (best knight simulator probably )
12. UFO: Aftermath (I love this game both for setting and for gameplay)
13. UFO: Aftershock (this game could have been great, only good as is, but still one of my favourites)
14. XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) (I see myself returning to this a lot)
15. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (best survivalish sandboxish thingie)
16. Team Fortress 2 (best multiplayer experience, period)
17. Planetside 2 ( BF3 done right + dat scale)
18. Magicka ( original, funny, has coop. has issues, but duh)
19. Europa Universalis 3 ( combine this with M2TW please)
20. Just Cause 2 (could have been better, but I still return to it often)

 

[crimsoncheesecake]

Wow, this the first time I ever really think about what my favourite games ever are and it's very hard to decide a top 20, let alone order them. Nevertheless, here you go. Turns out they're all PC.

1. Rome TW
2. Civ 5
3. Fallout NV
4. ES Oblivion
5. Company of Heroes
6. Heroes of Might&Magic 3
7. The Witcher 2
8. Starcraft 2
9. Civ 4
10. Mass Effect 2
11. Limbo
12. Starcraft
13. C&C3 Tiberium Wars
14. Mass Effect
15. Shogun 2 TW
16. Trine 2
17. Bioshock
18. Portal 2
19. Age of Mythology
20. C&C Red Alert 1

 

[Saviordd1]

Well if there's one thing I like to do its show off my opinion so here we go...

20. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
19. Halo 4
18. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
17. Age of Empires 3
16. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
15. Mount and Blade: Warband
14. Call of Duty 4
13. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
12. Civilization 5
11. Civilization 4
10. Civilization 2
9. Command and Conquer 3
8. Halo 2
7. Mass Effect 1
6. Jade Empire
5. Dragon Age: Origins
4. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
3. The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings
2. STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
1. Mass Effect 2

 

[Saviordd1]

-snip-

Just gotta say, I misread your post and thought I saw "Republic Commando 2" and almost had a heart attack.

 

[SoopaSte123]

20? Well I know my top 5 but I've never tried to list a top 20... Lets try!
1. Okami
2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
3. Devil May Cry 3
4. Hitman: Blood Money
5. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
6. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
7. Tekken 6
8. Chocobo's Racing
9. Kingdom Hearts
10. Dark Souls
11. Demon's Souls
12. Fallout: New Vegas
13. Skyrim
14. Metal Gear Solid 4
15. Warriors Orochi 3
16. Sonic 3
17. Pokemon Gold/Silver
18. Saints Row 2
19. Mass Effect 2
20. Just Cause 2

 

[Kinitawowi]

I've been trying to work this out for years.

1) Head Over Heels ZX Spectrum
2) Chrono Trigger SNES
3) Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier ZX Spectrum
4) Wolfenstein 3D PC
5) Need For Speed: Most Wanted (2005) PC
6) Bubble Bobble Arcade
7) Guitar Hero II PS2
8) Sensible World Of Soccer '95-'96 PC
9) Space Harrier Aracde
10) Final Fantasy IX PlayStation
11) The Secret Of Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge PC
12) Bayonetta XBox 360
13) Nethack PC
14) Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Game Boy Advance
15) Starquake ZX Spectrum
16) Sonic The Hedgehog MegaDrive
17) Transport Tycoon PC
18) Super Stardust '96 PC
19) Smash T.V. Arcade
20) Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe Amiga

I think.

 

[FolkLikePanda]

In alphabetical/numerical order:

Call Of Duty: Zombies (XBox 360)
Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night (PS1/XBox Live Arcade)
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS1)
Crash Team Racing (PS1)
Doom II (PC/DOS/XBox 360)
Gears Of War 2 (XBox 360)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (N64)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Minecraft (XBox 360)
Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal (GBC)
Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow (GB)
Red Dead Redemption (XBox 360)
Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube/Wii)
Spider-Man 2 (PS2)
Star Wars BattleFront II (PS2)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GameCube)

 

[Weresquirrel]

Not in any specific order, these are just numbered so I don't lose track of how many I put down... Also, I'm counting series of games as one entry, otherwise there'd be a lot of repeated names in the list.

1. Journey
2. Bastion
3. Portal Series
4. Mass Effect Series
5. Half-Life Series
6. Majoras Mask
7. Ratchet & Clank Series
8. Skyrim
9. Fallout 3
10. Ace Attorney Series
11. XCOM: UFO Defense
12. X - Beyond the Frontier Series
13. Okami
14. World of Warcraft (Sorry, as much as I hate to admit it, I've probably put more time into this game over the years than all the other games combined)
15. Banjo Kazooie
16. Timesplitters 2
17. Neverwinter Nights
18. Just Cause 2
19. Amnesia The Dark Descent
20. Knights of the Old Republic

Honourable mentions to games I like/love but haven't gotten around to finishing so are unfortunately excluded from the above list:

Spec Ops: The Line
Paper Mario - The Thousand Year Door
The Walking Dead
Beyond Good and Evil

 

[Lucky Godzilla]

1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. Fallout 3
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
4. The Witcher 2
5. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
6. Metriod Prime
7. Battlefield 2
8. Uncharted 2
9. Infamous 2
10. World in Conflict
11. Halo 3
12. Spec Ops: the Line
13. Bastion
14. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
15. Metal Gear Solid
16. Splinter Cell: Conviction
17. Batman Arkham City
18. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
19. Dead Space 2
20. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

 

[Andy Shandy]

In no particular order, and mostly instinctive choices (first ones that came to my head basically)

The Orange Box
Bayonetta
The Walking Dead
Batman: Arkham City
Sonic The Hedgehog 1
Soinc Adventure 2
Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Tombi!
Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Spec Ops: The Line
Silent Hill 2
Resident Evil 4
Bastion
Mass Effect 2
Super Smash Bros Melee
Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise

 

[NightmareExpress]

In order that I remembered them, not the order that I like them in.

Hotline Miami
Metal Gear Solid 3
A Link To The Past
Ocarina of Time
Deus Ex
Final Fantasy IV
Mother 3
EarthBound
Silent Hill 2
Halo: Combat Evolved
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Super Mario World
Super Mario Brothers 3
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Resident Evil 2
DOOM II
Red Dead Revolver (not the GTA rip-off, Redemption)
Left 4 Dead 2 (pretty much includes the first game)
System Shock II
Persona 4

There are many more that I wanted to put down, but had to restrain myself.
Also did not want to put more than two from any given franchise.

 

[Remaiki]

In no particular order, and with my personal reasonings:

[]The Unreal Tournament series - For being a non-MMS that is barrels of fun and constantly reminds me that, "yes, I am still pretty good at shooters!"
[]The Quake series (barring Quake 4) - For, again, being a non-MMS that is barrels of fun and introducing me into the world of shooters.
[]The Serious Sam series - Guess what? It's a non-MMS that is barrels of fun, and has games in the series that are actually modern, causing me to weep for today's shooters just a tad less.
[]Pokemon Emerald - For being the only Pokemon game I ever had. And Pokemon as a series is pretty great, so I'm kind of limited.
[]FTL: Faster Than Light - For being unrelentingly difficult yet surprisingly addictive.
[]The Touhou series - For being a very polished bullet hell game that is actually on my laptop rather than a damn console! >.>
[]The Half-Life series - ....Come on.
[]Terraria - For showing me that Minecraft in 2D works AND can be loads of fun.
[]Minecraft - For being as ground-breaking as it was, for me.
[]World of Goo - Holy-shit-the-music-on-the-Epilogue-level-select-screen. And the music everywhere else. Oh, and it was a really cool puzzle game.
[]The Walking Dead - Mmm, lovely lovely story-telling and pacing... mmm, tastes like chicken. (Or perhaps more accurately, horse. )
[]Team Fortress 2 - For being a shooter that showed me that teamwork AND a common objective can work in a pub-based game.
[]Sonic Generations - Just... look at the Sky Sanctuary level from Sonic 3 and Knuckles. Now look at it from Sonic Generations. First thought? Mine was 'holy shit Death Egg in proper ace 3D!!'
[]League of Legends - For being a MOBA that actually runs on my laptop.
[]Super Meat Boy - For its difficulty. And its soundtrack. And the level editor.
[]Portal 2 - ...You know this.
[]Dustforce - For being incredibly similar to SMB, and completely destroying my doubts about 'fighting in a precision platformer breaking the flow'.
[]Time Kcuf (or Time Fcku; Time Ckuf; Time Kfcu etc.) - For being a flash game that I think has a wonderful concept, a wonderful story, and a style (just listen to the music) that really just... I don't know. It's just really weird but when you think about it, it's really quite a game that makes sense.
[]The Chocolatier series - For being a 'casual' game that was actually a load of fun. It lacked polish, but w/e, making chocolate, maaan.
[]TrackMania United Forever - The editor is a glorious beast. GLORIOUS.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

I'll limit it to one game per series otherwise it'd be mostly Halos and Silent Hills.

So, in descending order, here's my top 20

Halo CE Anniversary (Love everyone but this is probably the definitive entry)
Silent Hill 2 (I really do love all Silent Hill... Even Homecoming and the new film)
Gears of War 3
AvP 2
Bioshock
The Walking Dead
Spec Ops the Line
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Resident Evil 6
Manhunt
Alan Wake
GTA Vice City
Hotline Miami
Fallout 3
The Elder Scrolls Morrowind
Far Cry 3
Dead Space 2
Call of Duty World at War
Left 4 Dead 2
Alien Trilogy (obscure PS1 Doom rip off but god damn was it good)

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

Hmm. The only issue I see with this approach is the fact that shooter fans are have a dozen shooters on the list, JRPG fans are gonna have a dozen JRPGs, Nintendo fans are gonna etc. Not sure how to fix that, anyway, but the lists are going to vary wildly and you'll need a huge sample size to get valid results.

So on that front, here is my contribution:

1)Mass Effect 2
2)BioShock
3)Mass Effect 3
4)Heretic
5)Shadow of the Colossus
6)Borderlands 2
7)Borderlands
8)Mass Effect
9)Persona 3
10)Devil May Cry 3
11)Timesplitters 2
12)Soul Calibur 3
13)Dragon Age: Origins
14)BioShock 2
15)Diablo II
16)InFamous 2
17)InFamous
18)Deus Ex: Human Revolution
19)Pokemon Gold
20)God of War

I feel that I am forgetting some PS2 era games that I haven't played in years but used to be some of my favorites. Oh well, I guess. If they really were that great I would remember them.

I did try my best to rank them in order, but with a list like this it really depends on my current mood, and how recently I've played these games. If I hadn't been playing so much Dragon Age lately it would probably be lower on the list.

 

[pspman45]

In no particular order

Uncharted 2
Littlebigplanet
Okami
League of Legends
Fallout 3
Skyrim
Halo CE
Ace Combat 0: The Belkan War
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Lost Planet EC (and 2)
Dishonored
Mirror's Edge
Mass Effect 2
Dead Space
Silent Hill 2
Crysis 2
X3: Terran Conflict
Dragon Age: Origins
Bioshock

 

[CdnDemoniac]

Here's mine (1. is best, 20. is least best--but still best, since I love them all)

20. Civilization V
19. Sonic Adventures 1 and 2
18. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
17. Valkyria Chronicles
16. Skyrim
15. Braid
14. Perfect Dark
13. Mass Effect 3
12. Fallout; New Vegas
11. Final Fantasy X
10. Donkey Kong 64
9. Pokemon Heart-Gold
8. Super Mario RPG
7. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
6. Shadows of the Colossus
5. Binding of Isaac
4. Katawa Shoujo
3. Folklore
2. The Walking Dead
1. Bastion

 

[IronMit]

1. Hitman Blood money
2. Metal Gear solid 3
3: Mass effect 1
4. Deus Ex
5. Metal gear solid 4

6. Dark Souls
7. Fallout 3
8. Pokemon yellow
9. Hitman 2
10.The revenge of shinobi
11.Max Payne
12.Lylat Wars

13.Streets of Rage 3
14.Prince of Perisa Warrior Within
15.C&C Red Alert 2
16.No one lives forever
17.Deus ex Human Revolution

18.Uncharted 2
19.Super smash Bro Melee
20.Tekken 5



I have not played zelda, Ico, shadow of the Collosus, Demon Souls, Dragon age, witcher2, journey, Thief yet
I am impressed with the amount of metal gear solid 3 mentions...but let down by the hitman bloody money mentions!