Favorite game. Ever. Period.

[CommieX]

If I had to choose, I'd say TF2. But a lot of that has to do with the awesome people I have to play the game with, so after that would be a tie between:

Deus Ex: There isn't a lot I can say that hasn't been said a bajillion times. Play this game, and they had BETTER not screw up Human Revolution

Demon's Souls: I loooooooooove this game. I love the atmosphere, I love the way every weapon feels different, I love the controls, I love that it's challenging yet fair, I LOVE how the multiplayer forces me to stay on my toes, I love the bosses, I love how much of a badass it lets you feel like. There's a few minor gripes I have with it, but the positive FAR outshines the negative.

 

[hippolyte]

Right now, probably Xenogears because I just replayed it. You just don't get that much depth in terms of storyline in video games anymore.

 

[psicat]

Hard to pick a favorite so it's a bit of a tree way tie.

 

[let's rock]

Seus ex, no question about it

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

Kinda hard to say. My favorite at any one time fluctuates frequently. However, if you go by hours played, number of playthroughs, and so on, it would probably be Mass Effect 2. Great story, deep characters (if you bother to actually talk to them and do their loyalty missions, that is), and fun gameplay.

In second place, as of now, would probably be Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines. Well worth the $5 it cost me on Steam. Sure, it's a bit (read: quite) buggy, but the customization in the game is quite deep, and the characters are memorable. Plus, a game that old freaking me the hell out with the atmosphere of one of its levels gets props. Ocean Hotel...*shudder*

 

[Condiments]

Tie between:

Planescape Torment

Hard to choose considering there are so many good games out there, but these two impressed me the most.

 

[CaptainAverage]

For me it's Gears of War. Sure it has some cheesy cutscenes and stock characters in it, but I thinks its awesome and I used to play it through over and over no matter what!

I have played FIFA 11 quite a lot but because a new one releases every year and its nothing special the FIFA series probably comes second on my list.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Dragon Age: Origins
Final Fantasy X
Mass Effect 2
Fallout 3

I really can't choose which one, I love them all so much equally.

 

[Entraboard]

For SinglePlayer: I'm gonna have to go with Civ4, but an honorable mention goes out to Fallout 3.
For MultiPlayer: Well, not MP per se... just challenging my home slices (i.e. friends) for ProEvo/Winning11 on whatever is the current console we are playing. It's a long grudgematch between 4 friends that has been going on close to a decade.

 

[nklshaz]

Infamous 2. The story and characters struck several emotional chords with me, and the gameplay was great.

 

[Lilani]

Kingdom Hearts 2. Ever...

Bah, KH2 doesn't hold a candle to the first. The whole "press triangle to do a special supermove you just pulled out of your ass that is perfect to beat this boss" thing took away so much for me. I mean really, in KH1 you had to be careful with your resources and pace yourself during the final boss sequence. In KH2, it was all just a test to see how fast you could mash triangle.

Plus they really flattened out the difficulty curve. In KH1, I couldn't beat Sephiroth with level 99 and the ultima weapon. In KH2, I beat him at like level 62. Easily. I literally finished the battle and said "That's it?" In KH1, those extra bosses were intense. In KH2, it was as though they didn't want to challenge the player too much, lest they miss a few of their pretty cutscenes.

So I guess it should be obvious by now, my pick for this is KH1. Though Birth By Sleep is a very close second. That is, by far, the most satisfying KH game I have played since the original.

 

[thelastmccabe]

Star Control 2. Explore the galaxy and make new alliances in an attempt to free the home world from the Ur-Quan masters. Great game with good writing and charming new alien races.

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

This game is awesome, and holds up really well today!

My favorite is probably the civilization series--I guess I'd go with 3 if I have to pick one. I played the hell out of those games from the time I was about 9 years old. I couldn't really get into 4 for some reason, and I haven't even tried 5.

 

[finagle]

I have to say Final Fantasy, the first one, original 8bit cart version. Squaresoft achieved near perfection, and has been sliding backwards for 2 and a half decades (at least in my unpopular opinion).
There are alot of great titles in here I really like, such as Bioshock, or Okami, but FF1 just still shines through for me.

 

[Aspergo]

Silent Hill 1 - great Atmosphere, intiguing Story and Design...well, great design for PS 1 age XD

 

[DrDude12472]

I'm just having a mental battle between Zelda: Wind Waker and Mother 3.

 

[TheEldestScroll]

this is an incredibly hard question to answer. but if the question was "if you were trapped on an island... with electricity... for the rest of your life and could only play one video game what would it be?"

i'd have to go with oblivion...
or skyrim when it comes out because i know it will be that good.

 

[J_Monsterface]

An easy toss-up between Chrono Trigger (as mentioned in the first post) or Earthbound on the SNES which has also already been mentioned. Still trying to find my own copy of Earthbound to love and nourish into a full-grown game. But they all seem to be adopted already....sigh.

you must not give up! if you have it in your heart to play this game, then it would be a tragedy for you not to get to

id bet you could find a rom of it with google in five minutes or less (if ur comfortable with that sort of thing)

 

[Captain Hat]

An easy toss-up between Chrono Trigger (as mentioned in the first post) or Earthbound on the SNES which has also already been mentioned. Still trying to find my own copy of Earthbound to love and nourish into a full-grown game. But they all seem to be adopted already....sigh.

you must not give up! if you have it in your heart to play this game, then it would be a tragedy for you not to get to

id bet you could find a rom of it with google in five minutes or less (if ur comfortable with that sort of thing)

Hah! As luck would have it, I found a copy of Earthbound on ebay about a few weeks ago and put my claim to it. It now happily sits between my copy of Chrono Trigger and Lufia and the Fortress of Doom.

My life is a little bit more complete. <3

Now to track down a copy of Ogre battle 64....

 

[Arbi Trax]

Planescape: Torment. Amazing setting, astounding characters, intriguing plot. Stereotypes smashed, conventions inverted, paradigms obliterated. And writing so good I was utterly immersed in it, closer to a good novel than a good game really.

And that ending! My God - you've never *known* a good videogame ending 'til you've played this game. Just keep hold of the Bronze Sphere!

And Tony Jay, rest his evil soul...there are few things in life that can't be improved with that man's booming baritone.

Pardon me, I appear to have left some fanboy saliva on my keyboard...

 

[Eduku]

Baldur's Gate II. It was my second ever RPG (with Icewind Dale II being my first). It showed me that video games can have amazing stories and characters, and since then RPGs have been my first and foremost favourite genre. At the same time it's kind of a shame that I started out on such a high standard, as I've yet to find a game that matches up to it to this day.