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Pong.
No really, Pong.
Why? Well...
> Not only is it widely recognizable but it's likely been played by just about anyone who plays video games.
> Has retained it's playability for decades.
> Is easy to learn, quick to pick up, and can be enjoyed solo or with friends.
> Is likely the single most bug free game ever programmed.
For these reasons alone, one could arguably call Pong the "greatest video game ever made".
No really, Pong.
Why? Well...
> Not only is it widely recognizable but it's likely been played by just about anyone who plays video games.
> Has retained it's playability for decades.
> Is easy to learn, quick to pick up, and can be enjoyed solo or with friends.
> Is likely the single most bug free game ever programmed.
For these reasons alone, one could arguably call Pong the "greatest video game ever made".
For me, it's Metroid Prime, for many of the reasons you loved Super Metroid.
But honestly, I don't think I could survive if I could pick one and only one game to play for the rest of eternity. I need variety. For every super violent fast paced shooter like Killzone or Call of Duty, I need a slower, more peaceful game like Flower. For every high speed racing game like Burnout Paradise, I need a less realistic, more cartoony game like Mario Kart or Blur. For every platformer like Mario, Rayman, or LittleBigPlanet, I need a cinematic, story driven plot game like The Walking Dead or Uncharted.For every crazy hard game like Contra 4, Ghosts n Goblins, or Dark Souls, I need an easier game like Kirby's Epic Yarn.
dl;dr: I LOVE GAMES
But honestly, I don't think I could survive if I could pick one and only one game to play for the rest of eternity. I need variety. For every super violent fast paced shooter like Killzone or Call of Duty, I need a slower, more peaceful game like Flower. For every high speed racing game like Burnout Paradise, I need a less realistic, more cartoony game like Mario Kart or Blur. For every platformer like Mario, Rayman, or LittleBigPlanet, I need a cinematic, story driven plot game like The Walking Dead or Uncharted.For every crazy hard game like Contra 4, Ghosts n Goblins, or Dark Souls, I need an easier game like Kirby's Epic Yarn.
dl;dr: I LOVE GAMES
Planescape: Torment. Playing that game was like reading the best fantasy novel ever written, only with several outcomes to every encounter and a dozen endings, you were really writing the story yourself.
Superman 64. Such an unforgettable experience, everybody should try it... because crying is good for you.
Sonic & Knuckles.
Simply put, classic 16-bit Sonic platform awesomeness, two distinctly different playable characters, lots of secrets and alternate paths, fun and challenging special stages, going Super, catchy tunes, and an awesome Final Boss stage.
Still not convinced? Just slap on Sonic 1, 2, or 3 on top of Sonic & Knuckles and enjoy.
Simply put, classic 16-bit Sonic platform awesomeness, two distinctly different playable characters, lots of secrets and alternate paths, fun and challenging special stages, going Super, catchy tunes, and an awesome Final Boss stage.
Still not convinced? Just slap on Sonic 1, 2, or 3 on top of Sonic & Knuckles and enjoy.
My personal favorite is Metroid Prime.
I haven't tried any of the older Metroids and maybe I'll change my mind after I get my hands on them but until then...
Metroid Prime.
I haven't tried any of the older Metroids and maybe I'll change my mind after I get my hands on them but until then...
Metroid Prime.
Don't mention mermaid farming! You might trigger flashbacks!GiglameshSoulEater said:
Anyways, Slaves to Armok, God of Blood: Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress: Histories of X and Y is clearly the right answer here. Just think about what version 1.0 will be like!
Half-Life 2. That's it, end of discussion, we're done here, everyone leave the thread immediately because there is no further purpose to this discussion. Go ahead and shut the site down too, because we really are just done here to THAT extent. Might as well close down the entire internet while you're at it.
In all seriousness, yeah, HL2. It gets everything right and nothing wrong. Perfect game.
In all seriousness, yeah, HL2. It gets everything right and nothing wrong. Perfect game.
That is so unbelievably hard for me.
There is no perfect game, and any time I try to name one I come up with so many complaints.
Fallout 3 comes the closest for me. I guess because every fault I come up with is because of something I love about the game.
The story is lame, but it isn't about the story.
Glitches, the game is huge glitches are bound to be there.
I honestly think for now it holds my number one spot.
There is no perfect game, and any time I try to name one I come up with so many complaints.
Fallout 3 comes the closest for me. I guess because every fault I come up with is because of something I love about the game.
The story is lame, but it isn't about the story.
Glitches, the game is huge glitches are bound to be there.
I honestly think for now it holds my number one spot.
Well there is one thing wrong with HL2. It is unfinished in the most literal sense of the word. Okay maybe that isn't the games fault but it is certainly the developers fault.bigfatcarp93 said:
Here's how I think about these things: The best is pretty much the same as my favorite. Since this stuff is all subjective, I don't think there exists a game that is actually "better" than all other games, if you catch my drift.
"The greatest" on the other hand I think is something that you can have an actual discussion on. The greatest, to me, means the most influential, the most important and frankly, it would also have to be immensely popular. For example, in popular music, the Beatles is the greatest band of all time, because it JUST IS. They were the most important in terms of influence of popular culture and other bands, they were the biggest phenomenon in the history of popular music by a huge margin (even Elvis couldn't touch the beatles in terms of popularity) and they wrote about 50 indisputable rock classics in a space of 10 years, and I don't mean they wrote some good songs. I mean they wrote 50 songs that no one can deny are absolute classics.
Greatest game ever? I couldn't even guess.
But all of that pointless ranting aside, the best game, or my favorite, would probably have to be Morrowind, Skyrim or Portal 2. There are plenty of games from the nineties like Ocarina of Time that I still think kick ass, but I can't deny that they have aged. Morrowind has aged as well, albeit not quite so badly. I liked Skyrim more in every quantifiable way, but I guess the reason why I still place morrowind so high on the list is because the atmosphere rules so goddamn hard.
As for Portal 2, I know I am in such a tiny minority in preferring it to the original but here is my explanation: I couldn't think of anything wrong with the first one, whereas the second one did have some flaws. However, the stuff that was great in the first one was even better in the second one, so for me, that is enough to tip the balance in favor of the second game. I just thought it was even funnier.
"The greatest" on the other hand I think is something that you can have an actual discussion on. The greatest, to me, means the most influential, the most important and frankly, it would also have to be immensely popular. For example, in popular music, the Beatles is the greatest band of all time, because it JUST IS. They were the most important in terms of influence of popular culture and other bands, they were the biggest phenomenon in the history of popular music by a huge margin (even Elvis couldn't touch the beatles in terms of popularity) and they wrote about 50 indisputable rock classics in a space of 10 years, and I don't mean they wrote some good songs. I mean they wrote 50 songs that no one can deny are absolute classics.
Greatest game ever? I couldn't even guess.
But all of that pointless ranting aside, the best game, or my favorite, would probably have to be Morrowind, Skyrim or Portal 2. There are plenty of games from the nineties like Ocarina of Time that I still think kick ass, but I can't deny that they have aged. Morrowind has aged as well, albeit not quite so badly. I liked Skyrim more in every quantifiable way, but I guess the reason why I still place morrowind so high on the list is because the atmosphere rules so goddamn hard.
As for Portal 2, I know I am in such a tiny minority in preferring it to the original but here is my explanation: I couldn't think of anything wrong with the first one, whereas the second one did have some flaws. However, the stuff that was great in the first one was even better in the second one, so for me, that is enough to tip the balance in favor of the second game. I just thought it was even funnier.
EDIT: If we're talking most widely known/influential game, I'd have to give the title to Pac Man. Before Donkey Kong hit the scene, Pac Man WAS video gaming.
There are too many genres to pick a "best" game, though if I had to boil down replayability, hours invested, and "wow" factor my PERSONAL picks would be:
Minecraft
Guitar Hero
Super Smash Bros.
I'll always find myself coming back to Minecraft or Guitar Hero (or more specifically, Frontman aka Guitar Zero (runs much better than Frets of Fire, but without the bells and whistles)), and my friends and I played the shit out of Smash Bros. and Smash Bros. Melee in high school.
Other games that are just plain brilliant but lack the intense addictivity of the previous three would be:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Battletoads
Super Metroid (deserves another mention)
Banjo Kazooie
Lylat Wars (aka Starfox 64)
Majora's Mask
Symphony of the Night
Shadow of the Colossus
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
F-Zero GX
Dokapon Kingdom
Portal
... and Space Cadet Pinball
There are too many genres to pick a "best" game, though if I had to boil down replayability, hours invested, and "wow" factor my PERSONAL picks would be:
Minecraft
Guitar Hero
Super Smash Bros.
I'll always find myself coming back to Minecraft or Guitar Hero (or more specifically, Frontman aka Guitar Zero (runs much better than Frets of Fire, but without the bells and whistles)), and my friends and I played the shit out of Smash Bros. and Smash Bros. Melee in high school.
Other games that are just plain brilliant but lack the intense addictivity of the previous three would be:
Super Mario Bros. 3
Battletoads
Super Metroid (deserves another mention)
Banjo Kazooie
Lylat Wars (aka Starfox 64)
Majora's Mask
Symphony of the Night
Shadow of the Colossus
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
F-Zero GX
Dokapon Kingdom
Portal
... and Space Cadet Pinball
I suppose I have to agree with you there. There's definately more content that could've been stuffed in, like Bullsquids and a free-to-use Tau Cannon. But HL2 still does technically have all it's bases rounded off.Matthewmagic said:
Why do I seem to be hearing this as a foregone conclusion so much lately? Half Life had a great, consistent atmosphere (and HL2 was way less consistent) but the idea of aliens giving a small class of human police bitchin' technology and letting them go all Stanford Prison Experiment on the general populous stuck with me way longer than the story of HL. HL2 reached higher, and missed more frequently, but when it succeeded it was pure gold.Olikar said:
On topic... I generally think of the latest Elder Scroll game (since Morrowind) as the pinnacle of gaming. Not because of the vanilla product, but because the ease of designing and implementing mods gives the game theoretically infinite content. And without fail, a few months after the release of the dev kit for each of those games, the mod community manages to refine the game into something that would be impossible to create with a single team.
I wouldn't say any of the Elder Scrolls games were "the best game ever" right out of the package. But what we have is a series of games that the collective intelligence of the internet descends upon and improves every aspect of. Which. Is. Amazing.
Come to think of it, Fallout 3 and New Vegas probably have similar communities.