1001 games you must play before you die.

[AlmostLikeLife]

I don't know if anyone has said it yet, but...

Indigo Prophecy. It was one of the best games I've played.

 

[oktalist]

I think this is a little crazy. 1001 games? Lets call the Video Game industry about 25 years old. This is probably VERY conservative for our purposes, since we are talking about games that are MUST PLAY, and these must play games have to be released at around the average rate to be significant. This means that in order to hit 1001, we have to take approximately 40 games from every year, on average. Now I think that each year, there are an even greater number of games being released, so in theory, this year should be the easiest to find even more then the average required to fill the quota. So, can you name 40 games released this year which are MUST PLAY? I'm not sure I could name 40 that I WANT to play. 101 would be much more reasonable.

It is crazy I agree, but I'm not so sure there has been a continuous increase in the rate of games being released over the years. Games take a lot longer to produce, these days. In the old days, quality games could be produced much faster than they tend to be now. A bigger games market does not imply more games, if most of the market is taken up by generic behemoths.

 

[JasonKaotic]

Mass Effect. I looked on the first page, and it hadn't been mentioned (yet). I AM DISGUSTED, PEOPLE.

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

I'd say Aquaria, Braid, Beyond Good & Evil, Mass Effect, InFamous... And a couple of others, some JRPG's (not FF, except maybe 7) and Legends of Zelda (that is the correct way to pluralize it, right?)

 

[Mr. In-between]

Chrono Trigger- I bought the port of this game for the DS and it's still just as fresh as it was in 1995. There is literally no flaws with this game whatsoever.

 

[HWReaper]

The Warriors, man I still playing this on my original Xbox

 

[Pyotr Romanov]

Penumbra: Black Plague

Seriously, go play it now.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

TimeSplitters 1,2 and 3

 

[sabercrusader]

Shadow of the Colossus and Ico.

DAMN IT!! ninja'd
well i have to say star wars republic commando becuase it's the only game i know of that lets you REALLY control what you squad does and is one of the funnest star wars games ever.

 

[Sky Captanio]

Alpha Protocol. I don't care what you think it's amazing!

 

[J3llo]

Grim fandango or ill have to send allots of anthrax

 

[Xanadu84]

I think this is a little crazy. 1001 games? Lets call the Video Game industry about 25 years old. This is probably VERY conservative for our purposes, since we are talking about games that are MUST PLAY, and these must play games have to be released at around the average rate to be significant. This means that in order to hit 1001, we have to take approximately 40 games from every year, on average. Now I think that each year, there are an even greater number of games being released, so in theory, this year should be the easiest to find even more then the average required to fill the quota. So, can you name 40 games released this year which are MUST PLAY? I'm not sure I could name 40 that I WANT to play. 101 would be much more reasonable.

It is crazy I agree, but I'm not so sure there has been a continuous increase in the rate of games being released over the years. Games take a lot longer to produce, these days. In the old days, quality games could be produced much faster than they tend to be now. A bigger games market does not imply more games, if most of the market is taken up by generic behemoths.

A fair point. Of course, there is also a much bigger market for games, more people makeing games, and more of a market for good, smaller indie games. I suspect that must play games are coming out faster today then they were, say, 10 years ago. But I can't really back that up. However, the main point I was making is that I'm considering the games industry to be 25 years old for these purposes, and I feel pretty confident in saying that naming must play video games from the late 80's will probably not yield anywhere near 40 per year.

I should add that I don't think comparing 1001 games to 1001 movies is really a fair comparison. A video game will likely take up between 8 and...thousands of hours on one "playthrough" A movie will take up an hour and a half to 3 hours. Not only that, but Movies have a much longer history then video games. I think 101 Games would be about equal to 1001 movies.

 

[Dexiro]

1001?!

You could probably just go ahead and list down every game that scored average or higher.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

I throw Mother 3 into the ring!

Why must you mock us

 

[C117]

Newgrounds Rumble. Possibly the best flash game ever, and a quite complex one at that.

 

[Hazy]

I throw Mother 3 into the ring!

Why must you mock us

Hey, maybe if we get enough people to throw bricks at Reggie's house campaign for it's localization, we can finally get it over here.

Probably not, due to copyright laws and whatnot, but I can dream, dammit!

 

[dragonslayer32]

if anyone hasn't said goldeneye for the N64 yet, i throw that in. that game is epic and spawned my love for FPS games.

 

[akapellah21]

Killer 7. It's such an over-looked game because of gameplay. But the story and characters are wonderful. Also Resident 1 thru Code Veronica

 

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

Red Faction: Guerrilla: It is a monument to the simple.

Hearts of Iron: Nothing is quite as satisfying as preventing the Nanjing Massacre, Holocaust, and the Atomic Bomb drops.

Sid Meier's...Anything: Really, take your pick.

Demon's Souls: So challenging, but so rewarding. Really feels like an adventure.

Destroy All Humans!: Another GTA-esque game, but the story is so damn enjoyable.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction: Almost the same as Red Faction and Destroy All Humans!, but it also has Peter Stormare. He alone makes it a must-play.

HEIL STORMARE!



That's all I've got off the top of my head, trying to ignore others' entries.