Your 20 Favorite Games Ever.

[SilkySkyKitten]

Welp, this is pretty much a horribly cobbled together list with no particular order that I'll probably look back on and go "dammit! I forgot *insert game here* and shouldn't have put down *insert other game here*", but for the purpose of this thread:

-Doom
-Half Life 2
-Sonic the Hedgehog 2
-Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
-Super Mario Bros. 3
-Galaga
-Daytona USA
-Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
-Bejeweled 3
-Time Crisis 2
-Sim City 2000
-Just Cause 2
-Portal 2
-Smash TV
-Left 4 Dead 2
-Tetris (particularly the original Game Boy version)
-VVVVVV
-Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
-Far Cry 2
-Bubble Bobble

 

[irequirefood]

I don't think I could do them in order, but here's my 20:

Jak 3
KOTOR 2
Pokemon Silver/Soul Silver
Mass Effect
Ape Escape
Crash Bandicoot Warped
Spyro 2
Tekken 3
Devil May Cry
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Deus Ex
Jade Empire
Warcraft 3/Frozen Throne
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Kingdom Hearts 2
Ratchet and Clank 3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Final Fantasy XII
Sonic the Hedgehog 2/3 & Knuckles (Can't decide)

 

[putowtin]

No Order

InFamous
InFamous 2
Assassin?s Creed 2
Assassin?s Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin?s Creed: Revelations
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
KotOR
KotOR II
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age II
Saints Row 2
Skyrim
Fallout: New Vegas
GTA San Andreas
Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3
The Sims 3
Fable: TLC

 

[momijirabbit]

err, I've got 13

13) SSX 3
12) Half Life
11) Borderlands 2
10)Fallout New Vegas
9)Pokemon: Fire Red
8)Garry's Mod
7)Jak 3
6)Tony Hawk's Underground 2
5)Sly 3
4)Team Fortress 2
3)Sonic Heroes
2) Final Fantasy X-2
1) Ratchet and Clank Going Commando

 

[mattttherman3]

Only about the first five will be ranked. I just can't put a rank on everything!

Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect
Tales of Symphonia
Skyrim
Oblivion
Tales of Vesperia
Tales of the Abyss
Kotor
Kotor 2
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
Dragon Age Origins
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Star Fox 64/3DS
Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Metroid Prime
Halo 2
Runescape(when I quit about 5 years ago, I had over 280 days total played in about 8 years, so I guess it deserves a spot)


Honorable mentions: God of War and Uncharted series, Assassins Creed series, Sonic Adventure 2, Super Smash Bros Melee, Star Wars Rogue Squadron series

 

[Silvanus]

1) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2) Final Fantasy X
3) Silent Hill 2
3) Yoshi's Island
4) Half-Life 2 (whether or not we're counting the episodic releases as included)
5) Shadow of the Colossus
6) Guild Wars 2
7) Portal 2
8) Arkham City
9) Portal
10) The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
11) Bioshock
12) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
13) ICO
14) Battlefield 2142
15) Age of Mythology (The only RTS to make my list! Whadayaknow)
16) Super Mario World
17) Pokemon Heartgold/ Soulsilver (They let you revisit Kanto! So very much post-game content!)
18) Banjo Tooie
19) Team Fortress 2
20) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night


Honourable Mentions go to Braid (lost out on a spot mostly due to its relatively small amount of content), Super Mario 64 (may well have taken spot #21), Guild Wars: Prophecies (lost out as it doesn't hold up as well as the other older titles above), and Pokemon Red/ Blue (which lost out because I think the first gen games have been mostly eclipsed by later titles).

 

[nomzy]

No particular order:

Dragon Age: Origins
Knights of the Old Republic
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Call of Duty 4
Dark Souls
World of Warcraft (just vanilla and TBC)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (god damn the custom maps were awesome. Undead Assault 2 anyone? PURE AWESOME)
Mass Effect
APB: Reloaded
Halo: Combat Evolved
Counter-Strike: Source
Spec Ops: The Line
Grant Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto 4
Bioshock: Infinite
Call of Duty + United Offensive (i count it as 1 game rather than 2)
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Fable: The Lost Chapters

That was actually a lot harder than I thought. I was just trying to think of games that I had fond memories of, probably why there's many multiplayer games.

EDIT: Added fable. Cannot believe I forgot about that game.

 

[Jeremy Skitz]

20- Tony Hawk's... (series)
19- Spiderman 2
18- Batman: Arkham... (series)
17- Dragon age origins
16- Minecraft
15- GTA San Andreas
14- Final Fantasy VII
13- Final fantasy X
12- Pokemon Emerald
11- Assassins creed 2
10- Broken Sword (series)
9- Tekken 3
8- Soul calibur (series)
7- Bioshock
6- Skyrim
5- Fallout new vegas
4- Fallout 3
3- Oblivion
2- Mass effect (series)
1- Star wars KOTOR (series)

 

[Luca72]

There's no way I'm ordering these without hating myself for it later. So here ya go:

1- Team Fortress 2
2- Half Life (the whole series combined as one super-game)
3- Vampire - the Masquerade: Bloodlines
4- Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
5- System Shock 2
6- Deus Ex
7- Braid
8- VVVVV
9- Oni
10- Devil May Cry 3
11- Natural Selection 2
12- Tribes: Ascend
13- Freespace 2
14- Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
15- Jet Force Gemini
16- Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (PSP retranslation)
17- Guilty Gear X2
18- Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (+ Kanes Wrath. Let us not speak of what followed)
19- Mirrors Edge
20- FTL

 

[Bug MuIdoon]

I don't think I can list them in order, sorry. I'm not sure I can pick one game out of some franchise either. Again, sorry!

Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 (The games that got me in to gaming)

Mickey and Donald: World of Illusion (I'm not a Disney fan by a long shot, but this is one of the best games ever made)

Grim Fandango (What's not to love? Some of the best characters ever made, great plot, great style, great puzzles and funny)

Monkey Island 1, 2 and 3 (Again, funny, great puzzles, well written and some cool characters)

Metal Gear Solid (The whole series is amazing, 4's game play wasn't the best, but who can not love MGS?)

Half-Life (The original got me in to FPSs and the 2nd was just a groundbreaking masterpiece!)

Final Fantasy I- IX (I love everything about final fantasy from 1 to 9, shame they're a pile of turd since X though)

Max Payne 1 and 2 (Such cool games. 3 is alright, but not worthy of best game ever status)

Maplestory (Feel like I may get flamed for this but ,eh? It was one of the best MMO's ever back in the day)

Bioshock (Incredible setting and story)

Fallout 3 (Just loved the game so much, great setting, great music, cool concept and three-dog 'hooowl')

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (No need for explanation)

Resident Evil 2 (The best horror game ever made, the first time I've ever been scared to play a game. new pants please!)

Counter Strike: Source (The best tactical multiplayer FPS ever made. I have over 4000 hours played, ha ha)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1-3 (So fun to play back as a kid, got me in to skateboarding too)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Everyone knows why)

Braid (Such a fantastic story, some nice puzzles and quite possibly the best game ending ever made)

Terraria (Such a neat little game, great visuals, great exploration and fun as heck on multiplayer)

Street Fighter 2 (Best beat 'em up ever made, you all agree I'm sure)

Tomb Raider 1 and 2 (Guns, Dinosaurs and massive tits. What more did a boy need?)

 

[Mr Fixit]

That's a tough one....

1. TES: Morrowind
2. Super Mario Bros 3
3. Chrono Trigger
4. Final Fantasy 12
5. Command & Conquer Generals(Modded to hell, but still counts)
6. 007 Goldeneye (N64 or Wii, it don't matter to me)
7. Fallout 3
8. GTA San Andreas
9. TES: Skyrim
10. Saint's Row 2
11. Final Fantasy 9
12. Chrono Cross
13. Star Wars: Republic Commando
14. Forza 4
15. Starcraft
16. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
17. Bully
18. Columns (Tetris is fun too, but Columns was better)
19. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
20. Halo

 

[OrpheusTelos]

Ok... In no particular order,
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy X
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Xenogears
Final Fantasy VII
FInal Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy XII
Persona 3
Persona 4
Final Fantasy VI
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Radiant Historia
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Final Fantasy IV
Ico

 

[Fjartholf]

unordered list:

Planescape: Torment
Baldur's Gate series
Mass Effect 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Disgaea (the original on PS2 can't remember the subtitle, shame on me)
Jagged Alliance 2
Civilization IV
Bastion
Medieval 2 - Total War
League of Legends
Wizardry VII/Gold - Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Grim Fandango
Banjo Kazooie
Warcraft 3
Alpha Centauri
Fallout 1 & 2
Age of Wonders 1 & 2
Dungeon Keeper 2
Age of Empires 2

Honourable mention for being awesome and the first game i ever played (i think): Commander Keen: Marooned on Mars!

 

[Two Bears]

Ooh, I want to play too.

No order, but thinking semi-chronologically, and probably showing my age a bit:

Ultima III: Exodus
Contra
Metroid
Megaman 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
Street Fighter II
Super Mario Kart
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Janes 688(i)
Age of Empires II
Fallout 2
Shogun: Total War
TES III: Morrowind
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Rome: Total War
Bioshock
Assassin's Creed II
Fallout 3
Street Fighter IV
TES V: Skyrim

 

[Syrograph]

This is a tough one to organise, so the order is subject to change. I can get it roughly in the correct order though:


1. Half Life 2
2. Command & Conquer
3. Borderlands 2 (and 1, but I had to pick)
4. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 ( - Yuri's Revenge)
5. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time (I've played it to death, so it's not number 1)
6. Minecraft
7. Starcraft (I suck at it so hard, but it's so much fun)
8. Warhammer 40k: Dawn Of War
9. Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
10. Oddword: Abe's Oddysee
11. Goldeneye64
12. Timesplitters 2 (It brought back all the feels from Goldeneye)
13. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (actually mostly for the amazing OST)
14. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
15. Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
16. Half Life (+ expansion packs)
17. The Binding Of Isaac (if you've not played it, go play it)
18. Dungeon Keeper
19. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 (how did I nearly forget?!)
20. Sam & Max Hit The Road (RIP Lucasarts)

 

[funkstar]

Roughly best to last. PC unless marked otherwise.

Star Wars: Tie Fighter (easily my favourite game of all time)
Grim Fandango
Super Mario World (SNES)
Anachronox
Bubble Bobble (Amiga)
Heroes of Might & Magic II (although III was also very good.)
Half-Life
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Unreal Tournament '99
Warcraft 3
Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
North & South (Amiga)
Defender of the Crown (C64)
Trackmania
Grand Theft Auto (yes, the first one!)
Beyond Good & Evil
Carrier Command (Amiga)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Atomic Bomberman
Tetris (GB)

These are just 20 of the games that have given me the absolute most enjoyment. It's amazing how many very, very good games I had to leave off the list (the rest of the LucasArts 80s/90s catalogue, for instance). Makes one ponder just how much time has been spent in front of the computer over the years, playing probably thousands of games.

 

[Jirachi]

Keep in mind that except for number 1 none of these games are actually ranked.
And yes that means i think ffvi is the best game ever
Also remakes,ports,an expansions are excluded unless it's the only version of the game i've played(marked with*)
1.Final fantasy VI(Super nes)
2.Tales of the abyss(Ps2)*3ds
3.Super mario brothers 3(Nes)
4.Super Smash brothers brawl(wii)
5.Pokemon Saphire(GBA)
6.Dark cloud 2(PS2)
7.the legend of zelda twilight princess(gamecube)
8.The legend of zelda ocarina of time(n64)
9.Radiant historia(ds)
10.Dragon quest V Hand of the heavenly bride(Super nes[japan only])*Ds

11.Super Mario World(snes)
12.Paper Mario:the thousand year door(gcn)
13.Pokemon Gold(gameboy)
14.Minecraft (pc)
15.Sonic 3 (gen)
16.Kirby Super Star (not a remake more of a buncha of kirby games rolled into one)(snes)
17.Super Mario 64(64...duh)
18.Majora's Mask(64)
19.Tales of Symphonia(gcn)
20.Monster World IV (gen)

 

[Do4600]

This should be difficult:

1. X:Com Ufo Defense -PC (Also called UFO: Enemy Unknown)
2. Final Fantasy 6 -Super Nintendo
3. Fallout 2 -PC
4. Chrono Trigger -Super Nintendo
5. Master of Orion 2 -PC
6. System Shock 2 -PC
7. Deus Ex -PC
8. TES III: Morrowind -PC
9. Diablo 2 -PC
10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night -Playstation
11. Shadow of the Colossus -Playstation 2
12. Minecraft -PC
13. Bushido Blade 2 -Playstation
14. Megaman 2 -Nintendo
15. Heroes of Might and Magic 3 -PC
16. Ogre Battle -Super Nintendo
17. Gran Turismo 4 -Playstation 2
18. Tekken 3 -Playstation
19. Full Throttle -PC
20. Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 -PC

I'm fairly confident in this list, I may have a forgotten a few and 15-20 are a little soft.

 

[NBSRDan]

I look forward to trashing the resulting conglomerate list.

Ancient Domains of Mystery
The Binding of Isaac
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
God of War
Golden Sun
Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 2
Journey
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Minecraft
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Rock Band 2
StarCraft
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Walking Dead

 

[Cheesepower5]

My list is just a tad unorthodox (In that it's dominated by 3 series and the rest are ridiculously different from them), so it might not be the best representation.

1. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
2. Final Fantasy VI
3. Final Fantasy Tactics
4. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
5. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
6. Persona 2: Innocent Sin
7. Katawa Shoujo
8. Persona 3 Portable
9. Fallout 3
10. TellTale's The Walking Dead
11. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
12. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
13. Super Mario World
14. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
15. Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
16. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
17. Final Fantasy X
18. Final Fantasy IX
19. Persona 4
20. Mount and Blade: Brytenwalda