Your Pick: Top Ten Video Games

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

10: Medieval II: Total War
9: Banjo-Tooie
8: Shadow of the Colossus
7: Psychonauts
6: Hitman: Blood Money
5: American McGee's Alice
4: Resident Evil REmake
3: Metal Gear Solid 3
2: Fatal Frame
1: Silent Hill 2

 

[Joffas16]

10.Jet Set Radio Future
9.Pikmin 2
8.Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
7.Fallout: New Vegas
6.Super Smash Brothers (The Original)
5.Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
4.Metal Gear Solid 3 (Subsistence if that's being counted separately)
3.Chrono Trigger
2.UFO: Enemy Unknown ("X-COM: UFO Defense" in America)
1.The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

Wow, that was much harder to do than I thought it would be.

 

[FPLOON]

1. Persona 3: FES
2. Rayman Origins
3. Portal
4. Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
5. Shadow of the Colossus
6. Kingdom Hearts
7. Jak II
8. Tales of Symphonia
9. Super Smash Bros. Melee
10. Burnout Dominator

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Okay, so the way I set this list up was list the 10 games I kept referring back to on my own time, including those that I would recommend to anyone at anytime and those that I have replayed more times that I would actually know... Then, I tried not to list a game from a game series more than once, so choosing between one game in the series over the other was mainly based on which one I enjoyed the most... Then, I got lazy and just placed numbers wherever I felt like it, but later rearrange them in order so that no one would know about me just placing numbers out of order... (Also, that list is mostly false, since I never usually label games on a "top X" list to begin with, so don't take it the wrong way... At least I can say that I enjoyed playing all 10 of them on multiple occasions...)

 

[Traveling Hero]

10. Diablo 2
9. Shadow of the Colossus
8. Monster Hunter Tri
7. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
6. Fallout 3
5. Fallout: New Vegas
4. Final Fantasy VI
3. Mass Effect 2
2. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
1. Persona 4

... Gaaaahh! Had to leave out SO MANY great games, and I'm sure I've forgotten some that deserve to be there, too.

 

[pearcinator]

Top 10 is pretty hard (I normally go for Top 5) so...6-10 are interchangeable and can be replaced with a lot of other games. To me the game needs to be memorable and replayable for me to consider it a part of my Top 10.

10. Super Mario 64
9. Super Smash Bros. Melee
8. Team Fortress 2
7. Burnout 3
6. Mass Effect
5. Banjo Tooie
4. Mass Effect 2
3. Star Wars: KOTOR
2. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1. Zelda: Majoras Mask

Honourable Mentions,Amnesia: The Dark Descent, The Curse of Monkey Island, Super Mario Galaxy, Goldeneye...hell MOST platformers and adventure games.

 

[Conner42]

This isn't going to be calculated or in any particular order except for number 1.

10. Goldeneye
9. Rock Band
8. Spec Ops: The Line
7. Knights of the Old Republic
6. Donkey Kong Country
5. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
4. Batman: Arkham Aslyum/City
3. Cave Story
2. Sam and Max
1. Super Mario Bros 3

I guess and explanation is deserved for a couple of them. I tried to keep it down to one game for franchise, because, if I didn't, you'd pretty much see a lot more Sam and Max and a hell of a lot more of Mario.

I guess I have this obsession where the art is a commentary on its own medium, and with how far and bold Spec Ops: The Line went, it really is something that I feel is going to stick with me for a long time.

Cave Story is just AWESOME though. That, and the two Arkham games, are the perfect embodiment of what a good game needs to have. Sure, there are a lot of games that accomplish what it needs to without having what Cave Story and the Batman games had, but with what the AAA industry has been trying to do, these games are here to really show them a thing or two on how to do it. They have engaging gameplay with a story, while maybe not exactly great, that is told in an enthralling way, mostly to do with how it is paced. It's just weird with so many games trying to accomplish it and they just don't seem to get it.

And, Super Mario Bros 3. There were a lot of Mario games I really wanted to put on the list, but this one is really going to have to take the spot. It's not necessarily my favorite Mario game, but having the game pretty recent in my mind, it's hard to escape that pure visceral joy of the gaming experience that it provides. It's a very simple game, yet, it's also incredibly complex. It has just one mechanic and pretty much does everything it can to build on it.

It's just fucking good!

 

[IGetNoSlack]

10. Bastion
9. Hotline Miami
8. Shadow of the Colossus
7. Portal 2
6. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
5. Sid Meier's Civilization V
4. inFamous 2
3. Team Fortress 2
2. Journey
1. Bioshock

Numbers 10 and 9 were actually the hardest to pin down.

 

[The Enquirer]

10. Star Wars Battlefront
9. Batman: Arkham Asylum
8. Rainbow Six Vegas 2
7. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
6. Far Cry 3
5.Saints Row 2
4. Mass Effect
3. Mass Effect 2
2. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
1. Timesplitters: Future Perfect

This was such a tough list to compile when I had. If you couldn't notice I have a fondness for games that say "There is your objective. Get to it buddy" and leaves you to your own devices mostly. Some on a much larger scale than others. I also enjoy some RPG's because you can craft your character the way you want. Timesplitters would be my all time favorite though just because of how over the top fun it is to play, even when you're losing you are having a fun time losing.

 

[kingthrall]

Guarantee half the people living in their abodes only post games released in the past 7 years. Peasants...

1. Myth II Soublighter
2. Fallout New Vegas
3. Baldurs gate II
4. Empire total war
5. Wargame: European Escalation
6. Warthunder
7. Arcanum: Steamworks of Magic Obscuria
8. Empire Earth
9. NOX
10.Starcraft II

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

I tried to include ones that people might have actually heard of.

10.Skyrim
9. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
8. Final Fantasy 6
7. Tetris
6. Earthbound
5. Mega Man 2
4. Soul Blazer
3. Super Metroid
2. LoZ: A Link to the Past
1. Chrono Trigger

 

[karma9308]

10. Kirby superstar
09. Europa universalis 3
08. Civ 5
07. Doom 2
06. Fallout New Vegas
05. Walking Dead by telltale
04. Final Fantasy 6
03. Mass Effect 2
02. Chronotrigger
01. TLOZ: Majoras Mask
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Limiting myself to one game a franchise basically threw out 3 games (Ocarina, LTTP, FFX) which may have been top 8 or top 5 but I thought it would be a bit of a better list, plus everyone else is doing it .

I feel weird putting Kirby and walking dead in there. Walking dead because it's barebones in terms of gameplay, but had a fantastic story...that isn't as good on replays, but if I were to have more than one game a franchise in the list, it'd likely drop 7th or 8th. Kirby, well because it's Kirby! I was going to put super Mario world there but then I realized that I replay Kirby more than Mario and dammit if I don't get the first level in spring breezes song stuck in my head.

 

[Fireaxe]

Guarantee half the people living in their abodes only post games released in the past 7 years. Peasants...

Almost half of the top 10 right now is over 7 years old (HL2, Shadow of the Colossus, Ocarina of Time, and MGS 3) which is the same percentage as your list.

 

[Mudokon]

10) Crash team racing
9) Crash Bandicoot 2
8) Dante's inferno
7) Abe's oddysee
6) Banjo Kazooie
5) Fahrenheit
4) Asura's wrath
3) Ocarina of time
2) Shenmue
1) Red dead redemption

 

[TheVampwizimp_v1legacy]

10)Heretic
9)Devil May Cry 3
8)Persona 3
7)Borderlands
6)Shadow of the Colossus
5)Mass Effect
4)Mass Effect 3
3)Borderlands 2
2)Bioshock
1)Mass Effect 2

Some people, I know, have restricted themselves to 1 entry per series, but I don't understand the point of that. Each game is a separate entity, and if 2 of my favorite games happen to be from the same series, then so be it, they both deserve a spot.

Also, I'm pretty sure of my top 3, but since 4-10 all have the same point value, they are in no particular order.

 

[zumbledum]

Even though it differs from mine, I fucking love this list, especially the inclusion of little known Speedball 2. Fist bump, fellow Hoary Old PC Gamer. Do you still have your graph paper maps from Bard's Tale?

gg you to? me and a friend used to play on my amiga, i drove and he mapped. we had just about every "dungeon" carefully laid out on 1cm graph paper

 

[Chester Rabbit]

10)Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
9)Return To Castle Wolfenstein
8)Tenchu Stealth Assassins
7)Hitman Blood Money
6)Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
5)Syphon Filter
4)Deus Ex
3)Sonic Generations
2)Mass Effect
1)Spyro The Dragon
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And yeah, that?s my list at 24 and I?m feeling pretty good about it right now, of course let?s sees where I am in another year or two. Had I made this list a year ago Generations wouldn?t have been there and a year before that neither would Deus Ex so...we?ll see.

Huh odd, no SNES games. I honestly didn?t see that coming.

PS For the record I read all of these.

 

[Brotha Desmond]

10. Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2
9. Pokemon Y
8. Hatsune Miku Project Diva F
7. XCOM Enemy Unknown
6. Far Cry 3
5. Mass Effect 2
4. Fire Emblem Awakening
3. Pokemon Crystal
2. Persona 3 FES
1. Persona 4 Golden

 

[Millky95]

Oh man... I'm gonna look like such a fan boy

1. Mass Effect 3
2. Mass Effect 2
3. Mass Effect 1
4. Pokemon Y
5. Saints Row 2
6. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
7. WCW/NWO Revenge
8. Back To The Future: The Game
9. World of Warcraft
10. Star Wars Battlefront 2

 

[Stryphoon]

10. Final Fantasy 13-2
9. Catherine (PS3)
8. Pokemon Soul Silver
7. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC)
6. Perfect Dark (N64)
5. Super Mario World (SNES)
4. Persona 4 the Golden (Vita)
3.Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
2. Final Fantasy 7 (PSX)
1. Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask (N64)


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Short of LoZ:MM taking my top spot, I don't really feel to comfortable ranking the others and I feel kind of bad omitting so many others. I find it odd I didn't manage to slot tony hawk 2 in there anywhere or either FF4 or FF9. It is like Sophie's choice but with no sense of actual consequence.