1001 games you must play before you die.

[Robbob1508]

Alapha Centauri

A civlization clone that is so very fun to play. If only I could find a store selling its expansion pack

edit: also Tales of Symphonia... Almost forgot about it, until I looked at my avatar!

 

[Hazy]

I throw Mother 3 into the ring!

Woohoo! Don't forget mother 2 as well, Hazy

I like where your head is at!

 

[-Drifter-]

The Oddworld Series

 

[Nossy]

Galaga!

 

[meowchef]

Half Life
Half Life 2
Portal
Left 4 Dead
Darkest Hour
Company of Heroes
Rise of Nations
Age of Empires 2
Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate 2
Neverwinter Nights
Knights of the Old Republic
Jade Empire
Mass Effect
Dragon Age Origins
Mass Effect 2
System Shock 2
Rome Total War

 

[F-I-D-O]

S.L.A.I

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Can you see the awesome?
Both intro videos

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Giant robots blowing shit up.
huge customization
Online play
Good soundtrack
Interesting story
Great setting
Good learning curve
Funny characters (the chips have random personalities, and are worth trying to play through the story interactions with the different personalities. The elitist one is particularly funny)
GIANT ROBOTS BLOWING SHIT UP
Yeah, I'm a fan. There are others, but this is just so much FUN!

 

[natster43]

Legend of Zelda WindWaker. One of the best Zelda games.
Super Mario Bros. 3.

 

[Boombox2003]

I'd recommend Psychonauts, because it should be known about. Amusing and interesting.

I throw Mother 3 into the ring!

I second this, because, first and foremost, it is Mother 3.

One day it shall be self-explanatory globally, and this comment shall be vindicated.

Psychonauts ftw!

 

[Freeze_L]

starfox, trine, hl2, tf2, borderlands, and THE SPECIALISTS a mod for half life 1 thats like playing the matrix, it is awsome, oh and natural selection another mod for hl1

 

[voetballeeuw]

Biosh oh screw it Mass Effect.

 

[AcidLillies]

Silent Hill 2, or even Tales of Symphonia. Gorgeous games. ;]

 

[twaddle]

sonic adventure 2 (b4 the sonic series went down hill)
dark cloud
xenogears
final fantasy X
final fantasy 13 vs(what just by the cinimatics u can tell it's gonna be what ff13 should have been)
god of war
And the golden sun games (alot of people missed out on that gem best summons in an rpg and the camrea angles swithcing durng the turn based battles so u can see both the attacking end and the receiving end of the attack was pure genius. story not half bad either.

 

[Yagharek]

Diablo II.

I would be dissapointed if i've not been ninja'd.

 

[Breaker deGodot]

Super Mario Bros. 3

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

Battlefield 2142. No FPS is better than that. Not BC2 Not even RDR or TF2.

64 players, on the Sidi Power Plant or Verdun map, Titan Mode, or Conquest in Berlin or Camp Gibraltar, and I'm good. Forever.

 

[SalamanderJoe]

I demand Mashed: Fully Loaded be added. Never has a game stolen days out of me and my mates life in multiplayer racing combat!

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Grand Theft Auto IV. Best free-roaming game I've ever played in a long time.

 

[Jamie Doerschuck]

Pokemon Colosseum and XD.

I second Colosseum. I feel like it was one of the first games to allow interconnectivity between two different consoles (the GBA and the N64) and do it WELL. I'm sure there are some others that might have tried to do it before, but Colosseum is arguably one of the best early versions of such thing. Also, the fact that uploading Pokemon and battling them wasn't the only thing you could do made it amazing also. With them adding all of the mini games and including Pokemon for you to rent in the game really helped make it a stand alone game, rather than just an accessory (I'm looking at YOU, Pokemon Box).

And for my game I'll offer up Wrath of the Black Manta for the NES. What other game lets you play a purple ninja who needs to find his sensi's best student that's been kidnapped, apparently had enough time to write a note and tell you who took him, single handedly win the war on drugs, fly a kite, and beat a final boss with a Tiki head and Hawaiian tattoos?